Ms. DePetro

January/ February 2012

As part of the statewide assessment program, the Grade 8 Writing Assessment was administered on January 18 and 19, 2012. The purpose of the Grade 8 Writing Assessment is to provide diagnostic feedback to teachers, students, and parents about individual performance. Student writing will be asses analytically in four domains: Ideas, organization, style, and conventions. Domain scores are combined to obtain a total score for each student. Students will be given a total scale score which represents one of three performance levels: does not meet, meets, and exceeds. The county expects the results to be in around mid-March 2012.

On February 2 and 3rd the 8th grade will be taking the 21st Century Skills assessment during their language arts classes. The 21st Century Skills assessment measures student proficiency levels in creativity, innovation, communication, collaboration, research, critical thinking and technoloy operations.

On February 15th the Pope and Walton counselors and administrator will meet with all of our 8th grade students.

Pope High School

February 21, 2012 Pope registration materials go home with students.

February 27, 2012 Pope will host the Parent Curriculum Meeting at 7 PM.

March 2, 2012 all Pope registration materials are due back at Dodgen.

Walton High School

February 28, 2012- Walton registration materials go home with students.

March 6, 2012- Parent curriculum meeting at Walton HS 6:30 PM

March 12, 2012-All registration materials due back to Dodgen.

If you have questions please call or email the counselors at:

Ms. Catharine Earl, 7th grade, 8th A-L counselor

770-578-2726 x230

Dr. Pamela DePetro, 6th grade, 8th M-Z counselor

770-578-2726 x 275

Bridge Bill--HB 400--What is it?

The HB 400 Bridge Bill (Building Resourceful Individuals to Develop Georgia's Economy)  impacts middle and high school students. During the 2011-12 school year middle school students will be provided counseling, advisement, career awareness, inventories and information to assist them in evaluating their academic learning styles and career interests.

In the eighth grade, students were asked to log into Career Cruising, take an interest inventory, and write down their top two career clusters. They completed a worksheet that identified three careers they were interested in, a brief job description, beginning salary, education required, related high school courses and skills needed for the career.

In seventh grade the students took a learning style profile, and an interest inventory. They completed a work sheet that asked them to identify three career clusters and then narrow their choices to three careers.

In the sixth grade students took a learning styles profile and listed the percentages of their learning styles. Their worksheet asked them to list two strategies they can incorporate to help them become better learners. Students were then asked to search careers that might incorporate their learning styles

It was very interesting to watch as these students discovered valuable information about themselves.  Please ask your student to show you what they learned!

Registration/Articulation Activities for 8th grade/rising ninth grade students

Listed below are dates for the eighth grade registration process.

Pope High School

October 17, 2011--Parent meeting at Dodgen.

February 15, 2012--Pope counselors/admin meet with 8th grade students.

February 21, 2012--Pope registration materials go home with students.

February 27, 2012--Pope Parent Curriculum Meeting--Pope HS 7 PM

February 28, 2012--Pope counselors to meet with Dodgen parents at Dodgen.

March 2, 2012--All registration materials are due back to Dodgen.

Walton High School

October 18, 2011--Walton parent meeting at Dodgen.

February 15, 2012--Walton admin/counselors meet with 8th grade students.

February 28, 2012--registration materials go home with Walton students.

March 6, 2012--Parent Curriculum Meeting at Walton 6:30 PM

March 8&9, 2012--Walton counselors to meet with parents, by appointment at Walton.

March 12, 2012--Walton registration materials are returned to Dodgen.

If you have questions, please contact:

Dr. Gayle DuPre--7th grade, 8th grade (A-L) counselor at 770-578-2726 x230.

Dr. Pamela DePetro--6th grade, 8th grade (M-Z) counselor at 770-578-2726 x 275.

Dodgen Middle School Counseling Services Mission Statement

The Dodgen Middle School counselors collaborate with administration, teachers, students, and parents to prepare and encourage all student to achieve academic and personal success. Student success is our primary focus. We are available to all students through classroom, small group and individual counseling. Counselors will do whatever it takes to encourage students to become their personal best. We provide a comprehensive developmental program that addresses academic, career, and social/emotional needs for every student. We also strive to empower students to achieve their academic an personal best and become lifelong learners in the future.

The counselors at Dodgen are:

Dr. Gayle DuPre, seventh grade and eighth grade A-L.

770-578-2726 x 230

Gayle.DuPre@cobbk12.org

 

Dr. Pamela DePetro, sixth grade and eighth grade M-Z.

770-578-2726 x 275

Pamela.DePetro@cobbk12.org

Please let us know if we can help you!

Welcome back!

Summer is almost over, and school is about to start! Dr. DuPre and I have been busy registering students and getting schedules ready. Since July 27th we have registered approximately seventy new students from all over the country and world. We welcome you to Dodgen and hope we can assist you if you have questions or concerns.

Panther Day is when students and parents can meet their homeroom teacher. Sixth grade will be held from 9:45AM to 11 AM. Seventh grade will be from 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM, and eighth grade will be held from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM.

We look forward to another exciting year of classroom instruction, groups, and individual counseling.

 

Tuition Summer School

The CCSD tuition summer school program will be offered from June 13 to July 8, 2011. (No school July 4th).

Summer school will be held at Campbell Middle School--3295 S. Atlanta Road, Smyrna, 30080

Registration is by scheduled appointment only at the student's home school from May 9 to May 31st.

Summer school hours are 8AM-10:10 AM and 10:20 AM to 12:30 PM

Parents must provide transportation.

Tuition is $225.00 per course for CCSD students. Fee must be paid at time of registration. Cash only.

Courses offered are: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Reading.

Attendance is required.

The purpose of the program is to make-up one 9 week grading period in one or two subjects but cannot be used for acceleration from one grade level to the next.

Criterion Reference Competency Tests

The CRCT will be given to sixth, seventh and eighth grade students from April 12 to April 18, 2001. Make up dates are April 19, 20 and 21.

Here are three helpful online practice sites.

Online Review Resources for the CRCT

There are three online review resources for students and parents to utilize. They are:

Skills Tutor focuses on the fundamental of learning. Quizzes and tests quickly identify skill deficiencies and prescribe appropriate lessons. Students feel comfortable practicing skill in an engaging environment similar to standardized tests. Students have access to all lessons and any teacher created assignments.

Website: http://www.skillstutor.com/

Username: student ID number

Password: cobb

Site code: dodgen01

USATestprep is a resource to help student effectively review for the CRCT. This program offers 6^th, 7^th and 8^th grade review materials for math as well as 8^th grade reading. These materials include games, diagnostic practice tests, and various topics. In math topics (algebra, numbers/operations, data analysis/probability, and geometry) students may choose questions, vocabulary activities or other activities.

Website: http://www.usatestprep.com/

School ID: dodgenmsga

Student Activation Code: newton10

Georgia Online Assessment System

Website: http://www.georgiaoas.org

Login with your student’s 10-digit Georgia Test ID. The number is 10 digits long and there are no spaces in between the numbers.

Password: education

From the student welcome page, select view student tests. Choose a subject area. Select a test, and click Take Test. Once all the test questions have been answered, click Grade MY Test. Click OK. View the test results. Scroll to the bottom of the page to choose what to do with the test results-send to teacher, save results or discard them.

Rising Sixth Grade Parent/Student information

                                     Dodgen Middle School

March 2011

 

Dear Rising Sixth Grade Students and Parents,

 

We extend a warm welcome to you as new members of the Dodgen “Family”. During the next few months and throughout the summer we will be involved in preparing for the opening of the 2011-2012 School Year.  This will be a special time.

 

Please mark May 3, 2011 on your calendars.

Parent Orientation on May 3, 2011, begins with a 6:30 PM general meeting in the Dodgen Theater.

Rising sixth grade student orientation on May 3, 2011 begins at 6:30 PM. Current Dodgen sixth graders will lead tours around Dodgen before all students gather in the cafeteria for an informational session.

Parents: If your students is currently enrolled in special education or the advanced learning program, (target) there will be an optional meeting for you to attend at 5:45 P. M.

• Special Education-Rm. 403-Parents and students.
• Advanced Learning (Target)-Rm.427-parents                    Rm. 402-students

Parents, please be advised that effective July 1, 2007 for entrance into grade six (6), students are required to have a total of

• Two (2) doses of measles vaccine,
• Two (2) doses of mumps vaccine,
• One (1) dose of rubella vaccine and
• Two (2) doses of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine.

Students must have these immunizations marked COMPLETE FOR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE on a Georgia form 3231.  Please be sure your child’s immunizations are up to date prior to exiting fifth grade.

also required - a completed  3300 Form (Hearing, Vision and Dental Certificate)

 

 

 

We look forward to a terrific new beginning for our future sixth graders,

 

Dr. Pamela DePetro

6^th,  8th grade (M-Z) Counselor.

Please call if you have questions: 770-578-2726 x 275.

 

 

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RSVP  required: please RSVP by April 26, 2011 on the Dodgen  Website.

Spring 2011

Rising ninth grade students/Individual Graduation Plans

Registration information was sent home with eighth grade students on February 28, 2011. All registration forms are due back to homeroom teachers on or before March 10, 2011. Also sent home on February 28^th was an Individual Graduation Plan. Parent should have received a letter which stated your student’s top two career cluster results from Career Cruising Matchmaker. As students enter the last months of middle school, they will make numerous decisions about high school courses and career preparation.  The results of this activity hopefully will be used to help make decisions for elective classes and programs of study in high school.

On May 4, 2011 Pope High School will host a middle school evening for parents and students at 6:30 PM.

Rising Sixth Grade Night

On May 3, 2011 specific information about the sixth grade academic and connections classes will be disseminated, procedures will be discussed, and tours of the school will take place. All of our sixth grade teachers will be in attendance, and students and parents both will leave knowing what it is like to be a 6^th grader at Dodgen Middle School.

Students outside of CCSD

Registration for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year for students who will be entering Dodgen from a school outside of Cobb County School District will be held on Wednesday May 11, 2011 from 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM at Dodgen Middle School. Please call Dr. Gayle DuPre (7^thgrade, 8^th grade A-L) 770-578-2726 ext 230 or Dr. Pamela DePetro (6^thgrade,  8^th grace M-Z) 770-578-2726 ext 275 if you would like to set up an appointment.

Registration information

Please mark your calendars for the following registration dates.

Walton and Pope's registration materials will go home with students on Monday Feb 28, 2011.

If you do not receive a registration form, please contact your student's homeroom teacher.

If you have a student attending a different high school, please contact that high school to start the registration process.

Rising 9th grade open houses are:

Pope--March 2, 2011 7 PM at Pope High School.

Individual parent appointments with Pope counselors at Dodgen will be on March 7, 2011. Appointments may be made after the March 2nd meeting by calling 770-578-2726 ext 230 (A-L) or 770-578-2726 ext 275 (M-Z).

Walton-- March 2, 2011 at 6:30 PM at Walton High School.

Individual parent appointment with Walton counselors at Walton will be on March 4 and March 7, 2011.

Appointments may be made after the March 2nd meeting by calling Walton's counseling department at 770-578-3225.

All registration materials are due back to Dodgen's homeroom teachers by Monday March 10, 2011.

If you are attending a magnet school please write "attending a magnet school" at the top and return the registration form.

If you are moving, please write "moving" at the top, and return the form.

If you have questions please contact Dr. Gayle DuPre at 770-578-2726 ext 230 (8th grade counselor, A-L)

or Dr. Pamela DePetro at 770-578-2726 ext 275 (8th grade counselor, M-Z).

If you are moving to Cobb County and enrolling a student for the 2011-2012 school year, we will be enrolling students on May 11,2011 from 10 AM to 2 PM.