PIEDMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL,

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• PIEDMONTMIDDLE SCHOOL,
• An IB World School

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Dee Gardner, Principal

• Introduction
• Piedmonts History

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Piedmont Awards Honors

• NC School to Watch
• Honor School of Excellence Making High Growth
• National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
• Magnet Schools of America School of Excellence

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Piedmont Data

• 2010 2011 EOG Scores
• Reading 92.9 Proficient
• Math 98.2 Proficient
• 8th Grade Science 94.1 Proficient

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How Did We Get Here?

• PLCs
• Establishing a culture of reading
• Whole-child approach to learning
• Middle school not junior high

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Jackie Barone, Assistant Principal

• PLCs Math
• Weekly collaborative planning with administrative
  support
• Common assessments
• DataWise process

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Establishing a Culture of Reading

• Karen Bailey 6th Grade LA teacher
• DEAR
• 40 Book Challenge
• Summer Reading Projects
• Common Core Literacy Standards

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Middle School NOT Junior High

• A Day/B Day Schedule
• Students are teamed
• Advisory Lessons by Counselors
• Learning Styles
• Anti-bullying
• Student Led Conferences
• Club Day
• Project-Based Learning

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Block 5

• Monday/Tuesday IB Topics
• Wednesday Club Day
• Thursday Advisory
• Friday - DEAR

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• Clubs and Extra-curricular activities
  available..

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Other clubs and extra-curriculars.

• Chess Club, Student Council, NJHS, Art Club,
  Yearbook, Newspaper (photography), Science
  Olympiad, Lego League, Odyssey of the Mind, Math
  Counts, NAL,

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Questions?

• How to Contact Us
• [phone]
• d.gardner_at_cms.k12.nc.us
• jackie.barone_at_cms.k12.nc.us

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Lets take a tour.

• Please be sure to turn in your orange card.