Ninth-Grade Parent Meeting
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
Welcome!
 Teachers
 Jen Cheveallier—English
 Pauline Hazan—HOPE
 Mickey MacDonald—Biology
 Kerry Thompson—Biology
 Kristin Weller-Geometry
 Paige Allison—Algebra
 Lizze Rodriguez—Spanish
 Shannon Leontiades—Geography
 J.L. Kirby—Geography
Welcome!
 Support Personnel
 Tanya Kort—Instructional Support
 Laura Schollmeyer-Schwartz—Director of Special Services
 Sue Ireland—Guidance Counselor
 Julie Henderson—Technology Coordinator
Our Purpose
 Student success
 Change trend for 2012
 Build a partnership
 Parents
 Teachers
 Students
Academic Support
 More testing
 Support ahead of time
 Indicators for help
Indicators
 GPA of 2.0
 Sports/performing
 Graduation
 Academic courses
 English
 Math
 Biology
 Geography
arts
A Team of Three
 Teachers
 Help
sessions three times per week
 Parents
 Check
calendars
 Students
 Commitment
Help Sessions
Help sessions are from 2:45-3:15 on the following
days:
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Teachers Ms. MacDonald/
Ms. Thompson,
Ms. Hazan, Dr. Kort
Ms. Hamlett/Mr. Kirby,
Ms. Cheveallier,
Dr. Kort
Dr. Allison,
Ms. Rodriguez,
Dr. Kort
Room
Q 502
K 332
M 347
Ms. MacDonald’s room
Ms. Cheveallier’s room
Dr. Allison’s room
English
 St. Francis House
 Mr. Miller
 FCAT
 April
16th & 17th
CURRENTLY….
~ Every Monday for 8 weeks, Peaceful Paths
comes to HOPE classes to help create
awareness for healthy teen relationships and
dating violence.
~Nutrition & Body Weight Management
YET TO COME…
~ Fitness Units that will now incorporate heart
rate monitors and project based learning
~Alcohol/Tobacco/Illicit Drug Unit
~Human Reproduction Unit
~CPR certification (including how to perform
Heimlech maneuver and how to operate an
AED)
Biology End of Course (EOC) Exam Structure
 “End of course” translates to April 23-May 11
 Biology EOC Fact Sheet
 30%
of Biology grade
 Computer-based
 Up to 66 multiple choice questions
 160 minutes
Biology EOC Test Specifications
 117 page document—linked on class webpage
 http://fcat.fldoe.org/eoc/pdf/biologyfl11sp.pdf
 22 main benchmarks
 Additional
standards assessed within each
benchmark (60 total)
 Complicates predicting kinds of questions on
EOC
A Team of Three—Teacher Role #1
 Ongoing computer-based testing in class
 22 sample questions in packet
Sample Question
 Hemophilia is a sex-linked, recessive trait. Which of
the following describes the probability of hemophilia
in the offspring of a man who does not have
hemophilia and a woman whose father is a
hemophiliac?
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Each of their sons will have hemophilia.
None of their daughters will have hemophilia.
Their sons have a 25% chance of having hemophilia.
There is a 50% chance that their daughters will have
hemophilia.
A Team of Three—Teacher Role #2
 Student-friendly learning targets
 Aligned to:
 NGSSS
 Biology
test specifications Benchmark
Clarifications
A Team of Three—Teacher Role #3
 Test bank of questions
 Linked to class webpage
 Email notification through online grade book
when questions available
A Team of Three—Teacher Role #4
 Extra help sessions in April
 After
school
 Weekends
 Announced through
 Class
webpage
 Email notification through online grade book
A Team of Three—Parent Role
 Monitor student calendar on school website
 Check
quality of work student produces on class
assignments
 Budget time for preparing projects, quizzes and
tests
 Dedicate 15-20 minutes each night for Biology
A Team of Three—Student Role
 Dedicate 15-20 minutes each night to Biology
 Read the textbook aligned to each learning
target
 Ask questions
 Take advantage of help sessions
Math
 Geometry EOC Test
 4/23-4/27
 Algebra EOC Test
 5/14-5/18
Extra Help Sessions—Math
 Geometry
 Evenings
2 weeks prior to test
 Times/dates
TBA
 Algebra
 Evenings
2-4 weeks prior to test
 Times/dates TBA
Spanish
 Ms. Lizzie Rodriguez
Geography
~World Cultural
Geography
~AP Human
Geography
Ms. Hamlett/Leontiades
World Cultural Geography
 Continue
reading
and writing support
leading up to FCAT
 Continue map
quizzes of the world
(Current: Europe)
 Starting more case
studies (and
projects) by region
around the world
AP Human Geography
AP
Exam
Date:
Friday,
May 18th
(last AP exam!)
Leading up to the exam…
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
Finish teaching
content mid-late
April
Review& FRQ
practice: mid April
through May 17th.
After school review
sessions starting at
the end of April
Full-length practice
exam on Saturday
morning(end of
April/early May)
Recommend…

Purchase an AP
exam guidebook
(soon!)

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
Kaplan: Kaplan AP
Human Geography
Princeton Review:
Cracking the AP
Human Geography
Exam
Ethal Wood: AP
Human Geography:
A Study Guide
And, please….
Don’t
stress
or worry TOO
much!
We will be
prepared
and ready
by May, 18th.
Skyward Logins
 Ms. Sue Ireland, Guidance Counselor
Student Calendars
 Ms. Julie Henderson, Technology
Coordinator
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Tools to Support Us
Julie Henderson
Technology Coordinator, P.K. Yonge
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School Website
www.pkyonge.ufl.edu
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Student Accounts
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Available for all students
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Contain calendar, file storage,
message center
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Are automatically populated by
teachers
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U: 9thgradestudent / P: student
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Student
Account
All teachers’
assignments
here
Students can
save files
here
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Student
Accounts
Individual
Teacher’s Pages
+
Student
Calendar
Questions
 Email Jen Cheveallier at
jcheveallier@pky.ufl.edu