# Courses Required for Grades K-9 The chart below provides important information for the required courses at HCOS for each grade level.
**Subject** | **Grades K-4** | **Grades 5-7** | **Grade 8** | **Grade 9** |
ADST | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
Arts Education\* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
Career Education | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
Christian Studies | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
English Language Arts\*\* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
Mathematics | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
Physical and Health Education | ****Yes**** | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
Science | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
Second Language\*\*\* | **No** | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Optional** |
Social Studies | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
**\*Arts Education** can be one or more of Visual Arts, Music, Drama or Dance
**\*\*English Language Arts** includes Reading, Writing, and Oral Language learning
**\*\*\*Second Language** includes all language learning that is not a student's primary spoken and written language