Blue Springs School District

• Students may go back and forth between honors and on-level science courses each year
• Honors and on-level science courses both follow the same content in the same order, but honors goes more in depth with the material
• Work completion expectations of honors may help to prepare students for honors science classes in high school, but are not required as a prerequisite
• Reading, writing, and math skills are applied to science courses; honors requires a strong foundation in all three

• On-level Social Studies and Honors Social Studies follow the same content in the same order, but honors goes more in depth
• Honors Social Studies will benefit from a strong foundation in reading and writing skills 
• Students are not locked into the honors or on-level path throughout middle school
   

Honors Consideration:
Students who demonstrate advanced literacy skills, including those who meet or are approaching a minimum RIT score of 215 on the NWEA Growth Measure Assessment and maintain a consistent A/B average in their current or previous year's reading course, may consider enrolling in 6th Grade Honors Reading.

In the English department, it is not a requirement to take an honors course in any given year to take an honors course in the future. 
 

Honors Consideration:
Students who demonstrate advanced literacy skills, including those who meet or are approaching a minimum RIT score of 215 on the NWEA Growth Measure Assessment and maintain a consistent A/B average in their current or previous year’s writing course, may consider enrolling in 6th Grade Honors ELA.

In the English department, it is not a requirement to take an honors course in any given year to take an honors course in the future. 

• Honors math moves at a much faster pace to get in 4 years of math during 3 middle school years
• Honors math will have more homework, more rigor, and a more rigid course structure
• On-level Courses vs Honors Courses:  Collegiate experiences in both
   

HONORS PROGRESSION:

6^th Grade – Honors 6^th Grade Math

7^th Grade – Honors 7^th Grade Math

8^th Grade – Algebra I

9^th Grade – Honors Geometry

10^th Grade – Honors Algebra II

11^th Grade – Pre-Calculus (Dual Credit)

12^th Grade – AP Calculus (AP Exam)