Worcester East Middle School To the Home of the Tigers WELCOME Read to Know – Write to Show
WEMS Beginning of the Year Roll Out, 2010
Aug 20, 2015
Welcome message from author
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
- 1. WELCOME
To the Home of the Tigers
Worcester East Middle School
Read to Know Write to Show - 2. WEMS STAR Expectations
Show Respect
Take Responsibility
Act Appropriately
Ready to Learn - 3. Follow the Expectations
Be on time to class
Stay to the right - 4. Follow the Expectations
Have materials for class
Always carry a hall pass - 5. Follow the Expectations
Hold the doors
Follow locker procedures - 6. Subway system
- Match the colored pass with the correct colored stairwell
All Stars
Alpha Omega
A-Team
Olympians
Step
Phoenix
Scholars
hallway
Brainy Bunch
hallway
Flower St.
DorchesterSt.
hallway
Front of school - 7. Morning commute routes
Use the designated door to enter the school
All Stars
Alpha Omega
A-Team
Phoenix
hallway
Flower St.
hallway
hallway
DorchesterSt.
Olympians
Scholars
Brainy Bunch
Step
hallway
Front of school - 8. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY by leaving these items in your
locker:
Cameras
Remember, The Worcester Public School cell phone policy is that
- CELL PHONES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN SCHOOL.So make the right decision and keep them in your locker or they will be taken and handed over to the assistant principals.
MP3 Players
& IPods
Jackets
Book Bags
Hand Bags
Purses
Cell Phones - 9. If you have ELECTRONICS of any kind...cell phone, mp3,
iPods, PSP, CD Players, etc.,IN YOUR POSSESSION DURING THE SCHOOL
DAY,
They will be confiscated
and a parent or guardian will have to come in to get them. - 10. Be READY TO LEARN by taking the right books out of your
locker during locker times.
Pencils & Pens
Textbooks
Notebooks &
Binders
Erasers - 11. ACT APPROPRIATELY and visit your locker only during locker
times
Homeroom Materials for the
first 3 classes
Lunch Materials for
The rest of the day
End of Day Books
For homework - 12. A typical day at WEMS
6:50 AMMorning breakfast/Open basketball
7:10 7:20the day starts with Locker time, saying hello to friends and gathering the proper materials and books needed for the first 3 classes of the day.
7:20 (tardy bell) -7:24Homeroom Students sit quietly in their seats listening to morning announcements while attendance is being taken.
At 7:27The school day starts with six periods made up of 5 core subjects and 1 enrichment.
1:43Dismissal Bell Students quietly exit the building - 13. Attendance & Tardiness
TARDY = A student who is not in his/her seat at the start of homeroom 7:20 AM
4 tardiescan equal ONE absent
9 unexcused absences
Can result in going to COURT
14 absences may result
in loss of credit.
Bell Schedule
7:10-7:20
7:20-7:24 Homeroom
7:27-8:22 1st Class
8:25-9:20 2nd Class
9:23-10:18 3rd Class
10:21-11:48 4th Class
Lunch wave
11:50-12:45 5th Class
12:48-1:43 6th Class - 14. Promotion policy
7th & 8th Graders
Need to pass: Math & English
Need to pass: at least 2 other core subjects
Need to pass: 2 Enrichments
Absences: 14 or more RETAINED!
*Cannot fail the same subject twice! - 15. Healthy habits can protect everyone from getting germs or
spreading germs at home and school. Simple actions like:
- Covering your mouth when coughing
- 16. Keep your hands to yourself
- 17. Washing your hands often
- 18. Stop kissing!
The average human mouth contains more than ten billion bacteria, almost double the number of people in the world.
WEMS is a TOUCH FREE zone! - 19. WEMS DRESS CODE
- We would like students to come to school in clothing that is conducive to learning and safety. The followingis inappropriate for school:
- Dress Appropriately
- 20. Inappropriate for School
- 21. Clothing with INAPPROPRIATEwords, pictures or symbols
Weapons
Inappropriate sayings
Profanity
Inappropriate
Pictures/symbols - 22. Earn your starbucks
- 23. Collect your Rewards
School Store
SPREE DAY
Harvest Festival
Basketball tournament
Movies
Open Gym
Dances
Friday Raffles - 24. WEMS MOTTO
As a WEM STAR citizen, I will:
Show RESPECT to all,
Take RESPONSIBILITY for my behavior,
Act APPROPRIATELY at all times, and
Come to school READY TO LEARN. - 25. We believe in youdo you believe in yourself?
- 26. Things to Remember
Make sure EVERY student has a pass Every time. Please use the color coded passes - not handwritten notes.
If you see electronics - please confiscate them and turn them into your VP.
Send students to lockers during locker times - start good habits now.
- 27. Gum - It's not allowed!
Dismissal to and from lunch has been
an issue - please be in the stairwell/landings when your students aredismissed.
Touch Free - NO touching is allowed - daps, kissing, arm wrestling at lunch, Horseplay - not allowed.
Dress code - please be aware of what your students are wearing! Send them to the office if you have a question. - 28. Remember we are a PBIS school
- please model respect and compassion in your interactions.
- 29. If we are consistent/persistent in the first few weeks it will set the tone for the remainder of the year.
- Do you Believe?
Related Documents
