Welcome to the Grove!

1. Welcome to the Grove!

2. Bear Necessities about Becoming a Grizzly • “Embracing Opportunities” • The Five “A’s” of Piney Grove • A Day in the Life of a Grizzly • Daily Schedules, Homeroom, Literacy and LST • Curriculum and Instruction • Grading, Re-learn and Recovery, Advanced Studies Courses • Communication – Get Connected!

3. “Embracing Opportunities” • The Five “A’s” at Piney Grove Middle School • Academics • Arts • Activities • Athletics • Altruistic Endeavors

4. Daily Schedules Green Day Gold Day Start in First Period LST (Learning Support Time) after Second Period “The Gift of Time” for Personalized Learning • Typical Day • Start in Grizzly Time (aka Homeroom) • Seven 50 minute periods

5. Grizzly Time • Daily Homeroom • School-wide Announcements • Character Education Lessons • Short Time for Remediation & “Work on the Work” • Silent Reading • Homework Completion • Study Time

6. Literacy 6th Grade Literacy Literacy comes in several forms Gifted Literacy On-Level Supportive Daily opportunity for Personalized Learning based on academic needs of students

7. Connections Schedules

8. Re-Teach, Re-Learn, Re-Assess • The purpose of assessment is to measure the level of a student’s mastery of the content. • Teachers re-teach before and after school (“office hours” posted, LST, Literacy). • Teachers give students opportunities to “re-learn” through tutoring sessions, on-line activities (via itslearning), take-home packets, etc. • Students have the opportunity to re-assess after participating in a re-teach and re-learn session.

9. Grizzly Academy • Offered to PGMS students as an opportunity for students to complete missing work, take assessments or participate in re-assessment. • Students may also be “invited” by a teacher to attend. Teachers give students a pass to Grizzly Academy for parent signature. • Students return signed pass to teacher.

10. Advanced Studies • Advanced classes are open to all students at Piney Grove • 6th Graders may take up to two advanced classes • Options include ELA, Math and Social Studies • 7th graders may take up to three advanced classes • 8th graders may take up to four advanced classes • Accelerated Math counts as an advanced section • Students must register for advanced classes! • No student will be automatically placed in any advanced classes.

11. Advanced Studies (cont.) • For more information, please visitthe Piney Grove website. • Copies of Readiness Guide, PowerPoint Presentations and Registration Forms. • All Forms are due by May, 13th 2016 by 6:00pm. • Also, feel free to email Assistant Principal, Ross Wason if you have any additional questions about Advanced Studies at Piney Grove rwason@forsyth.k12.ga.us.

12. Get Involved: Arts • Students may register for Band, Chorus, or Drama • All other connections classes (art, PE, technology, etc. are randomly assigned). • Band and Chorus are year-long classes. • Drama is a semester-long class. • Follow link from PGMS homepage to sign up for Band, Chorus, or Drama. • The registration page will be available until May 13th

13. Get Involved: Clubs and Activities • Over 25 clubs at Piney Grove this year! • Intramural Sports • VEX Robotics • Academic Bowl • Fantasy Football • Book Club • Fellowship of Christian Athletes • And many, many more! (check out the club brochure on our webpage and in the fall when you return to school).

14. Get Involved: Athletics • Attend games to support our Grizzlies! • Football • Basketball • Track • Intramural Sports Options…

15. Get Connected! • For the most information about what’s going on at Piney Grove, be sure to check out… • PGMS Website • PGMS Facebook and Twitter Feeds • Grizzly Gazette and Grade-level eNewsletters • Itslearning (Instructional Resources) • Parent Portal (Assessment Information) • Teacher contacts (Phone, Email)

16. ALL DONE!