MMS

Career & Technical Education Programs

Artificial Intelligence

Ai

Grades: 7-8
Length: One Semester

An introductory course designed to help students explore artificial intelligence and its far-reaching societal impact on our world. This course is designed around engaging activities and learning units that integrate computational thinking concepts with ethical design. Students explore how technologies can help solve problems and improve life for themselves and their communities.

Nutrition & Wellness

N&W

Grades: 7-8
Length: One Semester

Nutrition and Wellness is a semester-long course that focuses on

promoting physical,mental, and emotional wellness. Units of study

integrate the following...

● Physical Health - Students will participate in fun, fitness related activities.

● Healthy Eating - Students will learn about the importance of food safety and nutritious eating and practice these skills during in-class cooking labs.

● Mental Health - Students will learn about the importance of stress management and practice strategies to help manage stress effectively.

● Social Health - Students will learn about the importance of healthy, social interactions and practice skills that promote positive relationships with family, friends, and classmates.

Graphic Design Foundations

Graphic Design

Grades: 7-8
Length: One Semester

Students create original layouts for logos, promotional pieces, publications and digital artwork. This course combines technology, photography, graphics, drawings, and text to effectively communicate with a visual purpose. Students will gain a foundational knowledge of the design process, the use of graphic design software, and the importance of working collaboratively for a common goal/objective. Projects and objectives are aligned to WA State Arts Standards and 21st Century Skills.

STEM Foods

STEM Foods

Grades: 7-8
Length: One Semester

STEM Foods is a semester long, lab based elective that covers the

following units of study...

● Kitchen Safety - kitchen injury and food borne illness prevention

● Cooking Basics- reading recipes, measuring accuracy, and common kitchen equipment

● Basic Scientific Principles of Food Preparation • Preventing global malnutrition and

Video Production Foundations

video

Grades: 7-8
Length: One Semester

This foundational Visual Production course provides students with introductory knowledge and skills necessary for television, video, film, and/or radio production careers. Additional topics include scriptwriting, camera operation, use of graphics and other visuals, lighting, audio techniques, editing, production principles, and career opportunities. Don’t miss out on a chance to be a part of this exciting and ever changing career field!

Yearbook

Yearbook

Grades: 7-8
Length: One Semester

Students who participate in the Yearbook course can expect to have an exciting year full of showcasing the memories of the school(s), students, and campus events. Students will be responsible for producing a book which reflects high journalistic standards. In order to accomplish these objectives, the yearbook students will devote their time to: Learning their rights and responsibilities as a yearbook student, gaining proficiency in desktop publishing with online software, incorporating advanced design principles into the yearbook, learning and using journalistic writing techniques, developing student leadership and decision-making skills, finding ways to include every student and staff member in the yearbook, and most importantly, producing a yearbook the staff, the school and the community are proud of and be able to enjoy conveying a lifetime of memories.

Computer Science Fundamentals in Scratch

Scratch

Grades: 7-8
Length: One Semester

An introductory course that empowers students to engage with computer science as a medium for creativity, communication, problem-solving, and fun. Students are introduced to foundational concepts through a series of real world scenarios, projects and challenges.

Technology & Career Foundations

Career

Grades: 7-8
Length: One Semester

A course that focuses on the linkage between individual capabilities and needs and the job market. Includes instruction in the variety and scope of available employment, how to access job information, and techniques of self-analysis.

Project Management (Leadership)

Project

Grades: 7-8
Length: One Semester

Project Management is a leadership class where students learn to work in teams to coordinate events and projects. Students develop their personal character as leaders. There is a strong focus on service projects for the school and building a positive school culture. Students follow the five phases of project management for each project they complete: initiation of goals, planning, executing goals, monitoring and controlling progress, and reflections. This class works closely with the ASB Student Council.

Medical Detectives

Med

Grades: 7-8
Length: One Semester

In this course students solve medical mysteries through hands-on projects and labs, measure and interpret vital signs, examine nervous system structure and function, investigate disease outbreaks and explore how a breakdown within the human body can lead to dysfunction.