Orientation Parent Junior High - St Therese School...Social Studies uses a non-password digital...
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Junior High Parent Orientation St. Therese Chinese Catholic School Follow along on your phone or mobile device
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Junior High Parent
OrientationSt. Therese
Chinese Catholic School
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Goals of a St. Therese JH Education● High School Readiness
○ Articulating knowledge and deep UNDERSTANDING○ Meeting individuals at their level
○ Build a Growth mindset - I CAN DO THIS!
● Independence and Accountability ○ Personally responsible for our own learning
○ Utilizing modern skills across multiple platforms
○ Recognizing and accepting consequences
● School & Home collaboration○ Communication options
○ Academic honesty
○ SFA Involvement
Tonight’s Topics: ● Handbook
○ Attendance
○ Academics & Honesty
○ Bullying
○ Uniforms
○ Faith Formation, Service Hours & Competitions
● Technology Overview ○ Edline
○ PowerSchool
○ Google Account
○ Chromebooks
○ Digital Resources
● SFA - School and Family Association
Handbook: Attendance● Goal: regular, timely attendance. However…
○ 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: 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
Handbook: Academics● Corrections to assignments and assessments:
○ All 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
○ May be on the portal or Drive
○ May be emailed
Handbook: Honesty ● Plagiarism: automatic 0% until resubmitted and behavioral consequence
○ Plagiarism: work NOT originating with the student but represented as being original
○ Copying from a student, print, audio or digital source can be plagiarism
● www.TurnItIn.com prevents both accidental and deliberate plagiarism ○ Teachers will give students an account as necessary
○ Students receive instruction on how to cite a source and write a bibliography
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 any act or conduct
● 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 affect 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
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
● 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
Faith Formation - MAY CROWNING
Faith Formation - BACCALAUREATE MASS
Handbook: Service Hours
● Everyone: ○ Turn in a service hours sheet each
Trimester
○ All service hours outside St. Therese
require a signed pre-approval form
prior to the actual activity date
● Pre-Approval forms are available on our website○ Only outside activities pre-approved will count for service
○ Only Ms. Oi and Ms. Cavallone 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
Handbook: Service Hours● 5th and 6th - 25 hours ● 7th and 8th - 35 hours + In-school Job each Trimester● Service Hour opportunities can be found:
○ From Mr. Howard
○ From individual teachers as-needed after school
○ In the monthly newsletter (school events and outings)
○ On the school website
○ From the St. Therese Church:
■ Altar Servers, Choir, Lector programs
● Contact Mr. Joe Delfin through the Church if you are interested
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
■ Curriculum Fair Grades must be A-/>2 for honor roll, same as subject area
Healthy Mind and BodyWe 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.,● Coming soon…..Girls Who Code, Robotics, NJHS, and more!
Technology: New Website & Email Communications
● www.sttheresechicago.org is the St. Therese School website ● Permanent storage of important files
■ The school page has school / office files
■ Teacher pages have teacher files
○ Communication tool for parents and students
■ Calendar, announcements, videos and other resources
■ Teacher Calendars for student assignments
● It is supplemented by SchoolMessenger and Constant Contact○ Newsletters, school closings, School and Church Event reminders
● Please see the office or email the homeroom teacher if you don’t get the email● Mr. Flip, Mr. Chang or Mr. Gonzalez to get help w/username & passwords
Technology: PowerSchool
● Online Gradebook updated weekly ○ monitor your Student’s grades via PowerSchool
○ Sign up for daily / weekly emails
○ Receive email from teachers for missing
assignments (your email must be accurate in school
records)
● PowerSchool has its limitations:○ 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
● PowerSchool login is sent home at the start of every year. Your teacher can help you if you need this information again.
Technology: Google Accounts● Every St. Therese JH student gets a Google Account, provided by the school
○ 5th grade: [email protected]
○ 6th grade: co20…
○ 7th grade: co19…
○ 8th grade: co18
● Student emails are used to: ○ Assign and collect work
○ Send homework daily
● Grants access to Google Drive ○ File sharing, storage, and live-time collaboration
○ Assists in remote group project and work
Technology: Google Accounts● Parents: use your smartphone to log into your students’ emails to get all
teacher emails and emails from classmates (to prevent spam…)
● Please note: YOU cannot email your student - @student.sttheresechicago.org can ONLY receive other email from @sttheresechicago.org
● To get or reset Google Account passwords, please communicate with Mr. Flip
Technology: Chromebooks● Each student in 5th - 8th is assigned a School Owned Chromebook
○ Chromebooks are basically laptops and have all the same functionality
○ With their google account, students should:
■ Log in and save their passwords for:
● Google Email & Drive
● Digital Textbooks (some classes)
● Mr. Gonzalez: Duolingo, Scratch, Snap, etc…
● ELA & Math: IXL, LightSail
● Science: thinkCERCA, Turnitin.com, IXL
● Families may opt out and provide their own device
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 may include not only the replacement cost as well as the cost of a new device
○ St. Therese may decline to issue a new device but allow a device from home
● Device usage is a privilege and may be revoked○ This applies to student with school-issued Chromebooks and those who bring their own device
Technology: Digital Resources● There are no digital text editions for Social Studies or Science
○ Teachers supplement text with online resources which are free & fair use
○ Social Studies uses a non-password digital edition (7th and 8th only)
○ Students manage their own BrainPop accounts
● ELA uses LightSail and Holt McDougal○ Please contact your ELA teacher if you need assistance with these licensed resources
● Math has an online component ○ Please contact Ms. Hang for help assisting this licensed resource
● World Languages: ○ Spanish and Mandarin both use student-managed websites - the teachers do not manage their
login or passwords
● IXL licences are K and up; contact Mr. Gonzalez with problems
Technology: Digital Assessments● ASPIRE testing:
○ Taken in the spring
○ Interim ASPIRE testing/test-prep 3x-4x before the summative test in April
○ FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS on writing and reading within a set time period
● MAP/NWEA for 6th 7th and 8th ○ Testing & monitoring also taken online
○ Given during Saturday school & summer boot camps
SFA - School And Family Association
Time to let your student do more on their own,
but there is still a way you can do more for them…
Need help? Reach out! We respond back in ~24-48hrs(email addresses available on our website too)
3, 4 & 5/ELA: 5- 8/Science:
PE/Soc Studies: 6, 7 & 8/ELA:
5 - 8/Math: Religion 7/8:
SS/Religion 5/6: Spanish/Tech:
Mandarin: Assistant Principal:
Principal:
Mr. HentiesMs. Biel Mr. ChruscielMs. KielusiakMs. HangMr. HowardMr. FlipMr. Gonzalez Mrs. LeeMs. Oi Ms. Cavallone
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Website - teacher pages!
Let us take a moment…...
Thank You!
(This concludes our presentation.)
