Children Are Our First Priority

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Welcome to the Mount Olive Middle School
Children Are Our First Priority
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Mission

• The community of the Mount Olive Middle School is
  committed to excellence and creativity in
  education by fostering a physically and
  emotionally safe environment, promoting
  individual initiative and responsibility, while
  encouraging life-long learners.

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AdministrationDr. Severns, PrincipalDr. Barto,
Vice PrincipalMr. Togno, Vice Principal
Guidance Counselors

Special Services CST, Self-Contained Resource
Room, In-Class Support, Speech, PT OT
Support Staff Secretaries, Custodians,
Paraprofessionals, Security, Hall Monitors, Bus
Driver
Support Staff Basic Skills, ESL, Media
Specialist/Librarian, Reading Specialist
Core Team Teachers
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Three TeamsHeterogeneous, Cross-Town Mix
White Red
Yellow

• Core Teachers
• Science - Language Arts
• Social Studies - Math
• All teams have four teachers.
• Students interact with the entire grade level
  during the BOC and cycle period.
• All sixth grade core classrooms are located on
  the second floor in close proximity to each other.

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Sixth Grade Core Courses

• All core classes are heterogeneously grouped and
  meet every day for 49 minutes each.
• Language Arts
• Emphasis is on development of reading and writing
  skills
• Fiction and nonfiction titles
• Greek mythology and poetry
• Expository, narrative and persuasive writings
• Math
• Problem-solving approach
• Fractions
• Decimals
• Percents
• Integers
• Algebraic topics
• Geometry

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Sixth Grade Core Courses

• Earth Science
• Scientific methods
• Topography geography
• Structures of the Earth
• Plate tectonics
• Earthquakes volcanoes
• Rocks minerals
• Weather
• Social Studies
• Ancient Civilizations
• Egypt
• Greece
• Rome
• Middle Ages

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Cycle Courses

• 21st Century Skills
• Art
• Band
• Basic Skills Instruction
• Chorus
• Computers
• Computer Graphics
• Family and Consumer Science
• General Music
• Gifted and Talented
• Academic
• Music

• Film Appreciation
• Financial Fitness
• Fitness and Wellness
• Information Processing
• Industrial Technology
• Success Skills
• Reading
• Synergistics
• Robotics
• Character Education
• World Language

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Sixth Grade Schedule

• 8 Period Day
• Four Core Classes
• PE/Cycles
• Team Cycle Class (Success Skills, Art, World
  Language)
• Lunch/3R (Read, Research, Recreation)
• BOC/Cycles

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Sample Daily Schedule
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Advisory Program

• Why? To foster a sense of belonging, enhance
  school climate, strengthen student-teacher
  relationships, decrease discipline problems
  increase academic achievement.
• When? Tuesdays Thursdays, 1254-119pm
• Who? Every student is a member of a small group
  of grade level peers.

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Advisory Activities

• Students engage in discussions and interactions
• drawn from common concerns, needs, interests
• and challenges of young adolescents.
• Topics are not deep or personal and students
• always have the right to pass if they choose
• not to participate.

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Extracurricular Activities

• Math Club
• Media Center
• National Jr. Honor Society
• Robotics
• Student Council
• Theatre Tech
• Yearbook Club
• Homework Club

• Art Club
• Community Links
• Computer Club
• Dance Club
• Debate Club
• Drama Club
• Golf Club
• Intramurals boys
• Intramurals girls

Late buses are available at 415!
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First Day Jitters

• What supplies do I need?
• Supplies are determined by grade.
• Supply lists will be posted on the website and
  sent home in the summer mailing.
• How do I get my picture identification card?
• Student ID cards will be distributed after
  pictures in September.
• All students must wear their ID on a daily basis.
• Students can also see the librarian to purchase a
  student id.

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First Day Jitters

• How do I open my locker?
• Students practice during Bagels and Locks.
• Teachers are available to help.
• Students lockers are located next to their
  homeroom.
• What if I forget my locker combination?
• Students should see their teacher, Mr. Blender,
  or an administrator to help them with their
  combination.
• Students should never share their combination.
• Students will be held responsible for its
  contents.

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First Day Jitters

• What type of clothing do I need for physical
  education?
• Students need shorts, a t-shirt and sneakers.
• Students change before and after class.
• Students receive a shared locker for physical
  education class.
• Only non-aerosol deodorants are allowed.

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First Day Jitters

• What bus do I take home?
• Students will be directed to the correct bus.
• Buses are numbered according to slots in the
  bus parking lot. They are always in the same
  place everyday.
• Teachers and administrators are available to help
  students.
• Where do I sit for lunch?
• Students are allowed to select their seat, up to
  eight students per table. Students are able to
  change tables.
• Students will be informed of the rules for the
  cafeteria by the teachers in charge.
• Teachers and aides will supervise lunch.

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First Day Jitters

• Where do I go for my classes? Will I get lost?
• Students are provided with a map of the school.
• Students will tour the school during orientation.
• Faculty members will assist students on the first
  days of school.
• Can I buy lunch or bring?
• Students can do either.
• Menus are posted on the website and distributed
  monthly.

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First Day Jitters

• Can I bring my backpack to class?
• Students are not allow to bring their backpack to
  their classes.
• Students are allowed four locker changes per day.
• Students carry only the materials needed for the
  classes between locker changes.
• Helpful hint Backpacks with wheels do not fit
  in lockers.

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First Day Jitters

• How do I log onto the computers at school?
• Before passwords are given to students, all
  students and parents/guardians must sign the
  Acceptable Use Policy located in the agenda
  book.
• A user id and password will be given to each
  student by their computer teacher or classroom
  teacher.
• Students are held responsible for all computer
  activity done under their password.
• Students can also see the librarian to get a
  computer id and password.

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Expectations

• Attendance/Punctuality
• Agenda Books
• Used daily
• Student handbook, hall passes, planning pages
• Accountability/Responsibility
• Late papers may not be accepted
• Return signed items in a timely fashion
• Study skills/organization
• Homework Policy
• Nightly in most subjects
• Books go home on regular basis
• Homework not provided for family vacations

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Code of Conduct

• Our school reinforces the important community
  values of honesty, respect, responsibility, trust
  and tolerance.
• Our approach to discipline involves a point
  system that ensures a balance of consequences and
  incentives.
• All students begin the year with the 30 points.
• Students who are caught being good earn
  positive points.
• Students who earn a high number of points are
  recognized in a Good Citizenship Breakfast.
• Students who display inappropriate behavior may
  lose points or earn a consequence.
• Students who lose more than 15 are placed on the
  Restricted List.
• Students earn points back by not engaging in
  appropriate behavior for ten consecutive days.

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Grading Policy

• Students receive grades in all subjects.
• Grading Scale
• A - 98 - 100 - C - 77 79 I -
  Incomplete
• A - 93 98 - C - 73 76 M Medical
• A- - 90 92 - C- - 70 72
  Excuse
• B - 87 89 - D - 68 69 P - Pass
• B - 83 86 - D - 65 67
• B- - 80 82 - F - Below 65

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Honor Roll

• Report cards issued four times a year
• All students receive a progress reports midway
  through each marking period. Previously, only
  students who earned a D or F or who had dropped 2
  letter grades received one.
• High Honor Roll
• Must achieve all As
• Honor Roll
• Must achieve all As and a maximum of 2 Bs

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Parent Meetings

• Team meetings are held on alternating days.
• Parents may attend team meetings by appointment.
• Conferences are held in the fall.
• Back to School Night is held in October.
• MOPTA meets monthly.

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How can I stay involved?Join the PTA!

• The PTA sponsors cultural art, student activities
  and teacher grants that benefit students.
• Please join!

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Transitional Meetings

• 5th Grade Parent Orientation (February)
• 6th grade students host QA sessions in each 5th
  grade class in the district. (April)
• Dr. Severns attends a meeting of each elementary
  parent/teacher organization.
• School-based visits to MOMS (May)
• Bagels Locks (August)
• New Student Orientation (August)

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Questions
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Call us! Dr. Tracey Severns, Principal Dr.
Valerie Barto, Vice Principal Mr. David Togno,
Vice Principal [phone]
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We Welcome You To Mount Olive Middle School!