Academic Planning Worksheets

The following academic planning worksheets are designed to help students and parents plan course selection over the three years of middle school. Every student must schedule a minimum of eight (8) credits per year, unless administratively approved. Please utilize your teachers and school counselor for assistance in discussing and planning course selections.

Specific course details including duration and term length are described in the pages following.

For this table:
Double - two periods every day for the entire year (Double Blocked) Single - one period every day for the entire year
3/5	- one period 3 of the 5 days in a week (i.e. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday) 2/5	- one period 2 of the 5 days in a week (i.e. Wednesday and Friday)
T	- trimester (12 weeks)

Grade 6

Requirement Category
	
Course Number
	
Course Name
	
Periods or Term
	
Course Credits

English Language Arts
	M610READ
	Reading
	
Double
	
2
	
	M610WRT
	Writing
			
Mathematics
	M620MATH
	Mathematics
	Double
	2
	
Science
	M630SCI
	Science
	Single
	1
	
Social Studies
	M640SOCSTD
	Social Studies
	Single
	1
	
Music
(Select one option from list below)
			3/5
	0.6
	
Physical Education
	M670PE
	Physical Education 6
	2/5
	0.4
	
Innovations & Design
	M670ID
	Innovations & Design
	T
	0.34
	
Art
	M670ART
	Art
	T
	0.33
	
Computer Science
	M670CMPSCI
	Computer Science
	T
	0.33
	
Total Credits
	8

Music (Select one) M680BAND	– Band 6

M681BAND

M680CHR

– Beginning Band 6

– Chorus 6

M680GENMUS – General Music 6 M680ORCH	– Orchestra 6

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Grade 7

Requirement Category
	
Course Number
	
Course Name
	
Periods or Term
	
Course Credits
	
English
	M710ENG
	English 7
	Single
	1
	
Mathematics *
			Single
	1
	
Science
	M730SCI
	Science
	Single
	1
	
Social Studies
	M740SOCSTD
	Social Studies
	Single
	1
	
Literacy Arts *
					
(Lit Arts or Math lab *)
					
World Language Exploratory**
					
Introduction to Coding
	M770CMPSCI
	Computer Science 7
	Semester
	0.5
	
Music
(Select one option from list below)
			3/5
	0.6
	
Physical Education
	M770PE
	Physical Education 7
	2/5
	0.4
	
Technology Education
	M770TED
	Technology Education 7
	T
	0.34
	
Art
	M770ART
	Art 7
	T
	0.33
	
Family & Consumer Science
	
M770FCS
	
F & CS 7
	
T
	
0.33
	
Total Credits
	8

*Students will be placed into the appropriate Literacy Arts and Mathematics courses based upon student achievement data. Access to Exploratory World Language and Intro to Coding is based on the student’s Literacy Arts and Mathematics needs.
Literacy Arts	Music (Select one)
M750LITART - Lit Arts 7 (on grade level)	M780BBND	- Beginning Band 7
** Students in M750LITART take M771WRDLNG	M780CDTBP	- Cadet Band 7 Brass/Percussion M753LITART - Lit Arts 7A (high prof and adv)	M780CDTWW	- Cadet Band 7 Woodwind
** Students in M753LITART will take M770WRDLNG	M780CHR	- Chorus 7 M754LITART - Lit Arts 7C (cotaught with lab)	M780GENMUS     - General Music 7 ** Students in M754LITART do not WL exploratory	M780ORCH	- Orchestra 7

Math M720ALG M720MATH M722MATH M723MATH M724MATH

- Algebra 1
- Math 7 (on grade level)
- Math 7A (above grade level) - Math 7C (with lab)
- Math 7D (cotaught & lab)

World Language
M770WRDLNG - WL Exploratory (4 Q’s, 1 cr)
** (high prof and adv students take M770WRDLNG) M771WRDLNG - WL Exploratory (2 Q’s, 0.5 cr)
** (on grade level students take M771WRDLNG)

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Grade 8

Requirement Category
	Course Number
	
Course Name
	Periods or Term
	Course Credits

English
	
M810ENG
	
English 8
	
Single
	
1
	
Mathematics *
			Single
	1
	
Science
	M830SCI
	Science 8
	Single
	1
	
Social Studies
	M840SOCSTD
	Social Studies 8
	Single
	1
	
Literacy Arts *
					
(Lit Arts or Math lab *)
					
World Language* (Select one option from list below)
					
Music
(Select one option from list below)
			Single
	1
	
Health
	M870HLTH
	Health 8
	Semester
	0.5
	
Elective
(Select one option from list below)
					
Technology Education
	M870TED
	Technology Education 8
	T
	.34
	
Art
	M870ART
	Art 8
	T
	.33
	
Family & Consumer Science
	
M870FCS
	
F & CS 8
	
T
	
.33
	
Total Credits
	8

* Students will be placed into the appropriate Literacy Arts and Mathematics courses based upon student achievement data. Access to first level World Languages and trimester courses are based
on the student’s Literacy Arts and Mathematics needs. Students in M850LitArt do not take a WL; Students in M852LitArt do not take WL or trimester courses.

Literacy Arts
M850LITART	- Lit Arts 8B
M852LITART	- Lit Arts 8C (cotaught with lab)

World Language (Select one) M870FRENCH - French 1 M870GERMAN - German 1 M870LATIN	- Latin 1 M870SPANISH - Spanish 1

Electives (Select one)
M870DIGFAB	- Digital Fabrication M870INTENG     - Intro to Sustainable Engineering M870LVLFIT	- Next Level Fitness
M870PE	- Physical Education M870CMPSCI	- Computer Science 8

Math
M820ALG	- Algebra 1 M820GEOHNR	- Honors Geometry M820MATH	- Math 8 (on grade level) M823MATH	- Math 8C (with lab)
M824MATH	- Math 8D (cotaught & lab)

Music (Select one) M880BND	- Band 8 M880CHR	- Chorus 8
M880MUSAPP	- Music Appreciation M880ORCH	- Orchestra 8 M880WNDENS - Wind Ensemble

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