Trailside Middle School’s Unified Mental Health Team (UMHT) – comprised of school counselors, psychologist, and social worker – offers mental health services and supports to enhance student social, emotional, and behavioral growth. This team of school-based mental health professionals works with students, families, school staff, and outside providers to promote a positive school environment that supports student success and ability to cope with challenges through direct (e.g., classroom curriculum, group counseling and individual counseling) and indirect (e.g., collaborating or consulting with staff, families or communities) methods. 

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(571)252-2280

Course Selection 23-24 

The course selection process for next school year begins at the end of January. This may seem early to select courses, but this information is very important in regards to staffing decisions and course options for next year.

How are courses selected?

• Teachers will be evaluating student performance and data to make recommendations for course levels for next year in January.

• Teacher recommendations will be populated automatically into StudentVUE.

• Please take these teacher recommendations seriously, and encourage your student to have a conversation with his/her teacher if the student does not agree with a teacher’s recommendation.

• The core classes will be locked in StudentVUE and can only be changed with the school counselor after a discussion has taken place with the student's teacher .

• Students and parents can edit elective courses in StudentVUE between February 12th & February 23rd.

• Counselors will meet with ALL students individually to review each student’s course selection.

Please remember this is a process. Please take advantage of the presentations being offered below as we believe these will answer all of your questions regarding course selection, class options, and elective options.

IMPORTANT DATES:

• Jan 30: Rising 6th Parent Night, 7:00pm

• Jan 31: Instrument test drive night #1 (for rising 6th grade students)

• Feb 1-2: TMS Elective Fair for students during the school day

• Feb 1: Rising 7th and 8th grade parent night, 7:00pm

• Feb 8: Instrument test drive night #2 (for rising 6th grade students)

• Feb 13: Instrument test drive night #3 (for rising 6th grade students)

• Feb 12: Rising 8th grade course selection presentations for students during resource

• Feb 13: Rising 7th grade course selection presentations for students during resource

• Feb 14-15: Rising 9th grade course selection presentations for students during resource

• Apr 4: FINAL DEADLINE TO MAKE COURSE REQUEST CHANGES FOR RISING 6TH, 7TH, AND 8TH GRADE

• May 1: FINAL DEADLINE TO MAKE COURSE REQUEST CHANGES FOR RISING 9TH GRADE