your seventh graders name

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Welcome!
Create a name tag for yourself following the
directions on the sample below.
your seventh graders name
of children you have
YOUR NAME
where you attended school
your favorite subject in school
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Welcome to
Mill Creek
and BFGLW Team!
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Focus Classes
Physical Education
Adolescent Health
Global Languages
Career Awareness
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Global Lanuages Frau Comella

• Introduce French, Spanish and German
• Informed Decision
• Enjoy language learning
• Gain deeper understanding of cultures
• Experiences
• Appreciate similarities differences

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Physical Education Mrs. Jazwinski
To equip students with the physical skills and
health information necessary for lifetime fitness
and good health.
A act safely B be prepared and be positive C
cooperate D do your best HAVE FUN, WORK
HARD, LEARN
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Adolescent Health Ms. Bauer

• Self Awareness
• Relating to Others and Decision Making
• Substance Abuse
• Puberty and Human Reproduction
• Sexual Harassment

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Career Awareness Mrs. McCarthy

• Students will
• Explore Michigans Career Pathways
• Complete their Education Development Plan
• (EDP)
• Work in a blended online learning format
• Fulfills credit requirements of 20 hours online
• learning experience

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Try this quiz 1. Name the three wealthiest
people in the world. 2. Name the last three
Heisman trophy winners. 3. Name three people
who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer prize.
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Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one
1. Name three friends who have helped you
through a difficult time.
2. Name a teacher who aided your journey
through school.
3. Name a few people who have made you feel
appreciated and special.
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Easier?
The lesson The people who make a difference in
your life are not the ones with the most
credentials, the most money, or the most awards.
They are the ones who care.
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Seventh grade students dont care what you know
until they know that you care.
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Whats Normal for Seventh Grade ?
Affective Development

• erratic moods (giggles to tears in a minute)
• sensitive to criticism (a quiet
  suggestionyelling)
• searching for self Who am I?
• maturation varies between boys and girls
• vulnerable to naive opinions one-sided
  arguments
• self-conscious Everyone is looking at me.
• believes that feelings are unique to them It
  only happens to me.

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Whats Normal for Seventh Grade ?

• Physical Growth
• wide range of sizes
• sudden changes
• maturation varies between boys and girls
• bone growth is faster than muscle
  development, hence, growing pains
• ravenous appetites

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Whats Normal for Seventh Grade ?

• Cognitive Development
• wide range
• transitioning from concrete to abstract thought
• prefers active over passive learning experiences
• willingness to learn things they consider
  useful ego-centric
• academic goals are secondary to social-
  emotional issues
• beginning to recognize what they know and
  dont know (metacognition)

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Whats Normal for Seventh Grade ?

• Social Development
• conflict due to mixed loyalties to peers and
  family
• look to peers for standards and models
• sometimes rebellious toward adults
• try on different social personalities
• curious about the opposite sex
• strong sense of what they determine to be
  fair

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The Power of Team Teaching

• creates a small community of learners
• manage/ coordinate the work load for students
• a core of teachers are connected to a specific
  set of students
• establish common procedures, expectations and
  goals for students
• a sense of belonging

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The MSSS Team
Mrs. Mutchler, Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Spencer Mr.
Kreger, Mrs. Selecman
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The BFGLW Team
Ms. Wineman, Mr. Fry, Mrs. Little, Mrs. Gallaher,
Mrs. Berryman
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DHVT Team
Ms. Treppa, Mr. See, Mrs. Darnton, Mrs. Howell,
Mrs. Vimawala, Mr. Hoelscher
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Focus Team
Mrs. Jazwinski, Frau Comella, Mrs. McCarthy, Ms.
Bauer
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Administrative Team
Ms. Bronson and Mrs. Reich
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Student Support Team
Mrs. Sakowski, Mrs. Rychener, and Mr. Grams
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Office Team
Mrs. Dunigan, Ms. Onderdonk, and Mrs. Tortonesi
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!Communication Tools For Success!
Communication between school and home is
essential during the middle school years.

• Phone, Voice Mail and Email at School
• Website (Google Calendar)
• PowerSchool
• Classroom Grade Reports
• Email Updates - If you have not signed up for
  e-mail updates, please do so at the dexter home
  page (www.dexter.k12.mi.us)
• Newsletters
• Student Planners
• Your Child

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Block Schedule

• Benefits
• longer time periods to concentrate on a task or
  subject
• less time lost to transition
• more time for labs or activities
• homework in just two core subjects per day
• two days to complete most homework assignments
• if a student is absent, homework can be picked
  up the next day and still be on time

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Block Schedule
Sample Schedule
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Parent Homework Have you completed it yet?
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(No Transcript)
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REMINDERS
All Camp Health forms need to be completed and
turned in before we leave for camp. All
Yellow Emergency forms are due to the office ASAP
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Core Classes

• MATH
• GLOBAL STUDIES
• ENGLISH/ LANGUAGE ARTS
• SCIENCE

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Student Planner

• Uses
• to help students keep track of their homework,
  extra-curricular
• activities and other commitments
• to help students learn to budget their time
• as a communication tool for parents and
  teachers
• a quick reference at bus time for homework

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Citizenship

• 1 STUDENT DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB
• 2 STUDENT DOES AN ACCEPTABLE JOB
• 3 STUDENT NEEDS TO SHOW IMPROVEMENT (warning)
• 4 STUDENT DEMONSTRATES UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR

Teachers will report citizenship to parents at
the end of each quarter. A citizenship mark of 4
will also be reported on the progress report.
A 4 in citizenship will result in loss of
privileges for approximately 4 weeks or until the
next reporting time. Loss of privileges will
include (but not be limited to) such things as
attending dances, lock-ins, Cedar Point trip,
assemblies, team functions and being a spectator
at sporting events.
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Mill Creek Academy
At Mill Creek, we have worked hard to ensure that
all students succeed. If a student earns more
than one D or E in any class at grade reporting
time, he/she will attend Academy. The student
will stay after school T, W, Th for 4.5 weeks to
work on missing work and bringing up grades.
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THUMBS UP

• Each student will be discussed every two weeks
• at a Thumbs Up meeting.
• Students get a sticker on their planner if they
  
• are working to academic potential
• show acceptable behavior in class and in hallways
• Parents should be looking for these stickers
  approximately every two weeks.

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Family Activities

• Pancake Breakfast (October 10, 2009)

• 7th Grade Family Picnic (May 20, 2010)

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Thank you for attending Curriculum Night. We
are looking forward to a great year! Please
attend your childs elective classes! There will
be a camp meeting in the gym at 730pm. Forms
can be returned in the box outside of Room 114 or
with your child tomorrow.