Welcome to Churchill’s
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IB Parent Information Night
Tonight’s Plan
• Introductions
• Short introduction to Churchill
• Explanation of IB
• Q&A session
Our goal for tonight is to help you
make an informed and appropriate
decision for you, your child, and your
family.
Our 4 R’s
The Churchill Staff and Administration are committed to
our 4Rs – (see handout):
● Rigor - Churchill is committed to creating and
maintaining an academic environment that
challenges all students.
● Relevancy - Churchill is committed to creating and
maintaining an academic program that is timely
and relevant.
● Relationships - Churchill is committed to creating
and maintaining an exceptional social
environment for all students.
● Results - Churchill is committed to measurable
educational improvements.
School-wide areas of interest
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Website
The best middle school CAASPP scores in district
Online grades
Electives, clubs and after school sports
Excellent PTO and IB Booster Club
• Facilities:
• Wireless site, multiple macbook and chromebook
mobile labs, iPad and iPod mobile labs, Plasma TVs
• To learn more visit us at
www.sanjuan.edu/Churchill
www.GreatSchools.net
Student Activities
Academic Clubs/Competitions
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Science Olympiad
Math Contest Team
History Bee
Spelling Bee
Quiz Bowl
Student Activities
Academic Clubs/Competitions
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Multiple Band Competitions
Science Bowl
Speech & Debate Team
History Day
FBLA
After School Activities
Athletics
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Flag Football
Girls Volleyball
Basketball
Wrestling
Track and Field
After School Activities
Bridges After School Program
– Academic and social enrichment in a safe and
positive environment
After School Activities
Evening Activities
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Dances
Skate Nights
Movie Nights
Carnival
Sports-A-Rama
Activities (continued)
Lunch Time and After School Activities
– Intramural Games
– Library open
– Computer Lab
– Recycling Team
– Student Recognition Events
– Dance Committees
– Student Government Activities
– Jazz Combo
– Yearbook Club
Middle Years Programme (MYP)
Ages 11-16 • Five Year Programme
International framework for academic challenge and life skills
International Baccalaureate: North America & Caribbean
475 Riverside Drive, Ste. 240 • New York, NY 10115
IB Mission Statement
High quality international education for a better world
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring,
knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create
a better and more peaceful world through intercultural
understanding and respect.
To this end the organization works with schools, governments
and international organizations to develop challenging
programs of international education and rigorous
assessment.
These programs encourage students across the world to
become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who
understand that other people, with their differences, can also
be right.
Committed to International
Education
The IB does not own or manage any schools. Instead, the IBO works
with schools that share the commitment to international education.
These schools:
– play an active and supporting role in the
worldwide community of IB schools
– share their knowledge and experience in the
development of the IB programs
– are committed to the professional
development of teachers and administrators
Number of MYP Schools
IB Africa, Europe
& the Middle East
IB North America
700
170
IB Asia Pacific
140
IB Latin America
75
The global contexts provide the main focus for developing the
connections between the disciplines, so that students will learn
to see knowledge as an interrelated, coherent whole. They are
embedded in the subjects and developed naturally through
them.
IB Grades
The following grades/ marks are reported
home:
- Traditional Letter Grades
A, B, C…
- Citizenship Grades
U, S, NI…
- IB Grades
1-7
IB Program’s Educational Mission
All IB Programs share these common
elements:
– Have a strong international dimension
– Draw on content from educational cultures around the world
– Require study across a broad range of subjects
– Include both individual subjects and interdisciplinary areas
– Give special emphasis to learning languages
– Focus on developing the skills of learning
– Provide opportunities for individual and collaborative
planning and research
– Encourage students to become responsible members of their
community
MYP Subject Areas
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Language and Literature
Mathematics
Individuals and Societies
Sciences
Physical and Health Education
Language Acquisition
Arts
Design
MYP Typical Schedule
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6 grade
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Individuals & Societies
Language & Literature
Sciences
Mathematics
Language Acquisition
• (rotating wheel – 18 weeks long)
• Spanish, Chinese, French
– Physical Education/ Elective
• rotating schedule
• elective choices: art, band...
Note: All 6th grade IB students have a
10-hour Community Service requirement.
MYP Typical Schedule
7th Grade
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Individuals & Societies
Language & Literature
Sciences
Mathematics
Language Acquisition: (year long)
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• Spanish, Chinese, and French
Physical Education and Elective on rotating
schedule
Note: All 7th grade IB students have 15-hour
Community Service requirement.
MYP Typical Schedule
8th Grade
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Individuals & Societies
Language & Literature
Sciences
Mathematics
Language Acquisition: (year long)
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• Spanish, Chinese, and French
Physical Education and Elective on rotating schedule
Note: All 8th grade IB students have a 15-hour
Community Service requirement.
IBMYP Enrollment at Winston
Churchill
6th Grade Current Enrollment Capacity
– 185 students = 6 sections
7th Grade Current Enrollment Capacity
– 215 students = 7 sections as needed
8th Grade Current Enrollment Capacity
– 215 students = 7 sections as needed
Language and Literature- English
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Year 1 (6 grade)
● Standards Based/ Common Core
● Writing Workshop
● Writing Genres covered: Narrative, Persuasive,
Literary Analysis
● Comprehension of Informational Material
● Grammar, Sentence Structure, Spelling &
Vocabulary Development
● Novels: Where the Red Fern Grows, The
Hound of the Baskervilles, Father’s Arcane
Daughter, The Adventures of Ulysses
● Poetry Memorization and Analysis
Language and Literature th
English Year 2 (7 grade)
● Standards Based
● Writing Workshop, Disciplinary Literacy
● Writing Genres covered: Literary Analysis,
Narrative, Expository, Summary
● Comprehension of Informational Material
● Vocabulary: Latin and Greek Word Roots
● Novels: The Giver, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Animal Farm, The Other Side of Truth,
A Christmas Carol, The Outsiders, Goodnight
Mr. Tom, Touching Spirit Bear
● Listening and Speaking Strategies
Language and Literature- English
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Year 3 (8 grade)
➢ Standards Based
➢ Writing Workshop, Disciplinary Literacy, Analytical
Writing, Response to Literature
➢ Novels: To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, The
Diary of Anne Frank, Up From Slavery and A Long
Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier, The
Adventure of Tom Sawyer, Call of the Wild, The
Pearl, I Have Lived a Thousand Years
➢ Comprehension of Informational Material
➢ Public Speaking: Speeches, Poems, Dramatic
Soliloquies
Individuals and Societies
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Year 1 (6 grade)
● Archaeology
● Hominids
● What Makes a Civilization?
● Mesopotamia
● Ancient Egypt
● Ancient Hebrews (Judaism)
● Ancient India (Hinduism, Buddhism)
● Ancient China
● Ancient Greece
● Ancient Rome (Christianity)
Individuals and Societies
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Year 2 (7 grade)
• Standards Based
• 500 B.C.E. - 1700
C.E.
• Fall of Rome
• The Rise of Islam
• Medieval Europe
• Kingdoms of West
Africa
• Byzantine Empire
• Medieval Japan
• Imperial China
• Civilizations of the
Americas
• The Renaissance
and Reformation
• The Enlightenment
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Individuals and Societies
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Year 3 (8 grade)
Standards Based
American Revolution
The Constitution
Political Developments in the Early Republic
Age of Jackson
Manifest Destiny and Westward Movement
Era of Reform
The Civil War
Reconstruction
The Gilded Age
World War I
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Sciences Year 1 (6 Grade)
Earth Science
• Geology
• Ecology
• Weather
• Water
• Plate Tectonics
• Sustainability
• Natural Resources
• NGSS
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Sciences Year 2 (7 grade)
Biological Science
● Standards Based
● Scientific Method/Investigation
● Cell Biology
● Genetics
● Evolution
● Comparative Anatomy
● Light and Sound as time allows
● NGSS
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Sciences Year 3 (8 grade)
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Physical Science
Standards Based/ NGSS
Scientific Method/Investigation
Physics including:
– Forces and Motion
– Work and Energy
– Atomic Theory
– Wave Dynamics
• Chemistry including:
– Periodic Table
– Chemical Reactions
– Organic and Inorganic
• Astronomy
Mathematics
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Number Sense and Operations
Patterns, Functions and Graphs
Geometry, Measurement and Spatial Sense
Data, Statistics and Probability
Mathematical Communication and Connections
Mathematical Tools and Technology
Common Core
Mathematics
● We offer several levels of math from grade level
courses up to advanced high school courses.
● ALL incoming students will take a math placement test
● Students are placed into math classes using multiple
data points.
Language Acquisition
● District Adopted Curriculum
• Focus on speaking, listening, writing and reading
• 6th Grade
– 12-Week Rotation of 3 World Languages
• 7th Grade
– Spanish 1 / French 1 / Chinese 1
– High School Level Course
– Must meet district requirements to move to level 2
• 8th Grade
– Spanish 2 / French 2 / Chinese 2
– High School Level Course
– The students who successfully complete levels 1 and
2 at Churchill may start at level 3 in high school.
ELECTIVES
6th Grade:
– Band/ Choir
– Art
7th Grade:
– Drama
– Band
– Student Government
– Advanced Art
– Choir
8th Grade:
– Technology
– Band/ Choir
– BTV
– Student Government
– Advanced Art
***Elective classes rotate with PE, some weekly, some quarterly
Physical and Health Education
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Standards Based
Fitness Concepts for Life
Movement Skills and Movement Knowledge
Self-Image and Personal Development
Social Development
FITNESSGRAM Testing
6th Grade: Emphasis on Skills
7th Grade: Emphasis on Individual/Dual Sports
8th Grade: Emphasis on Team Sports/Strategies
Need more info?
• Site Visitation Days
– November 7th and 9th
– Best time is to arrive by 8:15am.
– Plan on staying about an hour.
– Student tour guides.
• Visit us at www.sanjuan.edu/Churchill
• SJUSD open enrollment info @ www.sanjuan.edu
– Under the Academics Tab and then Accelerated
Programs
• Open House
– May 4th, 2017, 6:30 PM
Important Dates
● Nov. 7th & 9th: IB Visitation Days @
Churchill
• January 13th: Commitment Letter due at
the District Office
• November 13th: Online Application deadline
for students not currently enrolled in SJUSD
• Early Feb 2016: Acceptance Letters mailed
• Dec.5th – Jan. 20th: Open Enrollment
• Early February - Notification of Placement
Status
Questions and Answers?
• Feel free to contact us at:
– 971-7324
– [email protected], Principal
– [email protected], IB Coordinator
– [email protected], Accelerated
Programs, SJUSD
– mmagliola@san juan.edu, Vice Principal
Thank you
And
Have a Good Evening