Welcome to the New School Year

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Welcometo theNew School Year
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Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
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College Going Culture
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Some Reasons to go to College

1. Youll have fun.
2. You study topics that interest you.
3. Youll become well rounded.
4. Youll make great new friends.
5. College helps develop social skills.
6. The jobs you get will be more interesting
7. Youll make more money.

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Why get educated?
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What Does It Take?

• Good grades
• Good test scores (SAT)
• Good work habits
• Perseverance
• Varied experiences sports/clubs/drama/music/art/e
  tc

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How do I get good grades?

• Do your best every day
• Stay organized- use the calendar
• Study for tests use your notes.
• Dont get ANY ZEROS!
• Check Aeries at least once/week
• Make up ALL missed assignment or low test scores

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The Problem With Zeros

• Student 1 100, 60, 75, 80, 95 ?
• 82 or a B
• Student 2 100, 0, 75, 80, 95 ?
• 70 or a C-
• Student 3 100, 0, 0, 90, 95 ?
• 57 or an F

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What if Im struggling?

• Tell your teacher, get help!
• Talk to your parents
• Go see a counselor
• Come see me or Mr. Morgan
• Well help you succeed if you let us know!

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Promotion Policy

• All three trimester report cards count
• A student who fails more than one class for the
  year will not promote to high school
• A student may make up an F grade by completing a
  course recovery program
• Bottom lineDONT FAIL A CLASS!

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Our Academic Focus This Year The Common Core
Standards

• Language Arts
• Reading Closely and Critically
• Summarizing supporting details from text
• Focus on Informative / Argumentative / Narrative
  Writing
• Justifying your ideas using evidence from the
  reading or other sources
• Higher Order Thinking!

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Our Academic Focus This Year The Common Core
Standards

• Math 8 Mathematical Practice
• Making sense of problems and persevere (stick
  with it)
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively (numbers)
• Construct good arguments/critique others
  reasoning
• Model with math (solve real problems)
• Use the right math tools
• Be precise (be accurate, careful)
• Look for and make use of maths structure
• Look for, express, and use patterns in math

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Have aGREAT YEAR!

• Welcome Mr. Morgan

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Some Important Questions

• What type of school do we want CMS to be?
• What are the expectations for my behavior?
• What are the consequences if I do not behave that
  way?
• How can I get involved?

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What do we value?

• Providing you the best education
• Being a place you want to come every day
• Being a person of character
• Personal, Social, and Environmental
  Responsibility
• Critical Thinking, Curiosity, Active
  Participation, and School Spirit
• Diversity
• Always trying to do your personal best
• Pushing yourself and learning from your mistakes
• Having fun
• Making today and tomorrow a better day for
  everyone

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General Behavior

• We want to provide you the best education in a
  place where you want to come every day.
• If one person gets in the way of another person
  getting this, there are consequences
• Potential Consequences
• Warning Slips - Work Detail
• Office Referrals - LDs, ISDs, ASDs, ADISs
• - Restricted Activities -
  Suspensions/Expulsions

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Warning SlipsUsed for minor violations

• No Excuse Violations
• Teasing/Putdowns
• Harassment
• Profanity
• Inappropriate Dress
• PDA

• Violations
• Gossip
• Throwing objects
• Physical Contact
• Horseplay (hands off!)
• Gum chewing
• Cutting in line
• Littering

Will result in a call down to the office. Future
offenses will result in a referral consequence.
3 Warnings for an offense referral
consequence.
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Referrals Used for major infractions Will
always include a consequence

• Physical Aggression
• Bullying/Harassment/ Threat
• Cheating/Plagiarism
• Truancy/Cutting
• Profanity
• Sexual Harassment
• Ethnic/Racial/Religious Harassment

• Vandalism/Theft
• Defiance of Rules/Authority
• Disruption
• Excessive Tardies
• 3 gum warnings
• Cell Phone/Personal Electronics
• Academic Dishonesty

3 referrals restricted activities
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In-School Detention

• If you are not behaving appropriately in class
• Sent there for the rest of the period
• Also serve a lunch detention
• 3 ISD ADIS parent meeting behavior contract

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Suspension

• The following will result in automatic suspension
• Drugs or alcohol (even if you just touch it)
• Weapons, guns, knives (even if you didnt
  remember the knife was there or only held it
  briefly)
• Fireworks
• Fights/Assault
• Sexual Harassment
• Dont get involved at all just walk away!

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Attendance

• When people are late they are a distraction to
  others.
• Tardies are tracked by period and are cumulative
  each trimester.
• In your seat, ready to work when the bell rings

1st and 2nd tardy no consequence 3rd tardy
meet with Mr. Morgan / call home 4th and 5th
tardy referral ASD 6th tardy referral
ADIS Restricted Activities
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Dress Code

• No references to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, sex,
  or violent or demeaning behavior.
• No pajama pants or bare feet.
• No sagging. Pants must be worn at hips
• No exposed cleavage, torso, or upper thigh
  (skirts/shorts must come to the fingers)
• Tank top straps must be 3 inches or wider
• No muscle shirts
• Just remember When in doubt, dont

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Electronics and Personal Items

• Prohibited NEVER to be at school
• rollerblades
• skateboards
• anything to sell
• weapons
• fireworks (poppers)
• drugs/alcohol
• Result in Suspension

• Restricted to be OFF and AWAY during school
  hours
• cell phones
• music players
• portable game devices
• cameras
• Result in referrals

You are responsible for your stuff. Keep it with
you at all times or locked in your locker.
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Academic Honesty

• If you are the person who cheats, or the person
  who knowingly provides the work to cheat from,
  you are cheating
• Cheat sheets
• Looking at another persons test
• Plagiarizing a paper
• Borrowing someones homework
• Consequences are
• First offense referral zero on the
  assignment/test
• Future offense (any time at CMS) suspension
• Be responsible for your own work!

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Bullying, Teasing, and Harassment

• Types of Bullying
• Physical - Racial/Religious
• Verbal - Sexual
• Social - Written or Cyber
• Consequences will get severe fast
• Referral Detention
• Referral Behavior Contract ADIS
• Suspension talk with the Sheriff
• Recommendation for Expulsion

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Bullying, Teasing, and Harassment

• TAKE A STAND THIS YEAR
• Pledge to make today a better day for everyone
• Look for the best in others
• Use kind words and actions
• Give up putdowns
• Dont spread rumors
• Have the courage to tell people who are being
  mean to stop
• We only know if you say something
  
• telling is not tattling

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Cafeteria Rules

• You may only stand in line if you are buying
  lunch
• Enter the hot lunch line by walking AROUND the
  outside of the tables
• You MUST sit down when you are in the
  cafeteriaif you are standing up, you must leave.

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CARMEL MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS MAP Lunchtime
Supervision








Main Quad
West Quad
East Quad
Library
GYM
Sport Court
The GREEN areas are OPEN during lunch. All other
areas are OFF LIMITS. To access one of our
supervised areas you may walk through a non-green
zone. Students found loitering in unsupervised
(non-green) areas will be given a referral and
lunch detention.
Sports Fields
Quiet Quad
You may not wander from room to room. Once you
have selected a room to visit during lunch please
remain there.
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Athletics

• Is an earned privilege.
• To be eligible for a CMS team, on the most recent
  trimester grade report you must have
• At least a 2.0 GPA
• No Fs
• No more than 1 U citizenship grades
• You will need to keep your grades up and be on
  your best behavior all year to represent CMS in
  athletics!

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Getting involved at CMS?

• Get to know new people
• Lunch Activities
• Plays
• Dances
• Fun Friday Activities
• Academic competitions
• Athletics

How will you get involved at CMS?
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Classroom visits

• Sometimes people will be visiting classrooms
• When someone comes in, stay focused on what is
  going on in the classroom
• Do not acknowledge them before they acknowledge
  you

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Stay focused on

• Learning
• Becoming a better person
• Treating others well
• Building positive relationships
• Improving someone elses day
• And this will be a great year.

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One last question from me What will you do to
make today and tomorrow a better day for yourself
and others?
Questions?