Katherine L. Albiani

Middle School

Our mission is to ensure a safe, orderly dynamic

learning environment that provides all levels of learners

universal access to a rigorous curriculum that promotes

high standards of scholarship and citizenship.

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Introduction of Speakers

■ Brie Bajar, Principal

■ Kristen Couchot, Vice Principal

■ Guidance Counseling Team■ Amy Freeman & Rodolfo Mendez

■ Donna McNeel, Activities Co-Director

■ Kristen Couchot, Athletic Co-Director

School Performance

■ California Gold Ribbon School

■ National “School to Watch”■ Only 3% of California middle schools have received this honor

■ CAASPP(California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress)

• SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium)

• Math and Language Arts, Science

PGHS/KAMS 7-12 Program

● Setting the stage for academic success

● 6-year partnership

● Seamless transitions

● Academic counseling and support services

● 7-12 professional articulation for staff

● Extensive variety of enrichment and

co-curricular opportunities

● Rigorous academic climate

● Safe learning environment established through clear behavioral expectations

Joint Use Library Facility■ PGHS/KAMS Library

■ Our library supports students from both Albiani Middle School and

Pleasant Grove High School.

■ We are open for student access from 7:30 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. -

before school, during lunch breaks, and after-school.

■ Our library staff includes a full-time credentialed Middle School and

High School Teacher Librarian, full-time High School Library

Technician, and a half-time Middle School Library Technician.

■ Students have access to over 35,000 print books, a variety of on-line

resources including EBSCO Databases, and 60 networked

computers.

■ Our library distributes all required school textbooks and core novels,

provides instruction to students to support curricular assignments,

provides a library web portal of educational resources available

24/7, encourages students to read a variety of genres, and

challenges students to learn something new through monthly library promotions.

A Typical 7th Grade Day

Period 1: 8:05 – 9:01

Period 2: 9:06 – 10:02

BREAK: 10 Minutes

Period 3: 10:17 – 11:22

Lunch: 11:22 – 11:57

Period 4: 12:02 – 12:58

Period 5: 1:03 – 1:59

Period 6: 2:04 – 3:00

■ 56 minute classes

■ Thursdays are “Late Start” which means

school starts at 9:00 am

for staff development

■ Classes are 49 minutes on

Thursday; dismissal is 3:00

pm

KAMS Honors Opportunities■ Voluntary program – prepares students for Honors and

AP (Advanced Placement) classes at the high school by

providing the skills and strategies for success

■ High school AP classes may count towards college

credits potentially saving both time and money

■ Studies show students who take Honors/AP classes are

more likely than peers to complete bachelor’s degree in

4-years or less

■ Students should have a sense of balance but also be

challenged in their coursework - You know your child!

Advice from a Falcon

Updated GATE Identification Criteria

EGUSD has developed new identification criteria for the Gifted

and Talented Education (GATE) Program. GATE identification

is based on students exhibiting exceptional ability in one of the

following areas:

■ Creative Ability

■ Leadership Ability

■ Visual and Performing Arts Ability

■ Academic Ability

■ Cognitive Ability

Implementation of the new criteria for identification will

continue into the 2019-2020 school year. KAMS GATE

Coordinator is Shannon Richardson.

Albiani Middle School

Academic Program

Overview

English DepartmentKate Malone & Shannon Richardson

Department Co-Chairs

7th Grade Courses:

■ ELA Literacy (intensive intervention, other

program curriculum used)

■ English 7 Lab (2 period intervention

course, core curriculum used)

■ English 7

■ Honors English 7

Course Placement:

◻ Teacher Recommendation

◻ Parent and Student Requests

◻ Diagnostic Testing

■ Students are regularly assessed to

confirm appropriate placement and

changes are made when needed.

Social Science Department

Sherry Marchant – Department Chair

7th Grade Courses:

■ Social Science 7

■ Honors Social Science 7

Should I sign up for Honors?

■ Are you interested in the

challenge?

■ Are you motivated to learn?

■ Are you an independent worker

and reader?

■ Do you enjoy learning from the

past?

■ Will you seek help from home or

your teacher when needed?

World History

• Covers the period from the Fall

of the Roman Empire through

Enlightenment

-500 AD to 1789 AD

• Fall of Rome

• Middle Ages of Europe

• Medieval Arabian Peninsula

• Medieval Africa

• Medieval China

• Medieval Japan

• Renaissance

• Reformation/ Scientific

Revolution

• The Americas

• Age of Exploration/

Enlightenment

Mathematics DepartmentErin Gress – Department Chair

Initial Course Placement:

▪ Student/Parent request

▪ Grades / Readiness Exam

▪ Teacher Recommendation

■ Goal is to give students the

skills and strategies they need

to be successful in the grade-

level math class.

7th Grade Courses:

❖ Math 7 Covers 7th grade content standards

❖ Math 7 Accelerated Covers 7th grade AND 8th grade

content standards in 1 year.

❖ Math 7 with Support

❖ 2-period class

Covers 7th grade content standards

Support class takes place of elective.

Reinforces elementary concepts

8th grade

7th grade

Math 7

Math 8

Math 7

Support

2 period class

Math 7

Accelerated

Math I

Science DepartmentWill Carlton

Department Chair

■ 7th Grade Life Science

◻ The Scientific Method, The Metric System, The Electromagnetic

Spectrum, Cells, Genetics, Earth and Life History, Evolution, Plants, and

Human Body

■ 8th Grade Physical Science

◻ Matter, Atoms, Chemical Reactions,

Motion & Forces, and Astronomy

Physical Education

Diane McEntee,

Department Chair7th Grade Units of Instruction

■ Bowling

■ Folk Dance

■ Disc Sports

■ Fitness testing

■ Pickle Ball

■ Team Handball

■ Set for Success

■ Speedball/ Soccer

■ Track and Field

■ Tumbling

■ Recreation Games

■ Typical week:

Cardio workouts Monday and

Thursday, Unit instruction

Tuesday, Wednesday and

Friday

■ PE clothes can be purchased

at the Student Store during

lunch, through the online web

store, or in PE class during the

first few days of school.

■ Teachers work with students

with a medical condition to

perform modified exercises or

book studies related to the unit.

Academic Intervention

DepartmentJulie Metesser & Jessica Miller

Department Co-Chairs

Courses available to students who have an IEP:

■ELA Literacy (2 periods) – available for students who require

intensive intervention in the areas of reading and writing

■Math Foundations – available for students who require intensive

intervention in math

■MSAT (Multiple Strategies for Academics and Transitions) –

Students are given time/support in work from other classes and

are explicitly taught the soft skills needed for academic success.

AVID ProgramAmy Freeman & Kate Malone

Co-Coordinators

■ AVID stands for Advancement

Via Individual Determination

■ AVID Information &

Applications will be available

online in October 2020

■ Begins in January 2021

JumpStart

■August 4 – 6, 2020

■ Information will be mailed home this spring

★Adjustment to Middle School

★Crisis/Conflict Management

★Time Management/Organization

★Career/College Exploration

★Course Preferences & Scheduling

School Counselors

Course Preference Form

Please sign and return

to your child’s 6th

grade teacher by the

due date written on

the form.

Enrichment Course Offerings

kams.egusd.net

New Enrichment 20-21

★Film Studies - SEMESTER (half the year)

★Public Speaking (spoken word poetry) -SEMESTER (half the year)

★Exploring Ag Sci - YEAR LONG (ALL year)Taught at PGHS

★Intro to Ag Sci - YEAR LONG (ALL year)Taught at PGHS

★Exploring Science I/II - SEMESTER (half a year)

★Music I - SEMESTER (half a year)

IMPORTANT NOTES

re: Enrichment

✓ All preferences represent possible placement in courses.

✓ No enrichment course is guaranteed.

✓ Enrichment courses will not be changed.

★ Yearbook applications at kams.egusd.net

★ Leadership applications at kams.egusd.net

★ KAMS TV applications at kams.egusd.net

★ Student Assistant Applications in Student

Services Office or kams.egusd.net

★ AVID Applications come out in October at

kams.egusd.net

Applications

Date School

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Batey (Tracks A & D)

Thursday, January 23, 2020 McGarvey & Sunrise (Tracks A & D)

Friday, January 31, 2020 Adreani

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 Cosumnes River & C.W. Dillard

Friday, February 7, 2020 Batey (Tracks B & C)

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 McGarvey & Sunrise (Tracks B & C)

Friday, February 14, 2020 Sierra Enterprise

Friday, February 21, 2020 Pleasant Grove

Climate and Culture at

KAMS

Clubs,

School-Wide Activities,

Student Recognition, & Incentives

Welcome to Your New Home, Falcons

BE Safe

BE Respectful

BE Responsible

“Be Your Best!”

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

(PBIS)

■ PBIS is a school-wide program at

KAMS promoting a positive

environment by explicitly teaching

our behavior expectations through■ PBIS Kickoff & Refresh

■ Advocacy Lessons

■ Assemblies

■ Activities

■ Parents are encouraged to join

our PBIS Team

Clubs on Campus

Clubs will be determined by student interest and advisor

availability. At Albiani we are proud to have a wide variety of clubs which

to choose from. Clubs we have currently include:

Anime Club Teen Library Advisory Club

Wyldlife Club

Albiani All Stars Club Chinese Lion Dance Club Anime Club

Diversity Club Albiani Mentors Club Drama Club

Club Live Reach One Alliance Club Star Wars Club

School Wide Activities■ Kindness Revolution Movement■ Lunch time activities■ Rallies■ Dances■ Fundraisers■ S.O.A.R. Fieldtrip

◻ 8th grade Disneyland

■ 8th grade Promotion BBQ■ Community Service Projects■ Sports on Campus (S.O.C.)■ #KAMS SPAMS KINDNESS Week- Digital

Citizenship #Iwillhelp■ Screenagers/Angst/Like■ Great Kindness Challenge Week■ Celebrate KAMS ~ Multi Cultural Week

■ Spirit Days■ Spirit Competitions■ Assemblies■ Spring Carnival■ Red Ribbon Week■ Library Challenges/Contests■ Leadership – 7th & 8th

opportunities■ Book Faire■ Student of the Month Recognition■ Student Incentives■ The Today Show with Jimmy

Falcon ■ Variety of Clubs■ Sports on Campus (S.O.C.)■ Gift of Love ~ Shriners Hospital

■ All volunteers who help out under both the direct and indirect

supervision of a EGUSD employee, need to be fingerprinted.

■ Examples of volunteer assistance include (but are not limited to):

• Regularly scheduled classroom support

• Day field trip chaperone

• Overnight field trip chaperone

• After‐School program supervisors

• Club Sponsors

• Athletic Coaches

• Student Interns

Fingerprinting is available in room 103-A at the Robert L. Trigg Education

Center located at 9510 Elk Grove-Florin Road

■ Mondays & Wednesdays 8:30-10:30 a.m. and Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:30-

4:30 p.m.

■ No cost

Climate and Culture at

KAMS

Athletics

Sports - OfferingsFall

★ Volleyball – 7/8 girls

★ Cross Country – 7/8, boys/girls

Winter

★ Basketball – 7/8, boys/girls

★ Wrestling – 7/8, boys/girls

Spring

★ Track and Field – 7/8, boys/girls

Sports –

Important Deadlines

✓ NEED a completed Athletic Clearance Packet

- every year

- includes physical by a doctor

- NOT UNTIL MAY 1

✓ Due at least ONE SCHOOL DAY BEFORE tryouts/ practice starts by 3:30pm

✓ Pick up in Student Services Office or at kams.egusd.net

Last Important Items

Requirement: Tdap/Whooping

Cough■ 7th-12th graders are required to get a whooping

cough shot.

■ The required vaccine protects against:◻ Tetanus◻ Diphtheria◻ Pertussis-“Tdap”

■ Students will NOT be allowed to begin school without showing proof of the vaccine.

■ T-dap must be submitted to the student’s current school. If the student receives the shot during the summer, please bring the paperwork to KAMS.

Teachers will notify students of any other special materials for their specific classroom during the first day of school.

Things your student will DEFINITELY NEED for school, and can be purchased at the Albiani Student Store during Falcon Fiesta, through the online store, or during school hours:•PE T-Shirt - $10.00•PE Shorts - $10.00•PE Lock- $6.00Tee shirts/shorts are required to be either a solid navy blue or solid gray. The PE lock can also be purchased elsewhere.===================================

Things your student will PROBABLY WANT, and can be purchased at the Albiani Student Store during Falcon Fiesta and beyond:•ASB sticker (students get discounted admission to school activities) - $25.00•Spirit T-Shirts - $10.00•Spirit sweatshirt - $25.00•Yearbook: engraved - $45.00 not engraved - $40.00===================================

The following listing is a sample of things your students will PROBABLY USE that can be purchased at the Albiani Student Store during Falcon Fiesta or during school hours, or elsewhere. Items suggested include the following:

# 2 Pencils Mechanical Pencils Pens (blue, black & red)Highlighters White Board Markers [dry erase] Index Cards Set of Binder Dividers Sheet Protectors Composition Book Binder Paper Graph Paper Spiral Notebook 3 – Ring Binder 3-Prong Portfolio Metric RulerGlue Stick White Out Tape Pencil Pouch

KATHERINE L. ALBIANI MIDDLE SCHOOL2020-2021Suggested Supplies

■ Online learning community offering communication tool and access to grades and assignments.

■ Check out www.kams.egusd.netfor a demonstration of the program

■ Our first Parent University in August will be a Synergy ParentVue training

Parent Involvement*

■ Join School Site Council or PBIS committee

■ Volunteer for Sports on Campus

■ Volunteer at student activities (dances, etc)

■ Attend Back to School Night & Open House

■ Monitor Synergy ParentVue daily

■ Explore KAMS website

■ Attend “Bring Your Parent/Guardian to

School Day” or “Family Lunch on the Quad

“Adopt Our Falcons” Program

❑ Donors will be recognized on our

school website, in the KAMS

newsletter, and our “Wall of

Fame.”

❑ Donors also receive a certificate

of appreciation.

❑ This program has helped us to

purchase many items of need:

-Projectors ($500)

-Chromebooks ($300)

-Projector Bulbs ($300)

-Professional development

■ Red Falcon $25

■ White Falcon $50

■ Blue Falcon $100

■ Golden Falcon $200

Redirection at KAMS

■ KAMS redirects all new enrollments to Kerr or

Smedberg Middle School.

■ In the past, all 6th graders residing within our

boundary rolled right into KAMS; this is no longer the

case.

■ Any student who moved into our attendance area

after January 1, 2019, will be redirected.

■ This includes current 6th grade students.

Mark Your Calendar!

✓ April 1st Ice Cream Social; 4:00 – 5:00 pm

✓ July 2020 Detailed Newsletter Mailed Home

✓ August 4th – 6th JumpStart Program (applications mailed)

✓ August 10th Falcon Fiesta; 4:00 – 6:00 pm

✓ August 13th First Day of School

*Late Start Thursday, schedule pick up beginning at 8:00 am

Website: http://www.kams.egusd.net

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