THINK.RESPECT
December 18, 2014
9th Grade
AGENDA
 1st
Hour- 7:30-8:30
2nd Hour- 8:35-9:35
Think.Respect Session- 9:40-10:40
3rd Hour- 10:45-12:25
A Lunch- 10:40-11:15
B Lunch- 11:15-11:50
C Lunch- 11:50-12:25
4th Hour- 12:30-1:25
5th Hour- 1:30-2:33
REMINDER: WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF
THINK.RESPECT TIME?
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Focus today:
Improve our school through increasing communication between
the students and staff
Additional PURPOSES:
 HELP students IMPROVE their grades and overall student
achievement
 Engage students on reflecting on their goals and efforts
 Allow time for students to request assistance if they need it
 Increase pride in our school by thanking those that help us.
YOUR SMART GOALS
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At our first session, you created SMART Goals
to work on.
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By the end of the period today, you will be
creating NEW SMART goals that will focus on
your grades THIS trimester.
REVIEW from last session…
At the last session we discussed…
 STUDY SKILLS
 How many of you went to the “Final exam study
session” and/or used some of the suggestions
from the last session?
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One Study Skill we focused on was ACRONYMS
 What is an acronym? (You tell me…)
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WHAT DO THESE ACRONYMS STAND FOR?
SOCIAL STUDIES
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Acronym: MR HeLP
HINT: Themes of Geography
-Movement
-Region
-Human Environment
Interaction
-Location
-Place
MATH (ALGEBRA)
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Acronym: PEMDAS- Please
Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
HINT: Order of Operations
Parentheses (Grouping
Symbols)
Exponents
Multiplying
Dividing
Adding
Subtracting
WHAT DO THESE ACRONYMS STAND FOR?
ENGLISH
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Acronym: FANBOYS
HINT: For conjunctions
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
SCIENCE
Acronym: King Phillip Came
Over For Great Spaghetti
 HINT: Classification of
Animals
 Kingdom
 Phylum
 Class
 Order
 Family
 Genus
 Species
These ACRONYMS are on a “cheat sheet” we are giving you
along with some other Acronyms that may pop up this year.
*******TEACHERS: Please pass out the 9th grade Acronym
sheet.
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“MATH PROBLEM”
Please READ individually and ANSWER THE QUESTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
PAGE…1ST PERSON TO GET THE CORRECT ANSWER AND SHOW WORK …WINS 3
SPARTAN BUCKS
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COINCIDENCE or NOT?
Here’s a little mathematical formula that will help to answer the last question:
If A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z
is represented by
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 which would = 96%.
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H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 which would = 98%.
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But ______________________________ What should be in the blank?
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1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 would = 100%
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THEREFORE…
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Therefore one could (mathematically) conclude that while HARDWORK
and KNOWLEDGE will get you close, a great ATTITUDE will get you all the
way there.
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After watching the short clip talk about the following quote and whether
or not you agree with it ….
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“Attitude is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5aPrSDrQiI
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AGREE/DISAGREE?
What sections of the clip can prove your opinion?
At our last Think.Respect session…
You answered the following questions and they were read
by some staff members…
Please answer the following question
on your Academic Reflection sheet
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1. What do you like most
about school? (Besides
talking with friends)
2. What area do you feel
Fitzgerald needs more
support or could improve
upon? (Besides the
cafeteria food)
Explain why.
Please answer the follow questions also
on the Academic Reflection Sheet.
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Looking at your SMART Goal
sheet…
1. Have you done the things you
said you were going to do since
the day you wrote your SMART
goal?
2. Explain WHY or WHY NOT.
3. What still needs to be done to
meet this goal?
9TH GRADE DATA ANALYSIS
GROUP ACTIVITY…
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We are going to look at the
answers the students of
Fitzgerald High School gave.
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PLEASE arrange students or
count off into groups of 3
and answer the questions
on the Data Analysis sheet.
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TEACHERS, please pass out
1 DATA ANALYSIS sheet to
each group.
Within your SMALL groups (of
3) you will have 2 minutes to
discuss and answer the
questions in the slides.
We will then discuss your
answers as a whole group for
3 minutes.
PLEASE use the information below to answer the questions on
the GRAPH #1 slide.
80
70
60
50
40
YES
NO
30
20
10
0
9th
Grade
10th
Grade
10th
11th
Grade
11th
12th
Grade
12th
School
Average
Made steps
toward
SMART goal
9th
School
YES
78%
69%
66%
78%
73%
NO
22%
31%
34%
22%
27%
Average
DATA ANALYSIS
Graph #1
2 MINUTES TO DISCUSS AS A GROUP/3 MINUTES TO DISCUSS AS A WHOLE
GROUP.
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1. List at least 2 observations that your group considers
interesting? (Such as what grade level has the highest
percentage? The lowest? Similarities? Differences?)
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2. What could be some possible explanations for those
observations? (such as why might one class be higher than
the other?)
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3. What does this data say about the ATTITUDE of
approximately 3 out of 4 students in our building? More
positive…more negative?
GRAPH #2 WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST AT
FHS? th
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th
th
What do you
like
most
about
school
(besides
talking
with
friends)
?
9
10
11
12
School
Averages
Learning/Subjects
42%
Teachers (staff)
25%
Friends/social 10%
Sports
14%
Extracurr, Clubs,Band
4%
Safety
1%
Technology
2%
Learning/Subjects
27%
Teachers (staff)
19%
Friends/social
15%
Sports
14%
Extracurr, Clubs,
Band
13%
Safety
10%
Technology
9%
Learning/Subjects
26%
Teachers (staff)
19%
Extracurr, Clubs, Band
22%
Sports
17%
Friends/social
10%
Safety
12%
Lunch/cafeteria
6%
Technology
5%
Learning/Subjects
44%
Teachers (staff)
18%
Friends/
social
9%
Sports
13%
Extracurr, Clubs,
Band
12%
Safety
3%
Lunch/cafe
1%
Technology
3%
Learning/Su
bject
35%
Teachers
(staff)
20%
Extra,ClubB
and
12%
Friends/soci
al
11%
Sports
11%
Safety
7%
Lunch/Cafe
5%
Techno-logy
5%
DATA ANALYSIS
GRAPH #2
WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT FHS?
THESE WERE OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS. SO, STUDENTS COULD WRITE WHAT THEY
REALLY THOUGHT.
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1. Were you surprised by any of the information from your grade
level? Any of the information from other classes?
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2. What classes had similar responses/percentages?
Interesting/surprising? Why or why not?
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3. 35% of our students wrote that they simply like to learn or the
classes offered. What are your group members favorite ways to
learn? (Through group discussions, projects, class discussions,
research and reporting, lecture etc.)
GRAPH #3
WHERE CAN FHS IMPROVE?
What area
do you
feel
Fitzge
rald
needs
more
suppo
rt or
could
impro
ve
upon
(Besid
es the
cafete
ria
food)?
9th
10th
11th
12th
School Average
Teachers (staff, class time
with distracting
students)
13%
Lunch/food
12%
Hallsweeps
11%
Extracurr/Clubs
7%
Sports
1%
Start time, Class time,
hallsweeps, passing
time, Classrooms,
Pool, School Spirit,
Lack of freedom,
Temperatures,
Scholarships, Career
options
All 1%
Teachers(staff, class
time with
distracting
students)
30%
Lunch/food
7%
Extra/Clubs
10%
Sports
6%
Maintenance of
building
8%
Bathrooms
6%
Start time, Class time,
hallsweeps,
passing time,
Classrooms,
Pool, School
Spirit, Lack of
freedom,
Temperatures,
Scholarships,
Career options
All 1%
Teachers (staff, class
time with
distracting
students) 17%
Clubs/Activities (more
activities wanted)
15%
Lack of School Spirit
16%
Lack of funding
6%
Sports (more variety)
5%
Food/Cafeteria 2%
3% or lower
Bathrooms, Classes,
tutoring needed,
student behavior,
hallways,
environment,
learning, bored
Clubs/Activities/ Lack of
School Spirit 17%
Teachers(staff, class time
with distracting
students)
15%
Lunch/food 12%
Sports (More variety) 10%
Policies
5%
Bored 3%
3% or lower
Class time, Hallsweeps,
passing time, Student
motivation, Open
Enrollment, Student
elections, more variety
of (gym) classes, metal
detectors, real world
application, more
interaction with
students/staff
Teachers(staff,
class time
with
distracting
students)
19%
Extra, Clubs, Lack
of school
spirit
13%
Lunch/Food
8%
DATA ANALYSIS
GRAPH #3
WHERE CAN FHS IMPROVE?
THESE WERE OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS. SO, STUDENTS COULD WRITE WHAT THEY
REALLY THOUGHT.
 1. Your #3 concern was with regards to the cafeteria/food. Due to laws and
contracts, we cannot change at this time. What else could be done to improve the
atmosphere of the cafeteria?
2. The #2 school wide improvement requested by students was Extracurricular
Activities, Clubs, and lack of school spirit 13%. What are some activities you would
like to see (that would follow our school rules) at FHS?
What are your suggestions to INCREASE school spirit?
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3. The #1 school wide improvement requested by students was Teachers(staff, class
time with distracting students) 19%. Can you give a SPECIFIC reason (without naming
names) why this was #1 in your groups eyes?
WE WOULD LIKE TO HERE FROM YOU…
Please take about 5 minutes with your group to
discuss and answer the questions on this and the
next slide.
 Think about a class that you LEARNED the most in.
WHY were you able to LEARN so much?
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Please take all group member responses down and BE SPECIFIC as
possible.
WE ARE HOPING TO PUT TOGETHER THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES
AFTER THE NEW YEAR. PLEASE TAKE A FEW MOMENTS AND SIGN YOUR FULL
NAMESTUDENT
IN THE AREAS YOUFITWOULD
BE INTERESTED
PARTICIPATING.
CHALLENGE:
FITZ GivingIN
Back
Project: MENTORING
LEADERSHIP TEAM:
This team would
meet with the
Principal/Assistant
Principals to discuss
concerns student
concerns on certain
topics, sharing FHS
achievements, and
exchanging school
improvement ideas.
(2 times a trimester.)
Last year the teachers
competed in teams
against each other to
see who could get the
most steps (using
pedometers) Would you
be interested in
competing against the
teachers?
We would like to use one
of the Think.Respect
sessions to work on a
community service
project. What cause
interests you the most
(vote as a small group).
If you are interested
in having an
upperclassmen work
with you on improving
your grades, focus, or
just to keep you on
track.
Please write your
name below.
___ Homeless
___ Animals
___ The Environment
___ Health concerns
___Other:
Please write below
IT’S A CHOICE…FOR ALL OF US
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Besides taking your
suggestions and acting
on them, what can we
ALL do to make
Fitzgerald a positive
experience?
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GOOD NEWS
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For the 1st trimester
there was a 9%
reduction in failures
after 3 years of
increases…AND…
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2,564 As/Bs were
earned this past
trimester. This is a 9%
increase from last year
and the most As/Bs in
over 4 years!
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Keep it up!
CHOOSE TO HAVE A
GOOD
“1+20+20+9+20+21+4
+5” (100%)
= ATTITUDE
TEACHERS
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Please collect DATA ANALYSIS
sheets from each group.
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Please pass out the 2nd
trimester SMART Goal sheet.
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THINK RESPECT
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Take a few minutes to think
about a new SMART Goal and
write it down. If it’s the same
as last trimester, please write
it down again with any
changes.
If you need to fill out a
counseling request form,
green request form, please
do so and hand in to your
Think.Respect teacher
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THINK.RESPECT CARDS
Fill out a postcard thanking
your favorite TEACHER OR
STAFF MEMBER.
Teachers please recollect the
2nd trimester SMART Goals.
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You have 24 hours to hand
deliver.
EXTRA TIME….
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS9Wte1gX9g
“Look Up” 5 Minutes
SOMETHING for US all to think about….
55% of what you communicate is nonverbal (body
language).
While you are communicating with someone on your phone,
what might you be communicating to your teachers (if the
classroom is RED)?
Discuss:
Do you agree with the perspective of this poet or do you
disagree?
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HAVE A GREAT BREAK!!!
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See you in 2015!