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WELCOME TO EMS ORENTATION NIGHT. Targets Tonight Who is the typical middle school child ? What’s the typical experience at the middle school ? What’s not so “typical” about EMS? Beyond the 3 R’s, what’s available at our middle school ? What are your next steps ? Questions ? . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WELCOME TO EMS ORENTATION NIGHT
Targets Tonight
• Who is the typical middle school child ?
• What’s the typical experience at the middle school ?
• What’s not so “typical” about EMS?
• Beyond the 3 R’s, what’s available at our middle school ?
• What are your next steps ?
• Questions ?
Who is the typical Middle School Child?
Adolescence = Change
*Physical
*Intellectual
*Social
*Emotional
PHYSICAL
INTELLECTUAL
SOCIAL – ADULT ROLES
EMOTIONAL
How do we teach life skills? Self-Esteem is Not
Taught – It is EXPERIENCED
We Learn Through the Consequences of Our Choices
Let Go of Perfectionism
“Typical Middle School”
DAILY SCHEDULE
TEAMING
HOME-SCHOOL COMMUNICATION
LEARNING LABS
SELECTING COURSES / EXPLORATORY / ELECTIVES*
MORE LIFE AFTER SCHOOL
Student Name Student Number Grade07 Parent/Guardian Street Phone
ELLINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSE SELECTIONS 2013-14
• SUBJECTTRIMESTSER
• 7 LANG ART ALL (3)• 7 SOC ST ALL (3)• 7 GEN SCI ALL (3)• PRE-ALGEBRA or FUNDAMENTALS OF ALGEBRA ALL (3)• 7 SPANISH or 7 FRENCH ALL (3)• 7TH BAND or CHORUS (if selected) ALL (3)• 7 PE/HEALTH/COMPUTERS ALL (3) • SEMESTER
• 7 TECH ED QTR (1)• 7 ACADEMIC LITERACY QTR (1)• 7 ART QTR (1)• 7 MUSIC QTR (1)
* A Learning Lab may be substituted for a class based on individual student needs
What’s not so “typical” about EMS?
“How many books did you read when you were 12 years old?”
“More kids taking more rigorous courses”
“No child goes unnoticed”
“Not only are kids getting smarter, so are the classrooms ”
“What's the best way to handle a bully?”
“What’s your mindset? ….ours is about “Mastery Learning”
“Standards Based Feedback”
“College Power”
An “On Demand School”
2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/150
50
100
150
200
250
204 203 200
213
192
230
197
213
71
82
96
112 111
132125
142
3540
4853
58 5764 67
Gr. 8 Algebra Enrollments (2007 - 2015)
Gr. 8 EnrollmentAlgebra StudentsPercentage
School Year
Num
ber o
f Stu
dent
s
ALGEBRA
School Year Gr. 8 Enrollment Algebra Students Percentage
2007/08 204 71 35
2008/09 203 82 40
2009/10 200 96 48
2010/11 213 112 53
2011/12 192 111 58
2012/13 230 132 57
2013/14 197 125 64
2014/15 213 142 67
2005
/06
2006
/07
2007
/08
2008
/09
2009
/10
2010
/11
2011
/12
2012
/13
2013
/14
2014
/15 Proj
ected
0
50
100
150
200
250
195 195204 203 200
213
192
230
197213
133 135 142 136 133
164 162
191
161
184
99 103113
90109
100113 114 113 109
34 31 3246
24
6449
77
48
75
Gr. 8 World Language Enrollments 2006 - 2015
Series1Series2Series3Series4
School Years
Number of Students
(68%)
(69%) (6
9%)
(67%)
(67%)
(77%)
(84%)
(83%)
(89%) (85
%)
World Language Total Enrollment Number of W.L. Students Spanish French Percentage
2005/06 195 133 99 34 68
2006/07 195 135 103 31 69
2007/08 204 142 113 32 69
2008/09 203 136 90 46 67
2009/10 200 133 109 24 67
2010/11 213 164 100 64 77
2011/12 192 162 113 49 84
2012/13 230 191 114 77 83
2013/14 197 161 113 48 89
2014/15 Projected 213 184 109 75 85
What’s not so “typical” about EMS? “How many books did you read when you were 12 years old?”
“More kids taking more rigorous courses”
“No child goes unnoticed”
“Not only are kids getting smarter, so are the classrooms ”
“What's the best way to handle a bully?”
“What’s your mindset? ….ours is about “Mastery Learning”
“Standards Based Feedback”
“College Power”
An “On Demand School”
EMS LOVES TO READ!Summer Reading
Required Reading Packets going home May 21st, sign-off due back June 4th
Book Fair Barnes and Noble June 10th -15th EMS Vocal Ensemble Performance at Manchester Store June 10th 6:30
Family Reading Night June 5th
Summer Book Checkout June 9th – 12th
Reading Camp (register online - soft deadline May 30th) August 4th – 8th
BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY NEWSLETTER MUSIC
SPORTS
STUDENT LEADERSHIP
ZONE
FIELD TRIPS……NYC, WASHINGTON DC
PARENT TO-DO LIST COURSE SELECTION
PHYSICALS / IMMUNIZATIONS
OPERATION ORGANIZATION:SCHOOL SUPPLIES
SUMMER READING
FINALLY…………
Course Selection/Cross-Age Activity May 9STUDENTS VISIT EMS ON JUNE 4TH SUMMER OFFICE HOURS FOR QUESTIONS
– Monday to Friday: 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. – WATCH WEBSITE FOR UPDATES
(www.ellingtonpublicschools.org)
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL : August 27, 2014
QUESTIONS?