Post on 28-Jul-2015
6TH GRADE ORIENTATIONMAY 21, 2013
Renaissance Academy
of Arts, Sciences and Social Justice
What Makes Us Unique?
School of Choice Everyone here chooses to be here
Strong Relationships Cohorts, Advisory System
Habits of Mind Importance, Cause & Effect,
Evidence
Habits of Character Passion, Integrity, Kindness, Effort
Depth over Breadth Essential Standards/ “I can..”
statements
Typical School Day
Schedule:Academic Class1 (80 minutes)Brunch (15 minutes)Academic Class2 (80 minutes)Academic Class3 (80 minutes)Lunch (35 minutes)Advisory (40 minutes)Physical Ed. (50 minutes)
AdvisoryAcademic Goal Setting & Monitoring
Exhibition preparation
Learner Led Conference preparation
School Culture/Habits of Mind/ Habits of Character
Social Justice lessons
Homework (asks questions/receives help)
GradesGrades are weighted so different assessments have different impacts on study habits. As your child progresses, the weights change to make tests a bigger portion of the final grade.
6th 7th 8th
Homework 20% 25% 30%
In-Class Participation 30% 25% 20%
Notebook/Class Work 30% 25% 20%
Tests/Benchmark 20% 25% 30%
HAC-Home Access Center
Online program to check student’s grades
Immediately updated when teacher adds grades
www.arusd.org/renaissancea click on HAC on this page
College Focus Based Learning
Notebooks: each class; whole year (five notebooks (8 ½ X 11” NOT 8 X10”)
Weekly Homework: Assigned and Collected on Monday
Midterms and Finals – every 6 weeks; three 12 week trimesters
Academic Exhibition – two per year
College/University Visits
CommunicationCommunication between:
teachers and students
students and parents
teachers and parents
are absolutely crucial for your child to be successful.
Learner-Led Conferences
Student prepares a 20-30 minute talk with cohort teacher and parent(s)
• Student Led• Discuss their goals• Reasons for their grades• Show student work• Develop action plan
•Mid October (for all students)•End of January (for all students)•April Conferences
• students who currently have a grade of a “C” or below
School Uniform Policy
Shirt: solid black, green, grey, or white collar shirt or Renaissance logo shirt
Sweatshirt: solid black, solid white, solid grey, or Renaissance
Pants/Shorts: khaki or black (no jeans)No blue or red fabric, details, stitching, or
designs allowed on any clothing, footwear or accessories
Materials Needed
Spiral Notebooks: 150 pages - 8 ½ x 11” -Not 8 x 10” - 1 per class/per trimester (about 10-15 for the whole year) 1 composition notebook Pocket folders pencils, pens, crayons, colored pencils, markers, highlighters glue sticks—lots Ruler Scissors Mini-stapler Handheld pencil sharpener w/shaving container Note cards (4x6) 2 exhibition boards, 36 x 48 $10 for science materials $10 for art materials USB memory drive, try to get one without sync software. Also known as:
flash drives, jump drives, memory sticks San Jose Public Library Card (know your pin and pay your fines)The following items are not allowed at school and will be taken away: Liquid White Out, Sharpies, Red and blue backpacks/clothing/accessories
Summer Learning Assignment
Designed to keep students reading, writing, and thinking critically over their vacation so they don’t have to spend the first part of school reviewing and relearning content from this school year.
Overview of assignmentAccess on the Renaissance websiteDue on first day of summer orientation;
August 12th