How will reconfiguring the grade levels change what students are able to take for classes?
Students in 8th grade and eventually 7th grade will be grouped with 9th grade students in a “school within a school” that will have embedded into it—an advisory period where students will learn skills to help them be successful in the latter years of high school. Students will be physically closer to upper-level classes, and so by utilizing the expertise of the core curriculum departments, students will have early exposure to Michigan Merit Curriculum courses when they are “ready”. Vocal music, in addition to instrumental music will be offered for “school within a school” students. It is a goal to not only offer foreign language instruction earlier to students in 7th and 8th grade, but we are also exploring offering this instruction at the elementary level—when students tend to naturally latch on to new languages. Students in grades 5-7 (2010-2011) and eventually 4-6 (2011-2012) will be housed together, and their teachers will be able to collaborate more because they will not be in sep
Students in 8th grade and eventually 7th grade will be grouped with 9th grade students in a “school within a school” that will have embedded into it—an advisory period where students will learn skills to help them be successful in the latter years of high school. Students will be physically closer to upper-level classes, and so by utilizing the expertise of the core curriculum departments, students will have early exposure to Michigan Merit Curriculum courses when they are “ready”. Vocal music, in addition to instrumental music will be offered for “school within a school” students. It is a goal to not only offer foreign language instruction earlier to students in 7th and 8th grade, but we are also exploring offering this instruction at the elementary level—when students tend to naturally latch on to new languages. Students in grades 5-7 (2010-2011) and eventually 4-6 (2012-2013) will be housed together, and their teachers will be able to collaborate more because they will not be in sep
