Rising 8th Grade Course Selection

8th Grade Franklin Students for the School Year 2025-2026

Most Important Points:

  1. All students will select between general education or honors settings for English, Math, Science, and History.
  2. Students will select between 2-4 top choices for electives, along with at least 4 alternates. Students will rank-order their preference for elective courses. Some are yearlong and some are semester courses; students can take either 2 yearlong, 1 yearlong + 2 semester, or 4 semester elective courses. 
  3. All students will be auto-enrolled in Health & PE and Advisory courses.
  4. Course selection process will take place in January and February through Advisory lessons and 1:1 conferences with their counselor. 
  5. There are opportunities for students and families to learn more about the process and course selection options. See below for more details. 

Rising 8th Grade Course Selection Planning Sheet (Coming Soon) 🚧

Rising 8th Grade Course Catalog

Timeline:

January 2025 Advisory Lessons to Support Course Planning

Franklin teachers will work with students to reflect on their current courses, explore course options, and begin planning for their 8th grade courses and beyond.

February 13, 2025 Rising 8th Grade Parent Coffee

Families are invited to join for an information session to hear directly from school staff about academic advising. There will be time for questions and answers.

February 7 - February 28, 2025 Academic Advising 1:1 Conferencing w/ Counselor

Students will meet individually with their counselor through their Science classes to discuss and enter course selections prior to the deadline.

February 25, 2025 Course Selections DUE

Students will work with their counselor to ensure course selections are entered into SIS StudentVUE by Friday, February 25th. In March, families will be able to see course selections in ParentVUE.

Additional Course Selection Resources:

Parent Coffee Slides (coming in January)

8th grade Course Selection Sheet (coming in January)

8th Grade Online Catalog

Middle School Academics and Curriculum Resources

AAP Placement and Information

Course Planning and Graduation Requirements

How to enter course selections into SIS

View directions here or read below.

Log in:

  1. Log into SIS StudentVUE

Make your Course Requests:

  1. On the left sidebar, select Course Request.
  2. To enter course requests, select Click here to change course requests.
  3. Search for each course using the magnifying glass. Enter the course ID and select Add Request.
  4. Save your selections by selecting Add Request.

Choose Elective Alternatives:

*Alternate courses must be added in preferential order.

  1. Select Click here to change course requests.
  2. In preference order, search for each course using the magnifying glass and entering the course ID. 
  3. Select Add Alternate.
  4. Save your selections by clicking Click here to change course requests.

Your Completed Requests should Include:

  • 4 Core Classes (English, Social Studies, Math, and Science)
  • Health & PE (listed two times for each semester)
  • Electives in one of the following options:
    • Option 1
      1. Yearlong elective
      2. Yearlong elective
    • Option 2
      1. Yearlong elective
      2. Semester elective
      3. Semester elective
    • Option 3
      1. Semester elective
      2. Semester elective
      3. Semester elective
      4. Semester elective