Welcome to Julius West Middle School Richard

Welcome to Julius West Middle School

Richard Montgomery High School Pathways Career and College Prep. 9, 10, 11, 12 Honors/AP 9, 10/11, 12 (application process) Up to 25 RM students IB MYP 9, 10 IB Diploma Program 11, 12 Pre-IB (9, 10) (application process) Open to all MCPS grade 8 students Julius West Middle School IB MYP Grades 6, 7, 8

MSA and High School Pathways Career and College Prep. 9, 10, 11, 12 MSA Basic Honors/AP 9, 10/11, 12 IB MYP 9, 10 MSA Proficient Advanced IB Diploma Program 11, 12

International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme A five year program that encourages critical thinking with a global perspective

The overall goal of the IB Middle Years Programme is to develop students who will be: Ølife-long learners Øcritical thinkers Øresponsible global citizens

IB Learner Profile As part of a international community, we aim to be: • • Inquirers Thinkers Communicators Risk-takers who are… • • • Knowledgeable Caring Principled Open-minded Balanced Reflective

The Middle Years Programme is guided by three fundamental concepts (the 3 C’s)

C #1 Connections C #2 Culture C #3 Communication skills

There are five themes known as the Areas of Interaction which help connect the subjects to each other as well as to the outside world.

Approaches to Learning Community & Service Health & Social Education Environment Human Ingenuity

Students study eight different subjects in each year of the program to ensure a balanced curriculum.

The 8 subjects are: • • Arts Humanities Language A Language B • • Math PE Science Technology

To earn an IBMYP Certificate in Grade 10 students must: • Score well on MYP rubrics in each of the 8 subjects • Complete a Personal Project • Complete community service requirements

Planning with the End in Mind To learn more about middle school course selection and IB programs in the RM cluster, visit our website at www. mcps. k 12. md. us/schools/westms • Click on “MYP” • Click on “Planning with the End in Mind”

6 th Grade Teams 6–J 6–A 7–G 7–U 8–A 8–R

6 th Grade Schedule 7: 50 Warning Bell Period JAG 1 2 3 Lunch 4 5 6 7 Class Special Activity Academic class Arts or PE class 10: 46 – 11: 16 Academic class Arts or PE class Academic class each class is 47 minutes long

Course Groupings Language A GT and On Grade Level classes (English) Language A GT and On Grade Level classes (Reading) Language B AOL (Arts Rotation) OR Language B French 1 A, Spanish 1 A, Chinese 1 A Math Humanities (Social Studies) Science Math 6, Math 7, Investigations in Math (IM) heterogeneous grouping w/GT clusters

PE/Health daily class for all students Arts available through the Arts rotation Technology available through the Arts rotation/selected classes Special Education and ESOL classes and support are available for identified students in all academic subjects

JW Mathematics Pathways Julius West Middle School February 2008

JW Mathematics Offerings Sixth Grade Math 6 Math 7 IM Seventh Grade Math 7 IM Algebra 1 Eighth Grade Ninth Grade Algebra Prep Algebra 1 Honors Geometry Algebra 1 with Related Geometry Honors Algebra 2

Mathematics Offerings JW 9 Algebra 1 and Related Geometry Honors Algebra 2 10 Geometry Honors Geometry Double Period Geometry 11 12 Algebra 2 Precalculus Honors Algebra 2 Honors Precalculus Bridge to Algebra 2 Quantitative Literacy Algebra 2 Precalculus AP Calculus Honors Algebra 2 Honors Precalculus AP Statistics Honors Precalculus AP Calculus with Applications College-Level Math

Foreign Language Offerings at Julius West Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 French 1 A Spanish 1 A Chinese 1 A French 1 B Spanish 1 B Chinese 1 B French 2 A/2 B* Spanish 2 A/2 B* Chinese 2 A/2 B* Awareness of Language French 1 A/1 B* Spanish 1 A/1 B* Chinese 1 A French 1 B French 2 A/2 B* Spanish 1 B Spanish 2 A/2 B* Chinese 1 B No Language Spanish for Spanish Speakers 1 A/1 B* French 1 A/1 B* Spanish 1 A/1 B* * Accelerated class All FL classes earn high school credit

Sixth Grade Registration Form Required Courses: Language A (English) Language A (Reading) Mathematics Humanities (Social Studies) Science PE/Health

Language B Options ____ Awareness of Language (AOL) part of Arts Rotation ____ Chinese 1 A ____ French 1 A ____ Spanish 1 A

Electives ____Arts Rotation – Awareness of Language (AOL) for one semester and two nine week arts classes (for students not in Chinese, French or Spanish) – Four nine week arts classes (for students in Chinese, French or Spanish)

Electives ____6 th grade Intermediate Band – must have previous experience (daily class) ____6 th Grade Intermediate Orchestra – must have previous experience (daily class)

Student Service Learning (SSL) • Students must earn 75 hours of SSL to graduate from any Public High School in Maryland. • Students may start earning SSL hours during the summer following their 5 th grade year. • Students may earn 10 hours of SSL for activities infused into the grade 6 science curriculum. • Please visit www. mcpsssl. org for more information.

Dates and Deadlines Registration cards due to 5 th grade teacher Feb. 19 Course confirmation letters mailed May/June Summer Reading Packets delivered to ES May Summer Orientation information delivered to ES May 6 th Grade orientation Aug. 22? First Day of School Aug. 26!

Names to Know • • • Nanette Poirier - Principal Craig Staton – Grade 6 Administrator Mark Samara – Grade 6 Counselor Dedra Green – Grade 6 counselor/ESOL Joanna Rogers – School Nurse Dennis Sayre – 6 -J Team Leader Debbie Liburd – 6 -A Team Leader Lauren Lette – Special Education (LAD) Rich Castillo – Special Education (ED) Elaine Steinberg – ESOL Gail Fribush – IBMYP Coordinator 301 -279 -3979

Thank you for coming this evening