Current Middle School News:
NC MSEN Pre-College College Preparatory Success
BOTH CLASSES ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE ENRICHMENT AND SUPPORT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENTS WHO SHOW PROMISE AND POTENTIAL FOR POST SECONDARY EDUCATION AND
CAREER/COLLEGE OPTIONS TRAINING. STUDENTS CAN IMAGINE THEIR FUTURES.
Who Can Take The Class?
*NC MSEN Pre-College:
Rising 6th Grade Students (STARTS Second Semester through the end of the
school year)
7th Grade Students: (A Year Long Course)
8th Grade Students: (A Year Long Course)
*College Preparatory Success:
7th Grade Students: (A Year Long Course)
8th Grade Students: (A Year Long Course)
Goals for the College Preparatory Success Program include:
• Identifying students who demonstrate academic potential and may
benefit from the support offered through the programs of both classes.
• Providing opportunities for students to learn practice goal-setting
strategies and problem-solving techniques as they relate to academic and
personal issues.
• Encouraging students to take more rigorous classes (i.e. 8th grade
students taking Algebra I).
• College Tour Field trips visits.
• Character Education Curriculum.
• Invite “Guest Speakers,” in to present from various Professions,
through-out the school year.
• Student Centered Career Based Projects.
• To make recommendations for student placement in advance classes Math
and or Language Arts.
THE CPS PROGRAM curriculum is divided by four quarters;
• 1st QTR: Designed to lay the foundation for year-long procedures and
processes (CPS binder.
• 2nd QTR: Designed to focus on goal setting and high level questioning
skills applied in reading, science, social studies.
• 3rd QTR: Designed to focus on targeted math strategies/reasoning that
foster high achievement.
• 4th QTR: Designed to focus on goal setting in personal career
exploration, in excellence and creativity in solving academic and personal
issues, in technology skills and working collaboratively to accomplish goals.
Both programs are designed to increase the number of students who graduate
from High School with at least three years in Mathematics (at least through
Trigonometry), Science (through Chemistry and Physics) and four years of
College Preparatory English. North Carolina MSEN Pre-College and College
Preparatory Success Program students will participate with a MULTI-YEAR
COMMITMENT.
THE NC MSENN PROGRAM: ACTIVITIES:
• MSEN Academic Enrichment Pre-College Class
• Academic Enrichment labs
• Independent Study Groups
• MSEN Saturday Academy
• MSEN Summer Scholars Programs
• Academic, College, and Career Assignments
• Math/Science Competitions
• Recognition and Scholarship Awards at the End-of-Year Award Banquet
• Field Trips
• Guest Speakers
• Leadership Skills
• Character Education Curriculum
Both Curriculums, ultimately, is designed to give students “WINGS,” and to
support them so that they can soar successfully IN academics, behavior, and
in their social interactions on their own!
Thank-you,
Ms. A. Mallard
NC MSEN PRE-COLLEGE
COLLEGE PREPARATORY SUCCESS
TEACHER/COORDINATOR
Daniels Middle School
Please join us on Thursday, May 7th
6:45 - 8:30 p.m.
For an Open House
Tour the school and learn what it means to be a Blue Jacket!
Daniels Middle School
2816 Oberlin Rd
Raleigh NC 27608
(919) 881-4870
http://danielsms.wcpss.net
Leesville Road Middle School
Orientation For Rising Sixth Grade Parents/Guardians
Wher: Leesville Road Middle
When: Tuesday April 28th, 2009
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Contact: Kerry Mote, Sixth Grade Counselor
West Millbrook Middle
You are cordially invited to attend a registration and information session
for rising 6th graders……..
Where: West Millbrook Middle
When: Thursday, March 12
Time: 9:00 am
RSVP to Rae J. Kelly by March 10th at 870-4057 or email at rjkelly@wcpss.net
SALEM MIDDLE SCHOOL YEAR- ROUND MIDDLE SCHOOL
PLEASE JOIN US FOR ONE OF OUR INFORMATION SESSIONS REGARDING
THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR
6TH, 7TH, AND 8TH GRADES
January 27 -Tracks 1&3 *Snow Make-Up
February 10- Tracks 2&4
6:30-7:30
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
***AG Information session***
Mrs. Shannon will be available to discuss AG questions from 6:00-6:25 in the
Media Center on both nights.
* If you are not currently attending a year round school or cannot attend
with your designated track, please feel free to come to either session.
Kerri Bridges M.Ed., NBCT
6th Grade Counselor
Salem Middle School
6150 Old Jenks Road
Apex, NC 27523
Office: 367-2469
Fax: 367-2464
kbridges@wcpss.net
http://salemms.wcpss.net
Wakefield Middle School
ORIENTATION for RISING 6TH GRADERS and THEIR PARENTS
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Student’s Last Name A-L
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Student’s Last Name M-Z
6:30-8:15 P.M
Parents/Students will be assigned to their first meeting location as they
arrive. They will then have the opportunity to hear six informative
presentations by rotating to six areas of the building.
East Millbrook Middle School
We are a double-magnet: International Baccalaureate and A+ Creative Arts. I
We have school tours on Tue, Feb. 3, Tue, Feb. 10, Wed, Feb. 18 and Tue, Feb
24. Also, I would be willing to come to your school and meet with parents if
there is a need.
Charles D. A. Jones
International Baccalaureate Coordinator
East Millbrook Magnet Middle School
cdajones@wcpss.net
(919) 501-7959
***IMPORTANT INFORMATION***
New Vaccine Requirement for Rising 6th Graders
There are new immunization requirements for students in North Carolina.
Required Immunization is:
TdaP Tetanus and Diphtheria vaccine with Pertussis added
*Required for students entering 6th grade on or after August 1, 2008 if five
or more years have
passed since their last dose of Td (commonly called “Tetanus” shot.)
*Tdap is now required to protect against pertussis (whooping cough).
Whooping cough is a serious illness, and outbreaks can occur at any time.
Suggested Immunizations are:
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP) advise
that pre-teens get these additional vaccines at their 11 or 12 year old check
up.
*Meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4) to protect against most kinds of
bacterial meningitis, an infection that comes on rapidly. This illness is
spread by saliva, by sharing personal items or in the air. Living in close
contact with others, such as college dorms,spreads the disease more quickly.
*Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, for girls ages 9-26. This vaccine
protects against genital warts and cervical cancer.
*Second dose of MMR (if not already received) because a second dose of MMR is
now required for college admission.
For more information on these and other vaccines, talk with your doctor or
visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/default.htm
Middle School Websites
Wakefield Middle School
http://wakefieldms.wcpss.net/
West Millbrook Middle School
http://www.wmms.net/
Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School
http://wfrms.wcpss.net/
Moore's Square Museum Magnet Middle School
http://mooresquarems.wcpss.net
Carnage (AG BASICS) Middle School
http://carnagems.wcpss.net/
Centennial Campus University Connections and Leadership Magnet
http://ccms.wcpss.net/home/modules/news/
East Millbrook Middle School (IB Middle Years Programme) Magnet
http://eastmillbrookms.wcpss.net/modules/news/
Ligon (AG Basics) Magnet
http://ligon.wcpss.net/
Martin Middle Magnet School (AG)
http://martinms.wcpss.net/
Magnet Schools Information
Application Process
Application Process Explanation and Schedule for 2007-08
Magnet school bulletin:
2007-08 Magnet Schools Booklet
Magnet Schools Video
Wake County Charter Middle Schools:
Magellan Charter Middle School
http://www.magellancharter.org/
Exploris Middle School
http://www.exploris.org/learn/midschool/
PAGE Partners for the advancement of Gifted Education
http://www.pagepage.org/
The Science House NCSU
http://www.science-house.org/
AVID
AVID is a college preparatory program for students "in the middle" and is
focused on writing, inquiry, collaboration and reading. Research of the AVID
program and the students' who participate in it indicates that AVID students
out perform non-AVID students and have substantially higher college
participation and completion rates. Students prepared through the AVID
program will be more academically successful in rigorous middle school and
high school curricula.
The AVID elective (available only to 6th grade students in participating
schools) provides academic instruction in core content, tutorial support, and
motivational activities. The curriculum is based on writing as a tool of
learning, inquiry method, collaborative grouping, and academic reading. AVID
students are concurrently enrolled in 6th grade advanced math.
Who should be considered:
Student with level 2, 3 and an occasional level 1 or 4 EOG score
Student with generally average grades- C's and B's and the occasional F, D or
A-or in standards based grading, grades of 2,3, occasional 1 and 4
Student who struggles with time management, organization, following
directions, completing homework, and/or being prepared for class
Student with little support at home
LEP student
Student from a population typically under represented in advanced/honors
curricula
First-generation college student
If your child meets most of the above criteria, he or she should be
considered for AVID. Please get in contact with me.
http://www.avidonline.org/
