Factory Shoals Middle School
8th Grade Parent Night
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010
Personal Responsibility in Developing Excellence
8th Grade Staff
Team 8-1
Ms. Gilreath – Reading & Team Lead
Mr. Harvey - Math
Mrs. Hedstrom - Language Arts
Mrs. Gunter - Social Studies
Mrs. Amadi - Science
Team 8-2
Mrs. Callier – Reading
Ms. McLaughlin - Math
Mr. Oliver - Language Arts
Mr. Terry -Social Studies & Team Lead
Ms. Cagle - Science
Team 8-1 and 8-2
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Mrs. Whittingham - Reading
Mr. Roark - Reading
Mrs. Jimenez - Social Studies
Mrs. Ford - Language Arts
Mr. Black – Language Arts
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Mr. Henyard – Math
Mr. Meeks -Math
Mrs. Smith – Math & Science
Mrs. Cruz - Spanish
Mr. Hunter – French
Mrs. Robinson – Guidance Counselor
Staff and School Website
 www.douglas.k12.ga.us
 Schools
 Factory Shoals Middle School
 Visit Website
 Select Teacher Name
 Assignments, Projects, Calendar, Links
2009-2010 Calendar
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Sept. 28 – ITBS
Jan. 6 – Report with 1st semester grades
Jan. 20 – Writing Assessment
Feb. 5 – 3rd 9 weeks progress report
Feb. – March – High School Registration
March 22 – 3rd 9 weeks report cards go home
April 14 – 23 CRCT
April 28 – 4th 9 weeks progress reports
May – CRCT math and reading results, remediation
May 14 – 8th grade dance
May 28 – Final Report Card
End of May – 1st of June – CRCT Retest
8th Grade Dance
 Friday, May 14th (7-9:30)
 Tickets $15.oo (pre-sold – cash only)
 Semi formal (no blue jeans, tennis shoe, tuxes or
limo’s)
 No media, lunch fines, or book fees
 No office/bus referrals (CRCT to Dance)
High School Registration
 All students will register for high school based on
address in computer.
 FSMS feeds into CHHS, LSHS, & DCHS (IB students
attend DCHS but will begin registration process at home school)
 High schools use a block schedule with 4 classes
first semester and 4 classes 2nd semester.
 March 11 (tentative date) – Freshman Expo at all
high schools –
 Foreign Language will not be an option for 9th
graders (Exception- those students that have completed 2 years in
middle school)
High School Registration
 All 9th graders will take:
 Literature, Biology, American Government, Math I
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Regular or Honors which is based on Reading ITBS score of 75% or
higher , academic performance ,and teacher recommendation
Health/PE *
 Many 9th graders will take:
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Math I Support
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Based on a rubric provided by county
 Some 9th graders will take:
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CCAE (Coordinated Career Academic Education Program)
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Based on ITBS reading score of 25% or lower, excessive absences,
failure in an academic class – provides study skills, academic support,
career path information
 Students may pick remaining electives
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Band, Chorus, Computers and more
Chapel Hill High School Registration
 We will send academic recommendations to CHHS
 March 23rd 6-8pm (Tentative date and time) – CHHS 8th
grade advisement
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Parents and students will meet with his/her advisor and
develop his/her 9th grade schedule. It is critical that you and
your student attend this advisement session.
Lithia Springs and Douglas County High School
Registration
 First part of March - LSHS administrators hold
orientation for students at FSMS during school day.
High school planning materials will be given out
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A draft copy of registration card will be sent home with
academic recommendations marked. You and your student
are to discuss electives and mark on draft copy and return to
school.
 Middle of March – Actually registration card will be
sent home for your signature. Please return promptly
because they will be due to LSHS about 5 days after
they are sent home.
Douglas County Promotion Criteria
(Student/Parent Handbook pg. 12)
A student my be considered for retention if:
 Absences total 15 days or more
 Final grades include failures in any two or more
of the core academic areas of reading, language
arts, science, social studies, math or foreign
language
 Performance indicates that additional
remediation is needed in two or more core
academic areas
(A combination of any of the above may show greater need
for retention than when only one indicator is present.)
State Promotion Criteria
(Student/Parent Handbook pg. 12)
No student may be promoted to the ninth grade except
as provided below:
 No eighth grade student shall be promoted to the
ninth grade if the student does not meet expectations
on the reading and math sections of the CRCT (defined
by Office of Student Achievement in accordance with O.C.G.A. 20-2-281)
AND
 Meet promotion standards and criteria of Douglas
County
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Absences total 15 days or more
Final grades include failures in any two or more of the core academic areas of
reading, language arts, science, social studies, math or foreign language
Performance indicates that additional remediation is needed in two or more
core academic areas
Georgia’s 8th grade CRCT Results
Subject
2008 * 2009 *
Estimated #
% met or
exceeded
% met or
exceeded
of student that will not met or exceed in 2010
based on 300 students and 2009 %
Reading
90%
93%
7% of 300 = 21 Students
Math
62%
70%
30% of 300 = 90 Students
L. Arts
91%
92%
8% of 300 = 24 Students
Science
60%
64%
36% of 300 = 108 Students
Social Studies
59%
63%
37% of 300 = 111 Students
* 2008 and 2009 CRCT key findings from the DOE website
CRCT Preparation –All Subjects
 Coach Books * – Triumph Learning
(800) 221-9372 www.triumphlearning.com
 Spectrum Test Prep – School Box
 Spectrum Math – School Box
CRCT Preparation Online
 Odyssey
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Douglas County Website
Compass Learning/Odyssey
First Name Middle-Init Last Name
Lunch Number
 OAS
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(Math and Reading)
- All subjects
(Douglas County Website)
Your child should have his/her sign-on written in agenda
 GA Dept. of Education
(www.gadoe.edu) CRCT
- All subjects
Math Resources
 Helpful website:
 Helpful State website:
 www.aaamath.com
 www.gadoe.org
 Then click on sort by
 Then click on CRCT. Next
subject or sort by grade
level
 www.Coolmath.com
 Then click pre-algebra or
algebra. (choose lessons,
math practice, or go to the
dictionary)
find study guides then
click more. Finally click
on grade 8 study guide
 http://www.gadoe.org/ci
_testing.aspx
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Find primary assessment then click on
CRCT. Next find CRCT resources then
click on content weights (GPS) * this
will give you percent of each area of the
GPS
Reading Resources
www.georgiaoas.org
library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/index.html
www.quia.com
Language Arts Resources
Writing Webstites
Colorado State Universities Online
Writing Lab
www.writing.colostate.edu
Exemplars: Developing Writers
www.exemplars.com/materials/rw
r/index.html
Learning-Focused Writing
Assignments K-12
www.learningfocused.com
Purdue University's Online Writing www.owl.english.purdue.edu
Lab
ReadWriteThink
www.readwritethink.org
Write Source
www.thewritesource.com
The Writing Site
www.thewritingsite.org
Social Studies Resources
www.linkstolearning.com/quizzes/crct/index2362.htm
www.linkstolearning.com/quizzes/crct/index2361.htm
www.americanbookcompany.com/GA/GA88ss.html
Science Resources
www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
Most students should have a login and password but if not see your
science teacher.
Questions
 We will now answer any general questions you may
have.
 Teachers are available to answer specific subject area
questions.
Thank you for attending tonight!