• Comprehensive
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Honest
• Helpful

• From the perspective that you have never had a child in secondary school
•
Will answer almost any question you could have and I believe you will feel better when you depart
•
All information will be located at our website in the district Program of
Studies and the
McCullough supplement

Documents Available
Either Now or Soon on our Website
• District Program of Studies
•
McCullough Supplement
• District math flyer
•
Private P.E. links (April 16)
• Summer School flyer (May)
•
This presentation in:
– English
–
Spanish

• Looking forward to a new year
•
New challenges for students in secondary education
• New responsibilities
•
New opportunities

• Composed of young people literally from around the country and the globe
•
Wonderful students
• Supportive parents
•
Tremendous staff
•
All are expected to be successful

•
T.E.A. Exemplary Campus

•
We do things for a reason
(We have kids here too!)
•
Kid-friendly and preparing for the future
•
Grading
•
Projects
• Discipline
• Testing
• Procedurally

• Academic
Preparation
•
Paradigm Shift

• Visitors sign-in and sign-out
•
Full-time officer for our campus
• Visibility of administrators and police
•
Building opens at 8:00 a.m.
• Monitored video surveillance system
•
Safety letters home

•
356 working days over two years to prepare students for high school once they enter our doors for the first time
• Students are in high school the day they walk in the door if they take
Algebra Pre-AP in seventh grade
•
Procedures are ageappropriate and have a reason

•
Is that we will be the best secondary school in Texas

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Many schools prepare students to qualify for admittance to a college or university
•
We are preparing students to be successful when they arrive at college and to have the tools to stay there

• Student Orientation Dates
•
Football Equipment Issue Day
• Semester Exams
•
First semester exam dates
– Hinges on district adoption of district calendar
–
Two drafts of the district calendar on website for your review and feedback at this time

•
Final date will be announced this spring
–
Will publicize through Tartan Tribune
– Dependent on the C.I.S.D. School Calendar once adopted for 2013-2014
– Need volunteers to make it happen
–
Social event of the summer
– Attendance is not required, but is enormously beneficial

• Report to Alpha Homerooms until 10:00 a.m.
•
Obtain final schedules
• Car line longer first two days
•
Buses a little later due to third run and K
• Help everyone get where they need to go

•
Students can enter building at 8:00 a.m.
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Please do not drop your child off prior to
8:00 a.m.
•
Students wait in Commons
• Go to classes at 8:34 a.m.
•
Lockers/Backpacks
•
School begins – 8:50 a.m.

•
Lunch/3 rd Period
– 11:45 a.m.
•
Students encouraged to eat breakfast
• Which lunch you eat depends on the subject of the class you are in during third block on that day
•
Lunch time can be different on red or green days depending on your class
• Advisory – 1:55 p.m. – 2:19 p.m.
•
School Ends – 3:50 p.m.
• Pick-up
–
Car/Bus

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Meets each day (1:55 p.m. – 2:19 p.m.)
•
Distribute information
•
Pledges
•
Moment of silence

•
Work on completing homework
•
Tutoring
•
STAAR remediation interventions
• SPARKS Homework Help
•
Make A Difference Anti-Bullying Campaign monthly activities
•
Red Ribbon Week
•
Generation Texas career activities
• Announcements

• Tutoring- Most days of the week with your academic teachers (most important)

• PAWS Homework Help-
–
Tuesdays and Thursdays
– 4:00 p.m. until 4:45 p.m.
–
Located in downstairs library
– McCullough teacher
–
TWHS Interact students

• SPARKS-
–
Advisory
– Elite eighth grade students
–
Ms. Donna Meyer

• E-Mail – Easiest, quickest, preferred
•
Please give us a day or so as we are with students as opposed to in front of a computer
•
Teacher e-mail addresses are listed on the left green column of our website
• If you have a question about the classroom please email the teacher first

•
McCullough Webpage
– www.conroeisd.net
–
Links to teacher webpages
–
Important spring registration documents
–
Athletic schedules
– “Tartan Tribune” online
–
Constantly updated

•
Conferences
– Most at 8:05 a.m.
– Try to do a good job of communicating and prevent the need for you to come in
– This is the time normally that the teacher is tutoring children
–
Important to have your child present
– Most center around a young person not turning in assignments

• Parent Newsletter “The
Tartan Tribune”
– Sent home through students
– Online 24 hours a day at our Parent Services Page

• System that calls your phone or emails you
•
I try to limit the phone calls to really important items
–
Expect numerous calls in the immediate days leading up to the start of school
–
Do not worry, the 6:30 p.m. phone calls will end for the most part once school begins
–
You can opt out at any time if you want by clicking at the link at the lower portion of the email

•
We will email when breaking news happens or information becomes available you need to know
•
Important to have the correct phone number and email address in our database system

• A system that allows me to text students, or anyone who signs up, immediately in the case of:
–
School cancellation due to weather
–
STAAR testing reminders
– Any situation needing immediate and accurate contact
–
Never has been used but there if needed
– Information on how to sign up appears periodically in the Tartan Tribune has been used but there when needed

• Volunteer
•
Appreciate the help!
• Campus Enhancement
•
PTO
– Front Desk
–
Student Orientation
–
Socials
–
Library
–
Copy Room

• Tests are high quality and developed over time to choose the most accurate/fair questions
•
Not the type of tests we took years ago with random questions, purple ink, and an odor that would make you nauseous
• Are now “Common Assessments” in the district developed in the summer to address the specific TEKS of STAAR
•
Sixty percent of grade for marking period

•
Exams, and exam questions, are now being utilized as common assessment exams among teachers in the district, school, and within departments
•
Tests are now developed in the summer to have questions which are asked at the rigor level wanted by the state for these tests and STAAR exams

•
Enormous time goes into the development of each question to ensure it addresses the TEKS and is at the level of questioning required
•
Exams are used not only among different teachers in same discipline but also other CISD junior highs

•
Exams are being utilized more extensively among all CISD campuses to supplement benchmark testing throughout the district and inserted into
Eduphoria program to optimize individual academic support
•
As the exams are utilized throughout the campus and district throughout the years, they do not go home

•
View at school with student and/or instructor
•
Stumble Sheets in class to learn from mistakes
– Students correct any errors, with the teacher, in class

• Last four days of each semester
– Two options of calendars at our district website
–
One has the semester ending before the holidays and another after
– Feel free to go to district website and email your thoughts on the calendar options
–
Please do not plan vacations during this time so that students have every chance to do his/her best on the exams
• Prior week students will complete review packet and prepare in the classroom

•
Modified schedule in exams
•
Grading percentages
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Junior high finals – 10 percent
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High school finals- 15 percent
•
Synthesize learning and practice taking major exams as they will in the future

•
Students must pass Reading and Math
STAAR in eighth grade to advance to high school

•
As of now, students must pass 12 End of
Course Exams developed by the Texas
Education Agency in order to graduate from high school

•
Free opportunity to view grades, attendance, discipline, STAAR, etc.
–
Supplements planner
•
Places you on a school e-mail list to receive breaking news and routine email communication
•
View on computer, droid, iPhone, iPad, tablet, etc…

•
Unparalleled and unprecedented communication and access to data
•
This program exists to supplement, not replace student accountability for grades and assignments
•
Student should have accountability
•
Sign up at www.conroeisd.net

•
This system will literally email you every time your child receives a grade in the gradebook if you select for it to do so

•
Critical
•
Worth the battle if you are a parent
•
Cannot battle everything
•
We have to and will enforce
•
The way a student dresses affects the way he/she feels about education and success

•
One of the first steps to caring in any area of life is to dress like you care
•
Always feel free to drop in with food at lunch to see what they are actually wearing four hours later after leaving your house
•
We are a junior high, not a nightclub
•
For the most part, a non-issue with our students

• Kids transition quickly
–
Tardies
• 3 free each quarter
•
7 minutes between classes (most around)
• Resets each nine weeks
•
First two weeks amnesty

• Email notification to your Parent Access
Account when processed
•
Normally email comes same day to your email address in our database
•
Being in class for the first five to ten minutes of instruction/review/plan for the day is critical to academic success
–
Plans for the day
– How it is to be done
–
What is on the exam
– When is the review

• Follow student handbook
•
Use good common sense
• Administrators, teachers, police, and counselors, are proactive and visible in building

• Expectation meeting with students through
LA classes first week of school
•
Classroom expectations are high so that all children can be successful
•
We do everything humanly possible to prevent a situation before it happens

• Bullying- Let the child’s AP know
–
Make A Difference monthly program
–
Administrative meetings
– Ongoing intervention activities through Advisory
– Access to Facebook or PDAs with video ability
•
Full discipline information is available for you on your child 24 hours a day at Parent Access
Center

•
Talk to your student
•
Know where they are in the evenings and on weekends, who they are with, and why
•
When you have a question, go to the source and e-mail the teacher

•
Check the P.T.O. Planner nightly and make sure all homework is complete
•
Hold students responsible for their actions (behaviorally and academically)
•
Give your child a chance to work out some problems on their own
–
Studies show students who self-advocate do better in high school and beyond

Easy Things to do to Help your Child be Successful at McCullough
•
Encourage students to eat breakfast
• Monitor the amount of sleep they really get
– Is the TV, gaming system, iPad, and/or computer in their bedroom?
– Recent dangers of children and energy drinks
• Lack of sleep
• Heart issues

Easy Things to do to Help your Child be Successful at McCullough
Is their cell phone in their room at night (charging??) when you go to bed?
•
Every day more research comes out clearly articulating the critical aspect of sleep for adolescent growth and success in school
•
The phone never sleeps in 2013
–
If the phone does not sleep, neither does the child

Easy Things to do to Help your Child be Successful at McCullough
•
Hold students accountable for a planner
–
Positives and Negatives
•
Encourage students to be involved in school organizations
•
Attend his/her activities at McCullough

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Attendance at school
•
Involvement in a school activity

• Basic school supply list posted in The Tartan
Tribune this summer
•
P.T.O. will sell basic minimal set again online this year (optional)
•
Look for information coming soon

•
What is the policy on cell phones and electronics?
–
Off 8:50 a.m. to 3:50 p.m.
–
Outside of these times, call away!
–
Please do not call and/or text your child in school

–
Lost and Found
– Theft of above devices- What really happens
• Kids leave locker open and/or rigged
•
Phone on the floor or bench
–
Name on items is invaluable
• I have enough lost Vera Bradley lunch kits to start our own store

•
Can I wear makeup?
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Yes

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Can I wear flip-flops? Yes
•
Where are the bathrooms? At the ends of the hallways and in the cafeteria

Cell Phones
What You Need to Know from Our Perspective
•
Best and worst thing to happen to parents/guardians
•
Great for contacting and staying in touch with children
•
Negative is that smartphones give children access to texting and the entire internet when they are least ready for this responsibility

Cell Phones
What You Need to Know from Our Perspective
• Instagram is quickly replacing Facebook with your children
•
SnapChat is the new big thing coming online with American youth
–
You might want to research this and you might not like what you find
•
Sexting is an issue with teens across the nation
–
Equal opportunity offense

Cell Phones
What You Need to Know from Our Perspective
• Rarely, if ever, has there been any case on our campus of sexting happening
•
Do realize that when this happens outside of school and this is brought to our attention we are required to investigate and report to authorities
• Montgomery County D.A. may take the phones and prosecute
•
Usually no school consequences as this is not a school issue unless it was to occur here

Social Networking Sites
What You Need to Know from Our Perspective
• Social networking sites are the root of most of the issues we face
•
They are a great idea, in theory
•
A very large percentage of harassment issues we deal with originate here off campus
• Please think carefully before allowing your child to access and then be diligent in following whether they are showing you the social networking page they actually use

Elective Information Night
6:00 p.m until 7:05 p.m.
•
February 12 th
• McCullough Commons
• 6:00 p.m. until 7:05 p.m.
• Carpooling is recommended, and will help
• Convention-style setup in the cafeteria (Commons)
•
Students and parents can meet and speak to the elective teaching staff

Elective Information Night
6:00 p.m until 7:05 p.m.
• Special presentations this evening
–
Girls athletics 6:00 p.m. in the auditorium
–
Boys athletics 6:35 p.m. in the auditorium

Elective Information Night
6:00 p.m until 7:05 p.m.
• Counselors in the Commons LGI area
–
Optional assistance if needed in completing the
Elective Course Request Sheets
•
6:00 p.m.
• 6:35 p.m.

Elective Information Night
6:00 p.m until 7:05 p.m.
•
Very casual come and go
•
Students are welcome
•
Seventh grade elective teachers will be present to answer your questions
•
Be aware in advance there will be a lot of people here

Elective Information Night
6:00 p.m until 7:05 p.m.
•
Eighth grade elective teachers representing high school electives will be present
•
Some activities which are not elective classes such as Cheerleading, Color
Guard, and Highland Girls may have a booth with information

•
Final deadline to make any change, elective request or core level change, is
May 1st at 4:00 p.m.
• Teachers are hired with specific teaching certifications (NCLB Act) based on requests of parents on this date
•
No changes will be made after this time

•
Master schedule is constructed based on parent/guardian course requests on
•
Decisions earlier help us hire better staff for your child

• We will contact you repeatedly in the spring via SchoolMessenger with information and reminders you need to know
•
Students receive tentative schedules at Student Orientation in August or on the first day of school if they cannot attend
Orientation

Factors Which Affect an Individual
Student’s Schedule Formation
•
•
•
•
Staffing (based on enrollment)
Availability of Course
Student’s Core Course
Selection
•
Elective course requests by students
Seniority
• Specialty Classes
– Athletics
– Fine Arts
–
Algebra
•
Number of electives
– 11 unique choices in seventh grade
–
23 unique choices in eighth grade
– Will take 4 in 7 th grade
– Will take 5 in 8 th grade

• College level courses taught in high school
•
27 nationwide courses in
19 subject areas (TWHS offers 26)
• Examinations scores can lead to college credit and which validate program success
• An opportunity for students to think, read, and write critically and analytically.

• English Language
• English Literature
•
Computer Science A
• Spanish Language
• Calculus AB, BC
• US History
• Chemistry
•
Government and Politics
• Macroeconomics
• Human Geography
• Chinese
• Japanese
•
Biology
• Environmental Science
• German Language
•
French Language
• Music Theory
• Statistics
• Art History
• European History
•
Studio Art
• Physics C, E, M
• World History
• Psychology
• Art Drawing
•
Art 2D
• Art 3D

• Challenges students
•
Consistent teaching strategies
•
Prepares them for college

• Provides opportunities for our young people to compete post high school
• Opportunities to earn college credit in high school (up to 45 hours)
•
Saves parents $$$$

So How Well Do TWHS
Students Perform on the AP
Tests?
Fact:: In 2011, TWHS administered 2058 tests to 933 students
Fact: TWHS mean score was 3.60
The mean state score was 2.48
The mean national score was 2.84

So How Well Do TWHS
Students Perform on the AP
Tests?
Fact: 82.4% of the students passed with a 3 or higher
Fact: 57% of the students passed with a 4 or higher
Fact: TWHS consistently ranks in the top schools in the
world in the number of tests given

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The most successful AP students are willing to work hard. More than ability, whether the student
(not just the parent) is willing to invest the time and energy to be successful is most important.
•
The earlier the preparation, the easier the transition.

• Everyone wants A’s
•
Grades in Pre-AP courses of a B or high C may very well indicate tremendous learning and hard work by the student

•
In secondary school it takes effort to make an A.
•
It also takes effort to fail.

Core Subject Information

State Required Courses – 7 th grade
• Language Arts
•
Mathematics
• Science
•
Texas History
• Physical Education
–
Can Substitute
• Athletics
• Cheer
•
Highland Girls
• Private P.E.
•
Electives – 4 choices

• Science
• Pre-AP Science
– Strongly encourage any student be enrolled in pre-algebra Pre-AP
•
Math Skills
– Science Fair Project
– Time
– Independent

• Runs November through February
•
All students in Pre-AP Science will complete the Independent Study Science Fair Project
•
This is a research based endeavor

Independent Study
Science Fair Project- Approximate Hours
• One of the best things we do
–
Protocols- 4 hours
– Introduction- 5 hours
– Materials and Methods- 3 hours
–
Experimenting- 10 hours
–
Final Paper- 10 hours
–
Board- 6 hours
– Hours are just averages- can be more or less
– Have checkpoints along the way
–
Fair is over a weekend in February at Lone Star
Convention Center

•
Need to make sure you understand the real rigor and expectations of the independent study science fair project
prior to making the year-long commitment to Pre-AP science

• Texas History
•
Pre-AP Texas
History
–
Strong reading comprehension and writing skills are a plus

• Language Arts
•
Pre-AP Language Arts
– Need to be selfmotivated reader and writer
– Grade differential
– Everything starts with reading

Class Placement of Your Child in LA,
Social Studies, and Science in C.I.S.D.
•
Incoming seventh graders will automatically roll by default to the next
appropriate grade level sequence
– 6 th grade regular history to 7 th regular
Texas History
–
6 th GT Language Arts to 7 th Pre-AP
Language Arts
–
Etc.

Class Placement of Your Child in LA,
Social Studies, and Science in C.I.S.D.
•
Sixth grade students identified as GT will be automatically rolled initially to
Pre-AP in the area of their GT identification for language arts, social studies, or science
–
Indicated on form your child has brought home
– You can move your child from Pre-AP to level classes by indicating your choice on the document

Class Placement of Your Child in LA,
Social Studies, and Science in C.I.S.D.
• Ultimately, you can place your regular education child in any level of class you want in LA, Social Studies, or Science
– Encourage you to closely read the C.I.S.D.
Program of Studies and the McCullough supplement in order to fully understand the rigor and expectations of Pre-AP courses
– Recommend considering taking no more than two
Pre-AP courses
–
Need to understand in advance that an A in secondary Texas education is not the same as an A in elementary education

On this sheet you choose your child’s level you want for LA, SS, and Science.

In order to properly choose classes for seventh grade students, it is extremely helpful to know where you would like for your child to finish his/her senior year. This applies most directly to the math progression.

•
The advanced math placement procedures have been in place and articulated for several years
•
Children have been tested to be placed into advanced math since they were in fourth grade

•
To make good choices for placement in seventh grade, it is critical to know where you as a parent, as well as your child, want to finish his/her senior year
•
Applies most directly to math due to its linear nature

•
Unlike the other disciplines, hard work alone in math may
not always ensure success
•
Involves math knowledge and mental math maturity

•
Seventh grade math
• Pre-Algebra Pre-AP (one year ahead)
•
High School Algebra Pre-AP (high school course, two years ahead)

District Math Progression
Majority of Students
• 6 th GradeLevel Math
•
7th Grade – 7th Math
• 8th Grade - Pre-Algebra
•
9th Grade - Algebra
• 10th Grade - Geometry
•
11th Grade - Algebra II
• 12th Grade – Pre-Calculus
Student could still take
Calculus if he/she doubled up somewhere along the way

District Math Sequence
(Advanced 1 year) Some Students
• 6 th GradeAdvanced Math
•
7th Grade – Pre-Algebra Pre-AP
• 8th Grade – Algebra Pre-AP (High School)
•
9th Grade - Geometry
• 10th Grade - Algebra II
•
11th Grade - Pre-Calculus
• 12th Grade – Calculus

District Math Sequence
(Advanced 2 years)
Very Few Students
•
7th Grade – Algebra Pre-AP (High School)
• 8th Grade – Geometry Pre-AP (High School)
• 9th Grade - Algebra II
• 10th Grade – Pre-AP Pre-Calculus/AP Statistics I
• 11th Grade – Pre-AP Pre-Calculus
•
12th Grade – Calculus AB/BC

•
Students will be initially rolled to the next appropriate level of class in the progression of their math development based on the real data
•
See Course Description Guide for exact progression

• Placement Exam for entrance into Pre-
Algebra Pre-AP
– Taken February 1-11 at home intermediate campus
•
Algebra Readiness Exam
–
Taken February 14 th through February 25th at home intermediate campus
– Taken by 6 th grade advanced math students if they make an 80 or higher on the District Placement
Exam for entrance into Pre-Algebra Pre-AP
–
Evaluates current mastery of eighth grade math concepts

•
District Math Placement Exams will occur in February at the home intermediate campus
•
The tests are designed to be given in
February and are given only at that time
•
There is no continual retesting

District Math Placement
Testing Details
Students in Level Sixth Grade Level Math
•
Sixth grade students currently in regular
on level (majority of students) math will take the C.I.S.D. Placement Exam for entrance in Pre-Algebra Pre-AP during the February 1-11 window if they have an
80 average for the current year in sixth grade level math.
•
This is to see if they qualify to move to
Pre-Algebra Pre-AP

District Math Placement
Testing Details
Students Currently in Level Sixth Grade Level Math
• If a student in level sixth grade math takes the
Placement Exam for entrance in to Pre-Algebra
Pre-AP and qualifies to skip seventh grade math parents can still ask to have their child take seventh math
•
Many make this request so that their child does not miss key math concepts and skip seventh math
• An 80 or higher is required on the test to accelerate and bypass seventh math and thus enter into Pre-Algebra Pre-AP

District Math Placement
Testing Details
Students Currently in Sixth Grade Level Math
•
Students are not allowed to bypass and skip two years of math instruction
•
For example, students cannot go from level sixth grade math to high school
Algebra in seventh grade

District Math Placement
Testing Details for Students Currently in
Advanced Sixth Grade Math
•
Remember, students in the GT/Advanced math in sixth grade are in seventh math now and are going to Pre-Algebra Pre-
AP, the next course in sequence

District Math Placement
Testing Details for Students Currently in GT/Advanced
Sixth Grade Math
•
All students who are currently enrolled in the GT/Advanced Sixth Grade Math class will take the C.I.S.D. Placement Exam for entrance into Pre-Algebra Pre-AP
•
They are taking the C.I.S.D. Placement
Exam for entrance into Pre-Algebra Pre-
AP only to see if they qualify with the needed skills to then later take the
Algebra Readiness Exam

District Math Placement
Testing Details for Students Currently in GT/Advanced
Sixth Grade Math
•
This window is February 14th through
February 25 th for qualifying students in advanced math to take the Algebra
Readiness Test
•
80 percent is required for passing on this accelerated exam

•
Both placement tests are designed to be administered in February based on TEKS covered during that time
•
Intermediate campuses will attempt to makeup test any student who misses on the day of testing at his/her campus in
February

•
There is no later testing or additional retake of the tests which were designed for February administration
•
Important for students to do his/her best
•
80 is the percentage required for passing on the C.I.S.D. Placement Exam for entrance into Pre-Algebra Pre-AP and the Algebra Readiness Test .

• CISD students in regular sixth grade math will be initially enrolled in regular on level seventh grade math which is the next appropriate course in the math sequence.
•
Majority of our students
• Will receive the appropriate next level of math instruction in proper sequence necessary, as we all received, for the student to be successful in all following math courses at
McCullough, the high school, and beyond

District Math
Placement Standards for Incoming
Seventh Graders
For a student to move from Sixth Grade Math to
Pre-Algebra Pre-AP, students must meet all of the following criteria:
* 80 average in 6 th grade Math
* Minimum score of 80% on the C.I.S.D.
Placement Exam for entrance into
Pre-Algebra Pre-AP

District Math
Placement Standards for Incoming
Seventh Graders
For a student to move from sixth grade
Advanced Math to Algebra 1 (HS), students must meet all of the following criteria:
* 80 average in sixth grade Gifted and
Talented/Advanced Math
* Minimum of 80% on the C.I.S.D.
Placement Exam for entrance into Pre-
Algebra Pre-AP
* Minimum score of 80% on the C.I.S.D.
Algebra Readiness Exam

• If your child qualifies for High School Algebra
Pre-AP we will contact you via phone and/or email before placing them into this math class which is operating two years ahead of grade level
•
Student would be bypassing TEKS and math instruction presented in Pre-Algebra
•
You will need to opt your child “in” to the advanced class once they qualify
• Otherwise, student will remain in Pre-Algebra
Pre-AP

•
A C.I.S.D. sixth grade Gifted and
Talented/Advanced math student who successfully passes the C.I.S.D.
Placement for Pre-Algebra Pre-AP but does not pass the Algebra Readiness
Test will be placed in Pre-Algebra Pre-
AP

•
Students currently in Advanced sixth grade math are completing much of the state seventh grade math instruction and the State of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for this level at this current time in sixth grade

Question
What if I want my child in regular sixth grade math to bypass seventh grade math course and go from sixth grade regular math to Pre-Algebra Pre-AP in seventh grade in CISD and he/she did not demonstrate success on the placement examinations?

Option I
–
Enroll and successfully complete with a grade of 85 or higher the C.I.S.D. spring class offering of Seventh
Grade Math for first time takers
–
Details will be available soon
–
Starts in April and runs through July
–
Class is the full course
–
Hybrid online and classroom instruction
–
Must meet summer school for acceleration attendance requirements
–
The class is dependent on enough students signing up for the course to make
–
Far and away the best option if you did not qualify and this is what you want them to do

Option II
• Enroll to take the Texas Tech Credit by Exam
•
No seat time, just a one time test
• Must notify your child’s counselor in advance you wish for your child to take this test for acceleration so that we can order the exam
• Information is available at the district website
•
Students need to obtain a score of 90 or better on both parts A and B since the Texas Tech exam is being taken for acceleration
•
There is a deadline

Advantages and Disadvantages of taking
Pre-Algebra Pre-AP or High School
Algebra Pre-AP in Seventh Grade
• May allow more flexibility in choice of level of science class in high school
•
Much more rigorous

Advantages and Disadvantages of taking
Pre-AP Pre-Algebra or Pre-AP Algebra in
Seventh Grade
•
First few weeks of Pre-Algebra Pre-AP are review of seventh grade math
•
Around November the accelerated course takes off with rigorous state expectations
•
It is not the same math course we took in junior high

Advantages and Disadvantages of taking
Pre-Algebra Pre-AP or Algebra Pre-AP in
Seventh Grade
• Students are generally not successful in subsequent math courses if they skip a major core building block component of math knowledge by missing the seventh grade math course
•
We all likely took seventh grade math at some point
•
This missing information, in the form of the missing course, usually manifests itself in eighth grade in High School Algebra around
November 1 st , and beyond

Advantages and Disadvantages of taking
Pre-AP Pre-Algebra or
Pre-AP Algebra in Seventh Grade
• In short, missing the seventh grade math course and the State of Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills it covers can be like credit card debt
•
It may take awhile for the debt to accrue and the pain to hit, but sooner or later, it may occur if you miss the course
• U.I.L. Eligibility is subject to all courses, including advanced math classes

How Does My Child’s Math Placement affect the STAAR Exam for which he/she is responsible?
• 7 th Graders in pre-algebra pre-AP are responsible for taking the 8 th grade math
STAAR examination
• 7 th graders in high school algebra are responsible for the STAAR high school end of course exams (EOCs) for that high school subject area
•
The state-required high school algebra EOC exam by may count for 15 percent of the students total grade

• Students are required to take four years of math and science in high school
•
For math, four high school courses can include high school math courses taken in junior high school
• At least three math courses must be taken on the high school campus beginning with
Algebra 1

• If accelerating by taking high school courses in junior high, your grade point average in high school will be based on more difficult classes at TWHS

• The flip side is taking accelerated math courses in junior high will also allow you to have more opportunities in your schedule to take rigorous classes in high school which are weighted higher for G.P.A. (consider reviewing the district G.P.A. information for high school in the C.I.S.D. Program of Studies available at our website

•
No guarantee it will be easy
•
No guarantee your child will make an A or B
•
Not a guarantee they will pass
• Class the parent/guardian has chosen on the deadline will be the course the student is in for the year

• Can choose to opt out of some or all before
May 1st deadline at 4:00 p.m.
–
May want to pick and choose among strengths and interest
–
Normal recommendation is a maximum of two Pre-AP courses
– Email your child’s counselor to be taken out of a core Pre-AP class your for which your child may have qualified

•
Just because someone qualifies for a million dollar home does not always make it a great idea to purchase the house
•
Qualifying for four Pre-AP core classes does not necessarily make it the best of idea to take them all

• Need to be a doer , and a thinker
• Just as in real-life
•
Just as in the job place

Considerations When Choosing Level of
LA, Social Studies, and Science class
• Where do you want them to be at the finish line (12 th grade)

• Time varies widely among students to complete assignments
–
Think about your workplace and how much range occurs for your coworkers to complete the same task
• Effectiveness of your child’s study strategies
•
Where the student completes homework matters most
– Kitchen
–
Study
– Away from electronics

•
Any type of media or technology distraction makes a difference in delaying the time for successful student homework completion
– TV
– iPad
–
PDA
•
Consider projects included in each class
–
We try to limit the number of projects and 8:45 p.m. emergency trips to the craft store you must make ( I have been there and done that also )

• How much time is it going to take for your child to complete work outside of school for him/her to achieve the grade you want them to achieve in the course
•
Consider activities outside of school
–
Dance
– Gymnastics
–
Baseball
– Equestrian
–
Swimming
–
Etc.

•
TEKS
•
State expectations are very different from when we were in junior high
•
The nation and world job competition is very different from when we were young

• Much more extensive preparation required by the
Texas Education Agency for students to be successful on the new STAAR exams required to be passed by students in order to advance to ninth grade
–
In your downtime it would be worthwhile to visit the T.E.A. website to see the example STAAR questions
–
You may be shocked
•
Repetitions lead to understanding

• Relevant
•
A limited amount of homework can be finished in Advisory

• There is homework in our regular classes, albeit considerably less than Pre-AP classes
•
Will increase greatly in high school and college

•
Scenarios we see
–
Student who gets it done
– Students who struggle to physically get the assignment from home to the classroom but did actually do the work at some point
–
Student who obsesses and needs to know when to say when and go to bed

–
Our society evaluates students, and us, on what we
demonstrate that we know
•
Just like your job place
•
That is why schools still give grades and we are evaluated in the workplace
– Turning and completing work has to be a top priority for students in junior high and into regular life, even if it is not perfect
• As a sidenote to this, the student will do well gradewise and actually learn the material if he/she does it and turns it in

• Assisting your son/daughter in developing organizational skills would be one of the best gifts you could ever give them
–
Better gift than an X Box
360, iPhone, or Dr. Dre
Beats headphones
•
Planners
–
Free
– Check nightly
– Designed to help

•
Leading cause of parent conferences
•
If students do not turn in their work, it is difficult to help them
•
Reward system at home is a positive

• Provided by the
P.T.O.
•
Idea originated from site-based by parents for parents

• Parents view each night
•
Teaches critical organizational skills
•
Quizzes
•
Ad Purchase?

•
Once you enter into these classes you are on an established track
•
As a high school class, they are much more challenging
• It is not necessary to get your student on the fast track to get all the courses in the four years at TWHS

• Grades achieved do not figure in high school class rank or
G.P.A.

• All general ed classes, Level and
Pre-AP, are college preparatory
•
Most students taking
Pre-AP courses just take two at the most

• Please make your decisions based on what is right for your child, not your friend’s child from
Bunco or down the street

• The ultimate choice on which core course you wish your child to be in lies with you, as long as it is made before the final deadline on May 1st

• I would not advise letting grades from intermediate school be the only determining factor in my decision

• The State of Texas requires all students take P.E. for one year (2 semesters) in seventh grade
•
Physical education is not considered one of a seventh grade student’s four elective choices as this course is a requirement

•
Athletics may substitute for P.E.
– Athletics substitutions include:
•
Girls or Boys Basketball
• Girls Volleyball
•
Girls or Boys Cross Country
• Girls/Boys Football
• Cheerleading
•
Highland Girls Drill Team

•
Course Request Sheets for Elective and
Core Classes
–
Coming home through students at intermediate campuses
–
Extras are at Intermediate
Campuses
–
Please read the asterisks, bullets, etc.
–
Writing in pencil is a good plan

• Please try to make the sheet as accurate as possible

• Have until the May 1st deadline to change
•
Accuracy early would really help us out
–
Recruiting teachers
–
Job fairs
–
Etc

•
Student needs to request four electives in seventh grade
–
Two electives in the fall
–
Two potentially different electives in the spring
–
All available seventh grade options as electives are listed on the Elective Course
Request Sheet

•
Two semester courses occupy two blanks
•
Fine Arts classes (Band, Choir, or
Orchestra) should be listed first if taken and should not be listed as an alternate selection as they are a serious commitment which last all year

• Need to choose a P.E class (two semesters required in seventh grade)
– Choose initially on Elective Course Request Sheet either P.E., Football, or Cross Country
– Other athletic endeavors which have tryouts would replace the P.E. selection should the student make the squad
• Classes will change from initial August schedule for most students if they are moved into an Athletics class

– Private P.E. will be an option around mid-April when the district publishes the 2013-2014 list of approved Private P.E facilities
–
Students who want to take Private P.E. can indicate their choice on the sheet
•
They will not be in Private P.E. until they have successfully completed and turned in all required forms with signatures prior to the May 1 st deadline.
– Private P.E Application forms for students will then, in mid-April, be online at our district website
–
We will link to the Private P.E. list of facilities and the application form at the front page of our website

•
Our administration and counselors will sit down individually at the intermediate campuses with each incoming seventh grade student to discuss his/her elective requests

•
We will review the
Elective Request Sheet with the child for accuracy
• Answer any questions the student may have

• The request will be entered into our computer system with the student at each intermediate campus

–
Mitchell
– Deretchin
–
Coulson Tough
– Wilkerson
– All dates are tentative
January 25
January 29
January 30
January 31

–
Wilkerson
–
Deretchin
– Coulson Tough
–
Mitchell
– All dates tentative
February 19
February 21
February 22
February 26
We will be on these campuses on the dates listed above to meet with students. If a student is absent, we will enter his/her requests based on sheets turned in to his/her intermediate teacher.

• Please check the Course
Request sheet very closely to confirm these are the elective and core courses
(LA, Math, and Social
Studies) you want to request for your child next year
• This sheet will also indicate
core courses which your child has been initially placed in based on testing

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• Art I
• Band (counts as 2 choices)
•
Exploring Career
Connections
•
Career Portals: Computer
Applications
•
Career Portals: Human
Services
•
Career Portals: Technology
• Choir (counts as 2 choices)
•
Orchestra (counts as 2 choices)
• Teen Leadership
• Theater Arts
• Exploring Languages

High School Elective Choices
Available in Eighth Grade for CISD
•
High School Health
•
High School Communications
•
High School Spanish I (taught over two semesters in eighth grade)
•
High School Spanish II for Native
Speakers (must qualify)
•
Plus all the electives listed on the previous slide

• Option for students engaged in 15 or more hours of individual Olympic-type athletic instruction outside of the school day
– Team sports, such as baseball, are not a part of
Private P.E. for the Texas Education Agency
–
Most do golf, swimming, tennis, and equestrian
– Replaces regular physical education on the schedule
– Leave at 2:50 p.m. on both red and green days

•
The facility you wish for your child to attend must be an approved facility for
2013-2014
–
If your facility is not on the list, I encourage you to contact the facility and have them to properly apply in a timely fashion before the district deadlines
– The facilities can apply with C.I.S.D. between
April 1 and April 15
– The facility must apply for membership

•
All completed and signed Private P.E. paperwork is due to the McCullough front office by Wednesday, May 1 st , at 4:00 p.m.
•
Applications and all needed paperwork will be online at the district and
McCullough website on April 16 th
•
Applications must be original copies

•
Please make sure as a parent/guardian you are certain you can pick your child up every day at 2:50 p.m. and have a firm transportation plan for the entire year prior to requesting Private P.E. for your child

•
Approved students can change a facility only at semester
•
Private P.E. is a commitment for both the fall and spring semesters
– Schedules are created over the entire year
•
Make sure you will like your facility and instructor for the long haul prior to submitting the application

• Students who are not picked up daily at the designated time (2:50 p.m.) will be removed and placed into a physical education class
•
Students will be in a fourth period class on campus from 2:26 p.m. until 2:50 p.m.
• The Texas Education Agency allows us to dismiss approved Private P.E. students one hour early each day (2:50 p.m)

• Does not work with sports which have an athletic period such as cross country, volleyball, basketball, drill team, cheerleading, and football
•
Texas students are not allowed by law to have two athletic or physical education classes in their schedules
•
Students in Private P.E. can participate in school sports which are a club activity such as golf, tennis, track, and soccer which do not meet as an athletic class during the school day

• If choosing this option, parents/guardians
must be flexible on the pickup schedule as it will change periodically due to pep rallies,
STAAR testing, semester exams, etc.
•
Every three weeks the facility submits a grade and attendance report directly to the
Counseling Center
• Grade forms are available in the Counseling
Center and at our website

•
A seventh grade student in Private P.E. will still receive two elective choices (one class per semester)
•
The aspiring Private P.E. student should still make all of his/her elective requests on the Course Request Sheet

•
Level 2 Private P.E. is for students who attend five hours or more weekly of physical education activity at an
approved facility
•
These students do not leave early each day and would not be in regular physical education

•
They receive two additional classroom courses above and beyond
•
For participation in this program, the student must be in band, choir, or orchestra so that space is available for the extra classes to be accommodated in the student schedule in lieu of them being in the physical education classroom

•
All seventh grade students will take four electives

•
Band, Choir, or Orchestra, each take up two elective slots (class lasts entire year)
•
Two blanks on elective course request sheet
•
Fine Arts

•
Example A: Student takes Choir (2 choices), Careers, and Exploring
Technology = 4 classes

•
Example B:
Student takes
Choir (2 choices) and Band (2 choices) = 4 classes
•
Yes, you can take two fine arts classes

•
Example C: Student takes Athletics
(does not count since it replaces
P.E.), Exploring Technology,
Careers, Exploring Computer
Applications, and Exploring
Languages = 4 classes

•
Example D:
Student takes
Athletics (replaces
P.E.), Band (2 classes), Teen
Leadership, and
Exploring
Computer
Applications

•
Example E: Student takes Athletics ,
Band (2 choices), and Orchestra (2 choices)

• Please note that during the spring you will receive information on elective choices for your child
•
Please note that these sheets will indicate your child’s request, not an assignment to that class
• Eighth grade student requests will be filled first

• Students will include regular and alternate requests
•
It is possible a student may receive an elective in seventh grade he/she did not request to complete his/her schedule
• By the time a student completes eighth grade at
McCullough, it is highly likely your student will have been enrolled in any particular elective class he/she would like to take

Period Red Day Green Day
1 st
Math Science
2 nd
Language Arts Math/Writing
3 rd
Advisory
PE Elective
Advisory Advisory
4 th
Elective History
P.E. is included in schedule, not counting as an elective choice since a full year is
required in seventh grade.

Period
1 st
2 nd
3 rd
Advisory
4 th
Red Day Green Day
Athletics
Math
Science
History
Language Arts Math/Writing
Advisory Advisory
Elective Elective
Athletics simply replaces required P.E.

Period Red Day Green Day
1 st
4 th
Math
2 nd
PE History
3 rd
Advisory
Language Arts Writing/Math
Advisory Advisory
Choir
Elective
Science
Please note Fine Arts electives last all year, and thus count as two selections each.

Period Red Day Green Day
1 st
Math Orchestra
2 nd
PE History
3 rd
Language Arts Writing/Math
Advisory Advisory Advisory
4 th
Choir Science
Many students take more than one fine arts course and they are encouraged to do so.

Period
1 st
2 nd
3 rd
Advisory
4 th
Red Day Green Day
Athletics
Math
Science
History
Language Arts Math/Writing
Advisory Advisory
Elective Band
Many students have this schedule. There are very few conflicts, and we work hard to resolve them when they do occur. If a student is unsure about which activity to participate in during high school, I encourage doing both.

• Can be involved in both
•
Many are involved in a fine art and athletics
•
Many are involved in two fine arts
•
Encourage you to do more than one
•
Very few, if any conflicts

• Fall under the C.I.S.D. secondary code of conduct
•
Expectations are greater of the students as they represent the organization
– Be wise about allowing your child to use Facebook or PDAs but especially if they represent an organization
• Understand in advance that classroom teachers will visit with sponsors/coaches regarding encouragement, concerns, and ways to help the child

• Learn invaluable life lessons which are difficult to teach anywhere else
•
Not about the sport
–
About the:
• Teamwork
•
Fellowship
• Friends
• Stories you embellish twenty years later

• Unlike other electives, if you sign up for a muscial fine art elective you are automatically enrolled
• Tryouts are held for placement which then determines your exact class period
– Schedule would be built around this time block
–
Placements announced on schedule in August
–
Occupies two slots on request sheet as it runs all year

• Encouraged to do multiple musical fine arts if you are interested
•
Step up in commitment from intermediate campus
•
Prepares students for participation in these activities at TWHS

•
Concert IV
•
Concert III
• Concert II
•
Concert I
• Symphonic
•
Wind Ensemble
•
Commitment for the year

• Year long class on percussion skills
•
Course is for advanced percussionists who will have Percussion Class only the first semester and band the second semester

• Prerequisite- Students must have played and participated school percussion at their intermediate campus
•
Class is exploding (figuratively)- kids like to bang on things and get school credit for it!

• May practice before or after school
•
Big step up from the opportunity and responsibility aspects from elementary band programs

• Sectionals
•
Competitions
• Honor Band

•
Football games
– McCullough
–
High School events
•
Concerts
• Pep Rallies
•
Spring contests
• Currently 422 students

• Ms. Meyer-Patterson
• sbmeyer@conroeisd.net

•
Ms. Liebst
• pliebst@conroeisd.net

•
Ms. Maher
• amaher@conroeisd.net

• Over a 200 students are in band and a combination of:
– Athletics
– Choir
– Theatre
– Drill Team
–
Other

•
All students can participate in orchestra
•
Five orchestras including Beginner,
Philharmonic, Symphony, Concert, and Chamber

• Concert and
Chamber orchestras have before and/or after school practices
• Need to purchase tuxedo shirts
• Commitment for the year

• Michelle Reinhardt
– mreinhardt@conroeisd.net

•
Most, but not all, practices are during the school day
•
Some specialized activities such as region choir and preparation for solo contests occur before or after school

•
All students can participate in choir
•
Performs 4-5 concerts a year
•
Good musical fine art to double with another Fine Art or Athletics as choir has far less outside of the regular school day requirements

• Purchase of a uniform is required
•
Girls have Treble,
Concert, Advanced
Girls, Acappella, and
Chamber Choirs
•
Boys have the Boys
Choir
• Mixed Choir
– Composed of Boys and
Mixed Choirs

• Students can audition for Solo and Ensemble
Contests, Region
Choir, and the spring Pop Concert
•
Commitment for the year

•
Connie Horton
• chorton@conroeisd.net

• Band, choir, and orchestra commitments in junior high far exceed the expectations of elementary school organizations in these areas
•
Make sure everyone is aware of what is expected for the year in band, choir, or orchestra before signing up on May 1 st
•
The commitment made for these organizations is firm for the entire 2013-2014 school year
– Websites gives give a good indication of expectations
–
A student who request these courses for 2013-2014 will have his/her schedule built around this course
– Final class assignment announced at Student Orientation in
August

• Meets during the school day
•
Replaces P.E. credit
• Practice does also occur after school
•
Not an elective class (do not sign up on sheet)

• Purchase of clothing
•
Tryout process
• Need to be completely committed to the
McCullough team if you plan to tryout

• This programs entails a large commitment of time outside of school during the spring of this year, summer, and the regular school year
•
Video located at a booth during Elective
Information night will give you an idea of what athletic skills are involved in cheerleading.

Cheerleader Spring
Tryout Information
Tentative Dates
•
February 4- Tryout Info Meeting @ 6:00 p.m. in the Bock Auditorium (packets will be available for pick up at the meeting only)
•
February 19 - Packets due to
McCullough office by 4:00 p.m.
•
March 5 - Tryout Clinic begins 4:30 p.m.-
6:30 p.m.

•
March 8- Tryouts approximately @
4:30 p.m.
•
March 9 - Results posted
•
March 19 - New member info meeting @
6:00 p.m. in the Commons LGI
•
March 21st- Fitting at 5:30 p.m. in the
Commons LGI
•
All dates and times are subject to change.

•
Summer Camp
•
Spring Practice after tryouts
•
After school practices during the year
•
Student Orientation
•
Competitions

•
Commitment to the team and your teammates
•
Cheer
–
Games
–
Pep Rallies
–
Parades
–
Open Houses
–
Others as needed

• Shelly Newitt
• snewitt@conroeisd.net

• Lindsay Nichols
– lnichols@conroeisd.net

•
Preparation for TWHS Color Guard and
Winter Guard
•
Most practices are inside
•
Occasionally practices are outside
• Tryouts- try to keep everyone
•
Everyone is generally starting from the same place- the beginning
•
Competitive

•
Limited practices through the end of football season
•
Ramp up practices beginning in December for performance season in January
• Performance season is from January until
April
•
May perform live toward the end of basketball season

•
• Sponsor Kellie Martin kmmartin@conroeisd.net

– Requires significant time before and after school
–
Practice times are subject to change
–
Contests are on weekends
–
Meets as a class during the school day and practices also outside of the regular day
–
Do not sign up for on elective request sheet
–
Receive P.E. credit

– Runs all year
–
Practice times do vary
– Serious dance troop
–
Preparation for TWHS Highsteppers
– Discipline
•
Need to be able to take direction and enjoy being part of a team

• Highland Girl Spring Tryout Information tentative dates:
•
3/19 - Tryout information meeting
•
3/28- Tryout packets due
•
4/1Tryout clinic begins
•
4/13 - Team tryouts
•
4/14 - Results posted
•
All dates and times are subject to change.

• Practice
•
Performances
• Parades
•
Football Games
• Playoff Games
•
Basketball Games
• Pep Rallies
•
Competitions

• Ms. Talley
• ctalley@conroeisd.net

• All fine arts students, athletes, and any other student involved in a school organization is responsible for schoolwork, homework, and tests the day after an event

State Eligibility for Participation in Fine Arts,
Athletics, and Organizations
• No classes are exempt in junior high from
U.I.L. Eligibility
• Pre-AP and high school courses all
count for eligibility to participate
–
Consider this when choosing your child’s schedule

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• Birth Certificate
•
Commitment for the year
•
Replaces P.E.

Elective Night Presentations On Athletics in the Bock Auditorium February 12th
• Girls’ Presentation
6:00 p.m.
• Boys’ Presentation
6:35 p.m.
•
Please give us an opportunity to have the girls’ parents/guardians exit before boys’ parents enter

•
Competitive interschool UIL
State of Texas competition
• Play to win
•
Has been very successful

• Has to be dated after
April 15, 2013 or later to be good for next year
•
Please note that doctors do not have many slots open in the summer for physicals

•
Fall Sports
–
Girls Cross Country
– Boys Cross Country
–
Boys/Girls Football
– Volleyball
• Winter Sports
–
Girls Basketball
–
Boys Basketball
• Early spring
– Boys Club Track
–
Girls Club Track
• Late spring
– Club Soccer
–
Club Tennis
–
Club Golf
One season of sports ends before the next groups of seasons begins

•
Fall Sports
–
Girls Cross Country
– Boys Cross Country
–
Boys/Girls Football
– Volleyball
• Winter Sports
–
Girls Basketball
–
Boys Basketball
• Early spring
– Boys Club Track
–
Girls Club Track
• Late spring
– Club Soccer
–
Club Tennis
–
Club Golf
For example:
Many athletes who play basketball also play volleyball, cross country, or football

• Season is in the fall
•
Student remains in cross country throughout the year
•
Most meets (6) are on Friday evening

• P.E. Substitute
•
Sign up for class on elective request sheet

•
Serious running and commitment is required

•
Runs in the Houston heat and humidity from the second day of school
•
Summer preparation is critical

• Athletes normally run 15-30 miles a week with the class
•
These athletes may run more outside of the school day on their own

•
Competitive
• Four district championships this year
•
300 plus students

•
If your student is not positive he/she wants to make the year long commitment to this endeavor, have him/her sign up for regular physical education and he/she can run before or after school with the team
•
The student would need to make an arrangement with the cross country coaches and run before or after school with the team
– This student could later choose to run cross country in eighth grade if he/she wanted

•
It is critical that the student, and not just mom/dad/guardian, wants to take on this endeavor

Girls Cross Country
Contact at kcollins@conroeisd.net

Boys Cross Country
Contact at ecantu@conroeisd.net

• Will remain in the cross country class once the competitive season is over
• Year-long commitment
• Replaces P.E. credit

• Required that students participate and dress out on a daily basis
• Would not join just because your friend is in the class
• Be sure this is what your child wants to do before you make this selection which is a commitment for the school year

•
To be in the classroom portion of Cross
Country, a student needs to be able to run one mile in less than 10 minutes
– Meets start races approximately every 20 minutes due to a limited amount of daylight

•
For perspective, the winning boys time is generally around 11 minutes for two miles and the girls slightly under 12 minutes for two miles
•
Students optimally need to train rigorously in the summer and become acclimatized to the heat and humidity
prior to school beginning

• Tryouts are the first week of school
•
If students make the team, their schedule
will change

• Meets as an athletics class during the school day
•
Must attend all three days of tryouts

• After volleyball is over, athletes will remain in the volleyball class where they will continue to work on skills, condition, and lift weights
• Students wishing to play volleyball should initially sign up for physical education

• Will replace physical education and students will be in athletics throughout the school year if they make the offseason class

•
Tryouts are during the school day for the offseason basketball class.
•
A student who does not make the offseason basketball class will be in a physical education class which occurs at the same time.

•
Students will tryout for the basketball
“team” in November at the conclusion of the volleyball/football seasons.
•
Students can tryout for the basketball team whether they made the basketball offseason class or not.

•
Commitment for the year
• Student will go through offseason at the conclusion of basketball competition season

•
Equipment handed out in August
•
If a student cannot attend on this date, he/she will receive equipment the first week of school

• Hard Work
•
577 athletes this year
• Houston hot and humid
•
Over a quarter of campus population plays football
•
August

• Boy/Girl needs to
want to play, not just the parent/guardian
•
Sign up for yearlong commitment on elective request sheet
–
Replaces P.E.

• Doors open for athletes at 6:30 a.m. in the morning
•
Athletes must be dressed and on the field at 7:00 a.m.
•
Practice starts the
second day of school

• Once games have begun, students
normally do not come in early on
Mondays (day of most games) and
Tuesdays (morning after most games)

•
A lot of work, especially the first two weeks of school
• Becomes much easier for everyone once the games begin and athletes come in early only three days a week
•
Need to remind your child of this once practices begin in
August
•
Child and parent need to understand this in advance

Fall Athletic Class
Morning Car Line Drop Off (6:30-7:00)
• Please understand in advance that there will be days in the fall when drop off is occurring
simultaneously for volleyball, football, and
Highland Girls.
•
On these days traffic will be much heavier.
• Please be patient, stay in the car line, pull up as far as possible, do not ask your student to walk across traffic, and refrain from using your phone in the lot during this time.

•
Fun opportunities we provide
•
Do not replace physical education credit
•
These activities supplement other organizations of which your child may be involved

•
Students who chose to be in Private P.E. can participate in these sports
• Please do not plan your child’s entire year around these club sports as they have brief seasons

• Begins in January
•
Club sport
• Everyone makes the team
•
Tryouts occur within the team each week for the opportunity to participate in the meets
•
Practice
– Boys- morning
–
Girls- afternoon

•
No tryouts
• Try to take as many to meets as we can
•
We are limited by rules on how many athletes we can take to each meet
•
Student does not need to be in athletics class to participate in track and field
• Practice does not occur during an athletics class

• Spring sport
•
Tryouts
• No formal team practice
•
For more information contact Coach Lilley at jlilley@conroeisd.net

•
Spring sport
• Tryouts
• Meets before and after school
• Play home matches at
McCullough and Creekwood
Park
• For more information contact
Coach Wildman at rwildman@conroeisd.net

• Club sport after track
•
Most soccer players participate in track and field
•
Complete information is available at our website
•
Coach Redmon-Boys
•
Coach Brown - Girls

• Please contact Lance
Skinner
– Girls’ and Boys Athletic
Coordinator
– cskinner@conroeisd.net

•
The following slides contain pictures of:
–
Counselors
– Administrators
–
Department Heads
•
These individuals will be located in the
Cafeteria (Commons) on your way out if you have questions

•
P.T.O. gear will also be available in the
Commons (Cafeteria) on the way out
–
Hoodies
–
T-shirts
–
Car decals
–
Bags

• Assistant
Principal 2013-
2014 Seventh
Grade A-K
•
Located in A100
• Administrative
Duties
• Textbooks

• Assistant Principal
2013-2014 Seventh
Grade L-Z
•
Located in A100
•
504

• Assistant Principal
2013-2014 Eighth
Grade A-K
•
Located in A101
•
Scheduling

• Assistant Principal 2013-
2014 Eighth Grade L-Z
•
Located in A101
•
Technology

• 2013-2014 Seventh Grade
Grade A-K
• mmeerscheidt@conroeisd.net

• 2013-2014 Seventh Grade L-Z
• sjessen@conroeisd.net

• 2013-2014 Eighth Grade A-K
• lhollomon@conroeisd.net

• 2012-2013 Eighth
Grade L-Z
• jshriver@conroeisd.net

• Math Department Head
• tgorka@conroeisd.net
•
Please see at the conclusion of our presentation if you have questions regarding math

•
Language Arts
Department Head
• jmurrin@conroeisd.net
•
Please see at the conclusion of our presentation if you have questions regarding language arts

• Social Studies
Department Head
• apphillips@conroeisd.net
• Please see at the conclusion of our presentation if you have questions regarding social studies

• Special Education Department Head
• chroberts@conroeisd.net
• Please see at the conclusion of our presentation if you have questions regarding special education

• Special Education Department Head
• larcher@conroeisd.net
• Please see at the conclusion of our presentation if you have questions regarding special education

•
Science Department Head
• jfowler@conroeisd.net
•
Please see at the conclusion of our presentation if you have questions regarding science
•
Will have some example science fair boards

• Department Heads
–
Questions about
Math, LA, Texas
History, Science
•
Counselors
– Program questions
• Administrators
–
General
Rev 1/22/13