1. Welcome to Open House Lost Mountain Middle School Ms. Carmela Martinez
7th/8th Grade Social Studies

2. What’s in This Year’s Course?
SEVENTH GRADE IS THE SECOND YEAR OF A TWO YEAR WORLD AREA STUDIES COURSE.
We study the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The goal of this two year course is to acquaint middle school students with the world in which they live.
The geography domain includes both physical and human geography. The intent of the geography domain is for students to begin to grasp the importance geography plays in their everyday lives.
The government/civics domain focuses on selected types of government found in the various areas in order to help students begin to understand the variety of governments in the world.
The economics domain builds on the k-5 economics; however, the focus shifts from the united states to how other countries answer the basic questions of economics.
The history domain focuses primarily on significant events in each region from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

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7. Your access is the same as last year.
Synergy is a web-based program that allows both parents and students access to the following:
Grades
Attendance
Schedule
This program also has a mobile app that will allow you to check progress while “on the go”.
If parents do NOT have an access code, please stop by the main office during regular school hours & be prepared to show ID.
Your access is the same as last year.

8. Absence Policy for Homework
What your child should do after an absence:
Refer to Ms. Martinez Blog at
Check the while you were gone bin
Arrange make up for missed assessments.
Ask questions.

9. Grading Policy Homework-5%
Formative Assessments(Quizzes/Classwork)-40%
Summative Assessments(Test & Projects)-55%
No LATE Homework will be accepted
Turning in projects or classwork late: 1day=-15% 2days=30% 3-5 days= 50% after 5 days late work will not be accepted

10. Ongoing Home-School Communication
Reach me
By phone: (1st & 5th period planning) By
To reach you, I will use
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Phone calls
Note sent home

11. How to help me communicate
Share your home and work
Identify the best phone contact number
Monitor your child’s grades regularly
Set up conferences with me, guidance counselors, and others

12. Thanks
Thank you for coming this evening.