Students study health units on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use prevention, disease and the human body, lifetime health habits, mental health, and human growth and development. Parents may opt-out their children from any topic included in the Family Life Education program. Problem solving, communication, and making connections among mathematical ideas are emphasized in a hands-on learning environment. The use of calculators and computers is integrated with instruction. I extends students' knowledge and understanding of the real number system and its properties through the study of variables, equations, inequalities, and analysis of data derived from real world phenomena.
Emphasis is placed on making connections in algebra to arithmetic, geometry, and statistics.
Calculator and computer technologies should be used as tools wherever appropriate. Use of a graphing calculator is considered essential to provide a graphical and numerical approach to topics in addition to a symbolic approach. Students who have mastered the standards for middle school mathematics are eligible to take Algebra I in grade 8. However, parents may request that grades be omitted from the student's transcript and the student not earn high school credit for the course. Science content strands on cellular structure and function, heredity, and diversity, and ecosystems are emphasized throughout the year.