This form is for students currently in 6th grade.

Please complete the information below to ensure that we create a schedule for you. This form should be completed with your parent to ensure that you are selecting the correct elective courses. Your core class placements (English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies) will be assigned based on current year performance, teacher recommendation, and seat availability.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

In addition to the four core academic classes, students in middle school take two periods of elective courses. As a state requirement, physical education is an automatic semester elective that all students will take. 

ELECTIVE COURSES

After reviewing the elective options, select 4 elective courses. Leewood will try to honor your selections based on class availability and academic needs. However, Leewood reserves the right to place you in an elective of our choice.

**State assessment scores may require enrollment in Intensive Reading in lieu of an elective.**

ART 2- F20

Students refine techniques used to create a variety of two-dimensional (2-D) artworks through developing skills in drawing, painting, printmaking, and collage. Students manipulate the structural elements of art with increasing independence to promote creative risk-taking in 2-D artwork. Student artists use an art criticism process to evaluate, explain, and measure artistic growth in personal or group works. In tandem with their learning opportunities in 3-D Studio Art, they investigate careers in a wide variety of fields, including the visual and performing arts, guided by the competencies required by Florida Statute. This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials.

LAW STUDIES- L20

This course provides an introductory examination of our criminal and civil justice systems. Students will identify the need for law and the basis for our legal system. Topics include: causes and effects of crime, consumer fraud, consumer protection, and the individual's role in helping to maintain a just society based on law.

COMPUTER SCIENCE DISCOVERIES 2

COMPUTER SCIENCE DISCOVERIES 2 INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO COMPUTER SCIENCE AS A VEHICLE FOR PROBLEM SOLVING, COMMUNICATION, AND PERSONAL EXPRESSION. THE COURSE FOCUSES ON THE VISIBLE ASPECTS OF COMPUTING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO SEE WHERE COMPUTER SCIENCE EXISTS AROUND THEM AND HOW THEY CAN ENGAGE WITH IT AS A TOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EXPRESSION. CENTERING ON THE IMMEDIATELY OBSERVABLE AND PERSONALLY APPLICABLE ELEMENTS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, THE COURSE ASKS STUDENTS TO LOOK OUTWARD AND EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ON SOCIETY. STUDENTS SHOULD SEE HOW A THOROUGH STUDENT-CENTERED DESIGN PROCESS PRODUCES A BETTER APPLICATION, HOW DATA IS USED TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS THAT AFFECT LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, AND HOW PHYSICAL COMPUTING WITH CIRCUIT BOARDS ALLOWS COMPUTERS TO COLLECT, INPUT AND RETURN OUPUT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

 

 

 

CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY 1

Students explore the aesthetic foundations of art using beginning photography       

techniques.  This course may include, but is not limited to, color and/or black and   

white photography via digital media and/or traditional photography. Processess

and techniques for image capture and printing may include, but are not limited to,

handcrafted pinhole cameras, hand tinting photographs, mixed media, photo

collage, cross-processing, emerging technologies and new media. Content covers

the basic mechanics of a camera, including lens and shutter operation,

compositional foundations, printing an image for display and evaluating a

successful print. Craftsmanship and quality are reflected in the surface of the print,

care of the materials, attention to compositional conventions, and expression of

personal ideas and feelings. Student photographers use an art criticism process to  

evaluate, explain, and measure artistic growth in personal or group works.    

This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art          

materials. 

 

HEALTH- J20

The purpose of this course is to provide students with the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to become health literate and practice responsible behaviors to promote healthy lifestyle and healthy living. This comprehensive course focuses on the health issues core to the optimum development of adolescent, making wise personal decisions, and promoting the health of others.

 

LEARNING LAB- T20
In this class, students will complete required iReady assignments and homework, as needed. This class provides students with an opportunity to get assistance with any subject from a highly certified teacher to ensure a successful academic school year.
 

SELECT YOUR ELECTIVES

READ CAREFULLY:

After reviewing the elective options, select 4 elective courses in order of priority (1 = highest, 4 = lowest). Leewood will try to honor your selections based on class availability and academic needs. However, Leewood reserves the right to place you in an elective of its choice.

**Spring State Assessment scores may require enrollment in Intensive Reading in lieu of an elective.**

Choose 4  DIFFERENT  electives.

Do NOT repeat choices. Repeated choices will be DELETED.