Transcript Welcome to Piedmont IB Middle School’s Parent 101 August

Welcome to
Piedmont Middle School,
An IB World School
Piedmont 101
August 15, 2012
Dee Gardner, Principal
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Welcome
What is IB?
School Leadership Team (SLT)
PTSA
Jackie Barone, Assistant
Principal
• BSEP/ASEP – Kimberly Potts
• Volunteerism - Opportunities
available: PTSA, SLT, field trip
chaperones, test proctors, club day
advisor
• CMS approved volunteers – Chris
Curtis (christine.curtis)
– Approved or Not Approved
– Class visits (see policy online)
– Must sign-up for Piedmont
Marie Delaney, Lisa Giallombardo,
Rebecca Moore (intern) – Counseling
Staff
Life at Piedmont
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School Hours: 9:15 – 4:15
4 core courses each day plus flex block
A Day/B Day for electives
School day hours:
8:45 Doors open/breakfast
9:00 Homebase & Announcements
9:15 Instruction begins
4:15 Dismissal
• Tardy information – late bus is not a tardy
Life at Piedmont, cont.
• Carpool procedures –
– Drop – off 8:45 – 9:15 on lot (only 2
lanes open in a.m.)
– After 9:15 (tardy), sign-in at main
office
• Bus procedures
-mailing
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-shuttle stops
Life at Piedmont, cont.
• Dismissal procedures
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Early dismissal no later than 4:00
4:15 dismissal
Pick up by 4:30
3 lanes open in car lot
If students not on lot, come to main
office to sign out student
IB Requirements
• Community &
• Pass all core
Service:
classes, health/PE,
and one elective
Due by April 26,2013
(IKE-R)
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20 hours = 6 grade
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Pass
world
language
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25 hours = 7 grade
30 hours = 8th grade
***hours are entered
in PAM
Scheduling
• Students will
receive printed
schedule on 8/27
• Homebase teacher
will call next week
• Honors Math –
rubric from elem.
School
• Honors LA –
95th%ile and above
Community & Service
Forms located
• on website
• in planner
• outside Student
Services
• Hours after June
8, 2012 are valid
6th Grade Teachers
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Curriculum and homework
How to help with homework
Organization
Projects
Wiki-pages/group e-mails
The First 2 Weeks –
Orientation Period
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Lockers
Electives – clubs/sports
Supplies, bookbags
Gym clothes
Fees ($20)
Summer Reading requirements
Auditorium time (Gym/Cafeteria)
Learning Styles
• Inventory completed online at home
with parent
• Activities during Advisory
MAP Assessments
• Computer/adaptive assessment
• 3 times in Math and LA
• Info on instructional level not
mastery of skills – “road map”
Attendance/Parent
Assistant –
Lou Self, Data Manager
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What is Parent Assistant/Connect-Ed?
No username or password – Susan Stone
Attendance – Susan Stone
Immunizations
Contact teacher first with concerns re
grades, attendance, etc.
Cafeteria
• Food Options, Cost
• Pay-pams
• Lunch numbers (***not the same as last
year)
• Forms – Free/Reduced Lunch
• Breakfast and Lunch – bus riders for
breakfast/split lunch for Healthy Kids
Discipline
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Dr. Cox, Ms. Barone, Mr. Freeland – Admin Team
Bullying
White pages and yellow pages
Bus Concerns
Dress code
Discipline Plan
Cell phones/electronics
Water, Kool-Aid
Silly bands/rubber bands
Intervention Team
Exit from the Magnet Program
Middle School Social and
Developmental Concerns
• 504s/IEPs – specifications and renewal meetings
– 504s – grade level counselor
– IEPs – Caroline Grossman (EC case manager)
• Medications and forms
– School Nurse = Shelly Smith
• Asthma – no scented lotions, perfumes, Axe, etc.
• He said/she said, bullying, teasing
• Hygiene
Communication
How we can help you
• Help sheets
• Contacting Assistant Principal and Counselor
• Parent Conferences (Sept. for MCV/504/EC) –
scheduled through student services
– Wednesdays during teacher planning time
• Action Alerts/Parent Assistant information
• Parent binder
• PTSA group e-mail
Communication:
Teachers are a resource
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Pirate Planner
Telephone
Email/internet/website
Facebook: Piedmont Middle School, An IB World School
Twitter: @PiedmontIB
Delaney and Barone link on wiki-page…blog is coming!
Printed materials
Papers needing to be signed
Teachers are first point of contact
What’s Next?
• Finish summer reading!
• Expect a phone call from homebase
teacher
• Open House – August 22, 4 – 6 p.m.
Questions????
Contact us:
http://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/piedmontms
(980)343-5435
[email protected]
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