REGISTRATION FOR 8 TH GRADE
CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS ⦿ Students will receive: ◼ A Link to the Middle School Course Description Guide Book ◼ Course Selection Form Worksheet (Blue Form) ◼ A Link to the Encore Selection Google Form ◼ Infinite Campus Student Online Registration Directions Sheet ◼ Enrollment Letter and FAQ for Registration
INTRODUCTION TO 8 TH GRADE
TEAMS ⦿ 8 TH GRADE LEVEL TEAMS ◼ Explorers ◼ Voyagers ◼ Field Trips and Activities by Team ⦿ TEAM TEACHER MAKE-UP ◼ 2 Language Arts ◼ 1 Social Studies ◼ 1 Math ◼ 1 Science ◼ 1+ SSD ◼ 1 Counselor ◼ 1 Administrator
8th Grade Teams How are teams Will my classes be in assigned? the same order? The computer No, Encore classes are randomly selects 1st/2nd hour block. which team you are Core classes will be on…. based on assigned randomly balancing the total depending on your number of students in course requests. each class
NOW LOOKING FOR WEB LEADERS Where Everyone Belongs ➢ Program designed to help new 6 th grade ➢ Wildcats feel welcome at LaSalle Springs. 8 th grade students mentor 6 th grade ➢ students. WEB Lunches – one per month! ➢ WEB Assembly – Pep Rally – 2 days in August ➢ Various Leadership Opportunities all year! ➢
REGISTRATION Taking the classes YOU want!
CORE CLASSES: AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED
CORE CLASSES ⦿ GRADE LEVEL… ⦿ CHALLENGE… ◼ LANGUAGE ARTS ◼ CHALLENGE LANGUAGE ARTS ◼ PHYSICAL SCIENCE ◼ COMPACTED CHALLENGE ◼ UNITED STATES HISTORY LANGUAGE ◼ MATH 8 ARTS/ACADEMIC STRETCH ◼ PE/HEALTH ◼ CHALLENGE PHYSICAL SCIENCE ◼ CHALLENGE UNITED STATES HISTORY ◼ ALGEBRA I ◼ HONORS GEOMETRY
TAKING CHALLENGE CLASSES ⦿ IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN A CHALLENGE CLASS, YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED IN THAT CLASS FOR 8 TH GRADE. ⦿ IF YOU ARE NOT CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN A CHALLENGE CLASS and you would like to be considered for a CHALLENGE CLASS, TELL YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELOR ON THE GOOGLE FORM AND WORKSHEET.
CHALLENGE SCIENCE VS. GRADE LEVEL
CHALLENGE VS REGULAR OF THE SAME ACCELERATION LAB
CHALLENGE LEVEL SPEED AND ACCELERATION PROBLEMS
GRADE LEVEL SPEED MATH PROBLEMS
COURSE DESCRIPTION GUIDE ONLINE… A link to the Course Description Guide can be found under the Guidance and Counseling Office Tab of the LSMS Website and can be found here
ENCORE CLASSES: MUST ENROLL ON LINE Students will enroll in encore classes to fill the schedule for 1 st block: 1 st and 2 nd semester and 2 nd block: 1 st and 2 nd semester.
ENCORE CLASSES ⦿ Art ⦿ Concert Orchestra ⦿ Theater Arts Workshop ⦿ Concert Band ⦿ Theater Arts Studio ⦿ Treble Choir ⦿ FACS: Life Skills I ⦿ Mixed Choir ⦿ FACS: Life Skills II ⦿ French IB 8 th grade ⦿ Business Launch ⦿ Spanish IB 8 th grade ⦿ Automation and Robotics ⦿ Art Fundamentals ⦿ Computer Science 1: App and Game Development ⦿ Cyber Innovations ⦿ Materials Processing Semester Year
MUSIC CLASSES (Year) ⦿ TREBLE CHOIR ⦿ MIXED CHOIR ⦿ CONCERT ORCHESTRA ⦿ CONCERT BAND
WORLD LANGUAGES (Year) ⦿ FRENCH 1B ⦿ SPANISH 1B ⦿ YOU MUST BE IN A WORLD LANGUAGE CLASS THIS YEAR TO BE IN THE CLASS. ⦿ YOU MUST CONTINUE WORLD LANGUAGE THAT YOU STARTED IN 7 TH GRADE. YOU MAY THEN ENROLL IN THE SECOND YEAR LEVEL IN 9 TH GRADE.
ART FUNDAMENTALS (Year) ⦿ For students wanting to pursue a career in visual arts ⦿ Create original artwork in realistic, abstract, and nonobjective styles ⦿ This course is a prerequisite for higher level art courses in high school. It is also offered in high school. ⦿ If you take and pass the course in 8th grade, you will not receive a fine arts credit on your high school transcript. Therefore, you still have to meet the Fine Arts credit requirement in high school. This advanced course is meant for students who want to take the class early in 8th grade so they can take more upper level art classes once they get to high school. ⦿ Various projects, Midterm Exam, Final Exam, and 5 paragraph essay required.
ART (Semester) ⦿ Will create original, two and three dimensional art ⦿ Use drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture techniques to experiment with realistic and abstract art ⦿ Analyze and critique artworks, discuss aesthetic issues ⦿ Understand how design is related to history and culture
THEATRE ARTS WORKSHOP (Semester) ⦿ Explore theatre activities involving: observational skills, movement, improvisation, script writing, scene work, teamwork, voice work, and performance. ⦿ Learn to develop knowledge of theatre and action using your imagination. ⦿ Evaluations are based primarily on performance reflections and goal setting, with few scores based on performance skills. ⦿ Acting is active. Be Prepared to work hard, participate, and learn fine skills.
THEATRE ARTS STUDIO (Semester) ⦿ Prerequisite: Completion of 7 th or 8 th Grade Theatre Arts Workshop (or approval or Ms. Jones). ⦿ Explore theatre activities involving: observational skills, movement, improvisation, script writing, scene work, teamwork, voice work, and performance. ⦿ Learn to develop knowledge of theatre and action while using your imagination. ⦿ Evaluations are based primarily on performance skills, performance reflections, and goal setting. ⦿ Acting is active. Be prepared to use your reading and writing skills. Working well with others is a must.
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES LIFE SKILLS I 08/LIFE SKILLS II 08 (Semester) ⦿ Intermediate level sewing projects and food labs. ⦿ Develop family and consumer knowledge. ⦿ Life Skills I includes an addition of Interior design. Life Skills II includes an addition of Child Development ⦿ Prerequisite for Life Skills II is passing Life Skills I in 7 th grade. ⦿ Students may take only one FACS class in 8 th grade.
BUSINESS LAUNCH (Semester) ⦿ Will develop, design and run a class business. ⦿ Learn, experience and apply the necessary skills for success as an entrepreneur. ⦿ Understand basic business terminology, create advertisements using a variety of multimedia tools, apply basic marketing concepts, engage in the production/manufacturing/selling process, and understand the role business ethics play in successful businesses
AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS (Semester) ⦿ Students trace the history, development, and influence of automation and robitics as they learn about mechanical systems, energy transfer, machine automation, and computer control systems. ⦿ Use the VEX Robotics platform to design, build, and program real-world scenarios such as traffic lights, dragster,s robotic arms, and an automated assembly line.
COMPUTER SCIENCE 1: GAME & APP DESIGN (Semester) ⦿ DO NOT Take if you took this course in 7th grade ⦿ Students will create images, animations, interactive art, and games. ⦿ You will practice design, testing, and iteration (making changes), as you come to see that failure and debugging are an expected and valuable part of the programming process. ⦿ Your final project will be to create an interactive game that you can share with friends and family.
Cyber Innovations (Semester) ⦿ Although not required, some experience in coding or computer science is recommended ⦿ Students will continue to further develop their programming knowledge by exploring digital tools such as Scratch, Python, Circuit Playgrounds, and Raspberry Pi’s. ⦿ We will go beyond basic coding as we innovate games, predict the future, utilize motion sensors and cameras, and becoming coding ninjas!
MATERIALS PROCESSING (Semester) ⦿ Hands-on activities to create, construct, and build projects. ⦿ Learn the safe and proper use of tools and machines, wood identification and purchasing, design concepts and problem solving. ⦿ Will use hand and power tools.
HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT ▶ You can earn high school credit for high school level courses taken in middle school (Spanish I & II, French I & II, Algebra I, Geometry, & Algebra II). ▶ The course will be included on your high school transcript with a letter grade AFTER the successful completion of the subsequent course in the subject area in high school. ▶ The letter grade will NOT be included in your high school GPA or for class ranking.
THINGS TO DO…. Step #1 COMPLETE COURSE SELECTION WORKSHEET (BLUE FORM) Step #2 REGISTER FOR CLASSES ONLINE THROUGH INFINITE CAMPUS Step #3 COMPLETE THE GOOGLE FORM Step #4 HAVE PARENTS SIGN YOUR BLUE FORM AND INFINITE CAMPUS PRINT OUT Step #5 BRING BACK BOTH OF THESE FORMS TO ME BY JANUARY 28TH
PAPERS TO TURN IN… ⦿ 1 ◼ PLEASE NOTE THAT ON-LINE REGISTRATION IS ONLY COURSE SELECTION AVAILABLE JAN. 17 AT 7 AM – WORKSHEET SIGNED JAN. 27 AT 4 PM. BY PARENT/GUARDIAN (BLUE FORM) ⦿ 2 PRINT OUT OF INFINITE CAMPUS REGISTRATION DUE JANUARY 28, 2020 TO THE COUNSELING OFFICE
REGISTERING STEP 1: COMPLETE THE BLUE COURSE SELECTION WORKSHEET
SELECTING ENCORE CLASSES ⦿ RANK ORDER WORLD LANGUAGE AND MUSIC CLASSES. ⦿ ORCHESTRA, BAND, AND WORLD LANG ARE PRE-ENROLLED. ⦿ RANK ORDER ALL SEMESTER ENCORE CLASSES ⦿ #1 IS MOST PREFERRED
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