1. Welcome Rising 6th Graders

2. Administration Team Dr. Vanessa Watkins, Principal
Valerie Jones, Assistant Principal
Dannette Estes, Assistant Principal
Rodney Wheeler, Assistant Principal
Deidre Booker, Student Services Administrator

3. School Culture
Vision: We will work with parents, students, and the community to teach and prepare ALL students for success in high school, college, and careers for the 21st century. Mission: To Ensure Academic Success for All Students Core Values: Accountability Integrity Respect

4. Dress Code Tops: Black, White, Gray, Baby Blue or Navy Blue
Bottom: Khaki style pants in Navy Blue, Black or Khaki
Solid color Sweatshirts (dress code colors)

5. SURPRISES Few classes with friends 7 classes, 7 different teachers
Work Load (Rigor)
Few classes with friends
7 classes, 7 different teachers
Zeroes (low grades)
Amount of homework
Retention & Placement
No recess or snacks

6. General Concerns Agendas (Hall passes) & (Assignments) Out of Area
Transitions (Connections)
Cell Phones (BYOD)
Lunchroom Behavior
Breakfast
Lockers
Attendance
Schedules

7. Counselors Kimberly Favors-Parks, 6th & 7th Grade
Ryan Tolbert-Jackson, 7th & 8th Grade

8. Counselor’s Corner Organization (turning work in)
Help students make friends with like-minded people
Classroom Guidance
Group Guidance
Individual Counseling
Conflict Resolution

9. Discipline In-Class Consequences:
Verbal Warning
Phone Call Home
Silent Lunch
Detention
Parent Conference
Office Referral
Administrative Consequences: Office Referral
Detention
In School Suspension (ISS)
Out of School Suspension (OSS)
Expulsion
*Referrals do NOT start fresh at the beginning of each Semester.

10. All 3 behaviors must be present.
Bullying
Offenses
OSS ( In the 1st proven offense, the student will receive 5 days out of school.)
Expulsion (If the 3rd offense occurs within one school year, the student shall be expelled for one calendar year.)
Bullying is repeated, intentional, & power-based. RIP –The Bully Test
All 3 behaviors must be present.

11. Accountability Integrity Respect
Cougars Will Show:
Accountability Integrity Respect
Rewards for being accountable, respectful and having integrity : Cooper Cash Drawings Cooper Cash Days Gym Time, Movie in Theater, Game Room More to Come!

12. AIR - The Cooper Way

13. Camp Cooper The camp will take place the first week in June
The camp is only a half day.
Regular clothes are worn during camp. There are no uniforms.
Students will follow a 6th grade schedule.
Sign up starts tonight at Parent Night / Website

14. Welcome Rising 6th Graders