Vista Magnet Middle School

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Vista Magnet Middle School

• Engage. Achieve. Belong.

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Housekeeping

• Restrooms
• Handouts
• Student Packet
• Students Released to pick a mascot!

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• Facilities use

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Remodeling begins

• Painting is ongoing
• Roof work
• Asphalt in eating area
• Carpet and tile installation begin June 4th

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City of Vista

• City of Vista Engineers and the Fire Departments
  Administration will use the 700 wing.
• They will provide a fence around the front of the
  campus.
• Provide internship/job shadowing in field of
  engineering.

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• Who are we at VMMS?

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Students are from

• Alamosa
• Beaumont
• Bobier Breeze Hill
• Calvary Christian
• Casita
• Coastal Academy

• Crestview
• Empresa
• Faith Lutheran
• Foothill Oak
• Grapevine
• Hannalei
• Home School

• LA county
• Lake
• Maryland
• Mission Meadows
• Monte Vista
• North Star Academy
• Olive Temple Heights
• VAPA

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• Our teaching approach will be modeled after the

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IB MYP

• We have been granted the International
  Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme
• We will be in a campus wide IB MYP school. It
  will take approximately three years to earn the
  official certification.

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IB MYP, What does it look like?

• The MYP is for all students. It is a teaching
  philosophy that is designed to suit students of
  all abilities and to challenge students to
  achieve their personal best.
• Our program will prepare students to qualify for
  the IB Diploma Programme at our high schools.

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IB MYP

• Encourages students to be active learners
• Well-rounded individuals
• Engaged world citizens

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Five Areas of Interaction
Approaches to learning Community and service
Homo faber Environment Health and social
education
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Approaches to Learning

• Address how to study
• We will be a binder school
• We will be an AVID school
• We will expect our students to use Cornell notes
  method
• The Interactions Portfolio (TIP) provides a seven
  year academic, personal and career plan.

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Community Service

• Emphasizes community service to promote
  international understanding and responsible
  citizenship
• Kiwanis Builders
• Club

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Math, Science and Technology

• Homo Faber (Latin)

• Environment

• 6th grade Earth Science curriculum
• impact of technology on our environment

• man the maker
• inventions
• technology
• Project Lead the Way

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Project Lead the Way (PLTW)

• Our pre-engineering program PLTW will be taught
  through our science class.
• Design and Modeling
• Magic of Electrons
• The Science of Technology
• Automation Robotics
• Flight and Space

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Project Lead the Way

• Summer Camp
• 15 students were randomly selected through a web
  based randomizer
• The camp date is July 16-20

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Mission for VMMS

• Students will be literate, reflective and
• critical thinkers in all areas of
• interaction who transfer knowledge and
• embrace diversity within a global
• society. Multiple opportunities for
• success utilizing differentiated
• instruction, technology, assessment and
• analysis of data will support academic
• achievement in a safe learning
• environment.

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Vision of VMMS

• We envision a school community
• where all members are respected,
• valued and empowered to be
• socially responsible decision
• makers in the 21st Century.

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• Response to
• Intervention/
• Acceleration (RTIA)

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RTIA

• VMMS is using the district RTI model (next slide)
  to accommodate our students needs
• State test results from the past three years are
  being used to identify needs and create each
  students learning plan

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School Wide Grading

• Common school wide grading philosophy
• Use Doug Reeves research
• Grades will reflect standard mastery

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Sample Students Schedule

• 1st Period Language Arts/Soc Sci
• 2nd Period Pre-Algebra/6th Math
• 3rd Period Every 3rd day wheel
• Day 1--Digital Art
• Day 2--Spanish
• Day 3--PE
• 4th Period Science/PLTW

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Orientation

• Tuesday, August 14, 2007
• Camp (Get to know each other )
• Pick up ID
• Assessment
• Get your schedule

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Parent Groups

• Parent Teacher Association
• School Site Council
• English Learner Action Committee
• Dress Code Committee