Welcome to 6th Grade Orientation

PRESENTERSMs. Dick, Ms. Elston, Ms. Bryant,Ms. Marcarian, Mr. Holmes

STUDENT PRESENTERS

Academics

ACADEMIES

Legacy

OdysseyKey

Rubicon(STEM)

TalonSierraQuest

Discovery(STEM)

7th GRADE

8th GRADE

STEM Program (7th and 8th)

• Computer Programming

• Robotics• Website Development• Applied Mathematics• Applied Science• Legos and Tech Kits• Field Trips

CLASSESMath

ScienceSocial Studies

Language ArtsHOMEROOMS & ENRICHMENT (AR)

Intervention for Math and Language Arts

• Grading• Progress Reports• AR

(10% of Lang Arts Grade)• Text Books• Chrome Books

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

ACADEMIC PEP

RALLY♦Student recognition♦Games for students♦Everyone participates♦February (following 1st

semester)

WEB DAY (Welcome Everybody)

August 2015 School tours Games Meet students and teachers Orientation to middle school

SupportSupport

FOR ALL FOR ALL STUDENTSSTUDENTS

Counselors Counselors for for

77thth GRADE and 8 GRADE and 8thth GRADEGRADE

AcademicAcademic PersonalPersonal SocialSocial CareerCareer

BEHAVIOR Merit System Rules Dress Code Consequences Telephone Use Passes

LUNCHES…….………………

SeparateLunches

F D CHOICES

After School

•Library•Computer Lab•Meet with teachers•Athletic events•Clubs

Extracurricular Activities,

Athletics and ELECTIVES

Athletics

•TryoutsFlag Football, Basketball, Volleyball and Cheer

•No cutTrack, Wrestling, and Cross Country

•Must be eligible to play

Eligibility Criteria

Good Citizenship 2.0 grade point average No more that one “NM” per quarter grade Grade checks

UNIFORMSLOCKERSDRESSING DOWN

EEXTRACURRICULARXTRACURRICULAR AACTIVITESCTIVITES CJSFCJSF Student LeadershipStudent Leadership Coding ClubCoding Club DancesDances Science OlympiadScience Olympiad BroadcastingBroadcasting WEBWEB Drama ClubDrama Club Chess ClubChess Club

Art ClubArt Club Friends of RachelFriends of Rachel Creative WritingCreative Writing Math OlympiadMath Olympiad Book ClubBook Club 100 Merit100 Merit Green Scene GardenGreen Scene Garden Talent ShowTalent Show

ELECTIVES

Art I Band Chorus Orchestra Manufacturing Technology Exploratory Spanish Home Economics Publications

C-STEM IS PART OF THE REGULAR SCHOOL DAY

In 7th grade, C-STEM is in the Rubicon academy.

A student in the C-STEM program will still have all the regular 7th grade classes:English Social StudiesMath Life ScienceElective PEAR

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.

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

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.

YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN STEM AND ADVANCED

MATH

APPLY AT GOMS.ROCKLINUSD.ORG BY

MAY 8TH!

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