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Classroom Community

Other Things to Know:

Arrival

  • Our classroom is a community. In our community, we have rules to help us get along with each other. Our rules are centered around the six pillars of Character Counts!
  • The six pillars are: Citizenship, Respect, Trustworthiness, Fairness, Caring and Responsibility
  • Drop off and Pick up
  • Lockers
  • Lunch
  • The “Big” Kids
  • School starts at 7:45 A.M.
  • If you arrive to school after the tardy bell, please check in at the school office before coming to class.
  • If students are tardy or absent excessively, the school will contact the parents.

Technology

  • Benjamin is going to a one-to-one device for grades 4-8

Welcome to the Benjamin family tree!

Art

  • Tooling Tin
  • Watercolor
  • Krimpart
  • Scupley Clay
  • & so much more

Summer Math Program

Science

Physical Education

  • Team Sports
  • Sportsmanship
  • Physical Fitness
  • Cooperative Games
  • Science Fusion-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Digital curriculum-virtual labs
  • Builds inquiry, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), and 21st Century skills.
  • Incorporates math and writing in each lesson.
  • All Benjamin Middle School students are required to participate in summer math.
  • Each grade level has identified specific skills students should retain over the summer.
  • All students will receive a summer math packet with specific directions on how to complete each requirement.
  • All students will use the web based program IXL Math to complete their requirements.

Math

  • Whole Number Computation and Application
  • Volume
  • Fraction Computation and Applications
  • Decimal Computation and Applications
  • 2-Dimensional Geometry
  • Coordinate Geometry

Social Studies

  • World Cultures/ World Geography
  • Earth’s landforms
  • Earth’s bodies of water
  • Earth’s patterns of life
  • Canada
  • Middle America and South America
  • Western Europe
  • Eastern Europe
  • D.O.G.
  • News Currents

Tours:

  • Mrs. Wheaton A – E
  • Mrs. Falkos F - J
  • Mrs. Fernandez K – O
  • Ms. Westlund P - S
  • Mrs. LaMantia T – Z

Music

ILAR

Study Skills

Subject Areas:

Summer Reading

  • Set Goals
  • Organize
  • Ask questions
  • Record your progress

  • Reading-Story Town Series: Focusing on essential components like fluency, vocabulary and comprehension strategies.
  • Writing-Cornerstone Assessments: Informative, Narrative, and Opinion
  • ILAR-Think Central, Literature Circles,Grammar, D.O.L., Spelling, Novel Studies, Accelerated Reader

  • Music Theory
  • Music History
  • Recorders/ Instruments
  • Singing
  • Performing
  • ILAR
  • Math
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Specials: Music, Art, Study Skills and Tech Literacy
  • All Benjamin Middle School students are required to participate in summer reading.
  • Each grade level has a predetermined amount of time that each student must read.
  • The required time is 500 minutes with a required log.

Homework

Meet the people who will help your students grow!!!

Thank you for coming, and we look forward to seeing you next year!

  • On average, there will be 30-60 minutes of homework each night.
  • Late work will result in a lower grade.
  • We use assignment notebooks everyday so you will know of all assignments.
  • Parent access to Power School
  • Mr. Salmieri, Principal
  • Mrs. LaMantia, Assistant to the Principal and Music Teacher
  • Mrs. Wheaton, ILAR and Social Studies
  • Mrs. Falkos, Science and ILAR
  • Mrs. Fernandez, Math and Social Studies
  • Ms. Westlund, Special Education Facilitator
  • Mr. Droste, Tech Literacy
  • Mrs. Wright, Art and PE
  • Mrs. Vidic, PE

Extra Curricular

Questions?

  • Band
  • Student Council
  • Game Club
  • Theater Club
  • Intramurals
  • Newspaper Club
  • Book Club
  • Choir
  • Talent Show
  • Art Club
  • Chess
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