Bear Necessities about
Becoming a Grizzly
• “Embracing Opportunities”
• The Five “A’s” of Piney Grove
• A Day in the Life of a Grizzly
• Daily Schedules, Homeroom, Literacy and LST
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Grading, Re-learn and Recovery, Advanced Studies Courses
• Communication – Get Connected!
“Embracing Opportunities”
• The Five “A’s” at Piney Grove Middle School
• Academics
• Arts
• Activities
• Athletics
• Altruistic Endeavors
Green Day
• Typical Day
• Start in Grizzly Time
(aka Homeroom)
• Seven 50 minute
periods
Gold Day
• Start in First Period
• LST (Learning Support
Time) after Second
Period
• “The Gift of Time” for
Personalized Learning
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Daily Homeroom
School-wide Announcements
Character Education Lessons
Short Time for Remediation & “Work on the Work”
Silent Reading
Homework Completion
Study Time
6th Grade Literacy
Literacy comes in several forms
• Gifted Literacy
• On-Level
• Supportive
Daily opportunity for
Personalized Learning
based on academic needs
of students
Connections Schedules
• The purpose of assessment is to measure the
level of a student’s mastery of the content.
• Teachers re-teach before and after school (“office
hours” posted, LST, Literacy).
• Teachers give students opportunities to “re-learn”
through tutoring sessions, on-line activities (via
itslearning), take-home packets, etc.
• Students have the opportunity to re-assess after
participating in a re-teach and re-learn session.
• Offered to PGMS students as an opportunity for
students to complete missing work, take
assessments or participate in re-assessment.
• Students may also be “invited” by a teacher to
attend. Teachers give students a pass to Grizzly
Academy for parent signature.
• Students return signed pass to teacher.
• Advanced classes are open to all students at Piney
Grove
• 6th Graders may take up to two advanced classes
• Options include ELA, Math and Social Studies
• 7th graders may take up to three advanced classes
• 8th graders may take up to four advanced classes
• Accelerated Math counts as an advanced section
• Students must register for advanced classes!
• No student will be automatically placed in any advanced
classes.
• For more information, please visit the Piney Grove
website.
• Copies of Readiness Guide, PowerPoint Presentations and
Registration Forms.
• All Forms are due by May, 13th 2016 by 6:00pm.
• Also, feel free to email Assistant Principal, Ross
Wason if you have any additional questions about
Advanced Studies at Piney Grove
[email protected].
• Students may register for Band, Chorus, or Drama
• All other connections classes (art, PE, technology, etc. are
randomly assigned).
• Band and Chorus are year-long classes.
• Drama is a semester-long class.
• Follow link from PGMS homepage to sign up for
Band, Chorus, or Drama.
• The registration page will be available until May 13th
• Over 25 clubs at Piney Grove this year!
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Intramural Sports
VEX Robotics
Academic Bowl
Fantasy Football
Book Club
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
And many, many more! (check out the club brochure on our
webpage and in the fall when you return to school).
• Attend games to support our Grizzlies!
• Football
• Basketball
• Track
• Intramural Sports Options…
Get Connected!
• For the most information about what’s going on at
Piney Grove, be sure to check out…
• PGMS Website
• PGMS Facebook and Twitter Feeds
• Grizzly Gazette and Grade-level eNewsletters
• Itslearning (Instructional Resources)
• Parent Portal (Assessment Information)
• Teacher contacts (Phone, Email)