1. Cabin John Middle School
Welcome Class of 2020!

2. Administrative Team for 2017-2018
Mr. John Taylor
Principal
7th Grade Administrator
Mr. William Everly
6th Grade Administrator
Ms. Nicole Fortson
8th Grade Administrator

3. What does a school day look like at CJMS?
Students have 7 periods a day (which usually means 7 different teachers).
Students have each class everyday. Classes are 45 minutes in duration. Students get five minutes between classes.
Students have physical education and an arts elective every day.
Students have PRIDE everyday. PRIDE lasts 17 minutes.
Silent Reading; study time; get help from teachers; visit the library; school-wide instruction on important topics.

4. Other differences from Elementary School
Students have lockers and need to know how to use a combination lock.
Students socialize at lunchtime instead of recess.
Students can participate in many after school activities.
Some students become bus riders for the first time.

5. Academic Electives Offered at CJMS
Options for 6th Grade:
Digital Literacy – a computer driven course for today’s students or
World Language Level 1A
French 1A (full year)
Spanish 1A (full year)
Chinese 1A (full year)
Students will take level 1A in 6th grade and level 1B in 7th grade and level 2AB in 8th grade.
All classes are designed to focus on communication in the target language.
Studying a world language strengthens students’ English vocabulary and grammar.

6. Arts Electives Offered at CJMS
Arts Rotation: A year of exploration, nine weeks at a time!
Chorus
Beginning Band for students with no prior experience!
Intermediate Band
Advanced Band
Intermediate Orchestra
Advanced Orchestra

7. The Arts Rotation
In 6th grade Arts Rotation, students take four different courses each lasting nine weeks (one quarter). The Arts Rotation gives students an opportunity to explore a variety of electives while broadening their interests and skills.

8. Arts Rotation: Visual Arts
In Art 6, students explore many forms of art including design, drawing, painting, sculpture, and more!

9. Arts Rotation: Journalism/Contemporary Communications
Students learn to become analytical consumers of media
Learn basics of journalism and how to produce various types of media
Students learn how to read and analyze local newspapers, major magazines articles and other sources of media

10. Arts Rotation: Computer Technology
Students gain knowledge and skills using a variety of computer applications and multimedia tools.
Students use the computer technology knowledge they acquire to create a project. Programming concepts are applied to the development of games and educational simulations.

11. Arts Rotation: General Music
In this class, students will acquire basic knowledge to appreciate music!
Units in the quarter include: music notation, instrumental families, various music styles, music genre, and guitar.

12. Arts Rotation: Fitness for Life
Students will have opportunities to:
participate in a program designed for those who enjoy physical activity and wish to increase their muscular strength, cardiovascular levels, and overall fitness. This course is designed to encourage a healthy attitude toward lifelong fitness.
Nutrition, diet, and principles of fitness training will be used to help students develop their personalized fitness program.

13. Arts Rotation: IMAGINEERING
Imagineering, students discover how and why people invent products and processes.
Thinking, imagining, creating, and inventing are experiences students will use to develop creative solutions to solve problems.
Students work individually and in collaborative teams.
Students use technology resources, tools, science, math and other subjects during the inventive process.

14. CHORUS

15. BAND Beginning / Intermediate / Advanced

16. ORCHESTRA Intermediate / Advanced

17. Students will register for their 6th grade classes using Google Chrome.

18. Course Registration

19. 6th Grade Math Options

20. 6th Grade World Language/Reading Options

21. 6th Grade Electives Options

23. Counselor Visits to Feeder Schools: Registration for 6th Grade
Elementary School
Date/Time
Snow Date/Time
Bells Mill ES
February 2, :00 AM
February 7, 2017
10:00 AM
Cold Spring ES
February 3, 2017
10:15 AM
February 6, :15 AM
Seven Locks ES
January 31, 2017
2:00 PM
Stone Mill ES
10:30 AM
February 2, 2017

25. Welcome to the CJMS Family The Home of Cougar PRIDE!