DRISCOLL

SIXTH GRADE

                                     CHOICE SHEET

                                         2009 – 2010

 

 

 

Student  Name  ____________________________________________________________ Male __Female __                              Last                                       First                               MI

Address __________________________________________Zip Code _________  Date of Birth __________

 

Parent or Guardian Name __________________________________ E-mail address ____________________

 

Home Ph. _______________ Father’s Work Ph. _________________ Mother’s Work Ph. _______________

 

Father’s Cell Ph.  _________________   Mother’s Cell Ph.    ________________

 

Every 6th grade student will take the following courses:                                  

 

1.      English/Pre-AP*                 0603/0601            

2.      Reading/ACL                     0618                      ___ Teacher recommendation for ACL  0616

3.      Math/Pre-AP*                   0623/0621            

4.      Science                              0633

5.      Social Studies                     0643                     

6.      AIM/Health                        02916/0636

7.      PE                                      0654

*Pre-AP classes require signed contract.  Pre-AP Contract is on the reverse side.

 

Place an X in the space provided in front of your elective choice.  (Please read all course descriptions). 

NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE ONCE CLASS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED.

 

               Band          0670                             Choir                     0676/0676B

 

                                       Orchestra   0673/0674                     Fine Arts             0665/0361/0248/0699

                                                                                              Art/Theater Arts/Music Appreciation/

                  Debate       0215                             Exploratory Language

 

Students who do not demonstrate mastery of the TAKS concepts by the second administration will be placed in an

SSI reading and/or math workshop.    State Law currently requires that all incoming sixth graders take 4 semesters of P.E.

in Middle School.

 

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RETURN TO YOUR FIFTH GRADE TEACHER BY ____________________________________

 

_________________________________________                                   _________                              ____

Student Signature                                                                   Parent Signature

 

In accordance with Title VI-civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX-Education Amendment of 1972, Section 504-Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992, the North East Independent School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or handicap.

 

PRE-AP CONTRACT ON THE REVERSE SIDE
 

 

 

 

Driscoll Middle School      

Pre-Advanced Placement (Pre-AP) and

Advanced Placement (AP) Program Expectations and Course Agreement

 

Pre-AP and AP courses challenge and enrich motivated college-bound students to expand their education beyond the regular program.  Pre-AP coursework develops advanced skills and content background to prepare students for the college-level work of Advanced Placement (AP) courses and for the Advanced Placement exams.  Gifted and Talented Programs (GT), requiring specified admission, incorporate the Pre-AP and AP strategies and curriculum as well. 

At the high school level these rigorous courses carry weighted credit toward computation of class rank, previously called honors credit. However, all of these courses have strategies/curriculum that are markedly different from courses formerly labeled honors.

 

Driscoll’s Pre-AP program is committed to the principle that all students deserve an opportunity to participate in rigorous and academically challenging courses.

 

Students in these rigorous programs are expected to:

·         Analyze, synthesize, and manipulate knowledge and skills

·         Think critically

·         Develop successful study skills

·         Budget time effectively and efficiently

·         Commit to a daily academic action

·         Engage in electronically-assisted research and/or communications

·         Extend advanced content area vocabulary

·         Utilize community, university, and industry as resources when applicable

·         Maintain subject-specific portfolios/notebooks when applicable.

·         Commit to this agreement supporting the Pre-AP/AP program and expectations

 

Success requires commitment from all students, parents, and teachers involved in this program.

 

 

TEACHER:  The teacher agrees to conduct the Pre-AP course with enrichment strategies and at a pace appropriate

to the grade level.  Students and parents will be notified, in a timely fashion, if student work and/or assessments are unsatisfactory.

 

PARENT:  I agree to be familiar with the above Pre-AP course requirements and to help my son/daughter organize study time in support of class assignments.  I will notify the teacher immediately of any concern I have relating to

the class or my child’s progress.  I have read the course description and agree to the requirements of the class.

 

STUDENT:  The student agrees to organize his/her time and effort to successfully complete this course.  By signing below, the student understands this course agreement and commits to participate in this rigorous course.

 

Please check the Pre-AP courses to which you are committing:

 

 

          ____  Pre-AP English (Enriched) – 6th grade    ____  Pre-AP Math – 6th grade

 

 

 

Student’s Signature  _________________________________________    Date _______________________

 

Parent/Guardian’s Signature _________________________________     Date _______________________