Liberty Middle School Liberty Middle School

Small Learning Community Small Learning Community

Our MissionOur Mission

Is to ensure that all students Is to ensure that all students especially those in the “Academic especially those in the “Academic Middle” succeed in rigorous Middle” succeed in rigorous courses, participate in college prep courses, participate in college prep activities, and become responsible activities, and become responsible participants in our democratic participants in our democratic society.society.

Small Learning CommunitySmall Learning Community

Engages students in meta-Engages students in meta-cognitive processes of analysis cognitive processes of analysis and evaluation of learning and evaluation of learning through effective methodologies through effective methodologies of learning strategies calledof learning strategies called

WICORWICOR Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration,

Organization, and ReadingOrganization, and Reading

Small Learning CommunitySmall Learning Community

Will prepare your child Will prepare your child to enroll in rigorous to enroll in rigorous honors and AP Courses honors and AP Courses in high school.in high school.

Students are expected Students are expected to take at least one to take at least one Honors Class at the Honors Class at the high school. high school.

Students will Students will

Learn special note taking system, Learn special note taking system, aimed at aiding retention of aimed at aiding retention of information and easy review of information and easy review of the information learned.the information learned.

Learn inquiry strategies for self Learn inquiry strategies for self analysis using Bloom’s analysis using Bloom’s Taxonomy.Taxonomy.

Learn team building strategiesLearn team building strategies

Students will Students will Learn organizational strategies Learn organizational strategies

to maintain notes and bindersto maintain notes and binders

Have a special binder to help Have a special binder to help aid in organization.aid in organization.

Monthly advisory lessons, Monthly advisory lessons, Setting goals, study skills, and Setting goals, study skills, and collaboration activities.collaboration activities.

Student portal accessStudent portal access

ScheduleSchedule

SLC students are scheduled SLC students are scheduled together for ELA, Science, Social together for ELA, Science, Social Studies, and Advisory.Studies, and Advisory.

World Language, Math, Related World Language, Math, Related Arts vary. Arts vary.

99thth Grade Grade

At least one Honors ClassAt least one Honors Class

Apply for 9Apply for 9thth Grade AVID Grade AVID (Optional)(Optional)

Application, Interview, AVID Application, Interview, AVID Elective Elective

Pizza Party Pizza Party

Honor Roll first Marking PeriodHonor Roll first Marking Period

A’s and B’s.A’s and B’s.

(Build Resume) Example Big (Build Resume) Example Big Brother Program sponsored by Brother Program sponsored by the West Orange Recreationthe West Orange Recreation

Department Department

CounselorCounselor

Mrs. VolpeMrs. Volpe 8th Grade8th Grade I can be reached by phoneI can be reached by phone 972-243-2007 Ext. 29603972-243-2007 Ext. 29603 lvolpe@woboe.orglvolpe@woboe.org