Honors Parent Night

Benefits of the Honors Program:

• Competitive classroom environment

• Challenging curriculum• Gateway to high school honors• Higher-level thinking• Fosters academic & personal growth

Honors Expectations/Responsib

ilities • 7th and 8th grade honors is a performance based program

• English Honors students will read a required summer reading list

• Approximately 60-90 minutes of homework per night

Entrance to honors is determined by:

• CST Score of Proficient or Advanced

• Matrix Score• Honors Assessment

About the VMS Honors Program

• The Honors program is a “married” program.– If a student is in Math Honors they are also in Science Honors

– If a student is in English Honors they are also in Social Studies Honors

• Students can be in Math/Science AND/OR English/Social Studies

Honors Assessments

• March 14th @ 9 a.m. at VMS• March 17th @ 6:30 p.m. at VMS• Reminder notices will appear in the Lompoc Record

• This assessment will be required for:– All 6th grade students interested in being in Honors. This includes current GATE students.

– Any student that wants to transfer from regular 7th grade to Honors 8th grade

Notification

• Notification of acceptance in the form of a letter will be sent home the end of April.

• Please note: April/May 2009 CST scores could affect placement