Welcome Freshman Parents! PTSO - Freshman Academy Night 8/??/07

What’s going to happen tonight? Introduction to the administration PTSO Introduction Who and what are they? Tour of the school Introduction to Power School

Meet the New Administration… Ms. Margurite Martin Principal Tina Malak Associate Principal of Teaching and Learning Maceo Rainey Associate Principal of Operations Sherry Stokes Instructional Leader for Mathematics Rachel Gladney Instructional Leader for Science

Intro to PTSO Fred Veazy President Who? 1 st Vice President Who? 2 nd Vice President

Joining the PTSO How?

What is this Freshman Academy?? Small Learning Community: are designed to develop and enhance the academic relationship between students and teachers. Goals Raise the level of academic achievement Implementation of PBIS Decrease the number of tardies Increase the attendance rate Increase student involvement in activities

Why work in SLCs? Increase performance Increase communication Teacher to Teacher Across and within subjects Teacher to Parent Teacher to Student

How is the Freshman Academy Organized?? 3 Families Athens Capital Sparta Warriors Delphi Oracle Students will share core classes with about 125 students One Dean Chris Moore One Counselor Kina Thomas

Who are the teachers? SPARTA Bill Schmidt Oliver Speller Angela Martinez Tyrone Johnson Amy Paris Jeff Joyce LaRhonda Taylor TBA (Special Ed) Audrey Gilbert Debra Anderson DELPHI Carla Benard Mary Gray Debra Nicholson Shara Griffin Lauren Freeman Myra Fletcher Carleen Davis Kim Nowak ATHENS Carol Medrano Gerald Jones Patricia Stapleton Mike Curta Monica Jones Kim Jones Audrey Smith Ed Schmeski Audrey Gilbert David Maravilla

Where will the Academy be? Map of School

Next step for you tonight… Quick tour of the school Introduction to Power School