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7TH GRADEPARENT NIGHT
VISITATION ACADEMY
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COUNSELING DEPARTMENT
• Mrs. Kate Reddy • Grades 7-9• Department Chair
• Ms. Peggy FitzGibbon• Grades 10-12, last names A-K
• Mrs. Adele Hayes• Grades 10-12, last names M-Z
• Mrs. Alice O’Donnell• Administrative Assistant
• Website• http://teacherweb.com/MO/VisitationAcademy/Counseling/
apt1.stm
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7TH GRADE PROGRAM
• Individual meetings• Scheduled by Mrs. Reddy• Drop in as needed
• Owning Up Curriculum• 2nd & 3rd Quarters
• CTP Online (ERB) standardized testing• Week of Oct. 8-11• Oct. 16 – Test Day
• Nominations for Duke TIP
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ACADEMICS
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HOMEWORK
• On average, 2 hours per night (25 min per class)• Will vary based on which classes drop
• Moodle• Access from main website or vizonline• 1st place to check for homework assignments
• Assignment notebooks, whiteboards, sticky notes
• Server• Best accessed from school
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ACADEMIC GOALS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL
• Become resourceful• Look for information before asking
• Advocate for themselves• Let others know what they need• Approach adults for help
• Build confidence & Be successful• Set reasonable & attainable goals
• Be independent• Ask for help when necessary
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RESOURCES
• Teacher• Moodle• Page for each class• Calendar• Assignments
• Netclassroom• Check grades (updated every 2 weeks)• Marking column 2 for 1st semester, Marking column 4 for 2nd
semester• M = missing• X = excused• 0 = no points, cannot turn in
• Counselor
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TABLETS
• Guidelines for use at home• Where?• When?• How long?• Consequences?
• Monitoring use• Use in a visible place• “No minimize” rule• Software
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SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT
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SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT
• Benefits of being involved• Meeting people• Organized/supervised activities• Discovering interests• Leadership opportunities• Face-to-face communication
• Ways to get involved• Announcements • Club lists – www.visitationacademy.org
• Student life• Club Fair – Sept. 11 during activity period
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SOCIAL CHALLENGES
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SOCIAL CHALLENGES
• Fitting in/Belonging• Cliques• Mixers, parties, and boys• Body image and sexuality• Exposure to alcohol, smoking, drugs
• Electronic Communication and the Internet
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DEALING WITH CHALLENGES
• Personal Responsibility• Talk through situations, reserve judgment• Be supportive• Allow them to handle their own problems• Help them learn from situations
• Communication• Listen• Family Values• Clear Expectations• Make sure she’s listening
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DEALING WITH CHALLENGES
• Setting Limits • Consistency• Make the consequences known• Be willing to be unpopular• Focus on important issues
• Resilience
• Call for back-up
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RESILIENCE
• Robert Evans “Raising Resilient Children”• Nurture• Need just enough
• Structure• Guidelines and consistency
• Latitude• Freedom to learn from mistakes and unfairness• Childhood is PRACTICE in problem solving & relationships• Resilience is built when they figure out how to handle
disappointment and failure• We should be preparing the child for the path, not the path for
the child.
• Center for Research on Girls
• ISACS Conference: Grit: Why it is so important and how we elicit it.
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DEALING WITH CHALLENGES
• Owning Up• Cultures of Dignity • Social Scene:
• Just because it’s common doesn’t mean it’s ok• Relationships
• Peers, family, teachers• Conflict resolution • Media influences• Countercultural
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7TH GRADE TOPICS COVERED
• Getting Started• Guidelines, expectations, confidentiality• Girl World Box
• Conflict Resolution (SEAL)• Cliques and Roles in Girl World• Friendship Is Not a Joke
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8TH AND 9TH GRADE TOPICS
• 8th Grade• What’s Up with Guys• Perpetual Beauty Pageant• Know Your Image• Understanding Media and Culture
• 9th Grade• Reputations and the Double Standard• Sexual Harassment• When to Date and When to Dump• Saying Yes and Saying No• When Relationships Go Bad• Getting and Giving Support
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WHERE DO THEY LEARN TO ACT THIS WAY?
•Each Other
•Role Models
• Society/Media/Culture
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DEALING WITH CHALLENGES
•Be Aware• Know their friends
and friends’ parents• Call other parents• Notice changes
•Be Aware• Music• Movies• TV shows• Websites
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7TH GRADE FAVORITES
• TV Shows
• Big Bang Theory• Dance Moms• Friends• Gossip Girl• Pretty Little Liars
•Music• Taylor Swift• One Direction• One Republic• Katy Perry• Capital Cities• Ed Sheeran• Justin Timberlake• Jay-Z
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7TH GRADE FAVORITES
•Websites
• You Tube• Netflix• Wikis
• Social Media
• Instagram• Facebook• Skype• Pinterest• Snapchat• Twitter• Vine• ask.fm
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TABLETS & CELL PHONES
• Guidelines for use at home• Where?• When?• How long?• Consequences?
• Monitoring use• Use in a visible place• “No minimize” rule• Software
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• Moodle demonstration
• Netclassroom demonstration
• Questions
For those that would like to stay…
THANK YOU FOR COMING!
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Kate Reddy314-625-9139
Counseling website: http://teacherweb.com/MO/VisitationAcademy/Counseling/apt1.stm