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1 Greater Latrobe Junior High
Grade 7 & 8 Parent Night August 8, 2019

2 We are here for you; let’s do this together!
Welcome!!! Tonight’s Purpose: Brief overview of School Information Medical, Lunch, Pick-Up Schedules, etc.. New Orientation Process Important Dates School & Parent Partnerships during the Middle School years Our experiences and knowledge Social Academic We are here for you; let’s do this together!

3 Greater Latrobe Junior High by the numbers
Enrollment 7th Grade: 311 8th Grade: 275 Total =

4 Bussing Same bus AM & PM All bus numbers are posted on HAC
Possibly not same number as last year: Check HAC Concerns: Mrs. Margy Mears or call * is preferred *10 minutes between given time is acceptable

5 Parent Pick-Up...Between 3:00-3:30 PM
School Dances (or any activity)....please use parking spaces! First Dance…..Halloween Dance sponsored by Student Council…..T.B.A. in October Bus Lane Bus Lane

6 Breakfast and Lunch Guidelines Director of Food Services...Ms. Meloy
Lunch Prices Breakfast $ 1.35 Lunch $ 2.75 Breakfast is available everyday Lunch Accounts Drop box--located at Junior High Entrance See Yellow form in Folder for more Information on Cafeteria procedures….cafeteria payment slips in folder….payment box located in cafe today

7 Nurse’s Notes Mrs. Blossey
Immunizations Medications Emergency Forms Dental Exams/Mandates

8 7th Grade Bell Schedule 7:50 - 8:12 Report to the Cafeteria
8:12 Exit Cafeteria 8:17 - 9:02 Period 1 9:05 - 9:46 Period 2 9: :30 Period 3 10: :14 Period 4 11: :44 Lunch 11: :24 Wildcat Time 12:27 - 1:08 Period 5 1:11 - 1:52 Period 6 1:55 - 2:36 Period 7 2:39 - 3:20 Period 8

9 7th Grade Schedules

10 Wildcat Time - ACADEMICS are the priority
Students not pulled for remediation have choice of: Study Halls - Study halls are offered everyday Activities - Variety of activities are offered everyday Flextime Manager - STUDENT VIEW

11 Flextime Manager - STUDENT VIEW
Remediation Homebase Activity Flextime Manager - STUDENT VIEW

12 Essential Skills - What student should know and be able to do?
Develop 8-10 Essential Skills for each semester Standards Based Develop Common Formative Assessments PLC Team Room

13 Culture - promoting relationships/ intrinsic learning opportunities
Ancestry Harry Potter’s movie Hero’s Journey Movie Lego’s Doodle for Google Art Contest Bandsaw box making Model Building Recycling Club Storm Chasers Feelin’ Good Films with Frau Mindfulness Painting free paint Outside the box, Inside the Lines Disney Movie Club Sports Stats Ukulele Club Nail Painting Club Kids who Code Board games Random Acts of Kindness Yoga Calm and Colorful Band Chorus Phys ed activities vary from week to week Wiffle ball Silent Reading/Book Check out DBT tier 2 small group Science Olympiad Math Counts K’Nex Office Aids Cookie Decorating Gaming Club Public Speaking Sports Movies Brain Games History Mystery APPLES language festival prep WEB Group GOAL 7 GOAL 8 Library Aides Geography History Club Community Service hours 3D Fun Newspaper Yearbook

14 WEB Where Everybody Belongs
7th Grade Orientation and Transition Program Orientation program MONDAY, Aug. 26th 8: :00 WEB Activities 12: :45 Lunch in the cafeteria 12:45 - 3:10 Walk schedules, get lockers and meet teachers 3:20 - Regular Bus Dismissal or Parent pick up Year-long activities After school social activities: September mixer, November movie & January game night Check-ins - group lunches with web leaders

15 Safety and Security

16 Westmoreland County Detective
Drug and Alcohol Mr. Tony Marcocci Westmoreland County Detective

17 Vaping …”a teenage epidemic” Juuls, e-cigarettes, vape pens

18 Resources Latrobe Reality Tour Breathe Pennsylvania Smokeless Saturday
Tobacco Cessation

19 “Just Say No to Our Children”
Excerpt from Huffington Post-2014 Why do we struggle so to say NO? We don’t want our kids to be mad at us. We don’t want to disappoint them. We don’t want to sit in the blistering storm of their rage. We don’t want them to miss out on whatever social event they are clamoring to attend for fear that it will jeopardize their ‘popularity.’ We want to be the cool mom/dad. We want them to like us and be our friend. And finally, sometimes it is just easier to say yes. Your kids will have many friends throughout their lifetime, but only one set of parents. We need to remember to act like the parents. We cannot be governed by our fear or our malaise. It is our mandate to make the rules, set the parameters and identify the limits. And if we are doing the job well, our children will test those limits and push up against those parameters and find them consistent.

20 Teens and Technology Use
Teens and Social Media

21 Generation Name Births Start End Youngest Age Today* Oldest Age Today* The Greatest Generation 1910 1924 93 107 The Silent Generation 1925 1945 72 92 Baby Boomer Generation 1946 1964 53 71 Generation X (Baby Bust) 1965 1979 38 52 Xennials - 1975 1985 32 42 Generation Y - The Millennials - Gen Next 1980 1995 22 37 Generation Z 1996 2010 7 21 Gen Alpha 2011 2025 1 6

22 Generation Z “Still, the number of distressed young people is on the rise, experts say, and they are trying to figure out how best to help…” Post-9/11 generation Economic and National Insecurity Terrorism and School Shootings “...perhaps most important, they hit puberty at a time when technology and social media were transforming society.”

23 Culture of Respect “...American kids now commonly show disrespect toward one another and they live in a culture which such disrespect is considered the norm.” Threats Racial Language Bullying

24 Culture of Respect towards Adults/Parents
“We now live in a culture in which kids value the opinion of same-age peers more than they value the opinion of their parents, a culture in which the authority of parents has declined not only in the eyes of children but also in the eyes of parents themselves”

25 “Sleep deprivation mimics ADHD almost perfectly.”
SLEEP is Essential “Sleep deprivation mimics ADHD almost perfectly.” (Leonard Sax, MD. Ph.D.) Expert Consensus: Average American kid: 6.9 to 7.3 hours of sleep Why? TV, Video Games, Mobile Devices, Computers, Over Scheduling; etc. Development Stage Age Sleep needed Preschool Ages 2 - 5 11 Elementary Ages 10 Teenage Ages 9

26 Stress, Anxiety, and Depression
Anxiety and depression in high school kids have been on the rise since 2012 after several years of stability. In 2015, about 3 million teens ages 12 to 17 had had at least one major depressive episode in the past year More than 2 million (teens) report experiencing depression that impairs their daily function. About 30% of girls and 20% of boys--totaling 6.3 million teens--have had an anxiety disorder

27 School Counselors Mr. Hipps Grade 7 Mrs. Novotney Grade 8
Services to Help: Student Assistance Program Academic Resource Team Teen Group

28 In the Lobby Student Schedules
Opportunity to Purchase Locks (2 needed) Lunch Money box for deposits SAP & Latrobe Reality Tour information The Stoneybrook Foundation Therapeutic Horseback riding Notes from Nurse and Dental forms Food Service Information Sports & Clubs offered FAQs from principal Free/reduced lunch applications

29 Thank you for attending!
Final Thoughts Let’s do this together! Awareness, vigilance, and persistence in monitoring our students….. Questions from the Audience? Please see us individually up front... Thank you for attending!


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