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Welcome to the Falcon Family Leadership Transition

Welcome to the Falcon Family

Welcome 5 th Grade Families OAK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL 2020-2021

Agenda for the Evening  Who Are We?  Falcon Culture  The Nitty Gritty  Meet Our Teachers  How do We Support our Falcons?  Get Involved!  Meet our Students  Help! I still have questions

Who Are We? • 61 Teachers • 52 Staff Members • 5 Custodians • 3 Counselors • 2 Student Services Specialists • 3 Administrators • Health Tech • Librarian Mission Statement Students are at the Heart of Oak Valley and Meeting Their Need is Our First Priority

Who are We?  Colin Young, Principal  coyoung@powayusd.com  Shannon Chamberlin, AP (A-L)  schamberlin@powayusd.com  Scott Wild, AP (M-Z)  swild@powayusd.com

Who are We? Our Counseling Staff  Jocbethem Tahapary (A-L)  jtahapary@powayusd.com  Kenya Bohn (M-Z)  ebohn@powayusd.com  Andrew Lightner (Intervention)  alightner@powayusd.com  Belinda Pagaduan (Counseling Assistant)  bpagaduan@powayusd.com Our Student Services Staff  Sandy Stromberg  SStromberg@powayusd.com  Kayla Matthews  kmatthews@powayusd.com

Falcon Culture

What It Means to be a Falcon My goal is for students to leave Oak Valley as Forever Falcons with amazing memories, real world skills, and a lifelong love of learning.

The Nitty Gritty  Bell Schedule  Block Schedule  Our campus  The new building  Drop off and pick up  My student takes the bus  Family Handbook

Our Bell Schedule The Weekly Bell Schedule

A Typical 6 th Grade Schedule  Block Schedule  Even and Odd Days  Lunch A verses Lunch B Sample Schedule Odd Days Even Days Period 1 Language Arts Period 2 Social Studies Period 3 Math Period 4 Elective Period 5 Lunch A Period 6 Lunch A Period 5 LA Workshop Period 6 LA Workshop Period 7 P.E. Period 8 Science

Our Campus  56 Classrooms  6 dedicated science labs  Library  52 Chromebook carts  Performing arts space  Multiple purpose room  Gymnasium  Locker rooms  PE Facilities  Lunch area

Our Campus

The New Building  8 new classrooms  Construction is scheduled to be completed on July 23 rd  The new building will be open for the start of school

Drop off and Pick up  Getting all students to school safely each day is a priority for our entire community.  There are TWO drop off areas  Front of the school  Carmel Valley Road  Please be patient Bike Rack Area

My Student Takes the Bus  All buses use the bus loop  Busses leave at 3:12  Late bus leaves at 4:23 Mon-Thurs at the front of the school   If you have questions about buses please contact the PUSD Transportation Department: 858-679-2636  Our school site rep for bus passes questions is our Health Tech: Mrs. Shaughnessy  ashaughnessy@powayusd.com

Meet Our Teachers 6 th Grade Curriculum  English Language Arts  Social Students  Science  Math  Physical Education  Electives  6 th Grade Camp

6 th Grade Curriculum: Language Arts  Focus on finding key facts and details from information sources then learning how to use these in analysis.  The three main writing areas are informative, persuasive, and narrative.  Assignments can include essays, short answer responses, artistic (infographics), and oral presentations.  Reading assignments include short stories, news articles, poetry, as well as longer books ( Maroo, The Cay, Bridge to Terabithia , as well as small group and personal choice books).  There is also emphasis on grammar, particularly pronouns and prepositions, as well as vocabulary, especially roots.

6 th Grade Curriculum: Social Studies  Focus is on exposing students to ancient civilizations and how to make inferences based on primary and secondary sources.  Civilizations studied include: Early Humans, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Kush, India, China, Ancient Hebrews, Persia, and Greece.  Students get to explore these civilizations through a mixture of readings, hands on projects, investigations, and simulation activities.  The curriculum is supplemented by the social studies-centered art corps lessons and the ancient history museum project in May.

6 th Grade Curriculum: Science  Earth-Earth's processes, human impact on the environment  Life- Body Systems with Frog Dissections, Inheritance & Heredity, Cell parts and Functions  Physical Science-Heat transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation  Engineering--(Some examples of what we do in class) designing a prosthetic hand, creating earthquake resistant structures, chocolate chip mining

6 th Grade Curriculum: Math  All students are enrolled in 6 th Grade Math.  Students who earned a MAPs score of 252 or above during 5 th grade are placed in Math 6/7.  All students will participate in the same math curriculum; however, the Math 6/7 class moves at a much faster pace.  Information on this placement test will be sent directly from the district office.

6 th Grade Curriculum: Physical Education  All students at Oak Valley will be enrolled in one period of PE  We focus on skill development, goal setting and sportsmanship.  14 different units in middle school  Lots of information on our website  Locker-room, PE clothes, locks

6 th Grade Curriculum: Elective Options  6 th Grade Band  Beginning Chorus  Orchestra  6 th Grade Elective Wheel

6 th Grade Curriculum: 6 th Grade Camp  All 6 th grade students at Oak Valley have the opportunity to attend Camp Cuyamaca  The week of October 12 or October 19  Camp is chaperoned by 6 th grade faculty  This is an amazing opportunity for our new Falcons to get to know their teachers and peers outside of the regular school setting.  While at camp students participate in a variety of educational and team building activities.  Informational meeting during Back to School night.

How do we Support our Falcons? Three School Counseling Domains:  Career/College – high school planning and career exploration  Academic - schedule, academic support, grade checks, intervention supports  Social Emotional – peer concerns, life situations, grief, parent divorce, anxiety/depression, self esteem, one-on-one/small group counseling, restorative practice/circles

How do we Support our Falcons? Mrs. Stromberg and Mrs. Matthews Falcon Center   Games, equipment checkout Student Support Groups  Work with Counseling/Admin to  support individual students Support ASB/WEB/OVPL  Help build social programs to promote  community on campus  Start with Hello, No Place for Hate, SAVE Substance Use Education/Intervention  UPCOMING PARENT EVENT: MARCH 25 6-7PM OVMS MPR VAPING Information and Prevention

How do we Support our Falcons?  S tudent O pportunities for A fter-school R elationships ( SOAR )( formerly ESS )  6:30am-6:00pm. AM, PM, FULL, ALT (Tues), & Activity Contracts available  Homework, Community building, Sports, Activities, Etc.  Full Summer Program: June 15 th -August 14 th (See staff for more info)  Donnie Kirchmeier, Dkirchmeier@powayusd.com (858) 676-6978

Get Involved: PTSA  Your Oak Valley PTSA  Some of the great things we do: Art Corps  Adopt-a-Family  Book Fair  Breakfast of Champions  Reflections  Spirit Wear  Staff Appreciation 

Oak Valley Middle School PTSA

Get Involved: Oak Valley Falcon Foundation Oak Valley Falcon Foundation  Focus on supplementing the curriculum  Outfitted Chromebooks across campus  Shade for the new building  Spring Fling  ovfalconfoundation@gmail.com

Meet our Students Associated Student Body  The Oak Valley ASB Mission Statement: Students are at the heart of Oak Valley and raising their spirits is our FIRST priority!  Getting involved as a student  What ASB does  Journey through middle school  Transition from 5th to 6th  Current Clubs at OVMS  Theater Club, 3v3 Basketball Club, Robotics. Quizbowl, Future Doctors of America, Yu Gi Oh, Pokémon Club, Veterinarian Club, Science Olympiad, OVPL, Cross Country, OVMS Studios, Girls Who Code, Creators Club, Coding Club, Future Investigators Club, LGBTQ, College Readiness Club, and Avid

Help! I Still Have Questions  If you still have a question (or two or ten) that we have not answered, please ask us via this form and one of us will get back to you with the answer. https://tinyurl.com/OVMSFalcons

Band and Orchestra Meeting Interested in Band or Orchestra?  There is an informational parent meeting for all perspective BAND students in the band room .  And Orchestra students in the Library immediately following this meeting.

Thank You For Coming!  We Look Forward to Seeing Your Students on March 16 th for the Field Trip to Oak Valley  6 th Grade Registration is on August 13 th  WEB date is TBD, we hope to see everyone there!

Thank You For Coming!