Homeroom Purpose and Goals

To ensure every student is known well by at least one adult at Inglewood Middle School.

To proactively engage students with the goal of reducing harassment and bullying.

To engage students with adults in non-academic conversations that are critical for day-to-day success in school and life in general.

To help students build a larger support network within their own peer group.

To provide a venue for a well-run and active student leadership model (ASB)

Homeroom Expected Student Outcomes

Students will feel that an adult knew them well

Students will have and recognize an additional support network within IMS.

Students will identify issues related to bullying and harassment and other age-appropriate developmental issues.

Homeroom

FAQs All full time certificated teachers have a Homeroom

Total of 53 homerooms

20-22 students in same grade per homeroom

Gender-balanced

Homeroom meets three times a week

Students have same Homeroom Teacher all three years

Activities include teambuilding, IMS pride building, teaching expectations, practicing kindness and respect, and lessons surrounding anti-bullying

Silent Sustained Reading (is not part of homeroom)

Silent Sustained Reading Goals and Purpose

Goals

To increase the literacy of our students

Purpose

Regularly engaging in reading positively changes the human mind and has several beneficial outcomes.

The amount of time students engage in reading has dramatically decreased in the last 30 years. This is our attempt to stem that tide.

How it works

Tuesday and Thursday 20-30 minutes are set aside for Silent Sustained Reading.

Academic Interventions

Academic Interventions Help students immediately when they struggle

Increase Success / Decrease Failure

Increase student buy–in and effort

Allows for rigorous curriculum

The interventions are:

Homework Lunch

RAP Sessions

Homework Machine

Homework Lunch (HWL) What is it? How Does it Work?

A strategic intervention to help IMS students complete homework in a timely manner.

A positive learning environment where students can complete their work and improve school performance.

An opportunity to work with IMS staff during the school day.

Student is invited to attend HWL if their teacher signs them up due to missing assignments.

Students can earn their way out of HWL by doing their HW, handing it in, and having their teacher sign-off.

Students assigned HWL will get their lunch and report to the HWL room until their assigned work is completed and checked off .

Work will be assessed and grades will improve!

Review and Practice (RAP Sessions)

Review And Practice sessions (RAP sessions)

Takes place during SSR time

Classroom teachers assign students to attend

Time for teachers to review lessons to students needing extra skill-building time

Very small student groupings

Taught by Highly Qualified, subject specific teacher

Homework Machine Occurs after school on Tuesday/Thursday Room 240

Students are invited, but not required, to attend

Students may voluntarily attend

Will begin in late September 18th

Ms. Jones- science teacher

Ms. Sherman-Wentz, LA/SS teacher

Attendance is taken and tracked

In case Mom or Dad want to check-up on student attendance!

PTSA

Join the PTSA Link to join the PTSA in an email from Mr. Patterson –

Sent 9-12-2014 at 2:44pm

The PTSA gave more than $30,000 dollars in grants to Inglewood last school year. A few examples: Robotics

PE equipment

Special Education materials supplement

Language Arts books

Library materials

IXL

After school study program

Drug and alcohol counseling supplement