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Race to the Top!. Lockland Middle School. Mt. Everest Facts. It’s a really tall mountain. 29,035 ft high It’s really far away. It’s summit is the border of Nepal and Tibet (China) It’s really difficult to climb. You have to train, plan, and commit yourself in order to conquer the summit.
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Race to the Top! Lockland Middle School
Mt. Everest Facts • It’s a really tall mountain. • 29,035 ft high • It’s really far away. • It’s summit is the border of Nepal and Tibet (China) • It’s really difficult to climb. • You have to train, plan, and commit yourself in order to conquer the summit. • Who climbed it first? • Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953, but first they had to base camp, then climb, and then summit.
Mt. Everest It’s there. It’s a challenge. It can be scary. Successful attempts are rewarded. OAA It’s there. It’s a challenge. It can be scary. Successful attempts are rewarded. How does Mt. Everest apply to the OAA?
Goals • Every student develops the self-confidence and self-efficacy for success • Each student improves on each OAA subject test • Achieve “Excellent” status as a school • Achieve levels of Peak Bagger, Clinmber, and Base Camper through classroom assessments
How do I get to the “top”? • Learn the “Power Verbs” and apply them to your testing subject areas.
Apply what you know on your way to the “top of the world!” • Your climb is determined by levels of success in individual subject areas. • Advanced performance will earn you the level of “Peak Bagger.” • Accelerated performance will earn you the level of “Climber.” • Proficient performance will earn you the level of “Base Camper.”
Name: __________ Proficient Proficient Power Verb:____________________ I can:_________________________ ______________________________
Name: __________ Accelerated Accelerated Power Verb:____________________ I can:_________________________ ______________________________
Name: __________________ Advanced Advanced Power Verb:_____________________ I can:__________________________ _______________________________
How will we celebrate our success on our climb to the top of the OAA? • Awards Ceremonies to “download” our Apps • Posting our Apps • Rewards • Recess, raffles, etc.
Where will we be displaying our Apps? • Throughout our Everest stairwell, we will “download” (post) our Apps on the appropriate level. • 3rd Floor = Advanced • Middle Landing = Accelerated • 2nd Floor = Proficient