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How to Help Your Child Be Successful in School-Overview ⦿ Middle school basics ⦿ What does a day in middle school look like? ⦿ What are the teacher’s expectations? ⦿ How can parents support their child? ⦿ Technology and your child ⦿ Career and college planning

⦿ ⦿ ⦿ Middle School Basics School calendar-The website is key!! Attendance policies-Please use the attendance line or attendance form on the website Scheduling-Will take place in February Extracurricular activities-Should be loaded to SHMS website by next week Standardized tests-SOLs will take place in May/June 2016 Bullying

What does the day look like? Regular Bell Schedule 8: 30 8: 35 -10: 00 10: 05 -11: 30 11: 35 – 1: 50 1: 55 – 3: 20 Release to class 1 st/5 th Block 2 nd/6 th Block 3 rd/7 th Block 4 th/8 th Block On A days blocks 1, 2, 3 & 4 meet. On B days blocks 5, 6, 7 & 8 meet.

When does my child eat lunch? Lunch A 11: 35 -12: 05 Lunch B 12: 10 -12: 40 Lunch C 12: 45 -1: 15 Lunch D 1: 20 -1: 50

What are the teacher’s expectations? ⦿ Visit the Stone Hill Middle School website http: //www. lcps. org/shms Click Staff Select your child’s teacher ⦿ View syllabi, resources for additional help, curriculum, project information, and calendar for homework and upcoming tests and projects ⦿ Google Classroom

What is Resource? ⦿ Purpose › Provides an opportunity for students to: �Complete homework �Retake tests and quizzes �Receive additional instruction from teachers

Resource Schedule › 6 th and 7 th graders � 45 minutes every other day �Spectrum students go to Spectrum in place of Resource › 8 th graders � 70 minutes every other day. �Spectrum students have Resource for 15 minutes every other day.

What most concerns middle school students?

Changes, Changes ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ Physical changes Emotional changes Intellectual changes Social changes Be aware and be informed Communicate with your child Teach responsibility Provide appropriate consequences

What can parents do?

Partner with Your School ⦿ Support the school and the teachers ⦿ Make the most of parent-teacher conferences ⦿ Communicate with the school staff ⦿ Work with the school to resolve problems ⦿ Get to know the administration, counselors and especially teachers ⦿ Attend parent programs

What can parents do at home? ⦿ Keep lines of communication open ⦿ Get/stay involved in your children’s lives ⦿ Encourage extracurricular activities ⦿ Help set academic goals/provide academic support ⦿ See all midterm reports and report cards ⦿ Use rewards and consequences to encourage change

What can parents do at home? (con’t) ⦿ Encourage a healthy lifestyle ⦿ Help improve organizational skills ⦿ Help with time management ⦿ Make homework your child’s responsibility ⦿ Encourage independent problem solving ⦿ Insist that they attend school regularly and on time. If they will be absent, call the absentee line 703 -957 -4422 or complete the absentee form found on the SHMS website

Encourage Time Management & Organization ⦿ Agendas/Technology (Student. Vue/Parent. Vue, Google calendar, pictures, or texts) › Writing assignments in a planner › Taking photos of assignments/tests › Check online! ⦿ Use a monthly calendar for big projects ⦿ Create a schedule for yourself outside of school, including study time

Parent-Teacher Conferences ● Primary contact with teachers via email or phone ● Set up through counselor as a team conference ○ Primarily students struggling academically, socially, and/or emotionally ● Solution-focused, collaborative

Technology and Your Child

Understand their Technology In order to protect and guide your child, learn as much as you can about the Internet, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Musically, Twitter, Ask FM, etc.

Tips for Parents ⦿ ⦿ Monitor your child’s technology ⦿ Ask them to take you places they frequently visit and show you what they do Follow your child’s social media accounts Limit child’s time on social media Your child does not need a social media account Internet Safety Presentation TBD Deputy Spurlock*NOT FOR CHILDREN* Controls on home computers, their devices (i-Phone, IPad, i. Pod touch)or wireless within the home. ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ Have them share with you all their user account names and passwords.

Career & Educational Options ✓ Identify abilities and interests 1. Career Exploration through Guidance-Naviance ✓ Explore career/educational options 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. High School Career & Technology Programs (Monroe Technology) Academy of Science/Thomas Jefferson High School/Academies of Engineering & Technology (AET) Four-Year Colleges Community & Technical Colleges Career & Trade Schools Military Apprenticeships

College Information If you want your child(ren) to consider going to college after high school, now is the time to start planning. Preparation develop good study skills ⦿ encourage them to do as well as they can in their classes ⦿ attend a college sporting event or visit a college campus ⦿ in high school, take recommended high school courses, sign up for the right tests and complete the necessary forms. ⦿

High School Credit and Expunging ⦿ Students can earn high school credit at the middle school level ⦿ World Languages: Spanish, Latin, German, French ⦿ Math: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II/Trigonometry ⦿ Expunge

Admissions Criteria ⦿ Grade point average (GPA) ⦿ Strength of subjects ⦿ ACT/SAT scores ⦿ Class rank ⦿ Recommendations ⦿ Special talents ⦿ Personal qualities ⦿ Activities/awards ⦿ Upward trend ⦿ Essays ⦿ Interviews

SHM Contact Info SCHOOL COUNSELORS 6 th Grade : Super Team) 7 th Grade: 8 th Grade: jennifer. alberth@lcps. org (Teams A, B & C) tiffany. quarles@lcps. org (Team D & sarah. obrien@lcps. org (Teams B, C & D) ann. barrett@lcps. org (Team A) patricia. bagdasarian@lcps. org (Team B, Lead) DEANS 6 th Grade- douglas. bauer@lcps. org 7 th Grade- karyn. oneill@lcps. org 8 th Grade- jaclyn. royster@lcps. org All can be reached by calling 703 -957 -4420 (we all have confidential voicemail)

QUESTIONS? ? ? Reference Information Woodburn Press Linda O’Brien www. woodburnpress. com