A Message From Irving Middle School

Although we are not yet to the middle of this school year, we are already beginning the registration process for next school year. Over the next few months, we will host various activities to help transition your child to Irving Middle School. If you have any questions throughout the process, please feel free to call the school. Below are important dates regarding the selection of your child’s classes for next year:

• January 10, 11 and 17 - Field trip from your child’s elementary school to Irving to visit elective classes and learn about the school. If your child does not attend one of our feeder elementary schools (Cardinal Forest, Hunt Valley, Keene Mill, Orange Hunt, Rolling Valley, Sangster or West Springfield) and you would like to participate in our tour, please reach out to Suzy Kiefaber at @email. 
  • Just after the tour - Students will receive a paper course selection sheet. Please discuss the classes with your child and return the form to your child’s elementary school.  
• January 10 - Curriculum Night from 6:00-8:00pm. Please click here for a list of sessions offered throughout the evening. Please plan to attend the sessions that apply to your child or visit elective classes you would like to learn more about. Students are welcome to attend.
• Mid to Late January - After course selection sheets are returned to your child’s elementary school, teachers and counselors will review the selections and reach out to families if they have questions or concerns with a selection.
• January 30 - Transition to Middle School - This presentation will be conducted fully in Spanish. Our principal, Cindy Conley, will discuss how best to support your child as they transition to middle school. (The English version of this program will happen on April 3).
• Early February - Students will enter course choices electronically in SIS. Parents/guardians are able to see (but not change) the courses their child has registered for by logging into their ParentVue account in SIS. If you do not have a ParentVue login, please contact your elementary school. ParentVue is used in middle school to view your child’s grades, attendance and additional information.
• February/March/April/May - Elementary teachers and Irving staff review course requests. If there is a concern that a class might be too easy or difficult, a staff member will reach out to parents/guardians to discuss it.
• April 3 - Transition to Middle School - Our principal, Cindy Conley, will discuss how best to support your child as they transition to middle school. 
• Late May/June - Mock schedules will be mailed home. These show the classes registered for, but not the actual schedule.
• June 7 - Last day for schedule change requests.
• Summer review by Irving for support class placement
• August 5-7: Irving Academy is a transition program designed to give students a “jump start” into middle school. The program equips students with some of the skills they need to be successful in middle school, as well as gives them an opportunity to meet peers and ask questions about Irving. Enrollment is open to all WIMS rising 7th graders. Transportation is not provided, but lunch will be provided for all participants.  Students will attend a one-day in-person program on EITHER August 5^th, August 6^th OR August 7^th from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm. Information about registering will be sent in early June, but we want to provide the date range to you for planning purposes.

Our course catalog is an additional resource to help with the course selection process. Elective teachers have included videos of the course to provide more information about what happens in their classes. When you choose a specific class, there is a description of the class and the link to the video is at the bottom of the description. Our catalog can be found here: 

https://insys.fcps.edu/CourseCatOnline/frontPanel/395/nocourselist/0/1/0/1. 

If you are not able to attend curriculum night, we will post the presentations on our website. We look forward to getting to know you and your student over the next two years and we hope to see you on January 10^th.

Grade Level Information for 2023-2024

Rising 7th Grade students:

• 7th Grade Curriculum Night Presentation
• Having trouble deciding between Math 7 and Math 7 Honors? Please refer to this document for assistance
• Presentation shared with elementary 6th Grade students
• 2024-25 7th Grade Course Registration Sheet

Level IV AAP

Services Irving provides for Level IV AAP students:

• Irving's AAP Information Presentation
• If your child has qualified for Level IV AAP services and you would like for your student to participate in Irving's program, please email Meg Gollinger at @email.
• If you would like your child screened for Level IV AAP services, please visit the AAP website to learn about the process.