All students
at Greiner are placed on academic teams. Students
are enrolled in seven classes, which include
Language Arts, Math, Science, Reading, Social
Studies, and Electives. All students are required
to take one semester of Physical Education each
year and only one semester of Computer Literacy.
W. E. Greiner Middle School expects all students
to complete all assignments on time. Failure
to do so will result in a grade of zero. Only
students with excused absences will be allowed
to make up work.
ESL
The Dallas Independent School District secondary
English as a Second Language program is a comprehensive
instructional program designed to meet the linguistic
and academic needs of speakers of other languages
students. The ESL program provides limited English
proficient (LEP) students with sequential instruction
for the acquisition of basic interpersonal communicative
skills and cognitive academic language proficiency
skills. The program ensures that LEP students
are provided the same academic and extra curricular
opportunities as English proficient students.
JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY
The National Junior Honor Society is a national
organization of students joined together by service,
character, and citizenship. A cumulative grade
average of
92 must be earned in all a student's classes during the 7th grade school year
to qualify for membership.Other considerations for membership in NJHS are leadership,
good character, and citizenship.
A special initiation ceremony honoring new National Junior Honor Society
students is held every year in the Spring.
MIDDLE SCHOOL PSAT
All eighth grade students are encouraged to take
the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National
Merit Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) in October.
It is used at the middle school level for talent
identification, and as a counseling tool to provide
college awareness and academic motivation. Schools
may elect to provide, at their own cost, student
seminars outside of the regular school day designed
for college scholarship/exam readiness. Students
are responsible for testing fees.
TAG - Interdisciplinary
Seminar
The Talented and Gifted Interdisciplainary
Seminar is an elective middle school course
designed to meet the needs of identified
students. The class is taught by teachers
trained in the areas of Talented and Gifted.
The course is interdisciplainary in nature
and enhances the four core curriculum subjects
by adding depth, complexity, and pacing.
The program provides direct, intensive
assistance to students engaged in independent
projects; promotes thinking skills, discovery
learning, student initiated research and
other activities designed to enrich the
curriculum; focuses on talent development;
and identfies and brings community resources
to the campus to assist in instruction.
Only students screened and identified as
Gifted/Talented may choose this elective.
Pre-AP or
Pre-Honors
PreAdvanced Placement courses are offered
in English Language Arts and Math in 7th and
8th grades. Any student may enroll in the college
preparatory courses.
If a student is screened and identified for
gifted and talented services; they must be
placed into one of these courses, unless parent
submits letter requesting them not to be in
a PreAP course.
Algebra
I - 8th grade
The following criteria shall be
considered in determining the student's eligibility
for placement in Pre-AP Algebra I, which will
be offered only in grade 8:
If these criteria have not been met, a student's
parent may request that the student take the
course and shall sign an agreement to assist
in monitoring and supporting the progress of
the student in the course.
