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Welcome to Aprende Parent Showcase Night December 5, 2019
Parent Teacher Student Organization (PTSO) Who We Are? • Parents, just like you! What We Do? • Support Teachers & Staff: Birthdays, Holidays, Resources • Teacher/Staff Appreciation Events Support Student Activities • 6 th Grade Camp; 7 th Grade Trip; 8 th Grade Dance • • Aprende Attire Snack Shack Ga-Ga Pit/Fitness Equipment Students in need
Parent Teacher Student Organization (PTSO) How Do We Do It? • Fund Raising Events • Step It Up -Raised approx $80, 000! • Sponsorships! Community Partners What Can You Do? ………Join US at ANY Level! Volunteer | Leadership Role | Support an Event Amazon Smile/Fry’s | Jag. Wire for Events | Join FB
Sixth Grade Teachers Math Mrs. Staudohar Ms. Sutherland Ms. Tucker English Language Arts Mrs. Shelton Ms. Hobbs 6 th Grade Administrator Amy Violette Counselor Brook Norris Social Studies Mr. Hayes Ms. Taylor Mrs. Kuznia (Humanities) Mrs. Deer (Humanities) Science Mr. Nichols Mrs. Cronin Ms. Tucker Mr. Scharpf Psychologist Bobby Santillan
WEB – Where Everybody Belongs WEB, which stands for Where Everybody Belongs, is a middle school orientation and program that welcomes sixth graders and makes them feel comfortable throughout the first year of their middle school experience.
Current Year-Long & Semester Electives Year-Long Class • • • Band-Werner • Peer Tutoring (by application) Chorus-Figueroa Orchestra-Weissberg Additional options in 7 th/8 th grade • Advanced Courses (Performing Arts, Art, P. E. ) Art-Johnson • Show Choir FACS-Groathouse • Textile Arts 2 Theater-Brady • Photography Computer Science-Blomberg • Computer Science 2 Textile Arts-Smith • Spanish 1 & 2 (for HS Credit) Semester-Long Classes • • • Spanish Exploration-Umbarila • • Dance-Christian STEM-Landis Jag TV/Web Design/Media-Holdcraft PE (can take P. E. year long)-Stark, Kastelic, Lemieux AVID-Williams
AVID Elective and Spanish Exploratory • The AVID Elective and the Spanish Exploratory will be in the 6 th grade pod rotation. • Spanish will present during the first 5 minutes and AVID will present during the last 5 minutes. If you are interested in learning more about either of these electives, please attend. • They will each be housed in the 6 th grade Science Labs. • There will be teachers or students in the pod to direct you to these locations.
If you would like more information, Ms. Kory and Ms. Violette will be available during the 6 th Grade POD Rotation.
Staying Informed • Aprende Website • Jagwire Newsletter and Text Messaging • Aprende Facebook and Instagram • Kyrene Communications • Coffee Chats • Open Enrollment e-mail distribution list (OE opens Middle School Program of Study and Course Selection Sheets: Jan. 13 th) https: //www. kyrene. org/Page/40951 • Student Vue/Parent Vue
Rotations* *After rotations, we will have a short “open house” until 7: 15 when you can revisit any elective class (in their own classrooms).
Upcoming Important Dates Brisas 5 th Grade Parent/PTSO Mtg. -January 13, 6: 00 p. m. Cielo 5 th Grade Parent/PTSO Coffee Chat-February 19, 7: 45 a. m. OE/OOD Informational Meeting-January 27, 5: 00 p. m. 5 th Grade Rally Day-May 1 Meet The Teacher/Curriculum Night – July 27 th
Survey Please take the survey tonight to help inform district trends/information.
