Orientation

= Orientation **Notes for 2011** =

= = =Last year's plan:=
 * **Important to hear from new athletic director (Ken Shaw), and new music director (TBA)**
 * **Clear explanation of Service Learning**
 * **in school/out of school hours**
 * **filling out forms**
 * **Presidential Service Award**
 * **Rather than veterans, do we want to do Project Dreamseed as an 8th grade project?**
 * **with or without LF?**
 * **Should each advisory also choose a service project of their own?**
 * **example: Ronald McDonald House meals**

Grade 8 Orientation will take place during Activity and SH the first 2-3 days of school. >>>
 * ||= **WED 8/25** ||= **THU 8/26** ||= **FRI 8/27** ||
 * **ACTIVITY PERIOD** || * all 8th || * all 8th || * all 8th ||
 * **(screening room reserved?)** || # SH procedures(A)
 * 1) New Advising program
 * 2) Service learning
 * 3) Introduce skits
 * 4) Handbook
 * 5) Honor Code(A/all)
 * 6) attendance(N)
 * 7) calculators, visitors(JH)
 * 8) cell phones, chewing gum, dress code(B)
 * 9) computer use(T)
 * 10) forbidden items(A) || # Introduce Themes
 * 11) "Bend it Like Beckham" (empathy)
 * 12) (self-advocacy)
 * 13) (cooperation) || # presenting Handbook skits ||   ||
 * **STUDY HALL** || * Sports Assembly || * advisory groups || * Spirit Assembly ||
 * ||  || prepare Handbook skits ||   ||
 * Handbook (skits or role play)
 * Grade 8 themes, with highlight on //empathy// and the Carter Vocational experience
 * Service learning
 * hours
 * forms
 * grade 8 project with Veterans
 * SH procedures
 * New advising program??
 * Technology introduction
 * Google: email, docs, //self-advocacy spreadsheets (new for 2011)//, calendar (need time to clear out accounts and organize for grade 8)
 * Ning
 * PowerPoint
 * Voice Thread
 * Charlie (Y) & Janice (Y), new Loma (Y), Amy Da Luz (Y) to speak about comedy and musical
 * Learning Style inventory with Trish?? //(Plan to review from last year's inventories and make nametags.)//
 * Sportsmanship with Ryan??
 * Williamsburg trip?