Curriculum: da Vinci Program
Curriculum: da Vinci Program
Types of Courses
CORE classes consist of traditional academic courses.
RELATED ARTS classes rotate between P.E., Spanish or Japanese, and Technology. Students in Yujin Gakuen attend Japanese Immersion classes during this time. These classes are ongoing all year.
FLEX classes are electives that vary in length, but most of them last nine weeks. Students choose an area of interest to pursue.
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Core Classes
Da Vinci Sixth Grade Program
Students take language arts and social studies as an integrated block. In block they work on reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. They practice daily dictation at the computer to learn the mechanics of writing and keyboarding skills. Mathematics and science are also taught as an ingreated block class. Remember, da Vinci is only open by lottery. Go to the REGISTRATION page for more information on how to enroll in the da Vinci alternative program.
Da Vinci 7th & 8th Grade Program
Students and teachers stay together for both the seventh and eighth grade years. The core classes are integrated into language arts/social studies and mathematics/science blocks. Remember, da Vinci is only open by lottery. Go to the REGISTRATION page for more information on how to enroll in the da Vinci alternative program.
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Related Arts
Fitness and Lifestyles Classes
Fitness and Lifestyles is a wellness approach to physical education which blends games, sport, dance, and skill activities with a comprehensive fitness/wellness curriculum. The goal of this unique program is to develop motor skills for a lifetime of leisure activity while also providing students with the concepts, problem solving, and critical thinking skills necessary to adopt a healthy lifestyle both now and in the future as lifelong learners. The Fitness and Lifestyles program strikes an equal balance between the traditional and contemporary gym activities of physical education.
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Spanish
Spanish language instruction is provided to students at each grade level. During our three-year program, students develop and practice writing, speaking and listening skills. Sixth-grade students start with basic vocabulary and grammar lessons that help them begin to speak the language. In seventh grade, verb conjugation and writing skills activities help students communicate more clearly in Spanish. Eighth-grade students are expected to produce accurate and fluent, oral and written presentations that will show they are well prepared for high school Spanish instruction.
Introduction to Japanese
Kelly Middle School offers Japanese as one of the two choices for foriegn
language. All students are requred to take either Japanese or Spanish for
all three years of middle school. Classes are 45 minutes each and are held
every other day during part of the Related Arts rotation. The classes are
designed to give students an introduction to learning foriegn languages
through good study habbits, repeated use of the language and enjoying another
language and culture. Students who perform well throughout their three
years of study in middle school Japanese will be ready to enter into second
year Japanese at the High School Level.
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Flex (Electives)
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Aerobics
Power Walking
Read to Learn
Art
The Natural World
Team Games
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