Springboro

Junior High

School

Welcome to Springboro Junior High

Planning for Seventh GradeFebruary 27, 2018

Mr. Jon Franks, Principal

Mrs. Brooke Coulter, Assistant Principal

Ms. Mary McConnell, Counselor Students last name A-K

Ms. Randi Bargo, Counselor Students last name L-Z

Administrators &

Guidance Staff

SI students visit in May

Open House Walk Through in August

Games—football, volleyball, cross country,

basketball, wrestling, track

Junior High Activities

Student of the month

Pride Paws

Pride time / Breakfast of Champions

Homework help (Mon-Thurs)

Washington DC trip in 8th grade

Newspaper

Yearbook

Winter Guard

Show Choir

Jr. Optimist

Pokemon Club

Student Council

Destination Imagination

PEP Club

NJHS

LIFT

Extra Curricular Activities

Cheerleading

Sideline

Competition

Cross Country

Volleyball

Football

Basketball

Wrestling

Track

School District Athletics

at Junior High

** Eligibility **

Springboro Junior High

60-Minute Instructional Periods

Part of a six-year, coordinated 7-12

experience focused on college and

career readiness.

Time for small group instruction and project-

based learning

Focus on writing across the curriculum

Schedule

Six instructional periods

Four core classes

Elective Program of Studies available online

2 additional periods (electives/study hall)

Art, Health, PE, Music, PLTW, Computer, Career

and Consumer Concepts, and Foreign Language

Courses are one quarter, one semester, or one

full year

Students are required to take

one quarter of each of the

following courses in 7th or 8th grade.

Physical Education

Health

Career and Consumer Concepts

A Fine Arts Course (Music or Art)

Required Electives

Fine Arts – Music or Art

Physical Education - Gym

Computer

Optional Elective Courses

STEM/Project Lead The Way

Foreign Language

Study Hall

Band, Strings, and Choir are

year-long courses

Music and Film is a semester course

Fine Arts Courses

ART: Two-Dimensional Design

and Three-Dimensional

Design are quarter classes

Computer Applications

Computer Coding

Digital Media

Computer Courses

Computer classes are a

quarter in length

For more information on PLTW, please visit:

https://www.pltw.org/our-programs/pltw-gateway

STEM Courses

Gateway Project Lead the Way (PLTW)

Introduction to Engineering (semester) is a

prerequisite for some of the PLTW electives

and must be taken first

Additional PLTW Electives

The following courses are quarter classes

and may be taken in any order after the

introductory PLTW course:

Elements in Engineering (1/4)

Magic of Electrons (1/4)

Flight and Space (1/4)

Medical Detectives is a new

course with no prerequisite (1/2)

May be taken 7th and 8th grade (Level 1 & 2)

or ONLY 8th grade (Level 1)

May not skip a year between classes

These courses are for high school

credit and WILL appear on the

student’s high school transcript

Foreign Language Courses

These courses are year-long and OPTIONAL

They are high school classes

French and Spanish

A study hall may be taken for:

One quarter

One semester

Three quarters

An entire year

Study Hall

1 Core English Language Arts

2 PE (¼) / Career and Consumer Concepts (¼)

ART: 2-D Design (¼) / ART: 3-D Design (¼)

3 Enriched Math

4 Enriched Science

5 Core Social Studies

6 Band (year-long)

Sample Schedule 1

1 Enriched English Language Arts

2 PE (1/4) / Health (1/4)

Career and Consumer Concepts (1/4) / 2-D Art (1/4)

3 Core Math

4 Core Science

5 Enriched Social Studies

6 Spanish 1 (year-long)

Sample Schedule 2

Students will fill 8 quarters

with electives each year

Sample 1

Sample 3

Sample 2

Sample 4

Students will fill 8 quarters

with electives each yearExample 7th grade:

_____ _____ _____ _____

_____ _____ _____ _____

Example 8th grade:

_____ _____ _____ _____

_____ _____ _____ _____

PE Health 2-D Art 3-D Art

Choir (choir) (choir) (choir)

Career & Consumer Study Hall Music and Film (Music and Film)

Spanish I (Spanish I) (Spanish I) (Spanish I)

Immunization requirements for 7th Grade

Visit School Health Resources Page

Bronwyn Patterson – School Nurse2018-2019 School Year

Students will not receive class schedule in August without updated immunization information on file.

Or Immunization Exemption Letter

Information and exemption letter on

www.Springboro.org link on homepage

7th Grade Immunizations

Immunization record with

Diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (Tdap)

booster (previous state requirement)

First dose of the Meningococcal (MCV4)

vaccine

Questions?

Elective choices are due by March 7, 2018