SLIDE 1 River Bend Middle School Spectrum Program
September 25, 2017 Kelly Hoover, M.Ed. khoover@lcps.org Gifted Services grades 6-8 Loudoun County Public Schools
SLIDE 2 This evening’s presentation is designed for parents of students currently enrolled in SPECTRUM.
Eligibility Information: Gifted Information Night
LCPS Administration Building Room 102 A&B Wednesday, Sept. 27, 7-8 p.m.
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SIGN–IN SHEET
Name Child’s Name Your Email Interested in Volunteering?
THANK YOU!
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ABOUT ME...
SLIDE 5 LCPS program for intellectually gifted students. Students:
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Learn through discovery, research & application
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Expand intellectual curiosity
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Develop initiative, creativity & leadership
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Increase their understanding of the relationships amongst the disciplines
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Strengthen critical thinking skills
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Pursue special interests
What is Spectrum?
SLIDE 6 ▶ Using deductive reasoning to solve
mysteries & other complex problems
▶ Learning to build consensus ▶ Collaboration on multi-faceted projects ▶ Internet research to enhance learning
Methods of Instruction
SLIDE 7 Students will:
▶ Become divergent thinkers who recognize problems
and solve them.
▶ Construct personal meaning & understanding of
themselves & the world around them.
▶ Develop the capacity to self-assess & take
- wnership of the learning.
3 Goals of LCPS Gifted Program
SLIDE 8 ▶ Ongoing, self and teacher ▶ Formal semester report to parents ▶ Personalized narrative comments ▶ 4 Skills: Thinking, Research, Interactive,
and Independent Learning
▶ Assessment Report sent: January & June
Assessment
SLIDE 9 Supplies for SPECTRUM
Same for 6th - 8th grade: * Composition Book *Pocket folder labeled SPECTRUM, w/ paper
*Writing utensil *Agenda Book
Optional:
▶ Calculator ▶ Smartphone (off until
directed otherwise)
▶ Colored Pencils ▶ Highlighter
SLIDE 10 6th & 7th grade
- Every other day, all grades
- 1/2 of the block, 37 or 42 min
- Instead of Resource block
8th grade
- Both Spectrum and Resource
- 42 min of Spectrum
WHEN is Spectrum Class?
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▶ A special service for identified students, like those for other special groups ▶ Students expected to be present for the whole SPECTRUM time ▶ No “pulling” a student from SPECTRUM for re-teach or re-test ▶ GIVE FULL EFFORT in SPECTRUM ☺
A note about SPECTRUM time:
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6th – Mandalas 7th – Personalized license plates 8th – Riddle Poems
Spectrum So Far…
What am I?
SLIDE 13 Semester 1
▶ Ethics & Perspectives: Medical Mystery ▶ Technology & Engineering: Team problem-solving
challenge, using math and critical thinking
Semester 2
▶ Business & Economics: Stock Market Game/Ad Agency ▶ Communication & Culture: Pacific Rim, Languages
Grades 6 & 7 Curriculum
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SLIDE 15 Semester 1
▶ Ethics & Perspectives: Lifestyle Auction, Integral Ethics ▶ Technology & Engineering: Fuel Cell or other Eng. Challenge
Semester 2
▶ Communication & Culture: Independent Study, Regional or
National Contest entry ▶ Business & Economics: Stock Market Game/World of 7Billion
Grade 8 Curriculum (subject to change)
SLIDE 16 Grade 7 Field Trip: TBA
▶ Possibility - Natural History Museum,
Forensic Program, “Q?rius”
▶ Timeframe: Fall 2017/Spring 2018 ▶ Need 8+ volunteer chaperones
SLIDE 17 ▶ Open to current 8th graders ▶ Academic scholarship, extra-curricular activity,
character, community service, and leadership
▶ Meant to promote academic success and
service
National Jr Honor Society
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Creative Problem-Solving Team Contest
Odyssey of the Mind Teams
WEBSITE: www.odysseyofthemind.com
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⬜ Hoagies Gifted site: www.hoagiesgifted.com ⬜ CTY Imagine Magazine and Cogito.org (for young scientists) Website
Outside Resources for Parents
SLIDE 20 Outside Offerings of Interest to You and Your Child, Now & Later
▶ Clubs: Odyssey of the Mind, Math Counts,
Science Olympiad, Leo Club, Habitat Club
▶ Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
http://cty.jhu.edu school code:2016502
▶ Grade 7: JKCF Young Scholars Program: www.jkcf.org ▶ Grade 8: Thomas Jefferson HSST, AOS, AET
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- Ms. Sherri Robinson, School Counselor
TJ & Academies of Loudoun Liaison
Sherri.Robinson@lcps.org
8th graders Considering TJHSST & Academies of Loudoun
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Magnet School Info Night RBM Alums at TJ/AOS Return to Share Q&A Mid-October
YOU’RE INVITED!
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- Dominion High School
- Competitive Entry-Essay & Letters of Recommendation
- Students attend AOS on alternating days
- PSAT@Dominion, Sat. October 14. Not needed for AET
- December 2: California Critical Thinking Disposition
Inventory (CCTDI)
- January 20: Finalist Assessment California Critical Thinking
Skills Test (CCTST), writing prompt and interest statement
- March 2018: Admission offers on Admissions Portal
- April 2018: Students must accept or decline
Academy of Science
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⬜ September 29 – Application Deadline *November 18 – Test Day *(December 3 - Inclement weather test day) *Sat., February 3 – Essay and SIS given New admissions tests: ACT-Aspire and Quant-Q.
TJHSST Important dates
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Thank you very much for coming to Spectrum Back-to-School Night and for caring about your child’s education.
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