Rising 6 th Grade Orientation

6 th Grade Support Team Principal – Dr. McCarty Assistant Principal (6 th ) - Mr. Boykin Director of Counseling – Mrs. Rittenhouse Counselor (6 th ) - Mrs. Flynn Activities Coordinator – Mr. Klink

WMS 3 STEP PROGRAM FOR PARENTS Step 1: RELAX Step 2: RELAX Step 3: RELAX

WMS 1 Step Program FOR STUDENTS HAVE FUN!!!!

WHAT’S DIFFERENT The school day begins at 7:50. Lunch is earlier, 10:36. There are only two scheduled early release days. The middle school version of Extended Day is Check-in; pm only. There are many after school activities. Your child will have seven classes and teachers each day

TEAMS Grizzlies, Coyotes, Cougars A team consists of 5 core teachers ( English, Science, History, Math, and Reading) Team assignments will be sent out in August

Getting Acquainted Students will visit classes, tour the campus, and have lunch with us in June We will visit students at their elementary schools to discuss middle school and answer questions. Summer conferences PALS Day, August 29, 2013 Williamsburg Website

WHAT THE DAY LOOKS LIKE Students should plan to arrive at school by 7:35. They begin their day in TA at 7:50. TA groups are between students. The focus of TA is team building, organizational support and social emotional learning. Sixth graders have five core periods: American Studies, English, Math, Science, Reading or Reading/Transitional Spanish.

In the remaining two periods of the day, students will take one period of Health/PE and one period of an elective/exploratory course. Students selecting the exploratory will spend 6-7 weeks in a rotation that could include Art, Theater Arts, Technical Education, Family and Consumer Science, Keyboarding and Chorus. Students who play a musical instrument or would like to start one, select band or orchestra for the elective/exploratory period.

Sample Schedule PERIOD TIME CLASS TA7:50-8:12 18:15 -9:00 American Studies 29:03-9:48Math 39:51-10:36English Lunch10:36-11:11 411:14-11:59Science 512:02-12:47Reading 612:51-1:36PE 71:39-2:24Elective

After School Activates Are on Mon, Tue, and Thu in ASP (After School Period) 1 & 2 Clubs, sports, and after school academic help take place during ASP 1 from 2:30-4:05. Students who take the late bus at 4:15.

There are two levels of sports activities, intramural and interscholastic. To participate in interscholastic sports, students must have a current physical on file with the Activities Coordinator. The physical must take place after May 1 to cover all sports for the next year (this aligns with the high school schedule). Intramural sports do not require a physical.

HOMEWORK Homework averages minutes per day per class plus 30 minutes of reading. Not all classes have homework every night. Homework assignments are posted on the WMS website daily.

Course Request Forms Choose the exploratory rotation or instrumental music Course Request Forms are due by March 8 th at your elementary schools

Questions

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