west hills middle school sixth grade orientation
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Sixth Grade Orientation West Hills Middle School
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Agenda • Welcome, Introductions • Meet our Team Teachers • Communication • PTO • Life in 6th Grade • Clubs, Activities, Sports • Counselor Role • Timeline
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Communication • Weekly WHMS
Email • WHMS Website • Google Classroom • Moodle • MiStar Parent & Student Connect http://webconnect. bloomfield.org
• Counselor Coffees • P/T Conference (fall) • Parent Visitation Day • PTO Meetings • Counselor • Curriculum Night • Remind App • Google HW Sheet • iPads
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Methods of electronic communication
• Website http://westhills.bloomfield.org • Weekly updates are sent to your email
address from the West Hills administration.
• Please be sure to sign up at our website!
Communication with Team
• Email/call the teacher of the subject with the question directly
• Email/call counselor • Homerooms for conferences • Teachers have “team time” each day
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PTO
• Service Organization
• Clinic • Community Liaison • Fundraiser • Special Events &
Enrichment
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Sixth Grade • Block Schedule • MYP • Curriculum • Unified Arts
– “UA” – “A” and “B” Day
• Technology – One-to-One Device – iPad
Meet the Teachers
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Geoff Middleton-Language Arts
Megan King- Science
Tara Gale- Social Studies
Brendan Harrington- Mathematics
Adrienne Volk- Reading
A typical day… • 4 Block Classes (every day for 64 minutes)
– Math, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies
• 2 Unified Arts (UA) Classes (4 total in schedule) – Physical Education – Spanish/French – Band/Orchestra/Choir – Exploratory Rotation
• Lunch (30 minutes)
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Exploratory Rotation of UA
• Four quarterly courses • Meet for 10 Weeks, every other day
– Drama 6 (Mr. Schumacher) – Visual Arts 6 (Mrs. Bushon) – Health Skills 6 (Mrs. Akers) – Design and Technology 6 (Mr. Veillette)
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Co-curriculars • Clubs
• Sports
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West Hills Athletics • Sports updates in the weekly broadcast emails
• Questions: Avis Najor [email protected] • Annual physical form must be after 4/15/15
• 6th grade competes against BHS middle schools • 7/8 COMSAC league (Central Oakland Middle School Athletic Conference).
• 6th Grade Exploratory (Give it a try!).
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Sports Opportunities: • Season 1 – September, October
7,8 grade Football 6,7,8 grade Girls’ Basketball
6,7,8 grade Girls’ Tennis 6,7,8 grade Boys’ Soccer
6,7,8 grade Cross Country • Season 2 – November, December, January
6,7,8 grade Boys’ Basketball 6,7,8 grade Girls’ Swimming
6,7,8 grade Girls’ Diving
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• Season 3 – February, March 6,7,8 grade Girls’ Volleyball
6,7,8 grade Wrestling 6,7,8 grade Boys’ Swimming
6,7,8 grade Boys’ Diving • Season 4 – April, May 7,8 grade Boys’ Baseball
6,7,8 grade Girls’ Softball 6,7,8 grade Track and Field
6,7,8 grade Girls’ Soccer 6,7,8 grade Boys’ Tennis
7,8 grade Girls’ Lacrosse 7,8 grade Boys’ Lacrosse
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WHMS Clubs • Yearbook • First LEGO League • Chamber Music • Jazz Band • Leadership • Current Events • Chess Club • French • Green Club • Art Club • Coding Club
• International Club • Newspaper • Makerspace • Minecraft • Wave Board Club • Forensics • Knitting • MATHCOUNTS • Model UN
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What is middle school? •Developmentally responsive
•Transition from elementary to high school
•NOT a mini “high school”
•Block teaching/planning time
•Exploratory experience
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Counselor Roles
• Transition • Consultation • Individual • Groups • Goal Setting • Other Support Staff
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Early Adolescence Straddles the Line Childhood Emerging Young Adult
Middle School
Biggest Keys to Success
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• Respect the School Calendar (Attendance)
• Consistent Homework Routine • Let them stumble and have ownership • Homework Monitoring
• Google Sheet • Moodle
• Get familiar with MiStar!!!
What you can see in MiStar:
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A closer look at Language Arts…
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Timeline
• Course Selection Sheets – May 8 • 5th to 6th Grade Move-Up Day– May 22 • Registration (AKA Form Collection)
– Aug. 24 and 25
• 1st Day of School (full day for 6-8) – Sept. 8
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Contact Us Phone: 341-6100 Web Site: www.bloomfield.org E-mail: Rob Durecka: [email protected] Andy Gignac: [email protected] Alicja Jahnke: [email protected]