Welcome to the Middle School Open House at Imagine Charter School at Weston 2018 - 2019

Information from Administration Nadine Laham – Principal Theresa Sumner – Assistant Principal Susana Padilla – Curriculum Coach Barbara Marcus – ESE Specialist Regina Green – Guidance Director Patricia Roach – M.S. Team Leader

Middle School Parent Committee Presenter: Kari Palotto- M.S. PTP representative Middle School Classroom parent representative information M.S.P.A.C. group: Elvira Diez Add to your contact list: imaginemiddleschoolparents@gmail.com If you are interested in being a classroom representative, please see your child’s homeroom teacher

PTP WELCOME AND IMPORTANT SIGN-UPS IMAGINE PTO https://www.imagineptp.com/videos RAPTOR - https://apps.raptorware.com/vsoft/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fvsoft%2fkio sk%2fvolunteerregistraion%3fclientd%3d684263d-af2b-495c-bcfb7- 30dd48dc791c&clientd=684263d-af2b-495c-bcfb7-30dd48dc791c Virtual Volunteer - https://www.v-volunteer.com/login.aspx

The Middle School Team * Patricia Roach – Team Leader * Anila Qureshi * Elizabeth Sentell * Rosa Tabares * Anne Cicale * Jennifer Hendricks * Jennifer Bucker * Kristopher Walker * Paul Zimmerman * Sandra Cieslak * Isis Daaga * Jennifer Vigille

6th grade core courses offered ELA – English Language Arts - all levels FSA exam World History - all levels Earth Science all levels including 1 high school credit class Math – all levels including 1 GEM (pre-Algebra class) – FSA exam

7th grade core classes ELA – English Language Arts - all levels FSA exam Civics- all level; final state EOC exam counts for 30% of final grade Physical Science - all levels including 1 high school credit class Math 7 and Pre-Algebra – FSA exam Algebra Honors with a state EOC exam. 30% of final grade. Algebra is required for H.S. graduation

8th grade core classes ELA – English Language Arts - all levels (FSA exam) American History & Career planning component- all levels Life Sciences – FCAT Science exam Biology Honors High School credit – EOC final exam 30% of final grade Math 8 and Pre-Algebra – FSA exam Algebra Honors H.S. credit or Geometry Honors H.S. credit– EOC exams 30% of final grade

Spanish courses offered 6th grade – Conversational Spanish 7th grade – Spanish for Speakers 1 Honors H.S. credit 7th grade – Spanish for Non Speakers 1 – Honors H.S. credit 8th grade – Spanish for Speakers 2 – Honors H.S. credit 8th grade – Spanish for Non Speakers 2 – Honors H.S. credit No state final exam. Placement exams for Cypress Bay H.S.

Elective course offerings Peer Counseling P.E./Critical Skills Coding and Robotics Creative Writing Music Art Business 1: Personal Finance Business 2: Investing

Imagine Charter School at Weston’s Website and Remind.com app Log on to http://imagineweston.org/ for important information and to sign up for newsletters. Complete the upper right-hand box on the home page. Sign up for text messages from the principal (Ms. Laham) through the Remind.com app: Text: @8g8ddg to: 81010

Planbook Grading System Log into planbook.com Click student view above login information. Log in with your child’s code to view grades. Your child’s homeroom teacher will have log-in information. See your child’s teachers for additional information on grades. Category Weights Participation – 5% Homework – 10% Tests/Projects/Essays – 35% Quizzes – 30% Classwork – 20%

Imagine Weston’s Middle School Website Log into ImagineWeston.educatorpages.com to get updated homework information and important announcements. Each individual middle teacher will have additional websites you will have to log into for additional information.

Nadine Laham, Principal – IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON OPEN HOUSE 2017- 2018 Nadine Laham, Principal – Theresa Sumner, Assistant Principal Patricia Roach, Team Leader September 5, 2018 Cafeteria - 6:00 – 6:20 pm Period 1 - 6:23 – 6:37 pm Period 2 - 6:40 – 6:54 pm Period 3 – 6:57 – 7:11 pm Period 4 - 7:14 – 7:28 pm Period 5 - 7:31 – 7:45 pm Period 6 – 7:47 – 8:00 pm Period 6: (Art, Music, PE in cafeteria ; Marapana in Media Room; Cicale in room 611; Tabares in room 714) *Please note that due to time constraints teachers cannot discuss individual student performance during open house. **There are two to three -minutes allowed for passing between each period.

Have a Great Evening Don’t forget to log your hours tonight as volunteer hours This is an opportunity to hear what is happening this year. If you need a conference, please leave a request with the teacher.