What were your kids' favorite 8th grade electives?
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Anonymous
| DD is starting to explore these for next year and isn't sure what to take - this is at Carson. |
Anonymous
| All of my kids took a World Language in 8th grade. Their other elective spot was different depending on which kid it was. Two took Orchestra, one took Journalism, and one took Theater. |
Anonymous
| Mine loved FACS |
Anonymous
Is this basically Home Ec? |
Anonymous
| Ds has been taking a language and Engineering 3. He loves Engineering not as much a fan of the langauge but doing well with it. |
Anonymous
| Different MS but both loved FACS and the cooking in it. DD liked theater. DS liked engineering. I think it was more because of the theater and engineering teachers, who were their favorites. |
Anonymous
| Chorus. |
Anonymous
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Creative writing
FACS |
Anonymous
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Engineering and SGA
I was skeptical about SGA, but it’s been great! |
Anonymous
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My kid is worried that they won't do well in 8th grade FACS because they didn't take 7th grade FACS. Are they the same? Do they build on each other?
*I know this is a ridiculous concern because it's basically home economics, but I want to tell them no. |
Anonymous
| Theater and foreign language. |
Anonymous
| Both my Carson kids loved the engineering and computer classes. For the other elective one took languages the other took facs and absolutely loves it. He’s a straight A stem kid but the happiness he gets from making pretzels at school will make any parent smile. I thought it was stupid but he loves it and even knows how to sew now. My kid at Franklin also liked facs- it’s just a fun class for kids. |
Anonymous
There is FACS 1 and FACS 2. You can take FACS 1 in 7th or 8th. FACS 2 does build on FACS 1. Your kid will take FACS 1. |