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Welcome http://astraldrivejunior.ednet.ns.ca. Astral Drive Junior High Grade 6: Information and Orientation. Meet Our Staff http://astraldrivejunior.ednet.ns.ca/. ADJH Student Leaders. Agenda. School Focus - Learning Programs/Student Support First Day of School

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  1. Welcomehttp://astraldrivejunior.ednet.ns.ca Astral Drive Junior HighGrade 6: Information and Orientation

  2. Meet Our Staffhttp://astraldrivejunior.ednet.ns.ca/

  3. ADJH Student Leaders

  4. Agenda • School Focus - Learning • Programs/Student Support • First Day of School • A Day in The Life of an Astral Student • What are the differences from Elementary? • What does ADJH offer • Communication/Expectations • Questions • School Tour/Classrooms Visit

  5. At Astral Drive LEARNING Is our focus!

  6. Our Number One Goal To Improve Student Achievement

  7. Continuous School Improvement (CSI) How are our students doing? • How do we know? • How can we improve? • What will we do if students are not learning?

  8. School Improvement Goals Goal 1: To improve student achievement in problem solving and communication. Goal 2:To improve student achievement in reading comprehension with a focus on critical thinking. Goal 3:To positively impact student learning through use of effective assessment practices.

  9. Student Support STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM GUIDANCE EXTRA HELP BY SUBJECT

  10. Student Program • English Language Arts/FLA • Math • Science • Social Studies • Health Living • Core French/ELA • Physical Education • Art or Band • Tech. Ed

  11. Homework Time Guidelines: • Grades 7-9: (daily maximum total time in all subjects, based on 4 nights/wk.) • Grade 7 & 8: 60 minutes/day (4 hrs./wk.) • Grade 9: 90 minutes/day (6 hrs./wk.)

  12. Astral Drive Junior High - School Evaluation Rubric Teachers at ADJH will provide students with multiple opportunities to demonstrate what they know and are able to do using a variety of assessment strategies. Teachers will collect and consider all assessment information when determining a students final term evaluation, using our school wide evaluation rubric below.

  13. First Day of School at Astral Astral Drive Mustangs

  14. School Times – Astral Drive: 2013 – 2014Late Arrival - please call if your child will late or absent

  15. A Day in The life of a ADJH Student Astral Drive Mustangs

  16. Important Stuff • Student agenda – Code of Conduct • Parent/Teacher Interviews • Supply List/Organization • Cafeteria/Lunch Time • Scent & Peanut Awareness • Late Arrival Program/Lates (Excused/Unexcused) • Lockers & Locks (Only School Locks) • Students prepare for classes • Please, no electronic devices in class during learning time • Valuables – safe at home • Students must let us know…. We have a student support system designed to help!

  17. Student Fees • Student Agenda • Student ID • Lock & Locker • School Year Book (Optional) $57 – With a Yearbook ($32) $25 – Without a Yearbook

  18. Athletic @ Astral Drive Jr. High

  19. Clubs @ Astral Drive Jr. High

  20. Communication • School Communication Plan • School report to parents (Oct. 2012) • Three formal report cards go home • Two parent/teacher interviews – held in the gym • Grade level meetings • Curriculum night • Two way – open communication: Ongoing… • Newsletters on line • Phone calls/e-mails • Student agenda • School messenger • School web site – Daily announcements, school calendar • School Advisory Council (SAC) • Other as needed…

  21. Parents and students will have access to real-time information whether in the classroom or the boardroom, you will be able to see what’s happening right away. iNSchool also includes a portal that gives students and parents quick and easy access to their current assessments, attendance records, assignment due dates, and school announcements. If you would like to learn more about the program/portal, go to http://inschool.ednet.ns.ca and click on STUDENT-PARENT PORTAL to your left. Login and password coming this fall STUDENT- PARENT PORTAL

  22. How Can You Help? • Student readiness to learn: • Sleep/nutrition/lates/homework/call safe arrival • Ask questions about their day/check our website • Communication - two way • Social media – Facebook/Name calling • Be apart of our team • SAC • Volunteer • Most Importantly – as a team member, help us achieve our goal: to improve student learning, parents are THE most important partners in student learning

  23. Astral Drive Junior High“A great place to learn and a safe place to be”! LEARNING It starts with Us!

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