Alvin ISD
th
6 Grade Course
Registration
2015-2016
Alvin Jr. High Lip dub 2013
It's Always a Good Time
Transportation
Contact
Cynthia Lozano
clozano@alvinisd.net
If you currently receive transportation it should
roll over for next school year. A bus driver will call
before school begins to give you bus information
If you believe you will need transportation for next
year- two weeks before school starts- contact our
front office
Required Sixth Grade Classes
Language Arts 6
Math 6
Science 6
Social Studies 6
P. E. Wellness 6
Kick start is available at HJH/RPJH
Pre-Advanced Placement Classes
Pre-AP classes prepare students for high
school Advanced Placement Classes and Dual
Language Classes
They are taught at a higher level and faster
pace
They require more individual study time. This
includes more reading and preparation at
home
They accept few late homework/daily
assignments in the first nine weeks and NO
late major work or projects
Require a signed Pre-AP contract in August of
2015 (page 21 of course guide)
Pre-Advanced Placement Classes
Students should choose to take Pre-AP classes in their strongest subjects
Eligible students need to carefully consider the time that is needed for activities after school
and for their other courses.
Students are able to choose Pre-AP in:
Language Arts
Math
Science
Social Studies
6Th Grade
Elective Choice
Advisory
Art/Theater Arts 6
AVID 6
Band
Choir
Kickstart (Harby Jr. High and Rodeo Palms
Jr. High)
Complete application when school starts
$25.00 equipment fee (scholarships available)
Takes the place of PE
Includes physical and mental conditioning
State of Texas Assessments of Academic
Readiness (STAAR)
Those students who do NOT pass the STAAR
Math, Reading, or Writing tests may be placed
into a district intervention class that is
designed to fill in the gaps that they may have
developed.
The intervention class will take the place of an
elective
Course Selection Card
Fill in the information at the top of the card
Choose regular or Pre-Ap classes by making
an X or a Check Mark on the left hand side
All Pre-Ap classes require a teacher to initial
them
Number the electives from 1-3 at the bottom
of the page
Student Signature
Parent Signature
But, what if I change my mind about my
classes?
Give serious consideration to what classes
you want to take
Do NOT take a class because your friend tells
you too
Schedules will be changed to Correct
scheduling errors or Equalize class sizes
Student’s requests for preferred lunch,
teacher, or class period will not be honored.
Course Selection Card
Each elementary school will give students a
deadline
It is usually about 1-2 weeks after the
presentations
Feb. 5th Walt Disney
Feb. 11th and 12th Alvin Elementary
Students who do NOT return their card by
their campus’s deadline will have their classes
chosen for them.
There will be limited options to change them
when school starts
Sample Schedule
Student information is located at the top of
the schedule
Student’s lunch pin is printed on the schedule
There are two semesters of classes
In 6th grade the only semester classes are
Art/Theater Art 6
Each class is approximately 52 minutes except
4th period
4th period has lunch (30 min) and a school
wide advisory (20 min) during which
announcements are made
Sample Schedule
The doors unlock at 8:00 am
Students have the option to eat breakfast or
wait in the gym
The gym is divided into 3 sections- 6th, 7th, 8th
Students are dismissed from the gym at 8:37 am
and have until 8:44 am to get to their first class
There are 4 minutes between each class period:
get drinks, use the restroom, talk to friends
Music plays for 3 minutes and then shuts off for
the last minute
Students are counted tardy if they arrive after
the bell rings
Events
MUSTANG DAYS
SCHEDULE PICK- UP
Date has not yet been determined
Date has not yet been determined
Look for a flyer that will be mailed home in
August
It is usually 3-5 days before school begins
Scavenger Hunt
Meet other 6th Graders
Meet teachers
Pick Up your schedule
Walk through your schedule
Meet your teacher
Alvin Jr. High School
MARIA BRISEÑO
SHANNON DEITCH
Alpha Group A-K
Alpha Group L-Z
281-245-2769
281-245-2762
mbriseno@alvinisd.net
sdeitch@alvinisd.net
Mr. Erwin
Dress Code
Student Code of Conduct
BYOD
MAGNET ACADEMIC PROGRAM
LOCATED AT HJH, NRJH
Magnet Academic Program (MAP)
• Accelerated curriculum
Regular
Pre-AP
MAP
6th grade material at a
6th grader pace
6th grade material at a
faster pace
6th, 7th, and 8th grade
material at a faster
pace
• Program courses are for math/science and humanities (language
arts/social studies).
• MAP is housed at Harby Junior High and Nolan Ryan Junior
High.
MAP Math & Science
Qualifications
MAP Math
Math 6 MAP
Algebra 1 Pre-AP
Geometry Pre-AP
Students cover 6th,
7th, & 8th grade
TEKS.
Students take the 8th
grade STAAR math
test.
Students receive
high school credit
and GPA points for
this class.
Students take the
Algebra EOC (End
of Course) exam.
Students receive
high school credit
and GPA points for
this class.
MAP Science
Science MAP 8
Science 6 MAP
Science 7 MAP
Students cover
combination of 6th grade
and 8th grade TEKS.
Students cover combination
of 7th grade and 8th grade
TEKS.
Students focus on
chemistry and physics in
order to build a better
foundation for advanced
classes at the high
school.
Students take the 8th
grade STAAR science
test.
MAP Humanities
Qualification
MAP Humanities
MAP Humanities is an interdisciplinary
program designed to integrate the
curriculum of sixth-grade language arts
and sixth-grade social studies. This course
will require students to:
• Analyze
• Synthesize
• Evaluate
Transfers & Transportation
• Students zoned for a non-MAP junior high who
qualify and accept program will be a “transfer”
student to their MAP junior high.
• Transportation is provided for MAP transfer
students.
Advanced Academics
Contacts
Campus:
Name:
E-mail Address:
AJH & FJH
Stacey Hughes
shughes@alvinid.net
HJH (MAP Campus)
Michelle DeLeon
mdeleon@alvinisd.net
NRJH (MAP Campus)
Britney Campbell
Vincincia Wright
bwhitehead@alvinisd.net
vwright@alvinisd.net
RPJH
Vincincia Wright
vwright@alvinisd.net
The End
Please make sure you visit all of the elective tables to ask questions
Please ask questions!!!!!!