This slideshow served as a launching point for our conversation during the all-group presentation. I'd be happy to share particulars about that conversation with families who were not able to join us.
Z Score,T Score, Percential Rank and Box Plot Graph
Back to School Presentation
1. Back to middle School
2013-14
Henderson International Middle School
A Place to Belong (Not Merely Attend)
2. It takes courage to grow up and
become who you really are.
e. e. cummings
3. A middle schooler lives inside us all
We often try to disguise this fact:
• Biographies of famous people usually do not
include pictures of them during this period
• Stories written about this time of life almost always
include a large measure of embarrassment
• Many of us try to avoid remembering how we
looked and behaved during those years
4. Middle school is a unique period
• The range of academic, physical, social, and
emotional development is huge
• Relationships among adolescents, and the adults in
their lives, change on a daily basis
• It is a time of self-exploration and self-definition
• It is a time of great curiosity
• Children enter this period as concrete thinkers and
exit with a far greater capacity for abstract and
higher-order thinking
5. Distinctive developmental needs
Four essential needs of middle school students
• Relationship
• Autonomy
• Competence
• Fun
Adopted from the Northeast Foundation for Children
6. Middle school educators
• Provide programs aimed at creating a safe and
inclusive environment, without cliques or bullies
• Like working with this age group and have a
thorough understanding of the MS journey
• Actively engage parents as partners
• Work to ensure a smooth transition to/from MS
• Employ a wide-range of techniques and strategies
• Help students make responsible choices and
understand consequences
Adopted from NAIS Principles of Good Practice
7. Our middle school team
Fifth Grade: Heather Berg & Tanya Yamada
Sixth – Eighth Grade: Donna Raucher, Joe Petrelli,
Anne Michelle Perkins, & Tara Cadena
Spanish: Rikki Martin
Digital Media: Krissy Waldman
Electives: Nick Stamanis, Jillian Pizzuto, Krissy Waldman,
& Gabe Cadena
Physical Education: Andy Corridori, Mimie Hall, &
Ricardo Baldizan
8. News & Reminders
• Tonight: Start with your child’s first period teacher
o Schedules are available
• Tonight: Learn about the teacher and the class
• Sep 13: Outdoor Ed forms due
• Sep 17: Circle of Power & Respect Meeting 6-7PM
• Sep 18: Busses depart for trips (6AM & 6:15AM)
• Sep 26: MS Tech Night 6-7PM
• Oct 1-3: Conferences
Notes de l'éditeur
Show of Hands: 5, 6, 7 & 8Please Stand: New HIS parents, New MS Parents, Old-timersGreetings: Hello, How Are You? Nice to Meet You. See You Later.
Look inside and reintroduce yourself to the middle schooler in you.What were you like? What are your memories of MS?
Children today move about in a world that is far different from the world of previous generations:More media, wider roles for boys and girls, more complex family dynamics, new technology…What holds true is that children continue to develop through the same developmental stages
Relationship – I want to connect, ready and eager to participate… peers become more influentialAutonomy – I want to be independent, while needing guidance and structureCompetence – I want to do well and be successful, lots of self-doubt or overconfidenceFun – I want to have a good time, high energy level**Yardsticks**
