We currently have
the following Connections classes:
The four components of middle school art
education are: production, criticism, history, and aesthetics.
These components are not treated separately but are integrated throughout
the 9 weeks, through hands on projects, critiques, art history research,
and discovering art in our daily lives.
Keyboarding is comprised of learning
basic keyboarding technique, formatting a word processing document,
creating spreadsheets for a variety of functions and developing PowerPoint
presentations of student research.
This 9-week course
introduces LMMS students to Technology Education. The Technology
Education program provides experiences that lead to the development of
technologically literate people. Students will participate in
problem-based learning utilizing math, science and technology
principles. Students will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge
through various hands-on activities.
The connection to today's popular
culture and music is very important in the general music classroom.
Students are asked to transfer information to current events by
incorporating new music recordings and current events. Students also learn
about the careers and technology in the music field.
Participation is cornerstone of our
Physical Education program. Students who participate to the best of their
ability on a daily basis and are cooperative with other students and the
particular activity are vital to a successful program. The teaching of
these skills, the practice required to develop them, and lead-up
activities that enhance these skills are a major goal of our program.
Physical fitness is the foundation of skills performance, personal health,
and wellness. Students assigned physical education will participate in a
variety of fitness activities each nine weeks.
This course is designed to teach
students good health and safety habits and how to assume responsibility
for their own health decisions. Specifically the students will learn the
facts about health and how to apply these facts to their daily lives. The
three year curriculum consist of the following units:
- Mental/Emotional, Physical, and
Social Health
- Substance Abuse
- Nutrition
- Personal Hygiene
- Human Growth and Development
- CPR and Injury Prevention
The teachers that teach 7th grade CPR
are American Red Cross certified instructors in Community First Aid and
Safety. All 7th graders have the opportunity to receive Adult CPR
certification. The certification is valid for one year. The information
presented for Human Growth and Development varies for each grade level and
each unit presents straightforward information. All materials are
available for review through an appointment with your child's teacher.
We currently have the following Music Programs:
The band program includes advanced and
intermediate bands at the seventh and eighth grade levels and
like-instrument classes at the sixth-grade level. All band classes meet
daily. Extra-curricular activities include jazz band (by audition only)
and pep band (open to all seventh and eighth-grade band students). Help
sessions take place before school daily and after school by appointment.
More than 400 students participate in the band program.
The Lost Mountain orchestra program
offers orchestral instruction for beginning, intermediate, and advanced
performers. The students may choose to play the violin, viola,
cello, or string bass. Students are taught the fundamentals of music
theory, music listening skills, rhythmical studies and string performance.
The variety of literature includes folk, classical, country, pop, rock,
and various other styles.
At Lost Mountain, the chorus theme is
"We Touch the World." Along these lines, chorus students learn about
music from all over the world by singing pieces in languages such as
Spanish, Russian, Japanese, French, and Italian in addition to English.
Outside of their regularly scheduled class time, students can sing in
Chamber Chorus in the Fall and Show Chorus in the Spring.
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Music Appreciation
Physical Education
Health
Glisson's 6th
Grade Pyramid Project
Glisson's 7th Grade Nutrition
Project
Glisson's
8th Grade Substance Abuse Project
Coe's 8th Grade Substance Abuse Project
Chorus
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