Blazing the Trail to 6th Grade

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Blazing the Trailto 6th Grade

• Pike Middle School

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Schedule Information

• Eight Class Periods
• (math is 2 periods)
• Each class 45 minutes
• You may change a course in your schedule if
  needed only during the first 10 days of school.

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School Day

• 850 a.m. - 350 p.m.
• Doors open at 8 a.m.
• Early students go to the gym or the cafeteria.
• A strict dress code is enforced (i.e., no holes
  in jeans, etc.). Be sure to carefully read the
  student handbook regarding dress code.

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Classes to be taken

• Language Arts (Reading/ English/ Spelling)
• Math (lasts for 2 consecutive periods)
• Social Studies
• Science
• Fine Arts (Band, Choir, or Orchestra) elective
• Another elective (Fine Arts or Wheel)
• Physical Education

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Advanced Placement Courses

• Available in Language Arts, Science, Social
  Studies, and Math (math covers all of 6th grade
  curriculum and ½ of 7th)
• Requires more homework and will allow you to take
  more AP classes in the future

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More Pre-AP information

• You may switch to Pre-AP math in 7th grade if you
  dont take Pre-AP math in 6th grade.
• If you are identified as Gifted and Talented
  (GT), you will automatically be registered in GT
  Language Arts.
• You dont have to participate in Science Fair if
  you take the Pre-AP Science course.

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Even MORE Pre-Ap info.

• It is very rare for a student to take all 4
  pre-ap classes. 1 or 2 at first is a good rule
  of thumb. More can be added in 7th and 8th
  grade.
• Parents are notified if grades drop below 75.

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Fine Arts Classes

• All students will take one elective from the
  following choices
• Beginning Band
• 6th grade Choir
• Orchestra (students need no prior musical
  experience)

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Additional Electives

• Another Fine Arts Class
• Math Challenge (UIL)
• General Music
• Wheel (split into 6 weeks)
• 1Theater Arts/Keyboarding Computers
• 2Art/Keyboarding Computers
• 3 Music Appreciation/Keyboarding Computers
• 4Puzzlers/Keyboarding Computers

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In Between Classes

• Lockers
• 3-number combination
• To minimize anxiety, you may purchase one for
  your child to practice with over the summer!
• 4 minutes between classes

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Lunch

• 6th graders eat lunch after third period. There
  are three main lunch lines available.
• Hot lunch (choices appear on menu.)
• Hot lunch (hamburgers, pizza, etc.)
• Two snack bars.

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Physical Education

• All 6th graders must take this class.
• Students must change clothes in the lockers
  rooms.
• There will be no 7th or 8th graders in the locker
  rooms with the 6th graders.
• Uniforms are purchased through the coaches.

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Hallways

• There are two 6th grade hallways in which most of
  the 6th grade classes are held. For the most
  part, 6th graders will not be mingling with the
  7th and 8th graders.

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Clubs

• Examples
• Sewing
• Student Council
• Chess
• UIL
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes

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Contact Information

• Counselor for A-L
• Toni Ferrell
• 817-215-0405
• Counselor for M-Z
• Kim McKinnie
• 817-215-0429
• Pike Middle School web page