Welcome to Pine Mountain

Middle School

Home of the Mustangs!!!!

Virtual Tour

Check Out A

Special Tour

Just For You!

Meet Pine Mountain's Administration Team

Mr. Nelson

Principal

Counseling DepartmentWho Are Your Counselors??

Ms. BrooksDr. Knight

Counseling Department con't

Mission StatementOur Mission as Pine Mountain school counselors is to

provide a comprehensive counseling program that

develops the academic, career, and personal/social

potential of all students. By collaborating with students,

staff, and family, we assist students in overcoming

obstacles to achieve success.

Please visit the counseling blog for updates and important information!

Counseling Department con'tPrograms•Sources of Strength (Leadership

promoting Anti Bullying and violence)

•Iron Sharpens Iron (Leadership and

Mentoring for Boys)

•Social Skills (Taming Your Inner Queen)

•Kate’s Club (Grief)

•Academic Intervention (A.I.M)

•Mustang Mentoring (M.A.M)- Small

group for selected sixth and eighth

grade students

Services for All Students• Core Curriculum through

classroom lessons

• Academic

• Personal/ Social

Emotional

• Career

• Individual Counseling

• Conflict Resolution

• Stress Management

• Various Small Groups

• Crises ManagementAnd much more to come!!!!

Pine Mountain Middle School

ConnectionsEngineering & Technology

Teacher – Ms. Alter

Project Lead The Way

6th Grade – Computer Science for Innovators & Makers,

Exploring Engineering & Technology

7th Grade – Design & Modeling, Invention & Innovation

8th Grade – Automation & Robotics, Technological Systems

Students Creating a

solution to a real world

problem (PLTW)

Students coding an

educational game

Music Department

Check Out Our

Outstanding Music

Department!

Ms. Irwin

Orchestra

ART

• Art Teacher: Ms. Jezequel

• Learn creative problem-solving skills

through drawing, painting, ceramics, and

more!

• Learn techniques in 6th & 7th grade that will

help you to apply for the 8th Grade Advanced

Art Class that can earn you high school credit!

Physical Education

• Teachers- Coach Gibson and Coach Folsom

• Different Types of Units Covered:

• Fitnessgram Pickleball

• Floor Hockey Fast Tracks

• Flag Football Team Handball

• Indoor Soccer Badminton

• Weight Training Basketball

•PE Objectives:

• 1.To teach students teamwork and

cooperation with classmates

• 2.To teach the rules governing various

physical activities

• 3.To develop student interest in physical

activities

Language Arts 6• Meet the Team!

• What you’ll see...• Novel Reflections

• monthly (except April)

• Vocabulary Workshop• monthly

• Office 365 – Class Notebook/Word/PowerPoint/Sway• USA Test Prep• SpringBoard Digital

and there’s more…

• Ms. Carothers • Mr. Ivey • Ms. Ogle

• Check our blogs for daily postings of important information

Language Arts 6• SpringBoard 2021• Unit 1: Stories of Change

• EA #1 – Writing a Personal Narrative

• EA #2 – Writing a Short Story

• Unit 2: The Power to Change

• EA #1 – Responding to Literature

• EA #2 – Writing an Informative Essay

• Unit 3: Changing Perspectives

• EA #1 – Researching and Debating a Controversy

• EA #2 – Writing an Argumentative Letter

• Unit 4: A Change of Scene

• EA #1 – Researching and Presenting a Poet

• EA #2 – Performing a Scene Embedded Assessment

and there’s more…

Language Arts 6 - Summer Reading/Writing

Students will document their summer reading minutes from June 1 to August 1 in the program Beanstack that is available from Cobb County Public Library at cobbcat.org. If you do not have access to technology, you may document your books and

minutes on paper and submit your time sheet to the media center in August.

Pine Mountain students that complete the summer reading challenge will be invited to a celebration during Fall semester.

Media Center - Summer Reading

Math 6 & 6/7Math 6

Units to be covered: 2020 - 2021

• Unit 1: Number System

• Unit 2: Ratios and Proportional Relationships

• Unit 3: Expressions

• Unit 4: 1-Step Equations and Inequalities

• Unit 5: Area and Volume

• Unit 6: Statistics

• Unit 7: Rational Explorations

• Unit 8: Review and Extend

Accelerated Math 6/7Units to be covered: 2020 – 2021

6th Grade Units:Unit 1: Number System

Unit 2: Ratios and Proportional Relationships

Unit 3: Expressions

Unit 4: 1-Step Equations and Inequalities

Unit 5: Area and Volume

Unit 6: Statistics

Unit 7: Rational Explorations

Unit 8: Operations with Rational Numbers

7th Grade Units:Unit 9: Expressions and Equations

Unit 10: Ratios and Proportional Relationships

Unit 11: Review and Extend

Math 6 & Math 6/7Resources for Math 6:

Please have your student access and become familiar with our blogs for information, activities, and encouragement as soon as possible. We hope to engage your students in some summer fun

MATH! The following list of resources are available to your students now:

❖ Prodigy❖ Freckle

❖ Dream-Box❖ CK12

❖ Cobb Virtual❖ Legends of Learning

❖QuizletThrough the summer, we will post activities and resources to keep your student engaged and to

help them be better prepared for Math 6 and Accelerated Math 6/7.

and there’s more…

360 Degree Math Classrooms...

Math 6th and Math 6/7Ms. Cassidy and Ms. Mickus: Welcome to Math Class 2020-2021

Please have your student check out math blogs this summer for important information and assistive on-line activities for

students to prepare for 6th grade math. Go to the PMMS homepage, click on Faculty, go to Math 6 or 6/7 and click on

the word BLOG next to the teacher's name.

Science SixthUnits to be covered: 2020- - 2021

• Unit 1: Solar System and Universe

• Unit 2: Earth, Sun, Moon

• Unit 3: Climate and Weather

• Unit 4: Water on Earth

• Unit 5: Dynamic Earth

• Unit 6: Rocks, Minerals

• Unit 7: Weathering, Erosion, Soil

• Unit 8: Energy and Conservation

***Please check our blogs for more information as needed. Go to: PMMS Homepage, locate science 6th, click on the word Blog next to our names.***

Each unit in science has a

Parent Guide to assist you in

understanding the objectives

of the assignments and

activities going in class. You

may access these guides by

going to:

- Cobbk12.org

-Teaching & Learning

- Learning Areas

- Science

- 6h grade science (lower

right)***These Parent Guides will

also be posted to our blogs.***

Social Studies SixthUnits to be covered: 2020-2021

Units of Study:

1st Semester:

Map Skills and Themes

The Geography of Europe

The History of Europe

Political and Economic Systems of Europe

Canada

Click to add t2nd Semester:

Geography of Latin America and the

Caribbean

The History, Political and Economic

Systems of Latin America and

the Caribbean

Australia

Personal Finance

Review and Enrichext

***Please check our blogs for more information as needed throughout the year. Go to: PMMS Homepage, locate Social Studies 6th, click on the word Blog next to our names.***

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A login for the online

textbook will be sent out

when the year begins so

you and your student(s)

will have that resource to

use as you need.