Ada Merritt K-8 Center International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme http://adamerritt.dadeschools.net/ http://www.ibo.org 660 SW 3rd Street Miami FL, 33134 Telephone: (305) 326 0791 Fax: (305) 326 0741 School Site Administration Carmen M. Garcia Principal Barbara M. Martin Assistant Principal Jackeline Sanchez-Jimenez Primary Years Programme Coordinator Maud P. Clark Middle Years Programme Coordinator This Student Agenda belongs to: Name: _________________________________________________________ Student ID # ________________________ Grade ______________ Homeroom Teacher: ________________________ Room# _____________ 1 Principal Carmen M. Garcia Assistant Principal Barbara M. Garcia Dear Middle Years Programme Students: Welcome to the 2015-2016 school year at Ada Merritt K-8 Center, a top rated A school in Miami-Dade County Public Schools District, winner of the Magnet Schools of America Award of Distinction, voted once again by the American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese (AOTP) members as Outstanding K-12 school in the United States with a Portuguese Program! Welcome to a fully accredited International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP)! As you enter sixth grade or continue your studies in seventh and eighth grades, you will have the opportunity to receive a world-class education. The IB MYP curriculum emphasizes work habits and methods so that you will progressively gain independence and efficiency in your learning. This agenda is an invaluable tool and will assist you in acquiring the skills necessary to become a lifelong learner. Please review it carefully, highlight it and share its information with your parents, then sign it to acknowledge your understanding of its contents. The MYP is a rigorous program that aims to prepare you for the academic demands that you will face from middle school through college. In order to qualify for the Ada Merritt K-8 Center IB Certificate and pin, at the end of grade 8, you will need to meet the following requirements: - Maintain grade averages of C (2.5) or higher in all subjects and in conduct - Maintain effort grades of 2 or higher - Maintain an online portfolio with work samples from each year of the program and reflections on your progress in the MYP as outlined in the Portfolio Student Checklist - Complete a minimum of 10 hours of service in grades 6 and 7, and 20 in 8th grade, for a total minimum of 40 hours at the end of the Middle Years Programme Complete an Eighth Grade Community Project. By complying with these requirements, you will demonstrate that you have acquired the attributes of an IB Learner and you will be equipped to face the challenges ahead of you. Should you fail to meet those requirements, but meet the minimum Miami-Dade Public School passing requirements, you will receive an Ada Merritt K-8 Center Certificate of Promotion. We wish you a very productive, fulfilling, and exciting school year 2015-2016! Respectfully, Carmen M. Garcia Principal ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------______________________________ ______________________________ _____________________ Student Signature Parent Signature Date 2 MYP SCHEDULE School starts at 8:35 every day and ends at 3:05 (1:50 on Wednesdays). You will follow a block schedule of 4 periods each day: 1, 3, 5, 7 on Odd Days and 2, 4, 6, 8 on Even Days, alternating Art or Music with PE. (period 9 being your alternate period). Subject Teacher Room Study Buddy Phone # Study Buddy Phone # H.R. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9/Alt MYP Schedule Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Time (85 minute periods) Minutes Periods Homeroom 8:35 am – 8:41 am 6 1&2 8:43 am – 10:08 am 85 3&4 10:10 am – 11:35 am 85 11:37 am – 1:38 pm with 5&6 85+30 a 30 minute lunch break 7&8 1:40 pm – 3:05 pm 85 MYP Schedule Wednesday (60 minute periods) Periods Homeroom 1&2 3&4 5&6 7&8 Time Minutes 28 60 60 8:35 am – 9:03 am 9:05 am – 10:05 am 10:07 am – 11:07 am 11:09 am – 12:48 pm with 60+30 a 30 minute lunch break 12:50 pm – 1:50 pm 60 STUDENT WORK PRESENTATION All work handed to your teachers should be written legibly and include the following in the heading: full name, date, class period. Individual teachers may provide additional instructions for work presentation. It is the student’s responsibility to adhere to these requirements. INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMME (MYP) Aesthetics Connections Form Perspective 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. KEY CONCEPTS Change Communication Creativity Culture Global interactions Identity Relationships Time, place and space Communities Development Logic Systems GLOBAL CONTEXTS Identities and relationships Orientation in space and time Personal and cultural expression Scientific and technical innovation Globalization and sustainability Fairness and development IB MYP GRADING SCALE Minimal achievement Very limited achievement for all objectives with support Limited achievement for most objectives with support Good general understanding with occasional evidence of analytic skills Consistent and thorough understanding, usually shows higher level thinking Consistent and thorough understanding, higher level thinking, much originality and insight Consistent and thorough understanding, higher level thinking, originality and insight applied in a wide variety of situations. 3 PEANUT / NUT FREE SCHOOL Ada Merritt K-8 Center is a peanut/nut free school. Please refrain from bringing to school any products containing peanuts or tree nuts. DISCIPLINE It is expected that all students will respect and contribute positively to their learning environment, and practice effective self-management. Upon misbehavior, students will receive a warning. On the second disruption during a class period, they will receive a conduct cut. Each conduct cut will lower the student’s conduct grade for the grading period. Extreme disruptions or repeat offenses will be sanctioned by a detention and/or referral. At all times, students are expected to follow the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Code of Student Conduct guidelines posted on the District’s website, and their individual teachers’ classroom rules. BULLYING Ada Merritt K-8 Center values the principles of the International Baccalaureate Learner Profile. Therefore, bullying, repeatedly using hostile, intimidating, domineering, or threatening behavior (verbal, physical or electronic), with the aim or purpose of physically or mentally hurting another individual, will not be tolerated. Bullying is a violation of the Code of Student Conduct (http://ehandbooks.dadeschools.net/policies/90/index.htm), and will be dealt with by the school’s administrative staff. CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONICS USAGE POLICY Unless otherwise requested by your teacher, the use of items such as iPods, cell phones, mp3 players and other electronic items is NOT PERMITTED during class time. If any such items are used by a student, they will be confiscated. A parent will be required to pick up confiscated devices after school. UNIFORMS Middle School students must adhere to the school’s uniform policy. They may wear the gold, navy or white polo, or the navy and gold block polo shirt with khaki pants, or knee-length shorts or skirts (no more than two inches above the knee). Uniforms must be worn at all times. Students may wear the approved sweatshirt with a school logo or a plain navy sweatshirt with no logo or markings. Hoods and hats may not be worn during class. Undershirts must be the same color as the shirt. Closed-toe shoes are required at all times. Dress code violations will result in disciplinary action after a warning at the first infraction and will be entered in the student’s record. GRADE REPORTING Parents are expected to use the Parent Portal to follow their child’s academic progress. Interim Progress Reports are issued at the midpoint of each quarter. Quarterly report cards are issued at the end of each grading period. Parents, however, are encouraged to request paperless interim and grade reports through their Parent Portal. In addition, IB grades are recorded in Managebac, an online portal providing access to complete IB program information, including curriculum, assignments, and assessment information (assessment criteria, grade descriptors and teacher comments). This additional tool provides parents and students convenient, real-time access to students’ IB MYP experience and academic progress. All students and parents are required to provide an email address in order to open a Managebac account. 4 SERVICE AS ACTION Service as Action is incorporated into the Middle Years Curriculum to encourage students to think of themselves as thoughtful members of the local and global community. Middle grades students are asked to complete a minimum of 10 hours of service in their communities in sixth grade, 10 in seventh grade, and 20 in eighth grade. Service participation is one of the requirements for receiving an Ada Merritt IB Certificate at the end of your 8th grade year. Starting this year, all Service as Action proposals, evaluation, evidence and reflection will be submitted through Managebac, which will allow students and parents to monitor their progress towards meeting this requirement. To achieve your service requirements you may: Participate in the many community service opportunities offered in school at Ada Merritt K-8 Center. Get involved with activities in your community sponsored by non-profit organizations. Proposals for all Service as Action activities must be submitted through Managebac and pre-approved by your service advisor (no approval will be given verbally or for past activities). An orientation to the Managebac system will be presented at the beginning of the school year in homerooms and Design classes. Community Service Do’s and Don’ts Do Work at earning your service hours throughout the year and be prepared for the May 16, 2016 deadline. Seek as many activities as possible to be of service to your school, local community and the world. Seek activities sponsored by non-profit organizations. Submit the required proposal, evaluation and reflection promptly through Managebac. Upload verification documents such as certificates of completion, verification letters, photographs, etc. Watch for announcements on Managebac or on the Service as Action bulletin board regarding service opportunities in and outside of school. Submit the Service as Action supervisor’s evaluation and reflection prior to the end of the quarter in which the activity was completed. For ongoing activities such as school tutoring or teacher assistant, or similar regularly scheduled volunteer work outside of school: Submit an initial proposal through Managebac and receive pre-approval Keep a schedule with accurate records of the dates and hours of your participation Upload this schedule along with supervisor’s evaluation upon completion of the activity Submit your final reflection and any other evidence. Don’t Email proposals, ask for verbal approval, ask for retroactive approval. Submit proposals for activities performed for or under the supervision of family or friends. Have parents complete or submit proposals, evaluations or reflections. Any questions regarding Service as Action should be submitted to your service advisor through Managebac. My Service as Action Adviser is : _______________________________ My email address for Managebac is: _______________________________ My parents’ email address for Managebac is: _______________________________ 5 Portfolio Guidelines 2015-2016 At Ada Merritt K-8 Center, Portfolios serve a dual purpose. They provide you with a medium for selecting work samples that reflect your growth throughout the Middle Years Programme. They also make you an active participant in the evaluation of your progress. Digital portfolios are stored on Managebac. You will select work and reflect on it during assigned times in your subject classes. Then, you will upload this work and reflection to your Managebac Personal Portfolio. The following checklist is a tool to guide you towards the completion of your IB Portfolio at the end of each year. Your homeroom teacher will also evaluate it as a requirement for earning the Ada Merritt K-8 Center International Baccalaureate Certificate in eighth grade. IB Student Portfolio Checklist MYP Year 1 2 3 Student’s Name: 1. Student Information: Managebac profile Approaches to Learning self assessment IB Learner Profile self assessment End of year reflection 2. Work Samples with Reflections Minimum of 6 per year, students are encouraged to include work samples that reflect a range of Global Contexts 3. Extra-Curricular Activities Extra-curricular activity reflection with artifact (1-2 per year) 4. Family Involvement Family involvement activity form with artifact (1-2 per year) 5. Parent Porfolio Reviews (1 per year) As IB learners we strive to be: Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators Principled Open-minded Caring Courageous Balanced Reflective ____________________ The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet help to create a better and more peaceful world. The IB learner profile represents 10 attributes valued by IB World Schools. These attributes, and others like them, help individuals become responsible members of their local and global communities. 6 ATTENDANCE There are probably no factors more important to a student’s progress in school than regular and punctual attendance. Ada Merritt K-8 Center engages students in a rigorous course of study which prepares them for successful post-secondary education. It also requires full participation in the program as well as punctual and assiduous attendance. We would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) Board Rules regarding Student Attendance: Excused absences and tardies: illness or injury, medical appointment, death in family, observance of a religious holiday, school sponsored events, subpoena, outdoor suspension Students missing five (5) or more consecutive days due to illness or injury are required to provide a written statement from a health care provider Medical appointment: students must bring a note from a health care provider indicating the time and date of the appointment Students absent from school will be marked “unexcused absent” until they submit the required documentation. Failure to provide required documentation within three (3) school days upon the return to school will result in an unexcused absence A student accumulating ten (10) or more unexcused absences in an annual course will have his/her final grades withheld pending intervention by the Attendance Review Committee Unexcused absences do not require that the teacher provide make-up work for the student Students are expected to request make-up assignments for all excused absences/tardiness upon return to class They must complete the make-up assignments within three days of the return to school No student shall be released within the final 30 minutes of the day unless authorized by the Principal For students following a 4X4 block schedule, each day not in attendance is counted as 2 absences. Tardies greatly affect the learning environment of a child and of the entire classroom. Accumulated unexcused tardies be counted towards the threshold for initiating an attendance review and entered in the child’s permanent record with a referral. In addition, excessive tardies may prevent a student from being eligible for perfect attendance. Additional details on school board attendance rules may be found on the M-DCPS website at http://www.dadeschools.net/schoolboard/rules/Chapt5/5a-1.041.pdf . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I have read and understand the school’s Attendance Policy, as well as all the information included in the student agenda pages. ______________________________ ______________________________ _____________________ Student Signature Parent Signature Date 7 ADA MERRITT K-8 CENTER MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMME ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY Academic honesty is the quality of being principled about the work you submit and how you completed it, and also about how you help others complete work. It is an expectation of the Ada Merritt K-8 Center Middle Years Programme that any work presented by an MYP student is that student’s own original work, representing his or her personal learning. This expectation extends to all work submitted by students: home learning assignments, projects, quizzes, and tests. The academically honest student: DOES NOT DOES Acknowledge help from parents and peers Acknowledge the sources of direct quotations and key ideas Cite reference materials such as books and websites in a bibliography Know what constitutes cheating and abide by the rules Follow all exam rules. Use notes or reference materials during a test, unless allowed by the teacher Copy from another student’s work Hand in as his/her own, work that is partly or entirely someone else’s Do assignments for another student Ask to copy another student’s work or offer to let a student copy his/her work. IB Learners strive to achieve the attributes of the Learner Profile, including being principled by showing personal integrity and honesty when dealing with teachers, peers, and school work. Students at Ada Merritt K-8 Center understand that plagiarism (presenting another person’s work as your own) constitutes theft and fraud, and is classified as a Level 2 Behavior in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Code of Student Conduct. MYP students receive instruction in information literacy, and understand that copying another person’s work, cutting and pasting from the internet, and using images or other media without crediting the source, all constitute plagiarism. They learn to avoid plagiarism by acknowledging the source of any passage, sentence, key idea, image or other media that they use in their work. They learn to use quotation marks to indicate that they are using someone else’s words, and to acknowledge the author. They practice strategies such as note-taking, paraphrasing, summarizing, and citing sources, in order to use written information appropriately. Penalties for Academic Honesty Violations: According to the MDCPS Code of Student Conduct, cheating and other forms of misrepresentation are considered Level II Behaviors because they significantly interfere with the learning and/or the wellbeing of others. The following are the consequences for academic honesty violations: Parents will be contacted. Work will be graded Z (no credit), even if it is a draft. If the teacher allows the student to submit a make-up assignment in place of the plagiarized work, the grade of the second assignment will be averaged with the Z grade. The student will write a reflection on the importance of being a principled learner. The plagiarism incident may be documented in Miami-Dade County Public Schools records and in the student’s cumulative folder through a Student Case Management Referral Form. A second offense may result in suspension from school, as prescribed in the M-DCPS Code of Student Conduct. _____________________________ Student Signature ____________________________ Parent Signature 8 __________________ Date
© Copyright 2024