Middle School (6–8)

  • Health & Medical Sciences Exploratory

    Students in this course explore health and medical sciences careers and related career clusters, participate in interactive activities, and receive an overview of the healthcare industry. Course content includes the criteria for entering various healthcare careers, and students will gain communication, problem solving, and critical thinking skills. This CTE course aligns with Virginia’s required student tasks…

  • Make It Your Business

    Students in this course design, establish, and operate a small-group or class business, producing a service or product that meets an identified school or community need. Emphasis is placed on the introduction and application of business terminology, basic entrepreneurship concepts, and fundamental business principles. Basic academic skills (mathematics, science, English, and history/social science) are integrated…

  • Survey of World Languages & Cultures

    This course is designed to take students on a journey around the world to discover the cultures of a number of countries and four different languages: American Sign Language, Chinese, French, and Spanish. Designed for the middle school student, this course prepares beginner students to undertake the expectations of high school-level world language courses and…

  • Spanish III

    Spanish III is designed to increase students’ communication skills in Spanish and deepen their understanding of Spanish-speaking cultures throughout the world. Emphasis is given to the continued development of basic interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational language skills. Theme-based vocabulary further expands students’ ability to describe the world around them, including topics like cooking, travel, the home,…

  • Spanish II

    Spanish II is designed to further students’ communication skills in Spanish and deepen their understanding of Spanish-speaking cultures throughout the world. Emphasis is given to the continued development of basic interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational language skills. Theme-based vocabulary offers students opportunities to learn words relevant to their daily lives at home, school, and beyond. Students…

  • Spanish I

    This course introduces students to the Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures throughout the world. Primary emphasis is given to the development of basic interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational language skills. Students practice listening, reading, speaking, and writing based on everyday patterns. Topics of study include greetings and introductions, personal descriptions, family, weather, holidays, sports and activities,…

  • Latin III

    Latin III builds upon the grammar, vocabulary, and English derivatives learned in Latin I and II and introduces Latin prose and poetry through readings by Caesar, Cicero, Ovid, Catullus, and Vergil. This course aligns with the Virginia Standards of Learning for Latin.

  • Latin II

    This course is a continuation of studies begun in Latin I. Students will review and build on skills such as vocabulary, grammar, translation, and culture. Continued emphasis on grammar, vocabulary, and grammatical constructions build on Latin I knowledge. One of the goals in Latin II is true rendering of Latin passages into English that relays the…

  • Latin I

    Latin I is an introduction to the language, culture, and history of the Ancient Romans. The course focuses on Latin grammar, vocabulary, and translation with minimal focus on history, culture, and pronunciation. Latin I offers students a unique opportunity to appreciate the continued influence of the Roman world on our culture, language, history, and government. This…

  • German III

    The course continues to refine the interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communication skills learned in German I and II. Interpersonal communication will focus on developing speaking proficiency in non-scripted and unrehearsed settings. With much of the course conducted exclusively in German, students will learn and apply new grammatical structures to higher-level vocabulary in order to further…