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Greater Latrobe Junior High. 6th Grade Move up Night May 6, 2019. Please sit with your child. Thank you!. Welcome!!!. A new chapter, a new beginning… Time to grow Responsibility Accountability Opportunity Social Academic We are here for you!. Junior High School.
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Greater Latrobe Junior High 6th Grade Move up Night May 6, 2019 Please sit with your child. Thank you!
Welcome!!! A new chapter, a new beginning… • Time to grow • Responsibility • Accountability • Opportunity • Social • Academic We are here for you!
Junior High School • Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) • Teaming Schedule • Wildcat Time • Career Pathways • Security Cameras • School Resource Officer….Officer Daerr • Full use of outdoor facilities • WPIAL Sanctioned Sports
Junior High School Preparing for Pathways 7th Grade: Introduction to Career Pathways and Introduction to Coding 8th Grade: Intro to Manufacturing, Design and Modeling, Business Pathways, Medical Detectives **Choose a Pathway at the end of 8th Grade 9th through 12th Grades • Specific Course Offerings • College Visits • Job Shadows • Externships **Choose a Pathway at the end of 8th Grade
TEAM ROOM PLC WORK What do we want students to know & be able to do? • Essential Skills • Standards Based • Teachers working together everyday to help students...
Wildcat Time Options Wildcat Time Students not pulled for remediation have choice of: • Study Halls - Study halls are offered everyday • Activities - Variety of activities are offered everyday Flextime Manager - STUDENT VIEW
Wildcat Time Activities Wildcat Time Activities • Kids who Code • Board games • Random Acts of Kindness • Yoga • Calm and Colorful • Band • Chorus • Phys ed activities vary from week to week • Wiffle ball • Silent Reading/Book Check out • DBT tier 2 small group • Science Olympiad • Math Counts • Math Counts • K’Nex • Office Aids • Ukulele Club • Nail Painting Club • Community Service hours • 3D Fun • Newspaper • Yearbook • Ancestry • Harry Potter’s movie • Hero’s Journey Movie • Lego’s • Doodle for Google Contest • Bandsaw box making • Model Building • Recycling Club • Storm Chasers • Feelin’ Good Films with Frau • Mindfulness • Painting free paint • Outside the box, Inside the Lines • Disney Movie Club • Sports Stats • Cookie Decorating • Gaming Club • Public Speaking • Sports Movies • Brain Games • History Mystery
School Counselors Mr. Hipps Grade 7 Mrs. Novotney Grade 8
7th Grade Bell Schedule 7:50 - 8:12Report to the Cafeteria/ Tutoring 8:12 Exit Cafeteria 8:17 - 9:02 Period 1 9:05 - 9:46 Period 2 9:49 - 10:30 Period 3 10:33 - 11:14 Period 4 11:14 - 11:44LUNCH 11:44 - 12:24 WILDCAT TIME 12:27 - 1:08 Period 5 1:11 - 1:52 Period 6 1:55 - 2:36 Period 7 2:39 - 3:20 Period 8
7th Grade Schedules(Required courses) • Core Classes English English/Math Lab Math 7 Science 7 World Cultures World Language or Reading • A/B Day Physical Education • Electives Band Chorus OR Music
7th Grade Schedules(students take 4 each year) • Unified Arts • Introduction to Career Pathways • Introduction to Coding • Health • Introduction to Manufacturing • Automation & Robotics • Business Pathways • Medical Detectives • FACS (Family and Consumer Science) • Art • Mindworks
WEB Where Everybody Belongs 7th Grade Orientation and Transition Program • Year-long program • Orientation program • Participate in activities to build connections with peers to ease transition to the secondary school level • Tour the school • Meet their year-long WEB Leaders
Academic Assistance • WILDCAT TIME • Every Tuesday and Thursday morning 7:50 - 8:12 AM • EMAIL/ HAC • After school tutoring (based on staff availability) • Electronic Report Cards
Student Panel • Blossey, Belle (7th) • Kammerer, Aiden (7th) • Nelson, Tyler (8th) • Hart, Abby (8th)
Coming Soon... • Summer Letter • Parent Night • Parents only; informational and distribution of schedules • Phone Call from WEB Leader • Orientation (1st Day of School)
Thank you! We will be available up front for individual questions! Looking forward to working with the Class of 2025!
7th Grade8th Grade9th Grade MATH 8 → Academic Algebra I MATH 7 Academic Algebra I → Academic Geometry (210) Math Sequence