WELCOME TO TEJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL Incoming 6 th Grade Presentation - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

WELCOME TO TEJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL Incoming 6 th Grade Presentation

Required Courses  English  Reading  Math  Science  Social Studies  PE (one semester in 6 th grade)  Health (one semester in 6 th grade)  Fine Arts (two semesters over the 3 years, recommended in the 6 th grade)

Open Access to Rigorous Courses  Pre - A dvanced P lacement courses in middle school are available to any students willing to take on the academic challenges  6 th grade – English, Reading and Math  7 th grade – English, Reading and Math  8 th grade – English, Reading, Math, Science and History  GT Courses – Math & English require testing in 5 th grade

TEJEDA th Grade th Grade th Grade 6 7 8 English 6 English 7 English 8 Regular Pre-AP GT Regular Pre-AP GT Regular Pre-AP GT Reading Reading Reading Regular Pre-AP Regular Pre-AP Regular Pre-AP Math Math Math Regular Pre-AP GT Regular Pre-AP GT Regular Pre-AP GT Science Science Science Regular Regular Regular Pre-AP Social Studies Social Studies (Texas History) Social Studies (US History) Regular Regular Regular Pre-AP PE / Health PE/Athletics PE/Athletics Elective Elective Elective Elective Elective Elective Fine Arts recommended

6 th Grade Electives • AIM • Art (Fine Arts) • Theatre Art (Fine Arts) • Choir (Fine Arts) • Orchestra (Fine Arts) • Band (Fine Arts) • Debate • Dance (Fine Arts)

Typical School Day  Before school – bus, parent drop off, walking, riding bike, breakfast, tutoring  Lockers – textbooks, backpacks  Responsibility – traveling to lunch/classes  Organization – agenda, HW, teacher web page  Eight classes – 5 minute passing periods  Lunch – 6 th grade lunch is first  PE – dressing out, lockers, etc.  After school – bus, parent pick-up, walking, riding bike, KINS

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Electives 1 6 7 2 3 4 8 5 Remember: Mark only one #1, one #2, one #3, etc.

Tejeda Counseling Office 356-5628 Jennifer Ramirez – Counseling Clerk Cindy Villarreal – Data Processor Darcy Knouse A – K Counselor Marilu Greene L - Z Counselor Visit the Tejeda Counseling Webpage for course descriptions!