Electives

This class is designed for the beginning to novice level woodwind, brass, or percussion student who has had at least one year of elementary school level instruction or is brand new to learning a band instrument. The class begins to develop technique and fundamentals on the instrument of choice as well as introduce music theory and music reading skills. Outside of class performance opportunities and obligations required. (Grades: 6th-8th)

This class is designed for the intermediate to advanced level woodwind, brass, or percussion student who has had at least one year of middle school level instruction on their primary band instrument. The class continues to advance technique and fundamentals on the instrument of choice as well as further develop music theory and music reading skills. Outside of class performance opportunities and obligations required. (Grades: 6th-8th)

This class is designed to boost your math skills by writing code to solve the math problems you are working on in your math class. We also solve math problems with robots! (Grades: 7th-8th)

(Application and Interview required) This class is a college-readiness program designed to help students develop the skills they need to be successful in college. The program places special emphasis on growing writing, critical thinking, teamwork, organization, and reading skills. (Grades: 6th -8th)

(Application and Interview required) Yearbook is an elective that not only is responsible for creating the school yearbook, but also produces video news segments for students. Staff members use DSLR cameras and editing software to record memories for both online and print. (Grades: 7th-8th)

(Application and Interview required) In this class, students plan spirit days, provide lunch activities, plan school dances and fundraisers. It is a leadership course that requires hard working, dedicated students to help lead the school. (Grades: 7th-8th)

A middle school orientation and transition program that welcomes 6th graders and makes them feel comfortable throughout the first year of their middle school experience. Built on the belief that students can help students succeed, the program trains mentors from our 8th grade class to be WEB Leaders. As positive role models, WEB Leaders are mentors and student leaders who guide the 6th graders to discover what it takes to be successful during the transition to middle school and help facilitate 6th grade success. (Grade: 8th)

This class teaches the essentials design and prototyping. Students will learn to use software in accordance with the industry uses for product design, engineering, and development. Students will use additive and subtractive manufacturing equipment such as 3D printers, CNC machines, and Plastic Formers to develop and prototype their designs. This course serves as an introductory middle school aligned preparation for BioAnimatronics. This course supports and is aligned to the industry sectors for Arts, Media and Entertainment, Manufacturing and Product Development, Health Science and Medical Technology, and Information Communication Technologies at Fontana High School. (Grades: 6th-8th)

This class introduces technology in the field of animatronic robotic devices to study, understand and program animatronic movement. Students will program robotic movement, speech, gestures to support speech all while creating true multimedia application of the animatronic robots. As students learn to program animatronic robots, they will also design and build prototypes of props and costuming to support the animatronic creations and storylines. This course serves as an introductory middle school aligned preparation for BioAnimatronics. The course supports and is aligned to various industry sectors for Arts, Media and Entertainment, Manufacturing and Product Development, Health Science and Medical Technology, and Information Communication Technologies at Fontana High School. For the purposes of this course, it will be aligned to the Information Communications Technology Software Systems Development Pathway (174). (Grades: 6th-8th)

This class is designed for students who already speak or understand Spanish at home. Instead of focusing on basic vocabulary and grammar, the course helps students develop stronger reading, writing, and academic language skills in Spanish. Benefits of taking this course include improved literacy in Spanish, deeper understanding of Hispanic cultures, preparation for advanced Spanish courses and bilingual certifications in high school. This course supports students in refining their Spanish while embracing their bilingual abilities! (Grades: 6th-8th)