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Find information about announcements and news from the Registrar, Eckstein’s courses, electives, PE waivers, how to request records (outgoing students and private school requests), schedules, and course registration.

2025-2026

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9/2/25: New Student Orientation (WEB Day)

Update August 19, 2025:

  • 1-2 PM: Incoming new 7th and 8th graders
  • 2-4 PM: Incoming new 6th graders
  • WEB stands for “Where Everyone Belongs” and is an opportunity for incoming students to get familiar with the campus, meet our school staff, and meet other incoming new students.
  • This is a student-only, in-person event.

Not Attending Next Year?

If your student is not attending Seattle Public Schools or Eckstein in 2025-2026, please email Ms. Tai jetai@seattleschools.org and fill out the SPS Not Attending Next Year (NANY) Form. Filling out the NANY Form ensures that SPS Enrollment receives official confirmation from the parent/guardian of your student’s plan to unenroll. Otherwise, you will continue to get communications from SPS and Eckstein.

New Student Elective and Course Registration

August 19, 2025 Update:

  • Given that we nearing the end of the summer, availability in our electives and courses is limited, Ms. Tai will review available electives and register your student into available courses.
  • If you are a rising new 8th grader, please send Ms. Tai an email (jetai@seattleschools.org) with a list of topics covered in your student’s 7th grade math course and ideally an official transcript. Your rising 8th grader may be placed into Math 8 (standard math for 8th graders) or Algebra 1 (high school level credit). In order to be placed into Algebra 1, Ms. Tai must verify 7th grade math covered and receive approval from our math faculty.
  • Please note that our Math 7/8 course for 7th graders is currently full and we have a waitlist. Please contact Ms. Tai if you’d like to be on the waitlist.
  • Spanish 1 has a waitlist. Please send Ms. Tai an email if you’d like to be on that waitlist.
  • You can read more about Eckstein’s electives on the Eckstein Registrar Courses and Electives website. Please bookmark the Eckstein Registrar’s site. Ms. Tai regularly posts information online.
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Fine Arts Requirement

  • As communicated in February 2025, all 6th and 7th grade students enrolled in Seattle Public Schools are required to take at least one (1) semester of fine arts in both 6th and 7th grades.
  • Fine Arts is not required for rising 8th graders in 2025-2026.
  • Fine Arts courses include: music (band, choir, orchestra, guitar), visual arts, ceramics, and theater.

How is a Student Schedule Made?

Think of a student schedule as a simple math problem. There are 6.0 worth of credits:

  • Core classes make up 4.0 credits (Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science).
  • Electives make up 2.0 credits (year-long and semester-long, including PE)
    • Students can take 2 year-long electives (example: band, world language), waive PE
    • Students can take PE (0.5), 3 semester-long electives (0.5 x 3) = 2.0 credits
    • Students can take 4 semester-long electives (0.5 x 4), waive PE = 2.0 credits

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