1. Lamar Middle School
& Fine Arts Academy
Looking ahead

2. Our mascot is the Scottish Terrier
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3. Lamar Grade Levels 6th, 7th, & 8th Grades
Next year we project 1,064 students sixth, seventh and 345 eighth graders at Lamar…65 schools represented (47 AISD + 18 Private/Charter)
Lamar Grade Levels
6th, 7th, & 8th Grades
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4. Projected 6th graders from our primary feeder elementary schools
Brentwood - 85
Gullett - 71
Highland Park – 75
Ridgetop – 27
Reilly - 10
private, charter - 28
70% of 6th grade from surrounding neighborhoods
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5. Demographics (all students)
24% Economically Disadvantaged
4% African American
36% Hispanic
2% Other Race
4% Two or More Races
56% White
9.5% SPED
20% 504
20% GT
6% LEP
52% Female
Demographics (all students)
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6. Dual Language Program Description
Lamar’s dual language (DL) program allows DL students from elementary school and native Spanish speakers the opportunity to continue to develop bi-lingualism, bi-literacy and bi-culturalism through three years of Science and Spanish for Spanish Speakers (SSS) courses. Our DL science courses are Pre-AP and taught using a 90% Spanish – 10% English Bridge model and our SSS courses offer a high school credit for Level I, another credit for Level II and a weighted credit for Level III. SSS courses are taught only in Spanish.
Dual Language Program Description
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7. Dual Language Transfers
Students from DL elementary schools and native or fluent Spanish speakers may apply for Lamar’s DL lottery. Qualified students may receive a transfer for DL to Lamar. Selected students must successfully complete the DL Science and DL Spanish courses each year to maintain the transfer. Withdrawal from the DL program revokes the transfer.
Dual Language Transfers
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8. This will be our 5th year as AISD’s middle school fine arts academy
Lamar’s Fine Arts Academy is aligned with McCallum’s FAA
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9. Fine Arts Academy Accelerated Curriculum Design
School-wide Engagement
All programs, including FAA strands, are open to all students. This provides creative learning opportunities for all students and results in higher academic achievement at all levels. It also creates a school-wide culture of arts engagement that attracts high levels of parent and community engagement.
Positive Peer Pressure
By design, 35% of the total student population are FAA students, 50% participate fully in FAA majors but are not designated as FAA students, 98% satisfy at least twice the required fine arts requirement and 2% satisfy the minimum fine arts requirement. In addition, all teachers and aides are trained three times a year in Creative Learning strategies. This creates a rich learning environment in every classroom which pulls reluctant and struggling learners towards engaged learning.
Fine Arts Academy Accelerated Curriculum Design
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10. Fine Arts Academy Accelerated Curriculum Design
Creative Multipliers
Students enroll in one to four fine arts courses per school year. Students who enroll in multiple, complementary fine arts classes develop their artistic and creative abilities at an accelerated rate due to mutually reinforcing creative experiences.
Substantial Immersion
All fine arts courses are year-long and ability-based. This allows students to accelerate learning among peers of comparable ability. Accelerated learning also creates demand for advanced classes (fine arts and non-fine arts), which Lamar currently provides through its majors.
Fine Arts Academy Accelerated Curriculum Design
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11. Fine Arts Academy Majors
Band
Orchestra
Choral Music
Classical Guitar
Dance
Visual Arts
Theater Arts
Digital Arts & Media
(Piano is not a major)
Fine Arts Academy Majors
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12. FAA Student Breakdown 7% Economically Disadvantaged
3% African American
22% Hispanic
2% Other Race
3.5% Two or More Races
70% White
3.5% SPED
10% 504
0.3% LEP
67% Female
FAA Student Breakdown
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13. FINE ARTS ACADEMY BREAKDOWN
387 or 34% of the 1,131 students will be in the fine arts academy (104 of the 210 transfers from outside the Lamar zone will be first-year transfers)
-96 Visual Arts majors
-30 Band majors
-39 Choir majors
-21 Classical Guitar majors
-60 Dance majors
-54 Digital Arts & Media majors
-31 Orchestra majors
-56 Theatre majors
FINE ARTS ACADEMY BREAKDOWN
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14. Fine Arts Academy McCallum Visual Arts Courses Lamar
- Drawing/Painting - Jewelry/Fibers - Ceramics - Print making - Screen Printing - 2D/3D Design - Sculpture - AP Art History
Fine Arts Academy
- Year-long Art 6 - Year-long Art 7 - Art I – this is a high school credit course that allows you to take any of the McCallum art courses in 9th grade
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15. Lamar Visual Arts Program experiences
Drawing
Painting
Ceramics
Print-making
Screen Printing
2D/3D Design
Sculpture
Found Art
Art History
Lamar Visual Arts Program experiences
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16. Fine Arts Academy McCallum Music Lamar Music
Wind Ensemble Symphonic Band Concert Band Full orchestra Jazz Band 6 Choirs 2 Orchestras Musical Theatre Classical Guitar Piano Music Theory Steel Drums
Lamar Music
Fine Arts Academy
Wind Ensemble Symphonic Band Beginning Band Full Orchestra Jazz Factory 5 Choirs Musical Theatre 2 Orchestras Chamber Music Fiddle Classical Guitar Piano Music Theory
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17. Fine Arts Academy McCallum Theatre Lamar Theatre
Accelerated Theatre and Tech Theatre Theatre and Tech Theatre Advanced Theatre and Tech Theatre Musical Theatre Theatre Production
Beginning Theatre – Performance Beginning Theatre – Technical Intermediate Theatre Advanced Theatre Musical Theatre Spotlight (Advanced & Majors, only)
Fine Arts Academy
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18. Fine Arts Academy McCallum Dance Lamar Dance
Dance for PE credit Beginner Dance Contemporary Dance Dance Majors
All Lamar dance classes are year-long and for P.E. credit
Beginner Dance
Intermediate Dance
Advanced Dance
Company Dance
Ballet
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19. Audio Visual Production
Lamar Digital Arts & Media
(option 1)
Audio Visual Production
McCallum Digital Arts & Media
Digital Photography 2,3,4
Animation
Audio/Video Production I
Advanced Audio/Video Production II
Practicum in Audio/Video Production
Practicum in Audio/Video Production II
6th – Digital Photography 7th – Intro to Media/Animation I 8th – Media/Animation II w/ Film Theory
Digital Arts & Media
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20. Digital Arts & Media Lamar Digital Arts & Media (option 2)
Digital Photography
McCallum Digital Arts & Media
Digital Photography 2,3,4
Animation
Audio/Video Production I
Advanced Audio/Video Production II
Practicum in Audio/Video Production
Practicum in Audio/Video Production II
6th – Digital Photography 7th – Digital Photography: Digitally Created (sem) & Digital Photography: Camera and Equipment (sem) 8th – Intro to Media/Animation I
Digital Arts & Media
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21. Languages Other Than English (LOTE)
Lamar
LOTE
McCallum
LOTE
French I, II Spanish I, II DL Spanish I, II, IV Japanese I, II Mandarin I, II, III ( )
French I, II, III, IV Spanish I, II, III, IV, V Japanese I, II, III, IV Latin I, II, III, IV
Languages Other Than English (LOTE)
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22. Career & Technical Education
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23. CTE @ Lamar Project Lead The Way - Engineering Strand
Students may begin strand in 6th grade by taking the foundational units DM & AR, then take the specialization units ME & ST in grade 7 followed by the high school course IED for one full weighted credit in 8th grade.
Students that begin in 7th grade may double-up on DM&AR and ME&ST then take IED in grade 8.
Lamar
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24. CTE @ Lamar PLTW - Engineering Foundational Units -- Grades 6-8
(yearlong course for a half high school credit)
Design & Modeling (DM)
Students use Autodesk design software to create a virtual image of their designs and produce a portfolio of their innovative solutions
Automation & Robotics (AR)
Students use the VEX Robotics platform to design, build, and program real-world objects as they learn about mechanical systems, energy transfer, machine automation and computer control systems.
DM & AR are foundational units that must be taken before specialization units.
Lamar

25. CTE @ Lamar PLTW -- Engineering Specialization Units -- Grades 6-8
Prerequisite: DMAR
Each course receives a half high school credit
Semester 3 or 4 – Magic of Electrons (ME)
Through hands-on projects, students explore electricity, the behavior and parts of atoms, and sensing devices. They learn basic circuitry design and the impact of electricity around them.
Semester 3 or 4 – Science of Technology (ST)
Students apply the concepts of physics, chemistry, and nanotechnology to STEM activities and projects, including making ice cream, cleaning up an oil spill, and discovering the properties of nano-materials.
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26. CTE @ Lamar PLTW -- Engineering Readiness Unit – Grade 8
Prerequisite: either ME or ST or DMAR
Yearlong – Introduction to Engineering Design
(weighted high school credit)
Students dig deep into the engineering design process, applying math, science, and engineering standards to hands-on projects. They work both individually and in teams to design solutions to a variety of problems using 3D modeling software, and use an engineering notebook to document their work.
Lamar

27. CTE @ Lamar Computer Science
Students begin with PLTW App Creators and Innovators and Makers , then PLTW Computer Science Essentials for high school credit. Students continue with Video Game Design I & II and/or Coding I & II.
*Video Game Design I and II and Coding I and III are not PLTW courses.
Lamar

28. Computer Science App Creators – Fall Semester
Grades 6, 7, 8 Students develop mobile apps as solutions to authentic problems that they have analyzed
Lamar PLTW – Computer Science

29. Computer Science Innovators and Makers – Spring Semester
Grades 6, 7, 8
Centers on physical computing projects that bring programming out of the virtual environment and into the physical world. Throughout the unit, students will design and develop programmed devices along with the code that brings them to life.
Lamar PLTW – Computer Science

30. CTE @ Lamar Computer Science
Computer Science Essentials (CSE) Grades 7, 8 (yearlong course for a high school credit) The second computer science course for students who have never programmed before. Students work in teams to create simple apps for mobile devices using MIT App Inventor. Students explore the impact of computing in society and the application of computing across career paths and build skills and awareness in digital citizenship and cybersecurity. Students model, simulate, and analyze data about themselves and their interests. They also transfer the understanding of programming gained in App Inventor to learn introductory elements of text-based programming in Python® to create strategy games
Lamar Computer Science

31. CTE @ Lamar Computer Science
Video Game Design I
Prerequisite: Photography I, Apps and Innovators, CSE, or Graphic Design
Students will analyze and assess current technologies while designing and creating a video game using text, pictures and digital video.
Grades 7-8
Video Game Design II
(Semester-long)
(prerequisite: Video Game Design I) Grades 7-8
Students will work independently and in teams on video game design projects while continuing to explore current technologies in game design.
Lamar Computer Science

32. CTE @ Lamar Computer Science
Prerequisite: Photography I, Apps and Innovators, CSE, Graphic Design or Teacher approval
Coding I
Grades 7-8
Students continue with Python and Java
(Semester-long)
Coding II
(prerequisite: Coding I) Grades 7-8
Lamar Computer Science

33. CTE @ Lamar Digital Photography I
Other available CTE courses:
Digital Photography I
Digital Photography: Digitally Created Images
Digital Photography: Camera and Equipment
Media and Animation I & II
Graphics Design I & II
Video Game Design I & II
Coding I and II
Keyboarding (high school credit)
Culinary Arts I and II
Fashion Design
Lamar
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34. Other Advanced Electives
Yearbook Ancient Civilizations Medieval Times Living Museum Criminal Law, Court Law and Mock Trial, Competitive Public Speaking Creative Writing I & II Poetry I and II Japanese Fine Arts Literature Through Anime/Manga Forensics Science I & II Environmental Science – F.A.T. (food, air, transportation) & W.E.W. (water, energy, waste)
Other Advanced Electives
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35. High School Credit Courses
Spanish I, II
French I, II
Spanish for Spanish Speakers I, II and AP Spanish IV* ( )
Mandarin I, II, III*
CTE (CSE, DMAR, ME/ST, IED*)
Keyboarding
Health
Algebra I*
Geometry*
Music Theory (guitar or piano)
Art I
High School Credit Courses
* Weighted – 5.0 scale
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36. Athletics Volleyball (7th & 8th) Football (7th & 8th)
Basketball (7th & 8th)
Soccer (7th & 8th)
Track (7th & 8th)
Tennis (7th & 8th)
(Friday Clubs for all grades– Ultimate Frisbee, Archery, Tae Kwon Do ( ) & All above sports except Track)

37. What else makes Lamar the school for me?
Advanced Math
Algebra, Geometry
Scottie Clubs
Athletics
NJHS & Student Council
What else makes Lamar the school for me?
6th Grade
Engineering Club
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AVID
Lockers
Destination Imagination

38. Scottie Clubs (2016-17 Club Offerings – changes every year)
Computer Games * Homework Club * Homework Club for Sailors * Henna * Make Lamar A Better Place * Netflix for Kids * Glee * Salon * Archery * Super Hero * Jam Session * Reading Club * Pinterest * Virtual Reality * Meme * Harry Potter * Ultimate Frisbee * Algebra and Geometry Tutoring Club * Sculpture and Art * Mine Craft * Pokemon * Sign Language * Girls Camping and Hiking * Magicmons * Doodle Club * Girls Intramural Sports * Boys Intramural Sports * Comic book Club * YouTube for Kids * Star Wars * Digital Media Workshop * The Sports Club * Scratch Coding * Garden Club * Anime-Manga * Cheer Club * Downtown Abby * History of Rock * Novel Writing * Crochet and Knitting * Architecture * Board Games
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