EAST LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

 East Lake Middle School Academy of Engineering offers rigorous academic courses based upon the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) - Gateway To Technology (GTT) program. The knowledge students gain and the skills they build from the PLTW-GTT program will create a strong foundation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), encouraging their success in future academic endeavors. PLTW-GTT

PLTW -GTT

 Design & Modeling (8 th )  Automation & Robotics (8 th )  Energy & the Environment (7 th )  Flight & Space (7 th )  Science of Technology (6 th )  Magic of Electrons (6 th ) ENGINEERING UNITS

Block Schedule  Block Scheduling allows students to have 90 minute block periods.  It also allows our student to have 1 period a day which is 45 minutes. This one matches up to HS 5 th period our 3 rd period.  Allows us to have 20 minutes at the end of the day for clubs and homeroom.  A Day B Day 1 - 9:30 – 11:00 am 2 - 9:30-11am :05-11:51 am :05-11:51am Lunch 11:56 – 12:26 pm :31 -2:01 pm :31 -2:01pm 6 - 2:06 -3:36pm 7 - 2:06 -3:36 pm HR 3:40-4pm

Example Schedules 6 th Grade Math Science *** LA SS Reading or Gifted Engineering Elective Elective Spot – For most this will be Health/PE –unless you waive out. 7 th /8 th Grade Math Science LA SS Foreign Lang. or Reading Engineering Elective Spot – PE unless you waive out

Elective Information Humanities Offerings  Band 1,2, & 3  Band 2 & 3 students must have previously been in Band 1 or equivalent  Orchestra 1,2, & 3  Orchestra 2 & 3 students must have previously been in Orchestra 1 or equivalent  Color Guard  Gifted Education – Must be eligible for gifted services to be able to be in this class.  Technology – All of these classes students will be able to work towards Microsoft Certification. (8 th Grade class is a HS credit)  Digital Art Class

 Spanish  German  Chinese Foreign Language Options offered this year

 NJHS  VEX ROBOTICS CLUB/COMPETITION TEAM  DRAMA / JUNIOR THESPIANS  MULTICULTURAL COMMITTEE  CHESS CLUB  MIGHTY MU, MATH COUNTS, & MATH CLUB  FUTURE CITIES  AVID  Color Guard  NJHS  Student Council  STEM ACADEMY  And many more…. CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Modified Dress Code  Tops: All MS students will wear Grey or White Polo's. These Polo's may either be plain or purchased with our logo.  Bottoms: Students are to wear jeans with no holes or Khaki pants. We will also permit uniform length khaki shorts. All pants and shorts are to be worn at the waist.  Outerwear: ELMS sweatshirts will be available for purchase through the PTA. Plain grey or white sweatshirts will be permitted.

 School Bus – Arterial bus service are available for students that are more 2.0 miles away from our school.  TBARTA is a system that hooks parents with other parents for carpooling.  See the table in the cafeteria for more information. Transportation

Let Our Students Tell You About ELMS

 District Application opens on January 7 th -16 th  All applications are done online through your parent portal account in Student Reservation System (SRS). It is a red school house in the bottom left. If you don’t have one you can obtain one at any school, with a valid Government Issued Photo ID  We also have a table set up where you can obtain this tonight right outside the theater. Acceptance Period – February 4-11 – You must go back online and accept your seat at this time. If you don’t it is like you never applied! How Do You Apply?

Additional Questions? My Contact Info: Karen Huzar