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Melvin H. Kreps Middle School Fifth-Grade Parent Orientation

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2 Ms Emerson I'm going to share my screen in his Emerson the floor is yours thank you for a great and welcome everyone to our fifth grade parent or we are really we're just as excited to meet you as we were to meet your children earlier today they even though we were online and it was a virtual presentation as well we start our energy Snapchat so they were chatting away for this the entire presentation but it was really positive were excited that they were excited to start their educational we're at it's going to be a really quick 3 years is going to be filled with excitement and growth and the little babies you give us in September or not but we are not going to be the grown children that we say indoxxi with the end of their 8th grade year so a lot of growth happens but it's all good and it's all exciting and we're just happy to see them in school in September so I'm the first light of our play education is our core value this is you'll see our pets core values as well as our mission statement and our mission is to inspire Challenge and died responsible Global spin and we are crap so when people asked we are we are kind-hearted respectful engaged positive and self-motivated all the time so in the building outside of the building is how we treat our Salzburg and it's how we treat everyone else in our school Community throughout the day and after school so we find ways to our student of the month ceremony we also you are such a luncheon and we do that to recognize our students who are demonstrating our core values because they are our role models and we want to encourage them to embrace the core values as they go through this as they go through our school and into life so you're going to see there's a lot more players at the middle when you have at the elementary school I'm still active in addition to me there are three do you already met mr. Edwards who will be your child for 6th grade we have missiles Miss Fowler for the content areas that here as well as over a hundred certified highly qualified teachers and cutie so one of the biggest changes from elementary to middle school is that your child Beecher has a certification in the front and back of teaching which is different from elementary school so they are qualified studies content that you're going to be teaching yourself we are very fortunate in our schools that have five councillors so you will see that there is a counselor connected to each of the grade-level they also will travel with your children for the 3-year than that is mushy biker who you're going to be awesome tonight in addition to miss Stryker we have to school like answered mr. Perez who's our students is the counter at one of our anti-bully mr. Perez is fluent in Spanish so he's laying a great resource for an initial contact if for our families that speak Spanish but I would encourage anybody regardless of what language need to reach out to anybody directly through email because we'll just have your email send Google translate who has become our friend you will also see this child study team members on this is Rockland is the Chopsticks number connected but we have two additional set up two other child study team members to the other grade levels are School nurses Bayless and our Librarian Is mrs. Meyers so they go to the middle school elementary school so one of our goals is to provide instructional the teachers meeting in the middle school so the teachers work together to support students they meet regularly they review data that they need to drive their instruction and ice cream for your children so course the academic program is a Friday's our priority but also the goal is to provide students with opportunities where are Athletics and RNR after school clubs and activities, and we offer so many different types of activities for students because we want them to engage after the school day so everyone will talk about that a little bit later on in the program for everyone and if we don't our students will recommend something you want something you might write a proposal come see me about it and then we'll find an advisor because we want to make sure that we have something for every student that would interest them that's a really really important part of our clothes when they are starting to cracker plate boundaries a little bit we live with that every day so we live with 1,200 people who want to see what they can get away with they want to try to meet that's the we are always on guard and in a lot of that is attention-seeking so we want to make sure that we are needing those me then that we are providing that social emotional support for them to help them navigate Middle School to help them navigate because it is really it's really social media I'm not going to go there but difficult because it's a whole other world navigate we do we are there to support them through all of that and we're ending also with the strong academic foundation so you know this is a middle school program so what we're doing in our class what we get from middle school but we want to make sure that they are ready for high school to be independent to be independent Learners I should be able to regulate manage their own their own line and finally we want to see you we love to see parents in the building in Middle School inherent involvement probably because your your children are telling you please don't come please I don't want anybody to know who you are but we ignore all that and come see you you know these are critical years for kids to know that their parents are involved in the parents know what's going on so we want to see you we have our teeth Yo does wonderful games that support our school we have events throughout the year I'm not sure what that's going to look like next year but I would encourage you to attend the music all the time shirt the council has a guitar and Shout so there's a lot of many many family-friendly events that we posed we've been doing a lot of that online this year and we still get fairly nice turnout of obviously not the same as in person but are our students are going to be putting on their musical this Friday night if you would like to purchase tickets you can do that but they do a wonderful job even they did it online last it was fabulous make sure that we have your updated email now that the elementary schools are in Genesis we are work were like pretty connected to you already and you should expect a return call or email within 24 hours so I would encourage you to reach out with a question you're not going to have too many questions it's not going to be something that we've never heard of but it's really important for us to know what some of the challenges are that your children are having that you're having because there's a lot of know everything that goes on so we really do rely on parents and students to record things to bring things to our attention and it could be good thing I don't believe bad things like no one ever has it if you have a question curiosity a wondering about anything that's happening in the building cuz I would rather have you get the information from either it's not from me from the store Edwards from the Striker from any other School employee that sing Facebook for reading it you know hearing about it in the community because sometimes things get muddy and it's you know I just would prefer that you heard from okay mr. Edwards he was Emerson already mentioned by myself and this is Emerson beginners Accord scene where we move with the students through 6th 7th and 8th grade see myself as the assistant principal the striker who was our counselor who will be introduced shortly social worker and art of RCs eaten by myself actually like I said they pray VP right now I'm finishing my first Michael with the student and I'm at mrs. Emerson said the three years go by very very quickly and it's really amazing to kind of see the growth as they've come in at 10 11 year old students and then they leave us 13 and 14 year old teenagers and young adults and all this is been weed to finally see this first group on its way out and I'm super super excited to to have you guys become a part of the family and take that same Journey with your children died September so I'm just a little bit of a come out what we do and it's great for team building family like rapport with you obviously we're going to become go to people as a free people. They will see over and over throughout the three years so we just want them to know that I'm now to see you guys if their parents maybe but I'm outside of the home environment we definitely want them to know that we might as well there's a lot a lot of challenges as they move Middle School are going to make a lot of good decisions decisions but it's part of the growing process did they learn from their mistakes I know even when I was a teacher and as I told the kids over the past three years that the only way you'll learn what you become a better person is by making mistakes call the state of Georgia as a resource for us parents what is Emerson said again are you guys are first-time Middle School parents you're going to have a lot of questions you're going to have a lot of wondering if that's why is my child doing this why is my child now because it's so so different and when they are in 3rd 4th and 5th grade so feel free. Southwest even you guys that are assembling I see some some some of us have some children need for it now sorry I got me. I'm still don't hesitate to ask for any support anyway and then obviously our goal is to prepare your children for high school that that is not is no longer on Bold and make sure they're ready academically socially emotionally so that they can get ready to go to ice down a river we end up going to and then I'll be prepared for Every Witch Way now at Crest we have a theme for each of our grade levels and I'm only going to focus on the 6th grade team at this point in sixth grade  to set out and grow again at six graders this is their first time in the Middle School building on their coming from a school that is a much smaller environment and now as Miss Emerson said that there are 1,200 kids in the building opportunity that they have terms of academics club's activities Sports social steam everything so on 6th grade is all about just kind of figuring out where you kind of fit in what kind of interest you taking those are my person that we give you a kind of just discovering a little bit more about yourself that's one thing that the sixth graders a year over and over and over from the time is going to sleep number to the end of the year just to take this opportunity to find this that I'm grown kind of spread your wings a little bit as you become too you start to mature and start to become young adults so what's different for kids I think we kind of touched on some of this stuff but will continue to discuss a little bit more obviously we want them to build a stronger if with their core level seeing how do you say myself in the striker in this recliner going to be with them for three years on that a little bit different than anything you've had in the past so I want to continue to build a strong relationship with our doors are always open for the kids there's never been by my office while the third always open kids are always popping in my office and it's not for all bad things and then obviously you got to deal with some kids sometimes when they make those poor choices but I love is been able to kind of keep what's excessive have in it outside of school if I try to stay connect with the kids as much as possible music they're listening to dances they're doing all those different kind of things just to on so they know that they have resources to support them any which way that they how do you support a little bit different in middle school is in the center of the responsibility stay organized because they're going to be switching classes because they have multiple teachers because the building is so much bigger than where they've been it's going to be it's going to be a challenge especially on Oakley in September that we are in a more honorable normal environment the kids have not been in a normal environment for a while now so I'm going to take a little bit of time for them to be organized but again they do know that they have on multiple most but their teachers and every other adults in the building names of the different clubs that are offering kids are able to I'm just getting more than anything they can really think of and as was mentioned earlier on if there's something that we don't have feel free to encourage them we will do the same to find a teacher that can be an advisor to start a club that on there may be a need for that we didn't recognize the constantly changing their interests are constantly changing so who knows what the head over the next three years so make sure it to encourage them to continue to reach out as if anything that they may also have the ability to think of their grades online show me different kind of stay out on top of their graves so they will have the opportunity to create an account on the grave hoard on Genesis I was just thinking at this point I was out of Warsaw Middle School you do the same as well but we also want kids to start to build that accountability for themselves as they are continuing to grow as they are continuing to mature the kind of stay on top of themselves as well and then lastly websites information teachers are constant ghosts and stuff and think how everything is changed over the past couple years especially this year I know everybody's really familiar Google Classroom to all our teachers out to you Google Classroom a lot information I'm on there as well but the teachers who have website share information about what's going on with that good resource to have as well what's new for parents the parent gray portal account again I think everybody is somewhere with this at that at this point but this is something that's going to be very cheap or you I'm over the next three years if the how to stay on top of that it's an opportunity to kind of just green onions are kids active sending class and a little bit different you can actually see the daily attendance in terms of if they made it to the first. They made it to their second. Are they are these are they somewhere they're not supposed to be so that's not something that you guys can keep it again as was mentioned already two students have an opportunity to create their own report on I would highly highly encourage you to have your child create their own grave portal power take more ownership and responsibilities degrees and not just costly just depend on you you guys parents to kind of keep them on track accountability responsibility communication multiple teachers rather than having two or three fugitives and they have now you may have classes and electives so making sure you're keeping in contact with all those features on this consequences and deadlines don't want to talk too much about that kind of stuff cuz I was want to keep it on the low light hard and keep it positive at this point but there are consequences for lateness whatever that may be Saturday detention again and make those bad choices will talk about that I want to go too far into that right now and just the last three points again just on about is becoming more independent just relying on themselves a little bit more that they have to kind of keep track of things and then again just growing in there there's so many different ways and change it in so many different ways so again we're here in to support you as parents to make sure that we can buy them in any way that we can and I'm going to go ahead and handle how to R6 good evening everyone counselor I've been at craps for 8 teen years now 10 of them as the Student Assistance counselor and then finishing up my third class and so you're on your fifth graders will be my fault class that I will carry through the middle school cuz they were definitely blowing up that chance this morning so I think they are very excited just some basic information about grade will be structured do you have to Academy on every grade level they are Kappa and sigma there no differences between the Academy student search randomly is the same program on both academies it's just a way to take a large group of students and put them into two smaller more intimate group where they have the ability to form closer bonds with not only each other but their teachers and every Academy has the same constellation of teachers math science social studies Language Arts students will have exploratory language during their academic support time that means Bill gold a six-week rotation of French a six-week rotation of German and a six-week rotation of Spanish just to get a sampling of the language and then at the end of the they will declare what what language they would like to pursue in seventh and eighth grade students will also be required to take the education and our Unified still one. Of their schedule is dedicated to that alternating one day on PE the other day unified arts and no booty smooth as well leave work on a trimester basis for the unified Arts so they might have arts in might have dance they might have computers they might have the other band or chorus so you know some of them will have different classes but they're all kind of overlap into those different art next slide please this is a sample sixth grade and schedule when when kids first hear about the a through F schedule they kind of freaked out a bit but it's a very much easier schedule than what they first I think basically every day they're going to have science math La social studies assigned a certain. right. There's a built-in lunch. So during homeroom they have that academic support time in the middle and the beginning of the day where they get to check in with your teacher maybe complete some homework go get a little extra help if they need to and that's where the exploratory language will occur at some students might have their elective. One so they would either be going to physical acacian let's stay on ECE day and perhaps computers on VBS day once they go through the rotation once twice they've got it they're good to go la is a blocked the block or a a block a double. We at Billy appitized language are really looking in 6th grade laying a really good foundation are 6s and 7th and 8th grade so they're La. Will always be in a black two periods back to back then we might have social studies in betrayed we do have the last lunch of the day so it's a little bit later it's 12:18 the kids will get used to it but initially it might be a little bit later than there and then we finish up the day with the last two academic.. 6 and 7 do one nice thing about having the two Academy is that their teachers are going to be in a Pacific area of the 6th grade Wing to their classrooms are going to be very close to one another across the hall over a few doors down from each other lost and not traveling unless they're going to perhaps PE or let's say art but the the the bulk of their classrooms will be in their Academy are and again that helps Foster that sense of community and they really get to know each other and and their teachers I think that's it for me mr. Edwards maker what the schedule on again the eighth recycle just now super confusing but believe it or not it's because you're not in quicker than the adults in this year on a lot of people look at the schedule and it was it was hard to comprehend kids pick it up very quickly I don't be too worried about that they will get them adjusted to a very fast and this is obviously just a sample schedule this point hopefully again in September we will have some kind of normalcy to where we will be able to follow a schedule so again this is just a sample but hopefully this is how to be in place of you get ready to come back within the next couple of slides just need to be about kind of extracurricular so I may not go into as much detail but I just want to make sure I see you in about some of the stuff available sorry about that programma I think our music in general is growing across the district so I think there's a lot of middle school where the house the kids and I'm being so all students middle schools of even if you your child has not joined at the elementary level we're definitely encouraging them to get involved at the middle school level I was just another way to sign of all the number one make friends Express their abilities for every student is accepted in be more than glad to have are more and more students in box I just want you to know is that student schedules can only accommodate band or chorus do if your child is very very musically motivated the only downfall is that they can only choose band or Chorus at this time curricular activities we talked about this as well there are number of extracurricular activities at craps there are so many teachers that are advisors that give our kids opportunities to come explore their interest in her Talent so we really really encouraged kids to get involved 6th grade all the way to eight. That's one of the biggest things that we promote here's a list of just some of the activities that we have available there are more some of the ones I can think of off the top of my head that are super super popular with yarn how are we on a project Green from exactly that's on here as well where iwebvisit are obviously very soon with the environment was offering different opportunities to kind of give the school Community involved in in our environment another one in your book club obviously is a very popular with kids gets to work with you if I just kind of put the yearbook together and come on with that School Musical was always a hit or KISS FM Allen salon if you're interested in I definitely encourage it doesn't get involved with that as well and they're also instrumental spur evening and where is it from his band ears within the building interscholastic is when we actually have teams that compete against the neighboring home game or away game so that's definitely another outlet for them and then for flexibility and help there is a late bus 410 the elite plus does on a car late bus runs and students can do that obviously do not have a way home at that time that's definitely a positive in there at 5 or anybody that is actually involved in elastic sports that is Spotify you are bringing upon hasn't. Is it okay to requirements is the striker said students have peel three days out of a 6 day cycle and all students must wear gym appropriate closing will have personal lockers and Jim will she have two gems in our building on which is the center gym bag gym pretty easy to recognize if you used to that very quickly and it's kind of a Sagittarius very good building sneakers are always required athletic stores pants The Last Stand no belt loop t-shirt and obviously Hospital sweatshirt and sweatpants Steven the last name for the warm water and I'm icy outside they're not you know where it sweatshirt sweatpants but on that is obvious obviously always ask for them to wear it during the up. I'm athletic physicals in packets music very important oh doctor to fill this out and make sure you bring sports package with them as well in the fall School doctor physical to take place during the summer sun the summer we do offer an opportunity for the kids to the building and physical by a doctor to make sure everything is clear for them to participate in sports because I was making you do not have this a cannot participate as I'm we do hold very friendly to those those are timelines to make sure everything is done in to make sure everything is off is kind of squared away before we go through the trying out process and you'll learn a little bit more about our school too much into that right now for our schools will you make sure all that information is filled out for students that are interested in participating in sports Livermore about Athletics again I want to go too much into detail but again we talked already about the deadlines being horrid even has a deadline and we will share that with you Schooners will send out an email directions on how to access and complete the family ID process so again that stuff will be available to you as we finally get closer to that and again after it is non presentation that will be shared with you as well so you are access to all this if you want to take a look at it just to be reminded stuff that was there with you so who to contact them so that's a big question obviously because there are so many people at the middle school level that are here for support so this is something to kind of guide you in terms of when you have questions of who should I reach out to the car to get the quickest and most concise answer your questions regarding any social emotional issues out of the counselor would probably be the first person you want to reach out to CST member now to see myself as Reservoir I'm always here to support not just academically but feel free to reach out to me any questions regarding your child during that class. So they're able to I give you a more concise answer as to what is actually going on in the classroom why there may be such a is why there may be some struggles whatever it may be but again if there's any questions feel free to reach out to myself as a VPO building support you with whatever you need anything about school sponsored events meetings Exedra feel free to reach out to the 6th grade office each of our office is actually has a secretary secretary office for 6th grade on me 4190 and Bill be able to help you with all the questions and then lastly over the summer again based off of what kind of happens between now and September more information be sent to your email about the academy list of supplies of what you will need your child to bring when they can come to us in September and then we're hoping and more than likely going to be able to offer a self-guided tour of the school to parents of students of 6th graders and play excited to hopefully be able to do that and usually in August just to kind of Welcome everything cuz I have not had the opportunity time to visit us as they usually do in the past in the March and April, so everybody have an opportunity

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