Jefferson Academy: 8 th Grade Parent Meeting December 19, 2013

Good Evening! WELCOME! Please take your seat and reflect: – What academic progress have your students made so far this year? – What growth do you hope they will demonstrate by the end of the year?

Greeting Turn to your neighbor and greet them with a bright “Good Evening.” Ask your neighbor about his/her hopes for his/her student and share yours!!

Some Fun To start our evening off right, we are going to play a little game called…

Raise your Hand if you think you know!!!! This staff member and his/her sister were elected President and Vice President of student government in middle school. ANSWER: Ms. Gordon Their slogan was “Double your pleasure, double your fun- Vote for the Gordon Sisters – we’re number one!”

Raise your Hand if you think you know!!!! This staff member was the President of the Honor Society at his/her high school. ANSWER: Mr. TC Mr. TC also had the opportunity to speak as the MC for a meeting with the National Honor Society

Raise your Hand if you think you know!!!! This staff member won a scholarship to a local high school and graduated as the Salutatorian with a 4.2 GPA. ANSWER: Mrs. Lee Mrs. Lee was also nominated “most talented” by her 8 th grade class.

Raise your Hand if you think you know!!!! This staff member was the captain of the rugby team. ANSWER: Mr. Webster Mr. Webster led his team to victory and they were the New England champions!

Raise your Hand if you think you know!!!! This staff member was a high school cheerleader! ANSWER: Ms. Mann Ms. Mann also got into EVERY college she applied to!

Raise your Hand if you think you know!!!! This staff member one the Service Award for completing the most service hours in her high school. ANSWER: Ms. Alwon Ms. Alwon also won a scholarship because of her awesome commitment to service.

Agenda High School Application Information Service Opportunities End of Year Updates Shout Outs

High School Application The DCPS High School Applications opened this past Monday. Go to to applywww.MySchoolDC.org The DEADLINE is February 3, 2013

Reminders *Be sure to include your Student ID - this allows for the automatic transfer of your test scores and transcripts *Spend Winter Break working on your high school application essays *Make sure you are putting in a valid address - this is how some high schools will contact you for interviews! *Also make sure you are putting in valid addresses for your recommendations!

Some SPECIAL Points Most specialized high schools have additional deadlines for entrance exams, interviews, or auditions. Please see the schools’ profiles for details about these dates! (all information is available on Benjamin Banneker, for example: – After submitting their application, qualified applicants will be asked to interview on one of three dates: Wednesday, February 19 Wednesday, March 5 Saturday, March 8

Recommendations DCPS Recommendations – we can begin recommendations on Dec. 23 rd Letters of Recommendations Requests – Students must request recommendations from adults in writing using the recommendation requests form

Essays Essays are required for HS applications In order for students to submit the best essays possible: – Mrs. Lee will host application and essay writing sessions over the winter break from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM every day except Christmas and New Years. Students must sign up. – Students can Mrs. Lee, Ms. Alwon, or Mr. TC to proof their essays. – Students will have opportunities to work on the application and essays in advisory upon returning from break.

Scholarships Individual Schools – HSPT – High School Placement Test– – January 2014 January

Agenda High School Application Information Service Opportunities End of Year Updates Shout Outs

Service Opportunities Monday: Teacher 10:00 AM Local Churches & Libraries DC Central Kitchen – Group Field Trip (end of February) Environmental Science – Anacostia Watershed Clean-up Trip

Agenda High School Application Information Service Opportunities End of Year Updates Shout Outs

EOY Updates Ms. Bush has been working very hard to plan the end of year events! She will have updates with cost information in January!

Agenda High School Application Information Service Opportunities End of Year Updates Shout Outs

Congratulations! Pre-Algebra PIA Top Scorers! – Saniye Brewer – Natori White – Shavonte Moore – Dante Scott Pre-Algebra Top Growth – Natori White – Shavonte Moore – Saniye Brewer – Dante Scott – Mylan Barnes – Tamia Hughes – Michael Waldron – Destiny Daughtry – Amon Lansdown – Davon Lucas – Tamia Hughes – Floyd Davis – Shaina Williams

Congratulations! Proficient Score in Algebra – Yingzhi Dai – Micah Bibb – Ellen Guo – Yuanlong Dai – Chen-Ying Wong

Congratulations! ELA MOST IMPROVED!!! *Floyd Davis *Destiny Daughtry *Dyamone Tutt *D'Marco Kingsberry *Rico Smith *Dante Scott *Mahki Freeman

Congratulations! Jatahj Tenner Yuanlong Dai For the most community service hours so far!!!

Questions?