1. Welcome to 6 th Grade Orientation PRESENTERS Ms. Dick, Ms. Elston, Ms. Bryant, Ms. Marcarian, Mr. Holmes STUDENT PRESENTERS

2. Academics

3. ACADEMIES Legacy Odyssey Key Rubicon (STEM) Talon Sierra Quest Discovery (STEM) 7th GRADE8th GRADE

4. STEM Program (7 th and 8 th ) Computer Programming Robotics Website Development Applied Mathematics Applied Science Legos and Tech Kits Field Trips

5. CLASSES Math Science Social Studies Language Arts HOMEROOMS & ENRICHMENT (AR) Intervention for Math and Language Arts

6. Grading Progress Reports AR (10% of Lang Arts Grade) Text Books Chrome Books

7. PLANNERS Use every day Must be organized Good tool for recordkeeping Website for grades, calendar & teacher e-mail addresses No late work accepted Absences --- one day allowed for each day missed

8. A CADEMIC P EP R ALLY ♦Student recognition ♦Games for students ♦Everyone participates ♦February (following 1 st semester)

9. WEB DAY (Welcome Everybody) August 2015 School tours Games Meet students and teachers Orientation to middle school

10. Support FOR ALL STUDENTS

11. Counselors for 7 th GRADE and 8 th GRADE  Academic  Personal  Social  Career

12. BEHAVIOR Merit System Rules Dress Code Consequences Telephone Use Passes

13. LUNCHES …….……………… Separate Lunches F D CHOICES

14. After School Library Computer Lab Meet with teachers Athletic events Clubs

15. Extracurricular Activities, Athletics and ELECTIVES

16. Athletics Tryouts Flag Football, Basketball, Volleyball and Cheer No cut Track, Wrestling, and Cross Country Must be eligible to play

17. Eligibility Criteria  Good Citizenship  2.0 grade point average  No more that one “NM” per quarter grade  Grade checks

18. UNIFORMS LOCKERS DRESSING DOWN

19. E XTRACURRICULAR A CTIVITES  CJSF  Student Leadership  Coding Club  Dances  Science Olympiad  Broadcasting  WEB  Drama Club  Chess Club  Art Club  Friends of Rachel  Creative Writing  Math Olympiad  Book Club  100 Merit  Green Scene Garden  Talent Show

20. ELECTIVES  Art I  Band  Chorus  Orchestra  Manufacturing Technology  Exploratory Spanish  Home Economics  Publications

21. C-STEM IS PART OF THE REGULAR SCHOOL DAY In 7 th grade, C-STEM is in the Rubicon academy. A student in the C-STEM program will still have all the regular 7 th grade classes: English Social Studies Math Life Science Elective PE AR

22. WILL THERE BE MORE HOMEWORK THAN IN OTHER ACADEMIES ?!? No! But your homework (and classwork) will include more technology-based assignments. Maybe you will have to write and use a computer program that solves for perimeter of a triangle in order to make a robot move.

23. Maybe instead of doing a poster project, you might be required to create, edit and upload your movie project to:

24. Maybe you’ll be required to use your phone to collect GPS data from the GOMS garden for a science experiment that analyzes bee behavior.

25. Y OU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN STEM AND A DVANCED M ATH

26. APPLY AT GOMS.ROCKLINUSD.ORG BY MAY 8 TH !

27. O ur Advice T o Y o u…… Granite Oaks Falcons