1. Welcome to Rising 7th Grade Scheduling

2. Standard Diploma Academic Areas Credits SOL Verified Credits English 42
Social Studies
(World Studies, US/VA Government, and US/VA History) 3 1
Mathematics
(Algebra I, Geometry, Functions, Algebra II or above level of Algebra II)
Science
(From 2 of the 4 disciplines: Biological, Chemical, Physical, Earth)
Health/Family Life/Physical Education
Foreign Language, Fine Arts, or CTE
Economics and Personal Finance
Electives (Must include 2 sequential electives)
Student Selected Verified Credit
Total 22 6

3. Advanced Studies Diploma
Academic Areas
Credits
SOL Verified Credits
English 4 2
Social Studies
(World Studies (2), US/VA Government, and US/VA History)
Mathematics
(Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II or above level of Algebra II)
Science
(From 3 of the 4 disciplines: Biological, Chemical, Physical, Earth)
Foreign Language (3 years of one language or 2 years each of two different languages)
3 or 4
Health/Physical Education
Fine Arts or Career & Technical Education 1
Economics & Personal Finance
Electives 3
Student Selected Verified Credit
Total (depends on foreign language option)
26 or 27 9

4. 7th Grade Required Courses
Your teachers have made recommendations regarding…..
Language Arts – Honors or Academic
US History – Honors or Academic
Life Science – Honors or Academic
Math 7 or Algebra I

5. Required Courses
One semester of Technology Education and one semester of Family and Consumer Science
One block of PE

6. Math If you are currently taking Math 6 you will take Math 7.
If you are currently taking Accelerated Math 6/7 you will take Algebra 1 unless recommended for Math 7 by your teacher.
Algebra I is a high school credit bearing course and your final grade will be factored into your high school GPA

7. Electives You must choose one Fine Arts elective -Art 7
-Band 7 (must currently be enrolled in Band 6)
-Strings 7 (must currently be enrolled in Strings 6)
-Guitar 7
-Chorus 7
You will have 45 minutes of your elective, and 45 minutes of Resource or Spectrum.

8. Additional Elective
Level 1 World Language- Spanish, French, German or Latin.
World Language is a high school credit bearing course and final grades will go on your transcript and count towards your high school GPA.
Communication Studies- English exploration class that focuses on public speaking, working with media. This class is project based – publications and broadcast.
Coding At The Middle School-New this year and will be an introduction to computational thinking. Students will engage in project based learning, use creativity, critical thinking and collaboration as the processes for exploration.
First semester – Scratch (Block Coding)
Second semester – Agent Cubes (Conditional – Game Creation)

9. Elective Choices Choose 1 from here: Art
Band 7 (must currently be enrolled in Band 6)
Strings 7 (must currently be enrolled in Strings 6)
Guitar 7
Chorus 7
World Language(French, Spanish, German, Latin)
Communications
Coding at the Middle School

10. Elective Courses Choose 2 Alternate Courses Alternate courses must be:
World Language
Coding at the Middle School
Communications
Alternate courses MAY NOT be Art or Music

11. Log on to StudentVue
Click on the Course Request tab on the left hand side
You will see your core courses are already there along with FACS, Tech Ed. and PE.
Click on ”Click here to change course requests”
Go to the bottom right corner of the page
Click on “Search Courses”

12. StudentVue Choose your elective and alternate courses from the list.
You must choose 2 electives and 1 alternate elective.
Click on the Request button if it is your first choice
Click on the Alternate button if it is your second choice
To save, click on ”Click here to move selected requests to Selected Course Requests”
Check your course list to make sure your electives and alternate are listed

13. What happens next?
You and your parents will be able to make elective changes online through Student/ParentVue until February 22, 2017.
After that date, your parents will need to send Ms. Simpson an to make any changes.
Any changes to core courses must be made by through Ms. Simpson.
There will be no changes after June 9, 2017!!