Fairhope Middle School 20172018 7 th Grade Chesley Bowling 8 th Grade Kathryn Doyle FMS Guidance Counselors From Mrs Bowling 7 th Grade Counselor The advanced classes are an exciting opportunity to prepare students for higher level high school courses ID: 781552
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7th Advanced Courses:Get the Facts Parent Meeting
Fairhope Middle School2017/2018
Slide27th Grade: Chesley Bowling
8th Grade: Kathryn Doyle
FMS Guidance Counselors
Slide3From Mrs. Bowling-7th Grade Counselor
The advanced classes are an exciting opportunity to prepare students for higher level high school courses.All advanced class students must have signed parent permission letters. There will be no summer assignments.
A suggested summer reading list will be posted on the school website. The commitment for Advanced classes is for the full school year. There will be no schedule changes.
A’s, B’s, and C’s are acceptable grades at Fairhope Middle School. Please do not ask for conferences with teachers if your student is making these grades. If your student is not meeting your expectations with these grades, please work with your student to determine how he/she may improve to your standards.
Please encourage your students to use their planners, and check them on a regular basis to see that they are writing down their assignments.
To stay updated on events, activities, and what’s going on at FMS, please check the school website at least weekly.
Slide4Attendance and Advanced ClassesStudents should miss no more than 9 days of school each year to stay engaged, successful and on track to
graduation. Students with chronic absences, defined as 18 or more unexcused or excused absences
per year, are at serious risk of falling behind in school.
Slide5TOO SICK FOR SCHOOL?Not feeling 100% is not on the list!Neither is “I just don’t feel good!”
Temperature over 101Vomiting two or more times in the previous 24 hoursDiarrhea or stools that contain blood or mucus
Blister-like lesions, especially if they develop crusted sores with irregular outlinesSwelling of glands in front and below ears and/or tenderness of the glands in the mouthCoughing that is repeated and violent, that lasts for weeks and is often accompanied by thick mucus and vomiting after coughingSkin rash with fluid filled bumps or that spreads from the face area to the trunk and limbs
White spots inside the mouth or back of the throat
Pink-eye
Runny nose and congestion if nasal drainage is not clear in color
Slide6If your student missed more than 9 days in the previous grade, whether excused or not, please consider whether advanced classes are appropriate.
School attendance is indicative of a student’s work ethic. Teachers are not responsible for teaching missed lessons to students who are absent, excused or not. It is up to the student to make up all missed work within 3 days. Students are responsible for the lesson missed. They may want to develop a “buddy” contact for missed notes. Assignments are posted on Moodle or teacher pages.
In other words, students who miss classes due to unexcused or excused absences, in essence, have to teach themselves the missed lessons. The pace of advanced classes is accelerated, so missing school days for any reason presents an academic challenge that may overwhelm the student. Again, please consider your student’s attendance record when considering any advanced class.
Slide7How Many Advanced Classes At A Time? One, Two, Three, or None?
Just because a student qualifies for all 3 advanced classes (English, Math, and Science) does not necessarily mean that he/she needs to take all three.
Every student is different. The decision to take any Advanced class should not depend on whether the student qualifies. How willing is your student to put forth the required effort? How self-motivated is your student? Will your student have the time to enjoy and benefit from extra-curricular activities while taking one, two, or three Advanced classes? How has your student done in the past? Have you had to spend excessive time monitoring his/her academic performance? How organized is your student?
Talk to your student about what is best, and carefully consider this together.
Slide8Math: Diana Ringers, Donna Ferrill, Ashley LathanEnglish: Katie Perry, Mary Kinggard
Science: Janice Kinard, Melody Early
7th Grade Advanced Course Teachers
Slide9All Advanced courses address the Alabama Course of Study as well as College and Career Readiness Standards. Each course curriculum is enriched through the use of A+ College Ready / Laying the Foundation practices.
What is the Advanced Curriculum?
Slide10Students will be learning the same material, but in greater depth and at a faster, more challenging pace. Students will have extended academic responsibilities and expectations.
How are the Advanced
Courses Different?
Slide11Participating in Advanced Courses in middle school will better prepare students for the content and expectations of Pre-AP/AP/IB courses when they transition to high school.
Students will have the opportunity to develop self-discipline and time management skills necessary for academic success.
How are Advanced Courses Beneficial?
Slide12Students should talk with their teachers if they need additional help. Many teachers offer help during break.
Encourage your child to advocate for themselves if they need help. C
an My Student Get Additional Help?
Slide13Grades may be lower than they were in regular classes, but it is better to adjust now. Students will have increased independent/ outside of class assignments.
Students should take ownership of their learning and advocate for themselves.Students involved in multiple extracurricular activities will need
to purposefully schedule time to complete their assignments and to study.
Things to think about…
Slide14Each teacher posts Assignments/Due Dates in the classroom and students are responsible for copying them into their agenda.Moodle (use your student’s log-in info)
FMS websiteRemind (Text app)
Where are Assignments/Due Dates posted?
Slide15Homework Time:Provide a designated, quiet space that allows your student to focus
Limit cell phone, TV, and other distractionsEncourage self-advocacy skillsSupport independent thinking
Emphasize the importance of time management & planning.Have supportive academic expectations
How can you help at home?
Slide16Absences:It is the student’s responsibility to ask for makeup assignments when absent Teachers are not responsible for teaching students the information that they missed due to an absence.
Missed work/tests must be made up/turned in no later than 3 days after returning to schoolMissed work/tests not made up in the required time will be counted as a ‘0’.
Teachers use an "I" in INOW to indicate that students need to make up work. The "I" averages as a "0" so students need to get their work completed within the 3 day period. The "I" is replaced with a grade after the work is made up, or stands as a "0" if the work is not made up.
Important Reminders
Slide17Assignments will not be accepted after the due date. No partial credit for late work.
No extra credit assignments.Plagiarism is cheating and will result in a ‘0’ and disciplinary action.Homeroom time is more structured this year.
Students should not plan on using this time to complete work that is due that day.
Important Reminders
Slide18Grade Categories in INow:Assessments/Projects/Quizzes are worth a greater % of the total grade than Classwork/Homework
Teachers are communicating and working as a team to try to be sure that major tests and project due dates do not occur on the same day.
Important Reminders
Slide19NJHS Requirements The National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) GPA requirement is a 3.5.
Advanced course grades in middle school are not weighted.
Slide20Students will be required to show work
There are some specific ways that the AP teachers want the high school students to write certain answers, and we will start writing them that way in middle school
7th Grade Advanced Math
Slide21Students will do more explaining in words what they are doing to solve problems
Example: Instead of writing 60 mph, the students will be asked to write it 60mi 1 hr
because that is how they need to do it for dimensional analysis later on in AP classes
7
th
Grade Advanced Math
Slide22Advanced EnglishThe curriculum moves at an accelerated pace with a more concentrated focus on independent reading, writing, analysis, and problem solving.
Opportunities are provided for students to develop questioning and research strategies that assist them in organizing and presenting information in oral, visual, and written formats. Advanced English classes will have a dual focus; an in-depth approach to reading and interpreting literature in various genres and an emphasis on reading strategies to help master required skills, as well as a scaffold approach to the usage of grammar and mechanics through writing practices.
Students will have at home reading assignments.
Slide237th Advanced ScienceStudents will study an overview of life science including scientific methodology, human body, cells, DNA, genetics, disease, classification, organisms, ecology and
more. Class activities will include participating in class demonstrations and investigations, lectures with note-taking, watching science video clips, lab activities, and more. The science curriculum consists of LTF (Laying the Foundation) infused lessons.
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