Holmes Junior High School

Welcome to our

“distance learning”

presentation about

7th Grade at

Holmes!

◦2020-2021

JUNIOR HIGH IS FUN!

Meet Mrs. Kennedy, our Principal,

and Mr. Dufresne, our Vice Principal!

It is OK to feel this

way about entering

Junior high:

Excited – Looking forward to being a 7th

grader

Nervous – Starting something new!

Sad – Leaving something very familiar

The good news is there will be lots of people to support you…and in just a few short days you will feel right at home at Holmes!

What is different about Junior High?

• Homework –

Keeping up with it

• Friends – Lots of

new ones

• Freedom – How

will you handle it?

Holmes is a GREAT place to be!

◦The “Spirit of Holmes”!

WEB- “Where Everyone Belongs”

• 7th grade WEB

Orientation is the

day before

school starts

• Tuesday, August 25TH

• 8:30am – 12:30pm

• Make sure to be there!

Things to do at Holmes

•Clubs

•Lunchtime Activities

•Intramurals

•Sports

Some Current and Past Examples of Clubs at Holmes

◦ Creativity Club

◦ Green Team

◦ GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance)

◦ Gaming Club

◦ Save the Salamanders and Frogs!

◦ International Club

◦ Pokemon/Yu-gi-oh/Magic Clubs

◦ Anime Club

◦ Debate Club

◦ Chess Club

◦ Dungeons & Dragons

◦ Interested in starting your own club? Just find a

staff sponsor!

Holmes Counselors:From left to right, Mrs. Sarette, Mrs. Shields (your counselor!), and Ms. Nicoll

Keep in mind…

• 6-7 Different Teachers

• Passing Periods - no

recess

• You are in charge of

tracking and turning in

your homework

• Every student is

required to own and

use a Holmes planner

JUNIOR HIGH DAILY SCHEDULE

All Junior High Schools start at 8:30 am

School gets out at 3:25 pm

5-minute passing periods

Lunch is from 12:01-12:36 pm

On Wednesdays we have Late Start–1st period doesn’t start until 9:40am!

SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) is during 5th period, every day but Wednesday

Now What?

THE JUNIOR HIGH COURSE CATALOG CAN BE FOUND ON THE COUNSELING PAGE OF OUR HOLMES WEBSITE:

https://holmes.djusd.net/counseling

IT DESCRIBES EVERY COURSE OFFERED AT ALL OF OUR JUNIOR HIGHS, BUT THE ONLY ONES WE OFFER AT HOLMES ARE ON THE COURSE REQUEST SHEET (found on the same Counseling page and also sent to you by email).

MOST QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED BY READING THE CATALOG

This is the Course Request Sheet.

YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON YOUR OWN COPY

Required Classes – for all 7th graders

◦English 7

◦Social Studies 7

◦Science 7

◦Math (Common Core 2 or 2/3)

◦Physical Education 7

◦Health 7 (included in Exploratory Cluster)

7th Grade Schedule - 5 Options:

6 Period DayFive required classes

+Exploratory Cluster

(Free 1st or 7th Period)

7 Period DayFive required classes

+Exploratory Cluster

+Arts & Crafts/Communication Theater

7 Period DayFive required classes

+Exploratory Cluster

+World Language

7 Period DayFive required classes

+Exploratory Cluster

+Music

Option 5:

7 Period DayFive required classes

+Music

+World Language

Health 7 requirement met through lunchtime class

Some Courses are YEAR-LONG:

•Core classes

• English, Social Studies,

Science

•Physical Education 7

•Math

• Common Core 2 or 2/3

•Music

• Band, Orchestra, Chorus

•World Language

• Spanish 1 or 2, French 1

Two courses are Semester-long:

◦MEET DAILY FOR ONE SEMESTER EACH

◦(about 18 weeks)

• COMMUNICATION THEATER

• ARTS & CRAFTS

…and some are QUARTER-LONG:

MEET DAILY FOR ONE QUARTER EACH (about 9 weeks)

◦ “Exploratory Cluster” :

• Health 7 (required) PLUS

Other 3 quarters may include:

• Computer Arts

• Exploring Art

• Skills

• American Sign Language

Unfortunately, you cannot choose the other 3 classes in your cluster period. It will depend on what classes we are able to offer

at that time.

You Have A Choice…

◦7-Period Day ◦Starts at 8:30am, except Wed starts at 9:40am

◦Ends at 3:25pm

Or

◦6-Period Day ◦Free 1st starts at 9:25am, except Wed starts at 10:25am

◦Free 7th ends at 2:32pm, except Wed ends at 2:41pm

Options (#2-5) include a mandatory 7-period day!

Please make sure to rank 2 choices in case your first choice fills up!

The Back side of the Course request sheet is important too!!!

**If you are a native Spanish speaker AND read and write the language, your parent needs to sign here if you want to take Spanish 2 as a 7th

grader. Remember even Spanish 1 is a high school level course!**

Helpful Hints for 7th

Grade

(Revised to reflect Distance Learning due to COVID-19)

Try to stay on top of your Distance Learning for the rest of this year so that you are ready for 7th grade

Talk with your parents and if needed, contact your 6th grade teacher about which classes would be best for you.

Ask your older siblings or friends about for tips on how to be successful in junior high.

Come to the WEB Orientation on August 25th to meet your WEB leaders.

This is important !

• Please try your best to enter your courses in StudentConnect by Wednesday, April 15th. Please mail the course request sheet to Holmes (1220 Drexel Drive, Davis, CA 95616), or send a picture or scan of it to Mrs. Shields by email.

•Make sure your parents watch this presentation with you so they can help you fill out the form. Email Mrs. Shields at eshields@djusd.net with any questions!

Okay, that was the important part that had to do with signing up for your 7th grade courses, which we know you’re all eager to do!

Please go ahead and sign up for your courses, and then when you have some more time, come back and watch the Incoming 7th grade parent presentation. It has more information about some of the classes you’ll be taking, and it will be posted to the counseling page of the Holmes website during Spring Break.

Thank you so much!

Thanks for being such good “listeners”.We are really looking forward to seeing

you in August!

Sincerely, all of us at Holmes