Welcome to the STEM Arts Academy Parent Orientation

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Welcome to the STEM Arts Academy
Parent Orientation

• Your hosts Mrs. Myers,
• Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Hoermann

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• By the end of the evening, you will
• Understand how our program (STEM Arts Academy)
  works
• Know the expectations for your child
• Have information about how you can support your
  childs learning

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Mrs. Myers
Mrs. Richardson
Mrs. Hoermann
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Our Mission

• We believe children will be responsible for
• their learning
• their behavior
• their decisions
• their assignments
• The STEM Arts Academy, rooted in the STEM Arts
  philosophy, will provide a stimulating and
  engaging atmosphere that fosters all students
• innate curiosity and joy of discovery to achieve
  high levels of success.
• Students will positively contribute as citizens
  in a
• diverse and global community.

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• STEM Arts Academy Students
• will be able to set and achieve goals
• will be able to demonstrate behaviors
• which reflect trustworthiness, respect,
• responsibility, fairness, caring, and
  citizenship
• will be able to work in cooperative teams
• will take pride in their accomplishments

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• Expectations

• Respect property.
• Respect all students, staff members, parents,
• and visitors.
• Complete homework and classwork on time.
• Follow directions.
• Follow safety rules.

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STEM Habits

• These habits include
• attendance/tardies/early
  dismissals/Passports
• coming to school on time, in classroom, no
  later than
• 830 AM
• bringing required work, tools, paper,
  pencils, etc.
• maintaining an agenda book, including
  daily parent
• signatures
• completion of homework on time
• appropriate dress for school
• attitude of cooperation with teacher and
  fellow
• students
• time in class devoted to appropriate task

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Testing

County Testing- FOCUS (Science)
Math
Benchmark Tests
FAIR State Testing- 3rd Grade Reading,
Math 4th
Grade Reading, Math, Writing
5th Grade Reading, Math,
Science
Be sensitive to these when making
appointments or planning vacations.
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Homework

• Students will write down assignments in their
  agenda books and bring work home with them.
• Parents will check assignment notebooks every
  night.
• Students have 20/30 minutes of reading a night.
• Students who do not bring back completed
  homework will lose a portion of recess to
  complete the assignment. This is a component of
  Responsibility Recess time.
• If your child will be absent and you are
  requesting homework, please give the teachers 24
  hours notice so we can gather the missing work
  for you to pick up in the office.

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ELA

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ELA

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Report Card Changes
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ELA Common Core

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Mathematics
Goal Developing students mastery of
mathematical concepts.

• Math Journals
• Online Information
• Goal setting for Math Topics
• Pretesting
• Math Fluency

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Composition

• Our school utilizes a program called Building
  Critical Writers.
• We will be developing our skills in the
  narrative, expository, and persuasive styles.
• Proper grammar and language skills will be
  developed using a variety of sources.

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Science
Goal Developing students scientific
knowledge and skills

Daily science booklets provide experience and
background knowledge in all areas of science so
students gain exposure to science content
throughout the year. Science Fusion, classroom
activities, projects, inquiry labs, and Science
Lab, enhance science knowledge and skills.
Students are responsible for knowing The Nature
of Science, Physical Science, Life Science, and
Earth Science. A science contract was sent home
with grading scale, expectations, and classroom
rules. It was signed by parents and glued into
science notebooks. LEARN is a web portal that
allows students to access their textbook, take
practice mini-assessments, and utilize other
science resources to practice for benchmark
assessments.

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Social Studies

• All grades will be studying geography, economics,
  and government.
• Fourth grade will have an emphasis on Florida,
  while fifth grade will concentrate on US History.
  

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STEM Arts Academy Special Events

Tee Shirt Design Education Foundation Grant
Tales from Far, Far Away Monthly Birthday
Celebrations Multi-Grade Level Engineering
Activities Pizza SRQ Kids Menu Design Musical in
May More to Come!
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General Audience Questions!!