2024-2025 Class Schedules

Schedules for the 2024-2025 school year will not be finalized until July 2024. Below are the counselor assignments for next year's classes.

     Celena Davis (6th Grade)- celena.davis@knoxschools.org

     Rebecca Gomez (7th Grade)- rebecca.gomez@knoxschools.org 

     Kendall Kobler (8th Grade)- kendall.kobler@knoxschools.org

Related Arts Options for the 24-25 School Year

Year Long Courses (Students must pick one): Band, Orchestra, & Chorus 

     - Yearbook is offered as a yearlong class to 8th grade only (application process)

Semester Long Courses: PE, Advanced Art, and Robotics 

     - Chorus is offered as a semester long class to 8th grade only

Quarter Long Courses: PE, Media Art, Visual Art, Health & Safety, Computer Science Discoveries, & STEM

     - General Music is offered as a quarter long class to 8th grade only

     - Peer Tutoring is offered as a quarter long class to 7th & 8th grade students only (application process)

Related Arts Options: Here are the Related Arts Course Descriptions: Related Arts Course Descriptions

Honors Qualifications

All core class recommendations will be completed by the student's 2023-2024 content teachers. The criteria for honors are as follows:

Rising 6th Grade

• • Must score in the 85th percentile or above on the TN Ready subject assessment to be placed in any honors class. (Ex. 85th percentile in TN Ready Math = 6th Honors Math. The subject assessment must match the content area class).

Rising 7th Grade

• • If they are current 6th grade honors students- Must hold an average of an 80 or above at the end of the 23-24 school year and have their content teacher's recommendation
  • If currently in standard class- Must score in the 85th percentile or above on TN Ready subject assessment, have a final grade of an 80 or higher, and have their content teacher's recommendation

Rising 8th Grade

• • Honors Algebra I
    • Current 7th Honors students must hold an average of an 80 (B) or above at the end of the 23-24 school year
    • For students not in Honors 7th grade Math, students must score in the 85th percentile or above on the Math subtest of TN Ready, have a final grade of an 80 or higher, have their math teacher's recommendation, participate in a math screener, and join in a parent/administrator data review. 
  • Honors Physical Science
    • Students MUST be enrolled in Honors Alg. I per Knox County policy
  • Honors ELA and Honors S.S
    • Current 7th grade Honors students must hold an average of an 80 or above at the end of the 23-24 school year and have their content teacher's recommendation.
    • For students not in 7th Grade Honors S.S. or Honors ELA, students must score in the 85th percentile, or above, on the S.S. and ELA subtests of the TN Ready assessment, have a final grade of an 80 or higher, and have their content teacher's recommendation. 

Please note the Math progression chart for Middle School. IF you wish your child to be in Honors Alg. I in the 8th grade,  but they were not in 7th grade honors Math, they cannot move into Honors Algebra I as they will be missing all of the Pre-Algbra content that is covered in 7th grade Honors Math. However, students not in honors classes in middle school can still take Honors, AP, and Duel Enrollment courses during their high school career. Students may even double up on math during an academic year to place them in the most advanced math courses their senior year if desired. 

Change of Course Request Form

Academic Level Change Requests for rising 7th & 8th grade students will be available to turn in to the Counseling Dept. April 8, 2024 - April 26, 2024. Please complete this form ONLY if you wish to move academic levels (from Honors to standard or standard to Honors). Completing this form does not guarantee that your child's placement into honors will be changed. However, their academic data will be reviewed at the end of the year to see if they qualify and parents will be notified of the change via email. 

Academic Level Change Requests for rising 6th grade students will be available May 6th - May 17th. Please complete the form and turn it in to Ms. Davis in the Counseling Office.

Academic Change Request Form

If you wish to submit a specific Course Change Request, you may do so within the first two weeks of school. The form will be posted on our website once schedules go live sometime mid to late July 2024.

We will only look into changing your child's schedule for the following reasons:

     1. Gap in schedule/missing class

     2. Academic level change

     3. Duplicate class