Greene PTO Meeting - Transition to the Junior High! -
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Administration Introductions ➺ Dr. Traci Rea ▹ Principal ➺ Mrs. Misty Belfrom ▹ 8 th Grade Assistant Principal ➺ Mr. Andrew King ▹ 7th Grade Assistant Principal
C Ben Brenner O Counselor (A-K) Kristin Suter U Counselor (L-Z) N Rachel Morris S Student Support Counselor E Jeff Thamann L Student Support Services O Kelsie McKinney R Children’s Hospital Therapist S
• Grades 7 and 8 • School Day – 7:50 – Buses Unload Junior High 8:00-11:24 – Bells 1-4 11:28-11:49 – Flex Time 12:03-1:23 – Bell 5 (Lunch A, B, C) Overview 1:27-3:07 – Bells 6 & 7 3:07 – Students dismissed to busses • Seven Periods – Each 48 minutes long • Flex Time – 21 minutes long • Four minutes passing time between bells
Scheduling Timeline February 25 Rising 7th Academic Fair – 7:00 P.M. at SJH. Special Education informational meeting @ 6:00 P.M. March 2-3 JH Counselors will meet with Greene students to fi finalize course selections. 6 th grade students visit and have lunch at Junior High March 5 March 13 Verifi fication sheets sent home with students April Proof of T-dap and Meningitis (MCV4) due to E.H. Greene nurse Late July/Early Athletics begin – Get physicals in late May, June, or July (Good August for one calendar year) Early August Student schedule pick up JH Launch August 12 First Day of School!!!!
7th Grade Requirements Subject Length Language Arts Year Social Studies Year Science Year Math Year Global Language Year PE/Health Semester Art Semester Music Year or Semester
Course Delineations • 7th Grade Core Courses Language Arts Science • Accelerated Math Social Studies Math 7 Accelerated • Honors Algebra I Accelerated Language Arts Honors Science Honors Math 7 Honors Social Studies Honors
Semester 1 Semester 2 OPTION A Period l Language Arts Period 2 Math Period 3 Science Period 4 Social Studies Flex Time Period 5 P.E./Health Art 7 Period 6 Global Language Period 7 Band/Orchestra/ Choir
Semester 1 Semester 2 OPTION B Period l Language Arts Period 2 Math Period 3 Science Period 4 Social Studies Flex Time Period 5 P.E./Health Art 7 Period 6 Global Language Period 7 Music (Semester) Elective
Semester 1 Semester 2 OPTION C Period l Language Arts Period 2 Math Period 3 Science Period 4 Social Studies Flex Time Period 5 P.E./Health Art 7 Period 6 Additional Supports Period 7 Music (Semester) Elective
High School Credit If your student chooses to take any • Algebra I Accelerated of these courses for High School • Geometry Accelerated credit, the grade is permanent and • Foundation of Art may not be deleted from the High (8 th grade) School transcript. • Chinese • French • Latin Credit/grade can be removed from • Spanish their high school transcript until the first semester of their Junior year.
FAQ’s 1. Should students also attend the Academic Fair? 6. If you take a full year of music, do you have any opportunity ○ The night is for parents only. Students will hear to take an elective? the same information when they visit the JH on ○ If a student takes a full year music, they will not March 5. have an opportunity to take an elective in their 7th 2. Will the Academic Fair information be posted? grade year. However, they will have an opportunity ○ We will send out the slideshow from the to select an elective in their 8th grade year, pending Academic Fair via the Greene Newsletter the needing additional supports. following week. 7. When will more information be out about try-out dates for 3. When will the Course Planner be posted on the sports? website? ○ Our Athletic Director, Jim Dejoy, will communicate ○ The Course Planner will be posted on the those dates soon via the Greene school newsletter. Junior High website beginning February. He will also be available for questions at our 4. If a student is in Accelerated classes (Language Arts or Academic Fair on February 25th. You may also Math) at Greene, do they automatically continue with reach him with any questions at those classes at the junior high? dejoyj@sycamoreschools.org. ○ Yes, if a student is currently in Accelerated 8. Is there bus service after school? Language Arts or Math, they will automatically ○ There is no bus service for sports or clubs that are continue with these courses at the Junior High. held after school. There is bus service for our after 5. Can you explain the process for how students are school Homework Club. placed into Honors classes? 9. Is there a night when parents can tour the building? ○ In order to be placed into Honors courses, ○ There are several opportunities for parents to students must earn >90% on a MAP test (last access the building, but the best time is during 12 months) and/or teacher recommendation. Schedule Pick-up Accelerated Math courses have separate requirements.
FAQ’s 10. If you are in a “no-cut sport”, do you have to be at 14. How are the Honors classes and core classes practices during the summer? different? ○ While your athlete will still be able to participate, ○ The curriculum is the same for both classes, all athletes are expected to be present for the but they are different in 2 ways: Honors summer activities. Athletes will miss out on courses have a faster pacing and the activities important information during this time as well as in the classroom are more rigorous. possible scrimmages. 15. Can parents or students request a student be 11. Is recess before lunch? placed into classes with their friends? ○ Recess is the first 10 minutes of lunch and then ○ Students do not get the option of choosing to students report to the cafeteria for the remaining be in classes w/ friends because schedules 20 min. are more individualized. There are a lot of 12 . Is the lunch assignment the same the whole school other opportunities for socialization during the year? school year (clubs, extracurriculars). ○ Yes, generally speaking. The only variation in 16. Are students able to eat lunch with their friends? this would be if the students’ 5th bell is a ○ Students are assigned to lunch based on their semester course and the new teacher has a 5th bell class, but are not assigned to a seat different lunch period. so they may sit with friends in that lunch. We 13. If a student is placed in an Honors class, do all the do not make schedule changes for 5th bells to academics have to be Honors? accommodate lunch changes. ○ No, students can have a mix of different levels of 17. Is there a drama/theater class during the school day? their academic classes. ● We have a drama club and Sycamore Singing Company, in addition to 2 performances/year that students can participate in, but there is not a class during the school day designated to that subject.
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