Rising 6th Grade Orientation

6th Grade Support TeamPrincipal – Dr. McCarty

Assistant Principal (6th) - Mr. Boykin

Director of Counseling – Mrs. Rittenhouse

Counselor (6th) - Mrs. Flynn

Activities Coordinator – Mr. Klink

WMS 3 STEP PROGRAM FOR PARENTS

Step 1: RELAX

Step 2: RELAX

Step 3: RELAX

WMS 1 Step ProgramFOR STUDENTS

HAVE FUN!!!!

WHAT’S DIFFERENTThe school day begins at 7:50. Lunch is earlier,

10:36.

There are only two scheduled early release days.

The middle school version of Extended Day is Check-in; pm only.

There are many after school activities.

Your child will have seven classes and teachers each day

TEAMSGrizzlies, Coyotes, Cougars

A team consists of 5 core teachers ( English, Science, History, Math, and Reading)

Team assignments will be sent out in August

Getting Acquainted Students will visit classes, tour the

campus, and have lunch with us in June

We will visit students at their elementary schools to discuss middle school and answer questions.

Summer conferences

PALS Day, August 29, 2013

Williamsburg Website

WHAT THE DAY LOOKS LIKE

Students should plan to arrive at school by 7:35. They begin their day in TA at 7:50. TA groups are between 12-15 students. The focus of TA is team building, organizational support and social emotional learning.

Sixth graders have five core periods:

American Studies, English, Math, Science, Reading or Reading/Transitional Spanish.

In the remaining two periods of the day, students will take one period of Health/PE and one period of an elective/exploratory course.

Students selecting the exploratory will spend 6-7 weeks in a rotation that could include Art, Theater Arts, Technical Education, Family and Consumer Science, Keyboarding and Chorus.

Students who play a musical instrument or would like to start one, select band or orchestra for the elective/exploratory period.

Sample Schedule 

PERIOD 

TIME 

CLASS

TA 7:50-8:12  

1 8:15 -9:00 American Studies

2 9:03-9:48 Math

3 9:51-10:36 English

Lunch 10:36-11:11  

4 11:14-11:59 Science

5 12:02-12:47 Reading

6 12:51-1:36 PE

7 1:39-2:24 Elective

After School ActivatesAre on Mon, Tue, and Thu in ASP (After

School Period) 1 & 2

Clubs, sports, and after school academic help take place during ASP 1 from 2:30-4:05. Students who take the late bus at 4:15.

There are two levels of sports activities, intramural and interscholastic.

To participate in interscholastic sports, students must have a current physical on file with the Activities Coordinator. The physical must take place after May 1 to cover all sports for the next year (this aligns with the high school schedule).

Intramural sports do not require a physical.

HOMEWORK

Homework averages 17-20 minutes per day per class plus 30 minutes of reading. Not all classes have homework every night.

Homework assignments are posted on the WMS website daily.

Course Request Forms

Choose the exploratory rotation or instrumental music

Course Request Forms are due by March 8th at your elementary schools

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