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Greater Latrobe Junior High

Greater Latrobe Junior High. G rade 7 & 8 Parent Night August 8, 2019. Welcome!!!. Tonight’s Purpose: Brief overview of School Information Medical, Lunch, Pick-Up Schedules, etc.. New Orientation Process Important Dates School & Parent Partnerships during the Middle School years

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Greater Latrobe Junior High

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  1. Greater Latrobe Junior High Grade 7 & 8 Parent Night August 8, 2019

  2. Welcome!!! Tonight’s Purpose: • Brief overview of School Information • Medical, Lunch, Pick-Up Schedules, etc.. • New Orientation Process • Important Dates • School & Parent Partnerships during the Middle School years • Our experiences and knowledge • Social • Academic We are here for you; let’s do this together!

  3. Greater Latrobe Junior Highby the numbers • Enrollment • 7th Grade: 311 • 8th Grade: 275 • Total = 586

  4. Bussing Same bus AM & PM All bus numbers are posted on HAC • Possibly not same number as last year: Check HAC Concerns: Email Mrs. Margy Mears or call 724-539-4210 *Email is preferred *10 minutes between given time is acceptable

  5. Parent Pick-Up...Between 3:00-3:30 PM Bus Lane Bus Lane

  6. Breakfast and Lunch GuidelinesDirector of Food Services...Ms. Meloy • Lunch Prices Breakfast-------------$ 1.35 Lunch----------------- $ 2.75 • Breakfast is available everyday • Lunch Accounts • www.myschoolbucks.com • Drop box--located at Junior High Entrance

  7. Nurse’s NotesMrs. Blossey • Immunizations • Medications • Emergency Forms • Dental Exams/Mandates

  8. 7th Grade Bell Schedule 7:50 - 8:12 Report to the Cafeteria 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 - 11:44 Lunch 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

  9. 7th Grade Schedules

  10. Wildcat Time - ACADEMICS are the priority 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

  11. Flextime Manager - STUDENT VIEW • Remediation • Homebase • Activity Flextime Manager - STUDENT VIEW

  12. Essential Skills - What student should know and be able to do? PLC Team Room • Develop 8-10 Essential Skills for each semester • Standards Based • Develop Common Formative Assessments

  13. Ancestry Harry Potter’s movie Hero’s Journey Movie Lego’s Doodle for Google Art 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 Ukulele Club Nail Painting Club Cookie Decorating Gaming Club Public Speaking Sports Movies Brain Games History Mystery APPLES language festival prep WEB Group GOAL 7 GOAL 8 Library Aides Geography History Club Community Service hours 3D Fun Newspaper Yearbook Culture - promoting relationships/ intrinsic learning opportunities • 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 • K’Nex • Office Aids

  14. WEB Where Everybody Belongs 7th Grade Orientation and Transition Program • Orientation program MONDAY, Aug. 26th • 8:20 - 12:00 WEB Activities • 12:05 - 12:45 Lunch in the cafeteria • 12:45 - 3:10 Walk schedules, get lockers and meet teachers • 3:20 - Regular Bus Dismissal or Parent pick up • Year-long activities • After school social activities: September mixer, November movie & January game night • Check-ins - group lunches with web leaders

  15. Safety and Security

  16. Drug and Alcohol Mr. Tony Marcocci Westmoreland County Detective

  17. Vaping …”a teenage epidemic” Juuls, e-cigarettes, vape pens

  18. Resources • Latrobe Reality Tour • Breathe Pennsylvania • Smokeless Saturday • Tobacco Cessation

  19. “Just Say No to Our Children” Excerpt from Huffington Post-2014 Why do we struggle so to say NO? We don’t want our kids to be mad at us. We don’t want to disappoint them. We don’t want to sit in the blistering storm of their rage. We don’t want them to miss out on whatever social event they are clamoring to attend for fear that it will jeopardize their ‘popularity.’ We want to be the cool mom/dad. We want them to like us and be our friend. And finally, sometimes it is just easier to say yes. Your kids will have many friends throughout their lifetime, but only one set of parents. We need to remember to act like the parents. We cannot be governed by our fear or our malaise. It is our mandate to make the rules, set the parameters and identify the limits. And if we are doing the job well, our children will test those limits and push up against those parameters and find them consistent.

  20. Teens and Technology Use Teens and Social Media

  21. Generation Z “Still, the number of distressed young people is on the rise, experts say, and they are trying to figure out how best to help…” • Post-9/11 generation • Economic and National Insecurity • Terrorism and School Shootings “...perhaps most important, they hit puberty at a time when technology and social media were transforming society.”

  22. Culture of Respect “...American kids now commonly show disrespect toward one another and they live in a culture which such disrespect is considered the norm.” • Threats • Racial Language • Bullying https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/08/05/six-middle-fingers-on-snapchat-lead-to-disqualification-of-junior-league-softball-team/

  23. Culture of Respect towards Adults/Parents “We now live in a culture in which kids value the opinion of same-age peers more than they value the opinion of their parents, a culture in which the authority of parents has declined not only in the eyes of children but also in the eyes of parents themselves”

  24. SLEEP is Essential “Sleep deprivation mimics ADHD almost perfectly.” (Leonard Sax, MD. Ph.D.) Expert Consensus: • Average American kid: 6.9 to 7.3 hours of sleep • Why? TV, Video Games, Mobile Devices, Computers, Over Scheduling; etc.

  25. Stress, Anxiety, and Depression • Anxiety and depression in high school kids have been on the rise since 2012 after several years of stability. • In 2015, about 3 million teens ages 12 to 17 had had at least one major depressive episode in the past year • More than 2 million (teens) report experiencing depression that impairs their daily function. • About 30% of girls and 20% of boys--totaling 6.3 million teens--have had an anxiety disorder

  26. School Counselors Mr. Hipps Grade 7 Mrs. Novotney Grade 8 Services to Help: Student Assistance Program Academic Resource Team Teen Group

  27. In the Lobby • Student Schedules • Opportunity to Purchase Locks (2 needed) • Lunch Money box for deposits • SAP & Latrobe Reality Tour information • The Stoneybrook Foundation • Therapeutic Horseback riding • Notes from Nurse and Dental forms • Food Service Information • Sports & Clubs offered • FAQs from principal • Free/reduced lunch applications

  28. Final Thoughts Let’s do this together! Awareness, vigilance, and persistence in monitoring our students….. Questions from the Audience? Please see us individually up front... Thank you for attending!

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