Royse City Middle School 7th Grade Orientation The Principals and Counselors would like to welcome you to Royse City Middle School 7th Grade Orientation Angelee Morales- Principal Cathleen Petroff- Associate Principal Tina Taylor- Assistant Principal Carlos Soliz- Assistant Principal Melanie Little- Counselor Jennifer Martin- Counselor

CONNECTED FOR LEARNING AT RCMS $30 USAGE FEE STUDENTS RECEIVE: CHROMEBOOK, CASE, AND CHARGER COVERS ONE TIME ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE (EX. DAMAGED SCREEN). CASE AND CHARGER ARE NOT COVERED ONLY PAY ONCE PER YEAR, IF THERE IS NO DAMAGE AVAILABLE FOR CHECKOUT ON SCHEDULE PICKUP DAY (AFTER COMPLETING CHROMEBOOK AGREEMENT ONLINE FORM) QUESTIONS? CONTACT HEATHER RUSSELL RUSSELLH@RCISD.ORG

HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR 7TH GRADE All students entering the 7th grade in the State of Texas will need the following additional shots: Diptheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (TdaP) Meningococcal (Menatra, MCV4, or Menveo) Shot records this year-----> Intermediate School nurse Shot records summer and after------> send to Middle School nurse- Mikaela Chapman at Mikaela.chapman@rcisd.org Clinic Procedures: Check out/”sick” procedures 24 Hour Policy Medication Policy

ATHLETICS/SPORTS REQUIREMENTS FOR 7th GRADE All students wanting to participate in Athletics/Sports will need a sports physical. Physicals must be on correct UIL forms. Low cost physicals will be available at the high school on Thursday, May 16 for $20. Parents will also need to complete the Rank 1 online forms. Please turn in physical forms and complete Rank 1 forms prior to the first day of school. Both are requirements for dressing out and participating. Girls Athletics Meeting Boys Athletics Meeting August 8th @ 7 pm August 6th @ 7 pm RCMS cafeteria RCMS Gym Boys Athletics- must play football in the fall to sign up for Athletics Girls Athletics- try out for 2 sports (volleyball, basketball, track & field) *Dress out and participate every day/purchase “greys” for $20 *Commitment to and participation on RCMS sports teams is expected *Students can be removed due to disciplinary action or excessive parent notes for non-participation

PRE-ADVANCED PLACEMENT (Pre-AP) RECOMMENDATIONS: RCMS encourages students to choose courses according to ability level for enrichment. Although Royse City ISD has an open enrollment policy, we have the following recommendations for your student as he/she makes decisions about enrolling in a Pre-AP Course: The student and parents talk with current teachers about Pre-AP placement. The student passes every grading term and has a final grade average of 80% or higher in the requested Pre-AP subject the previous year. The Student achieves Satisfactory Academic Performance on the STAAR Assessment. The expectation is for students to remain in Pre-AP the whole school year as requested.

REQUIRED COURSES REQUIRED COURSES (*PRE-AP COUSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED ON THE BACK OF THIS FORM) ELAR (ENGLISH/READING)– CIRCLE ONE   ELAR 7 *ELAR 7 PRE-AP MATH – CIRLCLE ONE MATH 7 *MATH 7 PRE-AP SCIENCE – CIRCLE ONE SCIENCE 7 *SCIENCE 7 PRE-AP SOCIAL STUDIES – CIRCLE ONE TEXAS HISTORY 7 *TEXAS HISTORY 7 PRE-AP PHYSICAL EDUCATION (Required for all 7th graders) – CIRCLE ONE INTRAMURAL PE PE- BOYS BASKETBALL CHEER PE ATHLETICS- GIRLS PE- GIRLS SOCCER ATHLETICS- BOYS PE- BOYS SOCCER

ELECTIVE COURSES ELECTIVE COURSES CIRCLE ONE CHOICE FROM THE LIST BELOW TENOR/BASS CHOIR FORENSIC SCIENCE/CSI THEATER ARTS TREBLE CHOIR ROBOTICS INTODUCTION TO PRINCIPLES OF ARTS BELLA VOCE CHOIR (BY AUDITION) TECH APPS AND AUDIO/VIDEO TECHNOLOGY BAND (LEVEL PLACEMENT BY AUDITION) ART OUTDOOR ADVENTURE/PERSONAL EXPLORING CAREERS FITNESS   ALTERNATE COURSES: Write in two alternate elective choices below. 1. ______________________________________ 2. ______________________________________ Disclaimer: Course offerings for the 2018-2019 school year are subject to appropriate funding, staffing, and/or class sizes. We will do our best to place students in their elective choices, but we cannot guarantee availability or placement in any elective course. Students not achieving Level II/Satisfactory Performance on the 6th grade STAAR test in Reading and/or Math may be placed in a supplemental course for additional support. This support course will take the place of one or more elective choice.

RCMS COURSE GUIDE Our complete 7th Grade Course guide has been posted on our school website. Please refer to the course guide for descriptions of all of our academic and elective classes. If you do not have internet access, we have provided the intermediate schools with a limited number of hard copies. https://www.rcisd.org/middleschool/

ENROLLMENT Harry Herndon Intermediate: Classroom visits were April 1st and 2nd. Registration forms are due to homeroom teachers by Friday, April 5th. Ruth Cherry Intermediate: Classroom visits are scheduled for April 4th and 5th. Registration forms are due to Ms. Sagraves or Mr. McAdams by Wednesday, April 10th.

SCHEDULE CHANGES May 24th, which is the last day of school, will be the deadline to request any schedule changes. Schedule change requests can be made directly to Ms. Martin by email- martinj@rcisd.org.

At this time you are welcome to visit with the elective teachers. Thank you for joining us this evening!