1. Back To School Night
2018 – 2019 School Year

3. How to Help
Room Parent
PTO

4. Parent Service Hours You must submit them in the front office
Two due dates per year
Make sure they have your name and are signed by the supervisor

5. Contacting Teachers
Teachers are unable to meet with parents at pick up time as their attention should be on the safety of the children. Please wait until 3:05 pm to meet with teachers or set up appointment.
School Phone Number: (661)
School Website: olphsc.org/classes/seventh-grade
*Note: I spend most of the time I am on campus with the students. As such, I will not be able to respond to a message immediately. I will respond as soon as possible.

6. Read the Parent Handbook
It is Online
Changes and updated every year
Look At
Uniform
Student Phones
Pick Up Policy and Kids Care Time

7. Gradelink Gradelink keeps parents, children, and teacher informed
Check regularly
Set up to you for incompletes and low grades

8. GRADELINK Parent Passwords Are Passed Out Tonight
Please have your student check weekly
Can set system to you if a grade below a certain percent is entered
If there is a problem, please have the student discuss it with the teacher outside of instruction time

9. Read Syllabus Expectations Supplies Homework Policy Absent Policy
Standards – Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards
Topics of Math Course

10. Courses Advanced II Life Science Cells, Parts, and Functions
Covers 1.5 years of standards
Half of 7th grade & all 8th grade
Syllabus has topics
Textbook online
Will skip around the textbook
Cells, Parts, and Functions
Cellular Reproduction
Modeling of topics

11. Math Curriculum and Standards
If you are absent 1 day, it is really 1.5 days of a traditional program.
Students must make up all classwork, notes, and homework if absent

12. Homework Policy
Homework reinforces what has been taught in class and prepares students for upcoming lessons.
Additionally, helps students develop self- discipline, responsibility, and organizational skills.
Success in learning like anything else requires practice for mastery.
Have students review work, read, math facts, and write

13. MobyMax Homework and classwork assigned
Fact Fluency
Math Topics
Science
PowerPoint on how to use and access information on school website ( grade/classroom-support)

14. Grades Students will be graded on the following types of assignments:
Classwork (4 – 15 pts)
Homework (5 – 15 pts)
Notes (2 – 10 pts)
Tests / Projects (50 pts)
Labs / STEM (25 pts)
100% A – 93.5 A 93.4 – 89.5 A – 86.5 B – 82.5 B 82.4 – 79.5 B – 76.5 C – 72.5 C 72.4 – 69.5 C – 66.5 D – 62.5 D 62.4 – 59.5 D & below F

15. Late / Missing Work
ABSENT Work (Absent: not in classroom during class time; regardless of reason)
Student’s responsibility to gather missing work and see teacher if they need assistance (not during instruction time)
Pick up worksheets in the “Absent” drawer for their grade
Students have the number of days they were absent to turn in any assigned while they were gone
Turn into the math or science drawer – write “ABSENT” at top of paper
Any assignment that is due on the day a student is absent, is still due. Thus if not turned in, then late work rules apply
LATE Work
Students have a week after the due date to turn in any assignment
Submit in the appropriate drawer (math or science) for their grade
The assignment will have 10% of their score deducted.

16. Extra Support Google Sites Office Hours Thursday 3:05 – 3:45 pm
Student Contact Teacher for other times
7th Grade Math:  om/view/olph-7th-grade- math/home
7th Grade Science:  e.com/view/olph-7th-grade- life-science/7th-grade-life- science

17. Raising their Test Scores
Retake Test
Study
Set up time with Mrs. Arroyo to retake test
After school
Before school
New version of the test
Higher of the two grades go in the gradebook
Test Corrections
Write each questions
Correctly answer the question
Show all work
Attach behind the test
Receives 50% of the points back for each right correction
*see school website for detailed directions

18. Responsibility Focus for the children to learn to be responsible
THEY bring supplies, problem solve when they forget something, be prepared
It is okay to not be perfect all the time
Parents, take a step back from the classroom
Give chores
Check gradelink with your student
Check agenda with your student

19. “Giving Tree”
If you would like to help support any of the middle school labs or STEMs, take an apple.
All the items are inexpensive
Thank you for your continuing support

20. Standardized Testing (STAR)
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is using Renaissance Learning STAR testing in Reading and Math
Done on the computer
System will adjust test questions based on student response
The students will take the STAR reading and math tests four times a year.
The first testing window is Now

21. Uniform Changes No shirts under polos
Hair accessories must be school colors only and not distracting. No unicorn horns, puffy headbands, large bows, etc.
Dress Code Violation Steps:
1st Infraction: Verbal Warning
2nd infraction: Written Warning (parent signature required)
3rd and subsequent infraction: sit out during Recess
Excessive infractions may result in school suspension

22. Phones Must be off on campus
No use during class, recess, lunch, or during pick up line
Do not call or text with your child during the school day

23. Pick Up Wait with teacher in designated area
Must let teacher know they are leaving
Younger siblings will not be released to older siblings, only to parents/guardians
Children will be sent to Kids Care at 3:05 pm and 12:45 pm on half - days