Restricted Electives for 9th Graders
NOTE: The restricted elective choices listed below require approval from a Trickum Middle School teacher. Contact the TMS Teacher listed to sign up for any of these courses. Selections in this section will be ranked as your 1st choice elective.
Students and their families should also review World Language Electives for 9th Graders and General Electives for 9th Graders before making final elective choices.
Restricted Elective Choices
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Course Name and Description |
Course Information |
TMS Teacher Contact |
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| Advanced Mixed Chorus
Open to all male singers & 10-12th grade treble singers (sopranos & altos) with prior choral experience. Students will build on their skills learned in intermediate chorus. Separate audition required for 9th Grade Women. |
Folds |
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Intermediate Guitar |
Schaefer |
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| Business & Technology
Learn employability skills required by business and industry and develop organizational skills through customer/business relationships. |
Triggs | |
| Ceramics / Pottery I
Create functional and sculptural forms while exploring various ceramic processes, including the pottery wheel. |
Cliatt / LaPlaca |
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Computer Science Principles Introduces students to the central ideas of computer science and develops computational thinking skills through working with data and the fundamentals of beginning programming. Fosters student creativity through project-based learning. Once in the course, students will have the option to choose to move to the AP Computer Science Principles course with a signed student/parent consent form. |
Killian |
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| Drawing & Painting I
Learn a variety of drawing and painting techniques in a range of materials, styles, and subject matter. |
Cliatt / LaPlaca |
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| Engineering Concepts
Students will learn to design technical solutions to engineering problems using a whole system approach to engineering design. |
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| Intermediate Band |
Davidson/Matthews |
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| Intermediate Mixed Chorus
This course is designed for treble singers (sopranos & altos) with prior choral experience. This class is primarily comprised of 9th grade students. Singers will learn and enhance their skills in sight singing, music reading, vocal technique, and basic music theory. |
Folds | |
| Intermediate Orchestra (Concert) |
Sargent / Tinley |
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| Latin II
Latin II Honors -- (must have a 90 or above in Latin I) |
Belzer-Carroll |
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Photo I |
Cliatt / LaPlaca |
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Spanish Native Speakers I This class is designed for students who speak Spanish at home but have had no formal schooling in the language; a placement exam is given at the beginning of the semester to ensure proper placement. |
Estrada-Johnson |
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Spanish II Spanish II Honors (must have a 90 or above in Spanish I) |
Johnson |
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| Spanish IV for Dual Language Immersion (DLI) | Spanish Program Video | Cuervo |