1. Welcome to the Middle School Open House at Imagine Charter School at Weston

2. Information from Administration
Nadine Laham – Principal
Theresa Sumner – Assistant Principal
Susana Padilla – Curriculum Coach
Barbara Marcus – ESE Specialist
Regina Green – Guidance Director
Patricia Roach – M.S. Team Leader

3. Middle School Parent Committee
Presenter: Kari Palotto- M.S. PTP representative
Middle School Classroom parent representative information
M.S.P.A.C. group: Elvira Diez
Add to your contact list:
If you are interested in being a classroom representative, please see your child’s homeroom teacher

4. PTP WELCOME AND IMPORTANT SIGN-UPS
IMAGINE PTO
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Virtual Volunteer -

5. The Middle School Team * Patricia Roach – Team Leader * Anila Qureshi
* Elizabeth Sentell * Rosa Tabares
* Anne Cicale * Jennifer Hendricks
* Jennifer Bucker * Kristopher Walker
* Paul Zimmerman * Sandra Cieslak
* Isis Daaga * Jennifer Vigille

6. 6th grade core courses offered
ELA – English Language Arts - all levels FSA exam
World History - all levels
Earth Science all levels including 1 high school credit class
Math – all levels including 1 GEM (pre-Algebra class) – FSA exam

7. 7th grade core classes
ELA – English Language Arts - all levels FSA exam
Civics- all level; final state EOC exam counts for 30% of final grade
Physical Science - all levels including 1 high school credit class
Math 7 and Pre-Algebra – FSA exam
Algebra Honors with a state EOC exam. 30% of final grade. Algebra is required for H.S. graduation

8. 8th grade core classes
ELA – English Language Arts - all levels (FSA exam)
American History & Career planning component- all levels
Life Sciences – FCAT Science exam
Biology Honors High School credit – EOC final exam 30% of final grade
Math 8 and Pre-Algebra – FSA exam
Algebra Honors H.S. credit or Geometry Honors H.S. credit– EOC exams 30% of final grade

9. Spanish courses offered
6th grade – Conversational Spanish
7th grade – Spanish for Speakers 1 Honors H.S. credit
7th grade – Spanish for Non Speakers 1 – Honors H.S. credit
8th grade – Spanish for Speakers 2 – Honors H.S. credit
8th grade – Spanish for Non Speakers 2 – Honors H.S. credit
No state final exam. Placement exams for Cypress Bay H.S.

10. Elective course offerings
Peer Counseling
P.E./Critical Skills
Coding and Robotics
Creative Writing
Music
Art
Business 1: Personal Finance
Business 2: Investing

11. Imagine Charter School at Weston’s Website and Remind.com app
Log on to for important information and to sign up for newsletters. Complete the upper right-hand box on the home page.
Sign up for text messages from the principal (Ms. Laham) through the Remind.com app:
to: 81010

12. Planbook Grading System
Log into planbook.com
Click student view above login information.
Log in with your child’s code to view grades. Your child’s homeroom teacher will have log-in information.
See your child’s teachers for additional information on grades.
Category Weights
Participation – 5%
Homework – 10%
Tests/Projects/Essays – 35%
Quizzes – 30%
Classwork – 20%

13. Imagine Weston’s Middle School Website
Log into ImagineWeston.educatorpages.com to get updated homework information and important announcements.
Each individual middle teacher will have additional websites you will have to log into for additional information.

14. Nadine Laham, Principal –
IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON
OPEN HOUSE
Nadine Laham, Principal –
Theresa Sumner, Assistant Principal
Patricia Roach, Team Leader
September 5, 2018
Cafeteria - 6:00 – 6:20 pm
Period 1 - 6:23 – 6:37 pm
Period 2 - 6:40 – 6:54 pm
Period 3 – 6:57 – 7:11 pm
Period 4 - 7:14 – 7:28 pm
Period 5 - 7:31 – 7:45 pm
Period 6 – 7:47 – 8:00 pm
Period 6: (Art, Music, PE in cafeteria ; Marapana in Media Room; Cicale in room 611; Tabares in room 714)
*Please note that due to time constraints teachers cannot discuss individual student performance during open house.
**There are two to three -minutes allowed for passing between each period.

15. Have a Great Evening Don’t forget to log your hours tonight as volunteer hours This is an opportunity to hear what is happening this year. If you need a conference, please leave a request with the teacher.