Welcome to Saco Middle School!

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Welcome to Team Bradbury!

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Mrs. Ashe- Science Mr. Ledbetter- Social Studies Mrs. Mains- ELA Mr. Tatro- Math

Other important team members:

Mrs. Provencher- Guidance Mrs. Neumann- specialized instruction Mrs. McNaughton- GT programming

Team Approach… What is a Team?

A group of teachers with the same group of students

Four teachers, teaching the core curriculum of Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts

Teams facilitate a strong connection with students

Designations of Baxter, Bradbury, or Casco have nothing to do with ability grouping. All teams have a diverse array of learners.

People to know at SMS

Ms. Soucy, principal

Mr. Edgar, assistant principal

Office staff: Ms. Bearden, Mrs. Cronin, Ms. Dagraca, & Ms. Foran

Mrs. Holmes, Nurse

Mrs. Wirth, librarian

6th grade curriculum at a glance

Unified Arts (UA) Class Options- 6th graders will be assigned to a selection of these classes throughout the year.

Wellness

Health

Physical Education

Music

Band/Orchestra

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Art

Coding

World Language: Spanish & French

STEM

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6th Grade Daily Schedule-

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• Monday, Wednesday, Friday: ‘A day’ schedule

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• Tuesday and Thursday: ‘C day’ schedule

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• Wednesday: shortened A day schedule with dismissal at 2:00.

Daily 6th Grade Schedule

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Advisory

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• The purpose of Advisory is to build a positive one on one relationship with a staff member, and a group of peers to work with.

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• Your advisor is your ‘Go To’ person at SMS.

Grading Practices: Summatives, Interims, Formatives

• 60% Summative Assessments

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• 30% Interim Assessments

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• 10% Formatives/homework/classwork

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SMS Grading Scale

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Homework Policy

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Homework is meant to be time for students to work on assessments, projects, or to finish classwork.

It allows for students to practice skills.

We will never assign busy-work!

Students must read for 30 minutes 5x/week

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Habits of Work and Learning (HoWL)

Teachers will report out on Habits of Work and Learning at least twice a quarter.

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• Academic Responsibility 1, 2, 3, 4
• Preparation for class
• Being a responsible learner

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• Social Responsibility 1, 2, 3, 4
• Being a respectful community member

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High Honors: all A’s and a “HoWL” score of 3 or better in all classes.

Honors: all B’s or better, and a “HoWL” score of 3 or better in all classes.

Extracurriculars: To participate, a student must maintain an average “HoWL” of 2.5

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Habits of Work and Learning Rubric

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SMS Core Values/HoWLs

• Respectful
• Responsible
• Welcoming

When students demonstrate core values- students earn tickets towards prize drawings.

What happens if we aren’t demonstrating SMS Core Values?

Step 1: Verbal Reminder

Step 2: Reflection card

Step 3: Parent phone call/email and reflection form/ after school reflection

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Technology

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• Any technology issues: email your student’s teacher
• These devices are for school purposes only
• Please monitor home usage
• Don’t let kids bring devices to bed!
• Students will be coming home to teach you how to use programs!

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Technology Behavioral Matrix

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Communication

The key to success for parents, students, and teachers!

We encourage students to self-advocate and come see their teachers

Student Planners/Team Website (Check Nightly!)

Team Website : Search SMS Bradbury Place https://sites.google.com/sacoschools.org/sacomiddleschoolbradbury/home

School Website : http://middle.sacoschools.org/

Email (teacher emails are found on Team Website)

Powerschool Parent Portal

Google Classroom will be used to post assignments

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Powerschool Parent Portal

Provides access to your child’s grades

View your child’s average to date

View your child’s grade on individual assignments

Determine if your child is behind on assignments

If it’s blue, click on it

Link is here

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Student Planners

Team Website : https://sites.google.com/sacoschools.org/sacomiddleschoolbradbury/home

School Website : http://middle.sacoschools.org/

Email (teacher emails are found on Team Website)

Powerschool Parent Portal

Google Classroom

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Google Classroom

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• A way to share assignments with students and parents
• Assignments here are digital and housed in Google Drive, no lost papers!
• Assignments sync to Google Calendar
• Quick feedback for students
• Tutorial video HERE

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First Day of School

• 6th grade advisors will be lined up outside the front door to meet our advisees. Look for a sign with your advisor’s name. We will walk to our advisory room together.

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• Be sure your student knows how they are getting home (bus #, pickup, etc) : dismissal starts at 3:00.

What to bring to school each day...

• Charged computer and earbuds
• Water bottle
• Snack
• School supplies (see Team supply list here)
• Book for silent reading
• Breakfast and lunch will be provided at no cost

Fundraisers- we need you!

Scan receipts for Box Tops for Education! Get the app (app store or Google Play) and start scanning receipts now.

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Please join our PTO. Our PTO spearheads the majority of our fundraising efforts to benefit multiple programs at SMS. Check out the link on the SMS webpage, or find them on Facebook

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We are very much looking forward to getting to know your children and working together to have a successful and fun 6th grade year!