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Welcome Future Grizzlies!

Junior High Transition

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Junior High Culture

  • Grades
    • Grades are a big deal in school, and super important to keep track of
    • Grades determine your eligibility for sports and school activities, you need to have a 2.0 and no more than 1 F to be eligible.
      • What would this look like?
        • Passing all of you classes with C’s or better
  • Homework
    • There is not a lot of homework. In most of your classes, you get homework by not completing all of your classwork during the school day.
  • Breaks and Lunch
    • You get a nutrition break in the morning.
    • You get a 30 minute lunch after your 3rd period.
      • Junior High students have their lunch on the lower campus.
      • All breaks are separate from the High School schedule.
  • Have Fun!
    • Get involved: join sports, clubs, and participate in school events
    • Encourage and lift each other up
  • Start thinking about your future
    • Who and what do you want to be?
    • Do you want to go to college? Do you want to go straight into a career?
    • Think about all of the exciting possibilities!

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Junior High Classes

  • Classes
    • You will have 5 classes every day.
    • You will have English, Math, and PE all year.
    • Your History and Science classes will be for only 1 semester; fall or the spring, example:
      • If you have science in the fall, you will have history in the spring.
  • Your 5th class is called the Wheel.
    • The Wheel class is your elective class. This year we had Art, Shop, 3D Printing, and Music.
    • You will rotate through the classes four times per year.
    • If you are in AVID, it is a semester long class and is either in the Fall or Spring; you will rotate through the Wheel twice when you are not in AVID.

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7-8 Bell Schedule

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Tuesday

Start 7:50

End 2:40

Minutes

Period 1

7:50

8:48

58

Nutrition

8:48

8:53

5

Period 2

8:58

9:56

58

Grizz Bizz

10:01

10:40

39

Period 3

10:45

11:43

58

Lunch

11:43

12:13

30

Period 4

12:18

1:16

58

Period 5

1:21

2:40

79

Bell Schedule Example

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Student Activities/Clubs

  • ASB Leadership*
  • Drama*
  • Band*
  • Choir*
  • Journalism*
  • Yearbook*
  • Anime’ Club
  • CSF (9-12)
  • Golden Sierra Anglers Fishing Club (7-12)

* = Co-Curricular Program

  • AVID Club
  • Art Club
  • GSA Club
  • Environmental Club
  • Forestry Challenge
  • Watershed Education Summit
  • Key Club
  • Engineering Club
  • Builders Club
  • Chess Club
  • Snow/Ski Club
  • Movie Club

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Golden Sierra Athletics

High School Sports

    • Football
    • Cross Country
    • Boys and Girls Soccer
    • Boys and Girls Volleyball
    • Boys and Girls Basketball
    • Boys and Girls Wrestling
    • Track and Field
    • Golf
    • Tennis
    • Baseball
    • Softball
    • Swimming

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Junior High Sports

    • Cross Country
    • Boys and Girls Volleyball
    • Boys and Girls Basketball
    • Boys and Girls Wrestling
    • Track and Field
    • Boys and Girls Soccer

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Recent Championships

2021-22 All-League Recipients

  • 102 Academic All- League
    • Varsity athletes with a 3.5+ GPA
  • 29 All League Honorable Mentions
  • 6 Sierra Delta League- MVP’S
    • Voted by all the coaches in the league

Championships (1981-2022)

  • 98 League Titles
  • 11 Section Titles
  • 3 State Runner Up Titles
  • 3 State Titles

*** 126 total All League MVP’s

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School/Student/Parent Relationship

  • Parent Norms

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    • Encourage and support your student, encourage them to take their responsibility
    • Begin talking about life after high school (college/career)
    • Encourage your student to stay on track and to make forward progress
      • Have them check their grades weekly

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  • Students Role

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    • Start thinking about your future now – college and career choices
    • Start keeping a calendar and develop some organizational skills
    • Pay attention to deadlines
    • Create and maintain good relationships with your teachers

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Understand that things may get challenging –

this is a rigorous path!

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Communication and Staying Connected

  • Website, Teacher Web Pages, and Google Classroom
    • Aeries Online Grade Reporting
    • Regularly check the school website
    • Regularly check your email
  • Parent Link
    • Updated phone numbers (landline AND cell) and email.
  • LiveSchool
    • Follow us on the school website
  • Facebook- Golden Sierra Junior-Senior High School
  • If you have questions - please ask!

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Support Staff

  • Please feel free to contact any of us at anytime for support or questions.
  • Mr. Nicholson- Assistant Principal
    • Email: dnicholson@bomusd.org
    • Helps with disciplinary or administrative issues and other support related needs
  • Mrs. Altavilla- 7-9 School Counselor
    • Email: saltavilla@bomusd.org
    • Helps support your student in anyway on campus: social emotional support,friendship issues, helps with academics, links you with additional supports
  • Bridget Isham- FAST Coordinator
    • bisham@bomusd.org
    • Helps families link families with various supports and services

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