By staff writer Ethan Wasserman

The middle school schedule at Bay Farm School has had some changes over the last few months.

Here’s how the new schedule works:

• There are new Exploration classes in 6th and 7th grades.
• In 3rd period, there are two new homeroom class teachers, Mr. Scott Slez and Mr. Alain Valois, who have a mix of 7th and 8th graders as homeroom students, and who are also going to be the students in that homeroom’s first period.
• There is only one Algebra 1 class this year, which is one less than last year. Algebra 1 is for 7th and 8th graders.
• The 3/8 math course is now optional for 8th graders, and an additional math class for math course, 2/7, making it two classes.
• There are three separate PE classes for 7th and 8th graders in 1st, 2nd, and 6th period.
• There are now two classes for Science, English, and History in 8th grade due to a larger number of 8th graders this year.
• Spanish is now the language learned in 8th grade (French was last year and Mandarin was the year before).