Students attending Martin Middle have the opportunity to register for elective classes twice during the year-once in April, for the upcoming Fall Semester, which begins in August, and once in November for the following Spring Semester, which begins in January.

Registration materials and directions are distributed to current students at school through their homeroom, and selection cards are returned to the school, within a window of several days.

Students should become familiar with the Elective Course Description Guide, which is distributed to them during the April registration time frame. They should refer to this catalog as they carefully choose their classes. This guide should be kept for reference for the following registration session.

Once it is determined through the magnet application selection process that a student has been invited to attend Martin for the next school year, the student will receive an invitation to the 6th Grade Orientation evening. During this meeting, the elective registration materials will be distributed. New students will also have an opportunity to browse elective departments and speak with elective teachers at this meeting. Martin will be having the 2008 Sixth Grade Orientation evening on May 28th. Please see the Magnet Information page for more links on how to apply, and the selection process.

Skills learned through our Career and Technical Education electives here at Martin will prepare students for life! The Family and Consumer Sciences division includes electives that appeal to students’ desires for practical skills taught with a creative flair. For skills that every student needs to know right now, look to our electives in the Career division. Keyboarding is a must to help students keep on top of all of the projects and information they will need to process in today’s technologically-based society.  It also prepares students for Business and Computer Technology, the class that will help prepare students for the graduation requirement of passing the computer skills test in eighth grade. Please follow the link to our CTE page for more detailed information about that department, or, read about our classes in the Elective Course Description Guide.

The Academic, or Core Area electives at Martin GT Magnet Middle School are as varied as our students’ interests!  Academic electives fall into the categories of Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, and Science.  Each area has its own group of electives, all aligned with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study, and all designed to be an enhancing, interactive, engaging experience!   Depending on which electives a student chooses, he/she has the potential to take up to thirty-six different electives in a three-year period, many of those electives based on the core subjects. Please see the  Elective Course Description Guide for more detailed information!

At Martin Middle, we feel strongly that students need to have access to challenging and diverse Physical Education classes.  Health and physical education are a necessary part of a balanced curriculum, allowing students opportunities to strengthen their bodies as well as their minds. Martin offers many different types of Physical Education experiences within the elective structure. Follow the link for more information on our Physical Education Department. Please remember the Wake County rule-sixth grade students are not allowed to play in a school sponsored after-school sport.  However, here at Martin, sixth grade students can apply to be team managers for their favorite sport.
Please see the  Elective Course Description Guide for more detailed information!
 

The Arts Electives at Martin GT Magnet Middle School offer students the choices they need to have a creative outlet, no matter their interest or ability level. Visual Arts, Dance, Choral Music, Band, String Orchestra, and Theatre Arts electives are numerous, engaging, and leveled from beginning to advanced. Follow the link to the Arts pages to find out more about these exciting choices! Please see the  Elective Course Description Guide for more detailed information!