Welcome to Woodbury Middle School

Agenda

10:00 Teachers, counselors, parents and students to the gym 10:10 Welcome

10:20 6th grade students to Period 1/ELA/homerooms (Parents and any siblings to stay in gym)

10:25-11:05 Student tours and meeting with teacher/counselor

11:05-11:30 Parents to report to 6th grade hallway to help students open/set up lockers

Snacks courtesy of PIM in hall

Respect

Responsibility

Honesty

Caring

Safety

Guiding Beliefs

All learners are entitled to diverse, meaningful learning

opportunities in a challenging, relevant, and authentic environment

which fosters critical thinking skills.

Communication and collaboration among teachers, parents and

students is crucial to the growth and success of all.

A positive learning environment is one in which all community

members are responsible for being safe, responsible, caring, honest

and respectful.

All learners need and deserve an environment where positive

relationships are fostered, supported and respected.

Constructive, timely feedback, helps all learners grow and improve.

Two Teams

• Cindy Pezzullo – Team Leader

o ELA, Science

• Tim Zeno

o ELA, Math

• Cris Dembishack

o ELA, Social Studies

• Pam Amabile

o ELA, Science

• Robin Novak

o ELA, Social Studies

• Liberty Fitzpatrick

o ELA, Math

6TH Grade Core Teachers

Michelle Predzmirski – Special Education

6th Grade Teams

2 teams, each sharing a common group of students

Each team works closely to coordinate projects and integrate the curriculum

Students will not get “lost” in the crowd; teachers and students know each other better

Academic Courses

Language Arts

Language arts 90 minute block daily

Math

Science

Social Studies

Students will participate in an exploratory

World Language program including Spanish

and French

Unified Arts

Wellness

Include a trimester of:

Intro to Art

Engineering/

Broadcasting

Animation/Coding

Every three days

students will have:

Music

PE

Health (social/emotional curriculum

presented within these classes

by counselors as well)

Unified Arts and Wellness

Advisory Acceleration Lab

Grade level groups

Same advisor for 3

years

Meets twice a month

45 minutes added to

math, science, and

social studies on a rotating basis

Used for intervention,

enrichment, band and

strings practice, and

classroom extensions

Advisory and Acceleration Lab

Additional 6th Grade Offerings

Band

Chorus

Strings • These offerings take place every Wednesday

during Acceleration Lab

Instrumental Lessons •Occur during academic periods on a rotating basis

Priscilla Appiagyei– Strings, Instrumental and Band

Megan Robison - .2 Strings, Instrumental and Band

Technology

“Smartboards” in every classroom

1:1 Chromebook Protective covers provided this year

School-wide Wi-Fi

New Programmable Television in Lobby

(PIM)

Support Staff

School administrators: Eric Bergeron and Pam Sordi

School counselors: Carol Tomkalski & Jen McGrath

School Social Worker : Joy Geraci

School Psychologist: Deb O’Leary

School Resource Officer: Tom Federowicz

Sports and Parents In the Middle

Mr. McGrath, Athletic Director and Physical Education Teacher

Parents In the Middle (PIM)

WMS Sports

Sports Fall: Girl’s Field Hockey, Girl’s Soccer, Boy’s

Soccer, Boy’s and Girl’s Cross Country

Winter: Girl’s Basketball, Boy’s Basketball, Cheerleading

Spring: Girl’s and Boy’s Track, Girl’s Softball, Boy’s Baseball

Sports Information

Meet coaches night - TBD

Fall sports tryouts first day – Girls Soccer - Tuesday, 9/6 2:30-4:30pm

Field Hockey – Thursday, 9/8 2:30-4:30pm

Cross Country – Thursday,9/8 2:30-4:30pm

Boys Soccer – Friday, 9/9 2:30-4:30pm

FamilyID –

is a secure registration platform providing a user-

friendly way to register for our programs.

• Students must now have a current physical in order

to TRYOUT for sports teams.

Clubs and Activities

Grades 6, 7, 8 Homework Club Warrior Council Art Club Drama Club Intramurals Multimedia/Video Club Yearbook Club Writer's Workshop

Lego League/Mindstorms World Cultures Club Math Club Tech Ed Club Creative Music Club Leo Club Others to be announced

Club Fair held 2nd week of school

Clubs will begin 3rd week of school

Attendance – Pick up – Drop Off

Students should arrive between 7:00- 7:25

Start time 7:25

If a student will be absent please call the office

before 7:25

It is critical to your child’s learning and the learning of

other students in his/her class that all students are in

class, ready to learn at 7:25.

Dismissal is at 2:15 (1:35 Wednesdays) Walkers

Parent pick up

Wave 1

Pick up and drop off at two locations

Drop Off /Pick Up Map

MAIN ENTRANCE

Parent Resources

• PowerSchool Parent Portal • The portal allows you to monitor your child’s academic progress

• Google Classroom • Access through students account and see assignments and

resources

• Info Snap date – Annual registration • Required to provide necessary demographics and ability to

clearly communicate with you.

• Digital Backpack – Link sent on Fridays with relevant info

Questions

Eric Bergeron, Principal

Pam Sordi, Asst. Principal

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 ELA ELA ELA ELA ELA

2 ELA ELA ELA ELA ELA 3 UA UA UA

4 Math Soc. St. Science

5 Lab Lab Lab

6 Wellness Wellness Wellness

7 Lunch Lunch Lunch

8 Science Math Soc. St.

SS Soc. St. Science Math

ELA M-F

Day A DAY B Day C 1

2

3 Unified

Arts

Unified

Arts

Unified

Arts

4

5

6 Wellness

PE

Wellness

Health

Wellness

Music

7

8

9

Math, Science and Social Studies 3 day rotation