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Prairie Knolls
Middle
School
Welcomes
You!
TRANSITION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL
Teaming
Task /Band /Choir (registration sheet)
Good to Know…
Assignment notebook
Back-to-School Night
Homework Website
On-line grade access
Grades: “It’s not about the grade, it’s about
the tools!”
TRANSITION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL
Supply Lists – Sent home and posted on our
website
Lockers (practice over the summer)
Schedules (Available via PowerSchool in midJuly; opportunity for students to come to
PKMS in August to set up lockers)
ARRIVING AT SCHOOL
 School begins at 7:43 am
 Students may enter the building at 7:30 am
 Buses drop students at the North end of the
building
 Walkers & Bikers may enter either front entrance
or the North entrance (with bus riders)
 Car riders must be dropped off/picked up at the
front entrance (not in the back parking lot)
LEAVING SCHOOL
 School day ends at 2:35 pm
 Bus riders, walkers & bike
riders will exit the North
end doors– bikes must be
walked while on school
property
 Car riders will exit the main
entrance
COMMUNICATION
 Monthly Newsletter Blasts via e-mail and posted on
the PKMS website
 Progress Grades Update Notice via E-mail
(access grades on-line)
 Report Cards for quarters 1-3 will be mailed home.
Students will receive their fourth quarter report card
at school on the last day.
CLASSES
CORE Classes
Math
English
Science
Social Studies
Literature
 **Task
ENCORE Wheel
General Music
Living Skills
Art
Computers
World Languages
PE/Health
**Chorus/Band
(in place of Task)
MIDDLE SCHOOL ENCORE WHEEL
6 th & 7 th Grade – Quarterly Encore Wheel
 6 th - Living Skills, Computers, General Music, Art
 7 th - Living skills, Computers, Art, World Languages
 8 th Grade – Semester Encore/Foreign Language
Course
 Placement Policy for Foreign Language Courses
 Attain a grade of “B” or better in Language Arts
classes in 6 th & 7 th grades
 Attain a grade of “C” or better as a cumulative
average in all subjects in 6 th & 7 th grades.
PE AND HEALTH
 Students change into a uniform for class each day.
 Uniforms will be sold in the students’ PE classes –
cost is $18.00 ($11 for shirts and $7 for shorts).
 Same uniforms can be used for 8 th grade &
high school.
 Please do not send students with money the first day.
 Health rotation during 2 nd and 3 rd quarters .
DISTRICT & STATE ASSESSMENTS
 M AP (M easures of Academic Progress) (District through 11 t h grade)
 Fall & Spring MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) for both Reading &
Math
 PARCC (Par tner ship for Assessment of Readiness for College and
Career s) (State )
 PBA (Performance Based Assessment)
 Early March (After approximately 75% of the school year)
 EOA (End-of-Year Assessment)
 End of April-Early May (After approximately 90% of the school year)
 EXPLORE (EPAS System: EXPLORE, PLAN , ACT) (District)
 Eighth-grade academic achievement displays a stronger relationship with
college and career readiness than does any other factor (beyond family
background, high school coursework, or high school GPA).
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8 th : EXPLORE (November)
9 th : EXPLORE (November)
10 th : PLAN
11 th : ACT
LUNCH PROGRAM
 Swipe card lunch system
 Picture & name on cash
register
 Add money on card at school
with cash or check
 Students may buy “extras” –
salads, sandwiches, ice cream,
etc.
 Add money using credit or debit
card on-line
www.myschoolbucks.com
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
 Cross Country (information sent home with report cards)
 Wrestling
 Scholastic Bowl
 School Play
 Student Council
 S.T.A.R.
 Pentathlon
 Minute to Win It, Fear Factor & Survivor
 Teacher-Sponsored Clubs
PICTURE DAY
 Friday, August 29 th
 Picture is used to create student ID
 ID uses:
~LMC
~Dances
~Lunch program
~CHS sporting events
BULLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM
Prevention
 STAR Character Education Program (Students That Accept
Responsibility)
 Health Curriculum
 Administrative beginning of the year talk, as well as a mid -year
activity
 Monthly information made available to students
 If Bullying occurs…
 Bully Box in the office and LMC with forms
 Inform a teacher or contact the office
 Website – “PKMS Stamps Out Bullying” – click and an email will
be generated
 Levels of Intervention
BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE
 Students may bring their devices
to school to use in the classroom
with teacher permission
 We don’t recommend a specific
device, just what the student is
comfor table and familiar
with. The majority of the
technology resources teacher s use
are web-based and can be
accessed on any technology with
Internet access. So, it is best for
the student to bring what they
typically use, as this encourages
the transfer of skills outside of the
classroom
BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING
Some policies to know before you do any back to school clothes
shopping:
 Avoid strappy tank tops or racer -back tops
 Be aware of the fingertip rule for shorts and skirts
 Avoid ripped pants/shorts that have see -through holes above
the knees
PKMS/CMS PTO
 The PTO is looking for additional volunteers
 The next meeting is May 6 at 7:00 A .M. at CMS
 There is a link to the PTO’s website on the PKMS home page if
you are interested in learning more
QUESTIONS???
We are looking forward to partnering with you next
year for your child’s education at PKMS. Please feel free
to contact us with any questions.
Christopher Testone: [email protected]
Alex Paszt: [email protected]
Kim Lewis: [email protected]
It’s a great day to be a Falcon!