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Gideon Welles School

Gideon Welles School. Welcomes. All Prospective Grade 6 Parents for 2011-2012 To Parent Orientation Class of 2018. history.

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Gideon Welles School

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  1. Gideon Welles School Welcomes All Prospective Grade 6 Parents for 2011-2012 To Parent Orientation Class of 2018

  2. history Gideon Welles School opened in August 1967 as Gideon Welles Junior High School. It is named after Gideon Welles who was instrumental during the later 1800’s and served as President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson’s Secretary of the Navy. Gideon Welles was born in Glastonbury, CT on July 1, 1802 and died in Hartford, CT February 11, 1878. He was active in Connecticut serving as a lawyer, Legislator, State Comptroller, Editor of the Hartford Times, and Hartford Postmaster. He is regarded as “the father of the modern Navy” Gideon Welles

  3. 2011-2012 Prospective Grade 6 Parent Orientation Mr. James J. Gregorski – Principal Mrs. Janet Balthazar – Assistant Principal Curriculum Directors * Dan Roach (Art) * Michele Watson (Math) * Rita Oleksak (Foreign Language) * Catherine Buchholz (English) * Ilene Lowenstein (Social Sciences) * Fred Myers (Science) * Rosemary Tralli (Career/Vocational Ed) * Ted Gregorski (Guidance) * Ann Marie Colebrook (Health & PE) * Patricia Lignelli (Music) * Brian Czapla (Educational Technology) * Anita Russell(Pre K-12 Support)

  4. It is all about……Transitions

  5. Highlights High academic expectations and student achievement. CMT Info (Spring - 2010) Math 89% Writing 83% Reading 90% • Awards / Recognition • CAS School of the Year • State GeoBee Participants Bowl Finalist • French National Contest Award Winners and Honorable Mention • American Mathematics Competition Achievement Recognition • Statewide Staff Excellence Awards • 2009, 2010 CanStruction Award Winner

  6. Highlights Gideon Welles School has 4 teams. Approximately 125 students per team TEAM 1 – Rio Grande TEAM 2 - Bravo TEAM 3 – Tigris TEAM 4 – Yukon

  7. The River, Gideon Welles, and 6th Grade Hoe the River Relates to Us: Downstream – future direction life headed Upstream – the past Rowing - working alone to meet goals Paddling – working as a team to make life go somewhere Whirlpool - when life seems to be spinning rapidly • Natural Resource – critical for life and sustaining cycles • Water - Must be treated with caring, respect and responsibility • Eddy- still calm part of life • Current – everyday flow – the way your life’s path takes you • Rapids – turbulent, stressful • Hidden Boulders/Rocks – sudden surprises good or bad that make you alter course

  8. Gideon Welles has numerous support programs • for all students including: • Project Oceanology • Social and emotional support groups • Student Council • Clubs and Activities Program • Community Service Activities • CanStruction

  9. The Snoopy Project - 2010

  10. MARIO in 2011Best in Structural Integrity

  11. Highlights Gideon Welles has over 38 staff members serving 500 students.

  12. Highlights GW has 3 musical performing groups.

  13. Highlights GW teachers integrate technology into all curricular areas. Parents have gradebook access!

  14. Highlights GW offers specials area courses in… Art Music

  15. Highlights GW specials area courses in… Physical Education

  16. Highlights GW has many after school clubs and activities. Robotics Club Greenhouse Growers

  17. Gideon Welles School Philosophy Create a caring and safe environment where students learn to be responsible and curious life long learners and leaders. Provide students with every opportunity for success through the use of varied instructional techniques and multiple forms of assessment. Provide students with the strategies and technological tools to support and meet high expectations in instruction, problem-solving and decision making. Provide students with the opportunity to explore and understand the creative process through studies of masterworks and through personal expression.

  18. Hot Tips to Make Your Sixth Grade Year Easier

  19. Binder Organization To keep a clean binder all you need to do is: Have a section for each subject Have a pouch for all pencils Don’t just jam papers into it Clean it out when you need to Tip: Always have some white-lined paper handy, you run out really fast!

  20. Locker Organization To keep a neat locker all you need to do is: keep textbooks up on the shelf keep coat and backpack on the hooks keep stray papers out There is a place for everything!

  21. Book Organization To keep books from tumbling: Carry one book at a time and get others when needed Carry all the heavy booksat the bottom of the stack

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