# 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