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Course Registration

Below, you will find registration information for all three grades at Drake Middle School. Current Drake students will register for next year in April. If you will be a new 7th or 8th grader to Drake for the '25-26 school year, please review the below information.

Information for All Grades:

Placement into honors math for all grades will be determined by Drake's math department based on district data. If you are coming from out of district, please contact your grade level counselor. 

6th Grade Transition Information

  • Welcome guide - Drake's transition guide has information about 6th grade at Drake.
  • Please note, 6th grade students are only able to elect into Band or Orchestra with the Band and Orchestra sign up sheet for their 6th grade year. All other explores are randomly assigned to encourage the exploration of our variety of classes.

7th & 8th Grade Course Registration Information

  • Elective Request Form for incoming 7th and 8th grade students
    • Please note, 7th graders have a limited number of electives they can request. All other explore classes will be randomly assigned to encourage the exploration of our variety of classes.
  • Please review the Course Information Guide linked above to learn about Drake's classes. 

8th Grade only:

Choice/New 7th or 8th Grade Enrollment Information

Below are the honors requirements for the 2025-2026 school year. If you are interested in honors classes, please send any data you have to the point person for each honors class you are interested in. Any questions about scheduling, please contact the grade level counselor.

Honors Requirements
for current Drake students

Data Points

Grade from 6th & 7th classes

Contact Person

7th Grade ELA

8th Grade ELA 

Spring MAP: 230

GPA: Around 4.0

A

7th Grade: Laura Wolf

8th Grade: Jess Connor

Math

MAP: 90th%

State Test: Strongly Meets or Exceeds 

A average on classroom assessments

Annie Carpenter

Science

Winter MAP: 227 or 8 points of growth from fall to winter

A

Calvin Hippely

Social Studies

Winter ELA MAP: 230

Strong Attendance

A

Katie O'Brien