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Junior High Parent Orientation St. Therese Chinese Catholic School
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Junior High Parent
OrientationSt. Therese
Chinese Catholic School
Goals of a St. Therese Junior High Education
● High School Readiness○ Articulating knowledge and deep UNDERSTANDING○ Meeting individuals at their level
○ Building a Growth mindset - I CAN DO THIS!
● Independence and Accountability ○ Personally responsible for own learning
○ Utilizing modern skills across multiple platforms
○ Recognizing and accepting consequences
● School & Home Collaboration○ Communication Options
○ Academic Honesty
○ Parent Association Involvement
Tonight’s Topics: ● Handbook
○ Attendance
○ Academics & Honesty
○ Bullying
○ Uniforms
○ Faith Formation, Service Hours, & Competitions
● Technology Overview ○ STCCS Website
○ PowerSchool
○ Google Account
○ Chromebooks
○ Digital Resources
● Parent Organization
Handbook: Attendance● Goal: Regular & Timely Attendance
Attendance Concerns:
○ No excused/not excused per ISBE
○ 20 or more combined absences / tardies
■ 3 weeks summer school
○ 20 or more absences
■ 4 weeks summer school
■ Administrative meeting with family
○ Medical Considerations:
■ Long term illness
■ Consecutive absences require doctor’s note
Handbook: Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)● Rationale
○ Student mental health is as important as physical well-being and academic achievement
○ Social-emotional learning is important to a child’s socialization, maturation, and personal well-being
○ Proactive measures can help prevent or reduce negative behaviors (e.g., bullying)
● Curriculum○ Sprout Learning - professionals who work with our student classes on SEL
○ Restorative justice approach used with student discipline issues
● Support
○ School administration and student family work together to address identified areas of concern
○ Additional support by qualified mental health professionals will be provided on a as needed basis
Handbook: Academics● Missing a deadline = Missing Work
○ 0% (No Grade) entered into PowerSchool
● Flags / Emails sent for missing work ○ Return the flag signed / parental email reply with missing work
○ 0% is removed, assignment is given an appropriate grade
● Parents can access PowerSchool online ○ Teachers will not follow up after initial contact
● Multiple missing assignments may result in:○ Detention
○ Suspension
○ Impact on final grade
○ Academic retention
○ Administration-parent meeting
Handbook: Academics● Corrections to Assignments and Assessments
○ Some teachers allow for some version of improvement for unsatisfactory grades
○ The format is teacher’s discretion and/or by appointment after school
● Extra Credit ○ Offered at the individual subject area teacher’s discretion
○ May not be applied to all assignment types
● Tests○ Study Guides available for unit / chapter tests
○ Google Forms
○ Emailed tests
Handbook: Classroom Tests and Grading
● Assessments will not be given ahead of time to accommodate planned absences (e.g., vacation)
● Report Card grades will not be modified or updated after trimester deadline
What is New this year . . . . .
No Honor Roll
No subject awards
No first or second honor
No valedictorian/salutatorian
Learning is best supported by intrinsic motivation - resilience, sense of accomplishment, success.
Extrinsic rewards can corrupt a child’s motivation for lifelong learning
Handbook: Academic Honesty ● Plagiarism: Definition
○ Plagiarism: work NOT originating from someone else but
represented as a student’s work
○ Copying from another student, print, audio, or digital source
● Plagiarism: Prevention and Consequences○ Students receive instruction on how to cite a source and write a bibliography
○ Teachers review expectations of academic honesty
○ Teachers use online tools to detect accidental and intentional plagiarism
○ Automatic 0% until resubmitted and behavioral consequence
● Cheating on Tests or Assignments○ Copying or communicating any information about any test content,
including perceived “answers”
○ Consequences for cheating
Handbook: Bullying● Archdiocesan Mandate:
○ Defined by the Archdiocese
○ All activity meeting those criteria are deemed as such
○ Consequences are immediate and non-negotiable
BULLYING is an aggressive form of harassment that involves intending to harm a person in some way.
● Physical, electronic, verbal, emotional, or sexual● Which can be reasonably described as intentional, repeated, hurtful● And which also:
○ Creates fear of harm
○ Has a detrimental effect on the academic, social, mental and /or physical health
○ Interferes with inclusion and participation in school activities and services
Handbook: Uniforms (Girls)● White button down dress shirt
● Red tie, navy blue blazer with the STCCS patch
● Knee-length skirts (shorts or bike shorts worn beneath)
● White, knee-high socks
● Black dress shoes- leather; no canvas
Handbook: Uniforms (Boys)
● White button-down dress shirt
● Navy blue tie - appropriate size
● Navy blue blazer with STCCS patch and navy
● Blue dress pants
● Black dress shoes; leather, no canvas
● Black or blue socks
Handbook: Gym Uniforms - Girls and BoysWarm Weather
● White gym shirt with St. Therese emblem● Knee-length navy blue shorts with St. Therese emblem● Gym shoes
Cold Weather
● Navy blue sweatshirt with St. Therese emblem● Navy blue sweatpants with St. Therese emblem
Faith Formation - Mr. Howard
● Sacramental Sense ● Developing the Whole Child
Faith Formation - MAY CROWNING
Faith Formation - BACCALAUREATE MASS
Handbook: Service Hours
● Submit Service Hour Sheet Each Trimester○ Pre-Approval form must be signed by
Ms. Oi or an assistant principal BEFOREthe service hour activity date.
● Pre-Approval forms are available on our website○ Only outside school activities pre-approved will count for service○ Only Ms. Oi and assistant principals can approve outside school service hours
● Only hours turned in as described count
● Failure to complete service hours can result in mandatory service over summer and a report card hold
Handbook: Service Hours
● 5th and 6th - 15 hours
● 7th and 8th - 20 hours + In-school Job each Trimester
● Service Hour opportunities can be found: ○ From Mr. Howard
○ From individual teachers as-needed after school with prior admin approval
○ In the monthly newsletter (school events and outings)
○ On the school website
Activity Hours= 8 hours for all grades 3-8
We highly encourage students to become involved!
● Student Youth Council
● Dance - K-pop, lantern, drum, handkerchief, ribbon
● Drumming - drum line & taiko
● Athletics - volleyball, football, basketball, track, etc.
● Chess, Karate, and more!
● Outside of school activities- soccer, gymnastics, swim club, etc.
Handbook: Performance and Competition● 7th and 8th grade students are asked to enter the following:
○ History Bee & Geographic Bee (usually around Catholic Schools Week in January)
○ Handwriting & Spelling Bee
○ Math League (Catholic Math League and ICTM) 5th - 8th
○ IJAS Region 2 Nonpublic Science Fair*
○ QED Math Symposium* ■ *The same project could be entered into these two competitions
■ Service hours for their performance at these city level events
■ Nonparticipation hurts the curriculum fair grade - not the subject grade
■ Optional for 7th and below, required for 8th - extra credit and service hours for others
■ 6th graders are encouraged to volunteer for events for an even earlier start
Technology: Acceptable Use Policy Agreement● Requirement for all students PK-8
○ Discuss expectations with your child
○ Parent and student sign
● Applies to all school technology (even if student using tech at home)
○ Devices (e.g., Chromebooks, Macbooks, iMacs, iPads, etc.)
○ Website resources (e.g., IXL, Everday Math, CodeAcademy. etc. )
○ Software
● Technology Safeguards
○ Content filtering
○ Managed devices
○ Responsible technology use
Technology: School Communications● St. Therese School website www.sttheresechicago.org
○ Need help with username or passwords? Email Dr. Foertsch or Mr. Chang
● School Documents and Forms
○ The school page has school / office files
○ Teacher pages have teacher files
● School Information for Parents and Students
○ Calendar, announcements, videos and other resources
○ “Teacher Pages” for student assignments
● Email Communications: SchoolMessenger and Constant Contact
○ Important announcements: unscheduled school closings (“snow day”), E-learning day
○ Reminders of School and Church events
○ School Newsletter
○ Not getting emails? Email the homeroom teacher or report it to school office
Technology: Communications
● Junior high homework will be posted on the the St. Therese School website (under each teacher’s page)
● NO paper copies of Friday notes for Junior High Teachers-check the websites !
● Parents are encouraged to regularly go to PowerSchool and the St. Therese website for homework, announcements, updates, etc.
Technology: PowerSchool● Online Gradebook
○ Updated weekly
○ Monitor your Student’s grades via PowerSchool
○ Sign up for daily / weekly emails
● PowerSchool○ Weekly emails are several days behind
○ Teachers may also be several days behind
○ The combined effect is up to a 1-2-week
discrepancy to real time
● Login information
○ Sent home earlier
○ Need your login info? Ask your child’s teacher.
Technology: Email Setup and Limitations● Every St. Therese Junior High Student is Given a School Google Account
○ All student email address begin with co (Class Of) and graduation year (20)○ Format is changing now that we have two campuses
■ Old format: [email protected]
NOTE: students who already had an email address before this year keep the old format
■ NEW FORMAT: [email protected]
● Please note: YOU cannot email your student (e.g. @stc.sttheresechicago.org or @sbc.sttheresechicago.org) can ONLY receive other email from (@stc.sttheresechicago.org or @sbc.sttheresechicago.org)
● To reset student email passwords, email Dr. Foertsch or Mr. Chang
Technology: Uses of Student Google Account● Student Email
○ Assign and collect work
○ Send homework daily
○ Parents: use your smartphone to log into
your childs’ emails to get all teacher emails and emails from classmates (to prevent spam…)
● Other Uses
○ Google Applications: Docs, Sheets, Slides
○ File sharing, storage, and live-time collaboration
○ Assists in remote group project and work
Technology: ChromebooksEach student in 5th - 8th is assigned a School Owned Chromebook
● Cloud-based laptops to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentation files
● Provides access to instructional/curriculum websites/online resources, including:○ English/Reading resources (e.g., i-Ready, Commonlit, NewsELA, IXL, Readworks, etc.)
○ Math resources (e.g., i-Ready, Everyday Math, IXL, Pre-algebra, Algebra I, etc.)
○ Science (e.g., Concord Consortium)
○ Technology (e.g., CodeAcademy, typing.com, tinkercad.com, etc.)
○ World Languages (e.g., duolingo.com, studyspanish.com, etc.)
○ Digital Textbooks (some classes)
● Used for online testing and instructional resources
Tip:
Bookmark pages
Technology: Chromebooks
● Chromebooks are the financial responsibility of the family:
○ Students receive the same Chromebook from 5th to 8th
○ Padded cases with a shoulder strap are required
● When a Chromebook is damaged:
○ Families must pay for the damage
○ Costs could include the repair cost or possibly the
full replacement cost for the damaged device
● Device usage is a privilege and may be revoked
Technology: Assessments
● ACT ASPIRE○ Taken in the spring (April)
○ FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS on reading and writing
within a set time period
● iReady○ Testing & monitoring (3 times throughout the school year)
○ Instructional and support resources targeted based on
individualized student learning needs
Parent Association
This is the time to let your student do more on their own,
but there is still a way you can do more for them…
New Parent Association coming soon…..
St. Therese Campus
3 - 5 English & Reading: 6 - 8 English & Reading:
5 - 8 Math:5 - 8 Science:
3-8 Social Studies: Religion :Religion :
Spanish/Tech: Mandarin:
Assistant Principal: Assistant Principal:
Principal:
Mr. HentiesMs. KielusiakMs. HangMs. NeroMr. PloenseDr. HowardMr. DelfinMr. Gonzalez Mrs. LeeMs. BielMrs. RojasMs. Oi
St. Barbara Campus3-5 English & Reading: 6 - 8 English & Reading:
5 - 8 Math: 5 - 8 Science:
3-8 Social Studies: Religion :Religion :
Spanish/Technology: Mandarin:
Assistant Principal: Assistant Principal:
Principal:
Ms. JonesMrs. DalcamoMs. FugmanMr. PohlhammerMs. MalabarbaDr. HowardMr. DelfinMr. Gonzalez Ms. PanMs. BielMrs. RojasMs. Oi
LOVE your child as they are TODAY to help reach their highest potential for lifelong personal well-being and happiness
Thank You!
