Recommendations for placement in core courses are made by the middle school teachers based on criteria established by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction for Gwinnett County Public Schools and by Parkview High School. The Parent Override section on the Course Request Verification Form must be completed in order for a student to be registered for a course at a higher or lower level than recommended by the teacher.  Students placed by parent override will NOT be allowed to change courses if work becomes too easy or too difficult.  Registration is for the entire school year.  No changes will be made in the summer or fall except for changes as the result of credits earned in summer school.

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Language Arts Core Class:

NOTE: Your child's current Trickum language arts teacher will make a recommendation for placement for the language arts core class. 

• 9th Lit & Comp
• 9th Lit & Comp Honors
• 9th Lit & Comp Gifted
• 9th Lit & Comp (Resource or Team Taught) for Special Ed. 
  

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Math Core Class:

Your child's Trickum math teacher will make a recommendation for placement for the math core class.

• Algebra I Concepts & Connections
• Algebra I Concepts & Connections (Resource or Team Taught) for Special Ed.
• Algebra I Concepts & Connections Strategies (Resource) for Special Ed.

Must have passed Enhanced 8th Grade Math and Algebra: Concepts and Connections at TMS to register for Geometry or Accelerated Geometry. 

• Geometry Concepts & Connections
• Accelerated Geometry Concepts & Connections

Math course sequence options:

• Choose Your Math Path GCPS Math Pathway document
• Choose Your Math Path Text Transcript 
• Accessibility options: Click the A icon for download and accessibility options for the PDF, or check out the text transcript.

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Science Core Class:

Your child's Trickum science teacher will make a recommendation for placement for the science core class.

• Biology
• Biology Honors
• Biology Gifted
• Biology (Resource or Team Taught) for Special Ed.

Must be taking & accept Biology credit in middle school to register for Chemistry

• Chemistry Honors - Chemistry Course Video
• Chemistry Gifted - Chemistry Course Video

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Social Studies Core Class: 

Your child's Trickum Social Studies teacher will make a recommendation for placement for the social studies core class. PHS strongly recommends students take World Geography or AP Human Geography.

• World Geography
• World Geography Honors
• AP Human Geography -AP Human Geography Course Video
• AP Human Geography Gifted - AP Human Geography Course Video

Health and PE: Required for Graduation

All students should select one of the following options to fulfill the Health and Personal Fitness requirement:

IMPORTANT NOTE: For the 2024-25 school year, ALL STUDENTS will be signed up for HEALTH and PE (option 1) unless your student plans to participate in MJROTC (option 3). If your child plans to take Health and/or PE over the summer (option 2), you will need to indicate that on the paper registration sheet that comes home with your students.   

OPTION 1: Take Health and Personal Fitness during the school year at PHS (the most common option).  

OPTION 2: Take Health and Personal Fitness in the summer. It is the parent/guardian's responsibility to register their student for Summer Health and/or PE through PHS Community School, Gwinnett Online, etc. This is an additional cost for parents.   Health and Personal Fitness are prerequisites for weight training/body sculpting classes, specialty athletic teams weight training/body sculpting classes, and Team Sports.

OPTION 3: Earn Health and Personal Fitness through MCJROTC. If a student completes three years of ROTC, this will satisfy the Health and Personal Fitness requirement needed for graduation.   

Interested in Summer Health and PE at Parkview?

Information about Summer Health and PE through the Parkview Community School