View our school website for information, pictures, and videos on transportation options.

All school-related information and events are shared on our website and social media. We add the same things on our Facebook and Instagram accounts, so the easiest thing to do is pick which platform you are most comfortable with and check weekly. We also send out a weekly Friday email with any school-wide updates, which is also added to our school website homepage under "FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK: SCHOOL UPDATES".

We partner with Ligon Middle School for school-sponsored sports, which are available to 7th and 8th-grade students.  Our students take a bus from Moore Square for tryouts, practices, and games. Families will then pick up students at Ligon when they are finished, typically 4:30ish. View available athletics here.

We host flag football, basketball, volleyball, and soccer intramurals here at Moore Square, which are available for all students from 2:30-3:30. Each sport is one day a week. We describe this as an informal recreational league where students play against each other instead of school vs. school. The schedule can be found here.

We also have a wide variety of after-school clubs sponsored by our Moore Square staff. Don’t see a club your student is interested in? All they have to do is find a staff member to be the advisor, and they can start something new!

We are on the modified calendar, which we believe to be the best of both traditional
and year-round calendars. We have a shorter summer, but longer breaks throughout the
year. View our current calendar here.

Our Magnet Program Pathway gives students the highest priority when applying to Enloe Magnet High School. However, many also choose to apply to Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School, as they follow the same modified calendar we do. 

Visit the WCPSS Magnet homepage

Only students who are enrolled in a Wake County Public School System school for the 2024-2025 school year can apply. If your student does not currently attend a WCPSS school (ie. rising into kindergarten, homeschooled, or currently attending a charter or private school) they will need to enroll online and get a student ID number prior to submitting an application.

We are not told at the school level how many magnets “seats” are available each year, but it is typically around 150. For the past few years, we have had around 350 first-choice applications. Look up your priority number here.

Early College, Crossroads FLEX, Magnet, and Year-Round applicants will be notified of their results in February of each year, via email. This information will also be in the parent account. 

The type of service may vary depending on your school choice and home address. Find your transportation options here.

Students who do not receive a seat at their first-choice magnet, early college, or year-round school, will be placed on a non-numeric waiting list, known as an applicant pool, for the school you listed as your first choice.  If you applied to more than one school, you may be assigned to one of your other choices and remain in the applicant pool for your first choice magnet, early college, or year-round school. Applicant pools will be reviewed in the spring. You will be notified via your online account if you receive a seat in your first-choice school. 

Newly revised information regarding 6th grade double math, adopted for the 2024-2025 school year: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sWQyLNO7zxKVAFmJhNvqgaLcQ_uhK8KNSaSdeeDFjEw/edit?usp=sharing

Yes! Also, our “typical” pathway for math is already Math 6+/7+/Math I.

Identified 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade students receive differentiated curriculum and instruction in language arts and/or mathematics within the general education setting.  There are no pull-out groups, as we have a high number of students identified as AIG and therefore have large clusters in each class already.  Instructional approaches within classrooms include flexible skills grouping, differentiated units, Choice Boards, and collaborative teaching between the classroom and other educators. Services vary depending on course offerings and student performance.

All 6th-grade students will be placed in the Keyboarding & Basic Word Processing and Digital Literacy (two quarter-long electives totaling one semester) classes. They do not need to count them in their elective selections. All 8th graders will be placed in the Health and PE class (quarter-long). While other classes are not required, we strongly encourage students to take at least one other PE class each year, as middle school students do not participate in a daily recess break.

Yes, please read through our description guide for specifics on which classes require prerequisites. We also have several classes that require an audition or application that will be updated in the spring for the next school year!

Yes, but please be aware some year-long electives conflict, and students may have to choose between competing classes.

Read through our description guide for information on each class. This was created by students, for students! Thank you, Student Council!

Your current elementary school counselor will be reaching out to assist you in selecting your choices using PowerSchool in March or April. If you are coming to Moore Square from a private/charter school or a school outside of WCPSS, please email a copy of your elective selections to our school counselors:
Jacinta Estes: jestes2@wcpss.net
Michael Wray: mwray@wcpss.net

We have a 7-period daily schedule, with three of those classes being electives. We use this same schedule every day, there is no alternation or “A/B day” transition. If they choose all quarter-long electives, they could potentially take up to 12 in a school year. 

Most change quarterly (9 weeks), leaving you with potentially 12 choices for the entire school year. We have some classes that are semester or year-long such as some of our music and other arts classes, world languages, and application courses.

While some electives change year to year, here is what we’re currently offering.