Ada Merritt K-8 Center Eighth Grade Orientation Middle Years Programme

Ada Merritt K-8 Center Guiding Question How will MYP experiences help me in the future?

Ada Merritt K-8 Center Eighth Grade Assembly October 4, 2013  Interdisciplinary Unit Presentation  8 th Grade Culminating Project  High School Fair  Eighth Grade Exams  MYP Requirements  Student Code of Conduct  End of the Year Activities

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What is the 8 th Grade Culminating Project? The MYP Culminating Project is an independent project. It will be completed at home with guidance from a mentor and your MYP Technology teacher. It is a great opportunity to:  learn about a topic that interests you  apply the skills you have developed while participating in the Middle Years Programme at Ada Merritt K-8 Center in all your subjects and through Approaches to Learning  develop and showcase talents and interests that you may have and apply them to a chosen goal  apply your knowledge of the Design Cycle.

What your 8 th Grade Culminating Project Must:  Have a clear and achievable goal  Allow you to express a truly personal message  Be the result of your initiative, creativity, and ability to organize and plan  Reflect your special interests, hobbies, special abilities, or concerns about particular issues  Connect to the Community and Service Area of Interaction

What your 8 th Grade Culminating Project must:  Deal with a topic or area to which you are committed and which has an impact on your community  Generate a product that connects to one of the MYP subject areas  Be mentored by an advisor who is an expert in the field (instructor approval is required)  Be of grade level appropriate scope and quality  Be entirely your own work—authenticity is very important and you will be required to sign a document stating that the project is your own work.

What are the required components of the 8 th Grade Culminating Project?  A Design Folder detailing your work through all the phases of the Design Cycle  A product  A presentation of the project with visual aids  A personal statement Remember: successful completion of all components will be required to qualify for the Ada Merritt K-8 Center IB Certificate and Pin.

How will it be graded?  Your Design Folder will be graded using the Technology assessment criteria.  The various phases of the Design Cycle will each receive a grade.  Your final product will be graded using MYP criteria for the relevant subject(s)  Your presentation/personal statement will be evaluated using a project rubric  Successful completion of the project will be required to qualify for the Ada Merritt K-8 Center IB Certificate and Pin.

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October 24, 2013, from 8:45 am to 10:00 am  Confirmed to attend: Coral Gables Senior High School International Studies Prep Academy- ISPA Miami Beach Senior High School Miami Senior High School Iprep Young Women’s Prep Academy  Invited: Young Men’s Prep Academy International Studies Charter High School- ISCHS New World School of the Arts Terra  Declined invitation : Coral Reef High School, MAST Academy, Dash. Check those schools’ website for orientation dates Applications due January 15, 2014 High School Fairs

Ada Merritt K-8 Center  Algebra 1 End of Course Exam (May 2014)  Geometry End of Course Exam (May 2014)  FCAT in Writing, Science and Reading (April 2014)  Spanish Language AP Exam (May6, 2014) Eighth Grade Exams

Eighth Grade Requirements  To receive an Eighth Grade Certificate of Promotion students must pass all Middle School core classes.  To receive an Ada Merritt K-8 Center International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) Certificate and Pin students must meet the following criteria: a GPA of 2.5 or higher in all Academic Courses and in conduct a minimum of 40 hours of Community and Service: 10 in grades 6 and 7, 20 in grade 8. All Service Record forms must be submitted before May 17, 2013 a satisfactory eighth grade research project a complete MYP portfolio.

Student Code of Conduct

Ada Merritt K-8 Center  Eighth Grade Field Trip  Dinner/Dance  End of the Year Awards Program End of the Year Activities

Ada Merritt K-8 Center Eighth Grade Orientation October 4, 2013 The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life. Plato