Rising 7th & 8th Grade Parent Night Tuesday, March 24 Welcome - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Rising 7th & 8th Grade Parent Night Tuesday, March 24

Welcome Lisa Bailes, Principal

Registration Cards Brooke Barrows

Registration Dates ● Wednesday, March 25 - Students receive registration cards ● Thursday, April 2nd - Complete and return to homeroom teachers ● April 13-17 - Counselors and administrators will meet with students individually to input course requests ● Early May - Parents receive placement recommendation ● Early June - Parents receive single gender placement information ● May-June - SCMS counselors and administrators schedule core courses

7th Grade Registration Card

8th Grade Registration Card

Single Gender Placement Brooke Barrows

Single Gender Program ● Based on demand ○ Not just an Honors program ● Language Arts and Math ● Teacher assignments may change ● Lottery placement ● Indicate interest on the registration card

Is Single Gender Right for My Child? ● Is my child often distracted by students of the opposite gender? ● Does my child get easily embarrassed by students of the opposite gender? ● Does my child thrive when working with group members of the same gender? ● Is my child easily overshadowed by louder students? ● Is my child more comfortable in groups of the same gender?

Language Arts & Math Placement Phyllis Butcher

Honors Placement Dates ● Teachers will complete rubrics by April 3 ● Parents will be notified of recommendation by May 1 ● May-June - SCMS counselors and administrators schedule core courses ● Please communicate with administrators and counselors if you have questions

Is Honors Right for My Child? ● Is my child intrinsically motivated to do well in school? ● Does my child show persistence even when presented with difficult material? ● Does my child complete homework and projects without adult prompting? ● Does my child have good time management skills? ● Does my child think “outside the box”?

Is Honors Right for My Child? ● Does my child take the initiative to make up work when he/she is absent? ● Does my child apply constructive criticism? ● Does my child enjoy reading for pleasure (beyond what is required in school)? ● Is my child capable of handling a rigorous and self-directed vocabulary program? ● Can my child apply new math concepts with little direct teacher instruction?

7th Grade Math ● Math 7 ○ Major topics include: Proportional Relationships, Writing and Solving Multi-step Equations and Geometry ● Honors ○ All of the Math 7 topics and over half of Math 8 topics. ○ Math 8 topics include: Introduction to Functions, Graphing Equations, Operations with Exponents

8th Grade Math ● Math 8 ○ Equations and Functions ○ Math 8 EOG in late May / early June ● Math I - Yearlong ○ High school credit and grading (70/30) ○ Completes the study of Linear Functions & Relationships ○ Math I EOC and Math 8 EOG ● Math I/II - One per semester ○ High school credit and grading (70/30) ○ Math II completes the study of Geometric Concepts and Trigonometric Relationships (explored and applied) ○ Math I EOC, Math II EOC and Math 8 EOG

7th & 8th Grade Language Arts ● Language Arts 7 & 8 ○ Rigorous Vocabulary Program (Word Within the Word) ○ 3 Classroom Novel Studies ○ Technology rich lessons ○ Collaborative tasks and projects ● Honors 7 & 8 (In addition to the above mentioned) ○ SAT Prep Vocabulary ○ Independent Novel Study ○ Advanced Level Reading ○ Debates

Language Arts Rubric

Math Rubric

Middle to High School Course Sequencing Amanda Jones

High School Language Arts ● One LA per year; cannot double-up ● Additional LA courses available (creative writing, AP literature, etc.) ● 24 credits required for graduation ○ With 8 per year, your student will take 32. ○ There are 8 open credits

8th Grade 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade LA 8 Foundations 1 Foundations 2 Foundations 3 LA 4 LA 1 LA 2 LA 3 LA 8 Foundations 1 Honors LA 2 Honors LA 3 Honors LA 4 LA 1 Honors Honors LA 1 Honors LA 2 Honors LA 3 Honors LA 4 LA 8

High School Math ● One level of Math allowed Freshman & Sophomore Year (can double-up Jr & Sr years) ● Colleges look for at least one math each year ● College-level math courses benefit college acceptance into Math-based programs

8th Grade 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade Math 8 - EOG Foundations 1 Foundations 2 Foundations 3 Adv. Functions Math 1 - EOC Math 2 - EOC Math 3 - EOC & Modeling OR Pre-Calculus Math 8 Foundations 1 Honors Math 2 Honors Math 3 AP Calculus Math 1 Pre-Calculus AP Statistics Math 1 Honors Math 2 Honors Math 3 Pre-Calculus AP Statistics AP Calculus Math 1 Honors Math 3 Pre-Calculus AP Calculus AP Statistics Math 2

Educator & Parent Partnerships

SCMS Staff wants your child to succeed - Academically, Developmentally, Socially, Personally, and Emotionally

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