The seventh grade mathematics program begins a transitional period where students are led to higher levels of mathematics abstraction. Algebraic and number concepts are provided to form a basis for further mathematics at the high school level. Arithmetic skills continue to be refined and expanded. Practical applications and problem solving receive continued emphasis. Music Seventh grade music continues study in the elements of music and provides experiences with the styles of music from the Medieval through the Romantic Period.
Opera is studied in a broad generic sense.
Students study a unit focusing on careers in music with emphasis placed on careers in the music industry as well as in the field of education. Laboratory experiences begin in grade seven in the areas of piano, recorder, synthesizer, guitar, and research activities. Physical Education Seventh grade physical education consists of individual, dual, team, and group games with specific instruction in the skills of these activities. All activities contain a physical fitness component and are offered co-educationally. The students are introduced to the team and individual activities of soccer, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, track and field, softball, rhythms, and other sports.