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Piper Middle School unveils course guide to introduce students to high‑school academies
Summary
Principal Tim Leffert presented a new Piper Middle School course guide that integrates academy prep across grades 6–8, outlines elective offerings and proposes changes (speech integration and a planned podcast journalism class) to align middle‑school curriculum with high‑school academy expectations.
Piper Middle School Principal Tim Leffert presented a new middle‑school course guide to the Piper USD 203 Board of Education Sept. 8, saying the guide is meant to expose sixth‑ through eighth‑grade students to the district’s high‑school academies before students select pathways in eighth grade.
Leffert said the guide organizes academy‑prep coursework and elective descriptions and explains how each elective aligns with at least two academy entry points. “We want to make sure that all students at Piper Middle School are exposed to every academy before they make their selection for academies, in December…
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