7TH GRADE SPRING CONFERENCES

2015• How is it going?• Registration• Assessment Scores• Scantron

• Readiness Rubric• Supporting your Child• Targeted Services and Summer School

Programming• Planning Ahead• Handouts, Surveys, and Places to Visit

HOW IS IT GOING?

• Any change to contact information?• Phone• Address

• What is something you think your child is doing well?• What questions or concerns do you have?

• Scheduling time to meet with other staff members• Email or call Ellis staff to schedule a time to meet• Teacher emails are online at http://

www.austin.k12.mn.us/ellis/default.aspx • Teacher office hours are • 7:45am-8:00am• 3:00pm-3:45pm

• There is limited access during the school day 8:00am-3:00pm

REGISTRATION

• Students and parents will review courses, including elective selections and sign the registration sheet• Review Course Verification Sheet• Select elective course on the registration form, parent

signature, and leave with advisory teacher • Course Change requests may be left with the advisory

teacher• Deadline to submit Course Change requests is March 11th

• Final course verification sheets will be mailed home with the 3rd quarter grade reports

REVIEW OF RECENT ASSESSMENT RESULTS

ONE PAGER

SCANTRON - MATH

SCANTRON - READING

READINESS RUBRIC

A grade-specific Readiness Rubric helps students and their families, teachers and counselors regularly compare data on tests, grade point averages and other indicators to assess and take steps to improve a student's progress toward being college-ready by the end of high school. Ramp-Up to Readiness™ is a program of the University of Minnesota’s

College Readiness Consortium

Grades

OPTIONS FOR SUPPORTING YOUR SON/DAUGHTER’S LEARNING

OPTIONS FOR SUPPORTING YOUR SON/DAUGHTER’S LEARNING

• Textbooks can be checked out from the Ellis IMC (library)• Utilization of the on-line textbooks

• Mathematics• Language Arts• Social Studies

• Teacher Websites• Moodle• Schoology

• Encourage Re-takes when possible• Staying after school with a teacher

• These sessions should be prearranged with the teacher• Monday through Thursday• 4:00pm Bussing available

OPTIONS FOR SUPPORTING YOUR SON/DAUGHTER’S LEARNING

• Providing a space at home to study• Reviewing Parent/Student Portal• Free tutoring provided by the Public Library

• www.austinpubliclibrary.org • On-line resources• Live homework help• Password: homework

ELLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL INFORMATION

Ellis Student/Group Announcements can be found on the Ellis Web pageThe Ellis Show, a student led news program is updated each week and can be found on the Ellis home page.

Follow us on Twitter:@EllisMiddle492

TARGETED SERVICES

Targeted Services• There will be a Spring Targeted Services Session

• April 27-May 14 • Monday through Thursday• 3:00-4:00pm• Bussing is available

• This session will focus on students that have failed two or more quarters in a Core course throughout the school year

• Notification forms will be mailed in your 3rd Quarter Report Cards

• This will be a required session for students that qualify

SUMMER SCHOOL AND GRADE LEVEL RETENTION

• During the month of April, Ellis counselors and administrators will be meeting with students in jeopardy of failing multiple courses • An intervention plan will be discussed with the student

and sent home to parents/guardians • 7th and 8th grade students failing any core course or 7 or

more quarters will be required to attend Summer School • June 8-25 at Ellis• Monday through Thursday• 8:00 am to Noon• Transportation is not provided

• Students failing all four core areas (LA, Math, Science, Social Studies) will be grade level retained

AUGUST –ACADEMIC ACADEMY

• Students may enroll in the August Academic Academy as an orientation to the new year• Course work will be in the areas of math,

language arts and transitional preparation for the school year• Students will receive direct and computer based

instruction• Limited transportation is available

PLANNING AHEAD

• August: District Mass Registration • More information will be coming in the mail

• Orientations August 2015• 8th to 9th Grade Link Crew activities August 27th

• 6th to 7th Grade Orientation activities September 2nd

• September 2 and 3: Ellis Back to School Open House

• September 8: First Day of School

HANDOUTS, SURVEYS AND PLACES TO VISIT

• Handouts:• Photos

• May purchase or return to Advisory Teacher• Readers for Life Pamphlet• Conference PowerPoint (available on-line March 9th)

• Surveys:• Ellis Response to Intervention- Parent Surveys

• Available from Advisory Teacher• Return to Advisory Teacher or Tech Café

• McPhail Music Survey• Available outside of classroom• Return to Advisory Teacher or Tech Café

• Places to Visit• Stop by the Tech Café to leave a message regarding

• Portal questions• Computer Issues/Concerns

• Spring Sports Sign-up at the Tech Café • Ellis Expo in the Multi-Purpose Room

• Student Projects• Student Groups• Food for sale