Today • Counselor will discuss courses for next year and
elective choices
After today • Take home registration card and discuss your
elective choices with your parents
• Rank the choices 1-4, you sign, parent signs
By March 27, 2014 • Return registration card to homeroom teacher
Math – placement sheet will go home
English Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
Healthful Living
Elective(s): Yearlong or 2 semester
electives
First, list the electives that you had this
year in the box
We will look at descriptions of the
different electives that you can choose
from for next year
You can write notes about the classes if
you want to remember anything for later
Computer Skills & Applications I
Computer Skills & Applications II
Exploring Business, Marketing &
Entrepreneurship (8th only)
FACS – Family Focus
FACS – Consumer Focus
Technological Systems: Engineering
Technological Systems: Mechanical Drawing
Technological Systems: Small Engines
Technological Systems: Woodworking
In CSA I, you will learn valuable skills that
will help you throughout the rest of school,
work & life - lots of real world application!!
A portion of the course will help you master
the touch type method
You will also learn how to format and create: • E-mails (using your own WCPSS student e-mail)
• Tables
• Reports in MLA with Works Cited
• Personal business letters (you will write to a real
company!)
Digital Literacy • Understand the computer system; use Microsoft’s e-
learning site Desktop Publishing
• Scanning, menus, brochures, flyers…. Spreadsheet Basics
• Microsoft Excel – formulas, functions, tables, graphs…
Database Basics • Microsoft Access – develop forms with fields and
records Presentation Skills
• Microsoft PowerPoint & other software programs to develop solid 21st century presentation skills
Do you think you will work in a business field or
start your own business one day?
This course will let you explore the different
components of business operations including
starting one
Marketing includes advertising and getting people
to want to buy something
A variety of industries could be looked at
including: banking, fashion merchandising, public
relations, travel & tourism, information
technology………
You will do a lot of work on the computers to
complete the projects in this class
Previously known as “Life Skills” courses
Now, there are 2 courses and each has
different units/modules
FACS – Family Focus
FACS – Consumer Focus
http://cpsed.net/consumer/index.htm
FAMILY FOCUS • ARC Babysitters
Training
• Intro to Interior Design
• Personal Communications
• Basic Food Prep
CONSUMER FOCUS • Personal Finance &
Resource Mgmt
• Hospitality & Food/Meal Preparation
• Apparel / Hand & Machine Sewing
CUPCAKE
WARS!
Design your own
bedroom
Red Cross
Certification
available Everfi Vault Financial
Certification
eFood Handlers
Certification
Pillowcase dresses
for Africa & Haiti
Children’s
Book
There is no specific order for taking the
FACS courses • You can take Family Focus and then Consumer
Focus or vice versa
Rising 8th grade: • If you took Life Skills I as a 7th grader, you can
only sign up for FACS – Consumer Focus (you
will have already completed the units in the
Family Focus course)
Create, Design, Build, Collaborate!
Learn how to solve problems Learn how the things around you work Learn how to draw and design and then
create products Hands-on projects:
• CO2 cars
• Puzzle Cube
• Rube Goldberg
Learn about using tools and machines Learn how the internal combustion
engine works Learn about the different types of
measurements and instruments and then apply that to engines
Learn about basic manufacturing processes
Teamwork and Problem Solving!
Design
and build
your own
invention.
Build a
wood
project
from a set
of plans.
Learn to make
accurate
measurements
Visual Arts • Visual Composition
• Pottery/Sculpture
Performing Arts • Chorus
• Drama
• Band (7th: Intermediate / 8th: Advanced)
2 different courses that are offered to
both 7th and 8th graders • Visual Composition and Pottery/Sculpture
You can take both courses in middle
school but you can only take each course
once
Chorus • Students may take Chorus in both grades –
different content each year
• Students may take 2 semesters of Chorus –
MARK a 1 & 2 next to Chorus for your choices
Drama • Students may take Drama in both grades –
different content each year (but only 1 semester
each year)
Band • 7th grade: Intermediate Band
• 8th grade: Advanced Band
You need to have been a Beginning Band
student
Instruments and additional band groups
are discussed with Mrs. Bishop
Spanish is offered at Apex Middle
7th grade: Beginning Spanish • You do not need to have taken Spanish before this
course • Semester course
8th grade: Advanced Spanish (Spanish I)
• This is a high school credit course • Yearlong course • Need to have taken a semester of Beginning Spanish
in 7th grade
7th and 8th graders can apply to be student assistants • Media Center
• Front office
• Student Services
This requires filling out an application (with an essay) and getting teacher recommendations
There are very few spots available
We work very hard to schedule your
electives based on your 1 – 4 choices
We will not change electives when the
new school year begins
Additional handout will tell all about
math placement criteria and your
individual placement for next year’s math
class
If your parents have questions, they can
contact the counselor.