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!