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• Mr. Walton - Principal
• Mrs. Burton - Assistant Principal
• Mr. Tonelli - Assistant Principal
• Mr. Hunt & Mrs. Kupsey - Guidance Counselors
• Mrs. Craig - School Nurse
• Mr. Galliera - Athletic Director

Students
• Assigned to a classroom
• Information presented by the Student Council
• Tour of the Building
• Q & A
Parents
• Meeting in the Cafeteria
• Receive/review information folder
• Self guided tour of the building if desired
• Meet your child in the gymnasium after the presentation

• Opened in September 2006
• 36 full size classrooms
• 8 small group instruction rooms
• 2 “computer” classrooms
• 4 science labs
• Band/Instructional room
• 6,000 square foot Media Center
• All rooms equipped with digital projectors
• 85% of the classrooms equipped with Promethean Boards
• 3 mobile laptop carts

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Website http://www.kingsway.k12.nj.us
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E-News Periodic information sent via email
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Phone Extensionslisted in your “Survival Guide”
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Monthly Newslettersent home via e-news (sample in folder)

• All doors are locked at all times
• Buzzer system
• Security cameras
• Visitors must sign in at the main office
• Student ID cards…lunch accounts and media center
• School Resource Officer
• Global Connect
• Make sure you have a plan

• Health Office Mailing - Early June 2012
• Self Guided Building Tours - August 2012
• Summer Mailing - Late August 2012
• Periodic General Information E-Mails-Sign Up for
E-News!!
• First Day of School –
Thursday , September 6 th
• Back to School Night - Thursday, September 13 th

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• Located in student agenda and on the district website
• Great source of helpful information, procedures, and rules

• Behavior management begins at the classroom level. Teacher discipline may include:
– Teacher Warnings
– Parent Notification
– Lunch Detentions
– After School Detentions
– Students meet with team of teachers

• Administrative discipline supports the expectations of classroom teachers, and may include:
– Administrative Warnings
– Administrative Detention
– Restricted Study
– External Suspension

• Good Student Standing
• Mediation
• Parent contact is made with administrative consequences

• All electronic devices are to be turned off and kept in the locker throughout the school day.
• School wide dress code is outlined in the student/parent handbook.
• No students are to be after school unsupervised.

• New law effective September 2011
• H, B, and I include written, verbal, or physical acts, gestures, and electronic communications that cause substantial disruption, and either insult or demean a student, create a hostile educational environment or severely cause physical or emotional harm to another student.

• Be aware of your child’s online activities: texting, social networking sites (Facebook,
MySpace), instant messaging, etc.
• If there is an issue with another student, print the entire dialog and have your child bring it to an administrator.

• District has adopted a “pay to play” policy:
– $50 one time for unlimited attendance to clubs and activities
– $400 maximum per family
• Fee collection process is under review
– Several payment options will be available, including an online payment option

• KMS News
• Game Club
• Musical
• Cooking Club
• Play
• Fuel Up To Play
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• Student Council
• Yearbook
• Art Club
• Performing Arts
Club

Flag Football
Floor Hockey
Softball
Volleyball
Basketball
Track

• PM parent pick-up line forms in the parking lot; access road in front of school must remain open for busses.
• Students must ride assigned bus and get on and off bus at designated stop.

• Late Bus
– Monday 
Thursday, leaves MS at 3:55
– Rides must be here prior to busses departing
– Perimeter run

• Students getting a ride from someone other than their parent/guardian must have a note from both parties involved. Notes must be submitted to the main office.
• Busses are at capacity and cannot accommodate additional students.

• All students are provided with a student ID card
• Students must have ID card to purchase a lunch in the cafeteria and in the media center to check out a book.
• Used as debit card in the cafeteria
• Replacement ID cards are $3.00

Mr. Tonelli - Assistant Principal

• Three teams – 5 teachers on each
– Math, Science, Social Studies, English & Literature
• Approximately 140 students per team
• Students randomly placed
• Heterogeneous grouping – Math is the exception
– Accelerated math program
– All math programs have increased rigor

• Research supports this structure
– Especially effective with this age group
• Supportive learning environment
– Relationships built on trust
– Adult teachers and mentors
– Strong peer bonds

• Teachers and counselor
• Initial focus on transition
• Interdisciplinary planning
• Action plans for individual students
• Meet with students
• Parent conferences (Parents, too, are team members)

http://204.10.63.55/public/
* Parent access – late September *

• Sign up through website http://www.kingsway.k12.nj.us/MiddleSc hool/newsgroup.html
• Messages from superintendent’s office, HS,
MS, athletics, nurse, and more
• Sign up tonight!

Mr. Hunt & Mrs. Kupsey

• Parent Letter
• Elective Form
• Registration Form
- DUE DATE -
Elective Form & Registration Form
FRIDAY, MAY 25 th
Your child should give paperwork to their homeroom teacher
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English
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English, Communications Lab
• Literature – Literature, Communications Lab
• Math – Honors Pre-Algebra I, Math 7, Math Lab
• Science – General Science
• Social Studies – Social Studies
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Health / Physical Education
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Exploratory Program
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French, Spanish, Italian, and
Business Applications (per quarter)
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ELECTIVE(S)
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Cycles (art, math plus, study skills, & music OR orchestra/strings OR chorus OR band

• The following math placements will be made based on his/her 6 th grade math average & most recent standardized test scores.
• MATH CLASSES:
* Honors Pre-Algebra
* Math 7

Students may choose one of the following:
• Orchestra/strings
• Chorus
• Band
OR Cycle Classes
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• Art
• Math plus
• Study Skills
• Music

In some instances, a basic skills class in math and/or language arts may replace a chosen elective.
Students who have not met the minimal level of proficiency on the NJ ASK 6 will be required to take…
Math Lab and/or Communications Lab

• Power-School: online grade book
• Teacher Help
• Academic Tutoring
• www.homeworklive.com
• Agenda Book
• Homework Clinic
• Team Meetings
• Guidance Counselor

• PE Uniform  purchase at school
• School Supplies  check website
• Combination Locks  attached to hall locker
• Student Schedule 
9 pds: 8 classes & lunch
• No Recess!
• Obligations  physicals, library books, borrowed clothes, lunch charges, textbooks
• Ineligible List 
2 or more failures per MP

• ALL students entering the KRSD MUST have a physical completed.
• Physical must be within 365 days of entering the school, i.e. for the 2012/13 school year the earliest the physical date can be is September 5, 2011.
• Physicals are due by August 15, 2012.
– Forms can be mailed to the Middle School Health
Office or dropped off in the MS Main Office during the summer months.

This form can be used for new student physical
This form MUST be used for sports participation as mandated by the state

Part A- pages 1-3 MUST be completed by parent

Part B- pages 1-4
Student Information to be completed by parents
The rest of the form is to be completed by a physician/ physicians assistant/ nurse practitioner

• The state physical form can be used as both a new student and sports form- you do not need separate physicals.
• The physical must have been done no longer than 365 days prior to the first day of official practice to be eligible to play.
• When all forms have been returned to the Health Office and your child has been approved to participate, you will be mailed the notification of approval.
• Fees are not due until final roster is set.
Do not send money with forms!!!

• An information packet with all necessary health forms will be mailed by early June. If you do not receive the mailing by mid-June, please contact the Health Office so that another one can be sent out.
– The NJ State Physical form will be in the mailing.
– THE PHYSICAL IS CONSIDERED AN
OBLIGATION. Your child will not receive their report card, be eligible to attend any field trips, or participate in any sports until the physical is received.

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NO medications are administered on school property without a doctor’s order, including
OTC (over the counter) medications.
• Students are NOT permitted to carry any medicine on them during school. If caught, they will be subject to the discipline code.
– Exception: Inhaler, Epi-pen, insulin pump – with written doctor’s order on file in the Health
Office

• Medication administration forms may be found on the district web-site.
• Medication orders, from the doctor, must also be signed by a parent/guardian and medication brought in its original container by the parent/guardian of the student.
• If you are filling a Rx, ask pharmacist to give you a second labeled bottle for the medication to be used at school.

• One-day excusals
– An injury that occurs during that school day.
– Parent note requesting pe excusal for minor injury.
– Any more time needed must be accompanied by a doctor’s note.
• Long-term excusal
– Doctor’s note required.
• No pe excusals will be given without a parent or doctor note – no exceptions!

• Unexcused absences
– Allowed 12 per school year
– Parent call/note regarding child’s reason for absence
– Vacations!!
• Excused absences
– Written doctor note for illness/injury
– Student sent home from Health Office for illness/injury

• Any student sent home from the Health Office is considered excused.
• If a student calls their parent from the Main Office to pick them up because they are not feeling well it will be considered an UNexcused absence.
• If a student texts their parent for pick-up due to illness, not only is the absence unexcused but they will also be subject to the discipline code.
• I have the power to send kids home UNexcused, if
I feel that the courtesy is being exploited.

• Students will be sent home if they have a fever, serious injury, or witnessed vomiting.
• Preference of keeping students here at school.
• My mom/dad said, “Go to the nurse and I will come pick you up.”
– is not a free pass to leave school.

• Deodorant (extra deodorant for pe classes), shower daily, clean clothing-including your
PE uniform, brush teeth daily.
• First teacher/administration referral – student called down to health office.
• Second referral – student called down and parent notification.

• Any questions or concerns, please call the
Middle School Health office at 467-3300 ext. 3021.
• craigc@kingsway.k12.nj.us

$75.00 Registration Fee is due after the roster of each team is finalized.
Soccer
Cross Country
Basketball
Track
Soccer
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Basketball
Track

• Athletic Web-site : www.kingswayathletics.net
• PHYSICAL FORMS/PERMISSION
FORMS: Due no Later than Sept. 1 . A students can only tryout for a fall team if all forms are submitted and he/she is cleared to participate by the school nurse. DO NOT
DELAY.

• 1st Day of Practice: Monday, Sept. 10
• Final Rosters: Monday, Sept. 17
• REGISTRATION FEE ($75.00) Payments 9/17 to 9/21
• Send or drop off in the MS Main Office or
Athletic Office