6th Grade Curriculum Night by Erin McGuyer

Electives

2025-02-20 23:40:50 UTC

How many electives can a 6th grader choose? Could they do band and GATE, for example?

Summer reading

2025-02-20 23:43:44 UTC

Is any of the summer reading required before school starts?

Pe*

2025-02-20 23:49:20 UTC

Do they dress out for PE?

2025-02-20 23:50:14 UTC

How many total kids are in this upcoming 6th grade class?

GATE

2025-02-20 23:52:11 UTC

Is participation in middle school GATE dependent upon previously being in GATE during elementary school?

Grades

2025-02-20 23:59:12 UTC

Are grades based on classwork, testing, exams, etc.?

Rotation

2025-02-21 00:03:54 UTC

If my child chooses rotation, are these classes with only 6th graders or mixed grades?

2025-02-21 00:05:18 UTC

What is the standard school times? Do they have early dismissal on Thursday like they do in 5th grade?

Lunch Room

2025-02-21 00:06:53 UTC

What is the lunch room plan for next year? How often will students be eating in the classroom?

2025-02-21 00:07:16 UTC

Do they need gym clothes for PE

2025-02-21 00:08:14 UTC

Are honor classes available in middle school?

Can you give an example of a daily schedule? Any early dismissal day?

2025-02-21 00:11:52 UTC

2025-02-21 00:13:01 UTC

If our gate student does band in 6th grade can they do gate in 7th

Lockers

mrfunnymathias — 2025-02-21 01:16:31 UTC

Will they come in the summer and decorate their lockers?

2025-02-24 23:42:44 UTC

Can you explain what is rotation and how to choose As it’s written no choice in rotation and what is enrichment

Where can we find a list of academic and athletic programs students can join?

2026-03-31 22:28:03 UTC

Band?

2026-03-31 22:45:23 UTC

If they want to be a future high stepper or colorgaurd, should they do band?

English essays

2026-03-31 22:46:51 UTC

What do the four essays consist of- all related to one of the novels? What is the length?

Band

2026-03-31 22:47:57 UTC

Do you have to choose between band or art or can you do both

2026-03-31 22:49:01 UTC

Can we drop them at 7 and then pick them up at 7😂

School time

2026-03-31 22:49:41 UTC

I will have a child in 5th at Paine and one in 6th. What time does school start and end? Thanks!

2026-03-31 22:50:17 UTC

What instrument options are there ?

The school

2026-03-31 22:51:13 UTC

Do we have play's and solo's in like muisic

Band concerts

2026-03-31 22:56:06 UTC

Band concerts are great, but they are so over crowded they suck and literally give m anxiety. Can they be broken up into multiple concerts?

GATE

2026-03-31 23:01:36 UTC

If your child is in GATE at elementary, does that carry on in the middle school and what does that look like?

2026-03-31 23:03:04 UTC

Do you have to have experience to choose drums as your instrument

pe

2026-03-31 23:06:49 UTC

why are boys and girls seperate?

Math team

2026-03-31 23:07:08 UTC

Is there a math team?

Band & other

2026-03-31 23:07:09 UTC

Can we play the drums in band and could we bring crocs to school

2026-03-31 23:09:16 UTC

Will we have a meeting or be provided information regarding individual IEP/504 plan