1. Anderson Middle School Home of the Vikings Attitude Magnifies Success Tuesday, November 13, 2013

2. Vision Engage Inspire Achieve

3. Mission Anderson Middle School recognizes the uniqueness of middle school students and provides a safe place where we encourage and support students to make choices which promote respect, responsibility, and educational success.

4. AMS Staff Principal and Assistant Principal 1 full time counselor Support staff (psychologist, social worker, speech pathologist, OT, PT) 2 secretaries Lunch Aides Media Specialist 2 Learning Specialists 1 Intervention Support Specialists

5. Student Expectations Respect Yourself Respect Others Respect School

6. Program Options Traditional 7 periods Language Arts Reading Math Social Studies and Science Activities (Band, Orch, Choir) Exploratories (Art, PE, Consumer Science, Technology) Concepts Consolidated – Multiage 5 academics combined Activities and Exploratories

7. Program Options Resource Room Support Language!, LA, Math Self-Contained Core academics in same class Out for activities/exploratories ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Resource Rooms

8. Building Wide Goals Reading, Writing and Math Readers Workshop Writers Workshop Step Up to Writing Math Algebra for All (Connected Math 3 – CMP3, Course 3, PreAlg, Algebra, Geometry, Alg 2) Varied Approaches to Learning Non Fiction Reading

9. Academic/Behavior Recognition National Junior Honor Society Academic and Citizenship Roll Recognition Breakfast Advanced Curriculum (Spanish, Math) 75- Algebra 19- Geometry 156 - Spanish 1 81 -Spanish 2

10. Mr. Cowdrey, Assistant Principal What you need to know in order to prepare your child for middle school?

11. Important Dates 6 th Grade Orientation – May 14th Concepts Consolidated Informational Night – March or April (TBD) Scheduling at Elementary School Math Placement Tests Family Fun Night – February 13, 2014 at 6:00 pm Summer Orientation

12. Questions Building Tour