1. Allen Cosentino, Principal Kim Hess, Assistant Principal
Meet Our Staff
Allen Cosentino, Principal
Kim Hess, Assistant Principal
Angie Szalecki, 6th grade School Counselor
Elaine Mezeivtch, 6th grade Team Leader
Susan Mako, GT Resource Teacher

2. MVMS 6th grade Team (Ms. Mezeivtch, Ms. Pusey, Ms. Cutsail, Ms. Nam, Mr. Jennifer, Mr. Klingler, Mr. Grabau, and Mr. Lewis)

3. MVMS Related Arts Team (Mr. Sindler, Ms Pearce, Ms. Parson, Ms
MVMS Related Arts Team (Mr. Sindler, Ms Pearce, Ms. Parson, Ms. Bateman, Ms. Ludlow)

4. Preparing Students for the Future
Middle school is a defining point for students in the college and career readiness process.
Source: The Forgotten Middle: Ensuring that All Students Are On Target For College and Career Readiness Before High School, ACT, 2008.

5. College and Career Readiness
Life and Career Skills
Learning and Innovation Skills
Information Media and Technology Skills
Academic Behaviors
21st Century Skills
High School Readiness
College and Career Readiness
What Knowledge and Skills will students need in the 21st Century?

6. Academics
The level of academic achievement that students attain by eighth grade has a larger impact on their college and career readiness than anything that happens academically in high school.
Source: The Forgotten Middle: Ensuring that All Students Are On Target For College and Career Readiness Before High School

7. All students are enrolled in seven 50-minute classes every day.
The Middle School Schedule
All students are enrolled in seven 50-minute classes every day.

8. English Mathematics Science Social Studies
All students receive daily instruction aligned to Maryland’s College and Career-Ready Standards in:
English
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
English, mathematics, science, and social studies.

9. In addition, Maryland regulations require
all students take:
Health Education
Physical Education
Fine Arts (Music and/or Visual Arts)
In addition Maryland regulations require all students to take Health Education (a quarter long course, typically scheduled every other day for a semester), Physical Education (typically scheduled every other day for the entire year), and a Fine Arts (Art and/or Music) course every year.

10. Music Performance Ensemble Options
Band – Chorus – Orchestra
Year-long classes
Includes a daily large ensemble rehearsal and a weekly small sectional that are scheduled on a rotational basis
Ensembles are ability-based.
Music teachers will be in contact with elementary programs to schedule meetings and auditions.
Please add a note/comment if your school is offering year long art/general music options for 7th and 8th graders.

11. Additional Course Options
Family and Consumer Science
Technology Education
Reading and/or Math Intervention
SCHEDULING NOTES:
Almost all six graders will take the Innovation and Inquiry Careers Module which will meet the COMAR careers requirement and review critical reading skills.
Students must take Family and Consumer Science in grades 7 or 8 in order to meet the COMAR financial literacy requirements.
Selecting both Music Performance and World Language will limit a student’s ability to have access to the other related arts (Art, Family and Consumer Science, General Music, and Technology Education).
Innovation & Inquiry Reading Modules
GT Research

12. Finding the Right Balance Between …
- Course Placements
- Rigor
- Personal Interests
- Student Success

13. Academic Behavior

14. The earlier a student develops important academically related behaviors, the more likely these behaviors are to become a habit.
Source: The Forgotten Middle: Ensuring that All Students Are On Target For College and Career Readiness Before High School, ACT, 2008.

15. Supporting Academic Behaviors
At our school, staff and students:
Start with the goal in mind
Do what they do best, every day
Celebrate effort and achievement
Engage in positive experiences each school day
Create excitement for the future.

17. Supporting Your Child’s Development Of Positive Academic Behaviors:
Ensure that your child has the materials and place to study at home.
Set a regular time for homework.
Encourage your child to be responsible for chores and homework.
Provide your child with a range of experiences to allow him/her to identify areas of strength.
Talk to your child about school.
Tips For Parents

18. 6th grade/new student orientation
Important Dates
Date
Activity
5/21/2019
Fifth Graders Visit
8/2019
6th grade/new student orientation
10/2019
Outdoor Education
Please add any important dates.