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Rising 7th & 8th Grade Parent Night

Tuesday, March 24

Welcome

Lisa Bailes, Principal

Registration Cards

Brooke Barrows

Registration Dates

• Wednesday, March 25 - Students receive registration cards
• Thursday, April 2nd - Complete and return to homeroom

teachers

• April 13-17 - Counselors and administrators will meet with

students individually to input course requests

• Early May - Parents receive placement recommendation
• Early June - Parents receive single gender placement

information

• May-June - SCMS counselors and administrators schedule

core courses

7th Grade Registration Card

8th Grade Registration Card

Single Gender Placement

Brooke Barrows

Single Gender Program

• Based on demand

○ Not just an Honors program

• Language Arts and Math
• Teacher assignments may change
• Lottery placement
• Indicate interest on the registration card

Is Single Gender Right for My Child?

• Is my child often distracted by students of the opposite

gender?

• Does my child get easily embarrassed by students of the
• pposite gender?
• Does my child thrive when working with group members
• f the same gender?
• Is my child easily overshadowed by louder students?
• Is my child more comfortable in groups of the same

gender?

Language Arts & Math Placement

Phyllis Butcher

Honors Placement Dates

• Teachers will complete rubrics by April 3
• Parents will be notified of recommendation

by May 1

• May-June - SCMS counselors and

administrators schedule core courses

• Please communicate with administrators and

counselors if you have questions

Is Honors Right for My Child?

• Is my child intrinsically motivated to do well in school?
• Does my child show persistence even when presented with

difficult material?

• Does my child complete homework and projects without

adult prompting?

• Does my child have good time management skills?
• Does my child think “outside the box”?

Is Honors Right for My Child?

• Does my child take the initiative to make up work when

he/she is absent?

• Does my child apply constructive criticism?
• Does my child enjoy reading for pleasure (beyond what is

required in school)?

• Is my child capable of handling a rigorous and self-directed

vocabulary program?

• Can my child apply new math concepts with little direct

teacher instruction?

7th Grade Math

• Math 7

○ Major topics include: Proportional Relationships, Writing and Solving Multi-step Equations and Geometry

• Honors

○ All of the Math 7 topics and over half of Math 8 topics. ○ Math 8 topics include: Introduction to Functions, Graphing Equations, Operations with Exponents

8th Grade Math

• Math 8

○ Equations and Functions ○ Math 8 EOG in late May / early June

• Math I - Yearlong

○ High school credit and grading (70/30) ○ Completes the study of Linear Functions & Relationships ○ Math I EOC and Math 8 EOG

• Math I/II - One per semester

○ High school credit and grading (70/30) ○ Math II completes the study of Geometric Concepts and Trigonometric Relationships (explored and applied) ○ Math I EOC, Math II EOC and Math 8 EOG

7th & 8th Grade Language Arts

• Language Arts 7 & 8

○ Rigorous Vocabulary Program (Word Within the Word) ○ 3 Classroom Novel Studies ○ Technology rich lessons ○ Collaborative tasks and projects

• Honors 7 & 8 (In addition to the above mentioned)

○ SAT Prep Vocabulary ○ Independent Novel Study ○ Advanced Level Reading ○ Debates

Language Arts Rubric

Math Rubric

Middle to High School Course Sequencing

Amanda Jones

High School Language Arts

• One LA per year; cannot double-up
• Additional LA courses available (creative

writing, AP literature, etc.)

• 24 credits required for graduation

○ With 8 per year, your student will take 32. ○ There are 8 open credits

8th Grade 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade LA 8 Foundations 1 LA 1 Foundations 2 LA 2 Foundations 3 LA 3 LA 4 LA 8 Foundations 1 LA 1 Honors LA 2 Honors LA 3 Honors LA 4 Honors LA 8 Honors LA 1 Honors LA 2 Honors LA 3 Honors LA 4

High School Math

• One level of Math allowed Freshman &

Sophomore Year (can double-up Jr & Sr years)

• Colleges look for at least one math each

year

• College-level math courses benefit college

acceptance into Math-based programs

8th Grade 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade Math 8 - EOG Foundations 1 Math 1 - EOC Foundations 2 Math 2 - EOC Foundations 3 Math 3 - EOC

• Adv. Functions

& Modeling OR Pre-Calculus Math 8 Foundations 1 Math 1 Honors Math 2 Honors Math 3 Pre-Calculus AP Calculus AP Statistics Math 1 Honors Math 2 Honors Math 3 Pre-Calculus AP Calculus AP Statistics Math 1 Math 2 Honors Math 3 Pre-Calculus AP Calculus AP Statistics

Educator & Parent Partnerships

SCMS Staff wants your child to succeed - Academically, Developmentally, Socially, Personally, and Emotionally

Questions?