• September
• October

• Compassion
• Perserverance
• Respect
• Responsibility

PORTFOLIO SECTIONS

Students will have six pages in their portfolios:


Math
Science
Social Studies
English
Electives
APT (Apt to Succeed)

CONTENT

Each page will house all artifacts and reflections from 6th grade through 8th grade.  The artifacts that remain at the time of the 8th grade interview will be the students' best work .  Each student should have at least 4 artifacts for each of the 5 categories.  It is beneficial to have artifacts from 6th, 7th, and 8th grade to show growth throughout their middle school career.  

Each artifact will be accompanied by a reflection. Feel free to teach reflective writing in your classroom for your artifacts, however, here is a suggested format for all content areas. 

Students could reflect on one of the four main topics (Backward-Looking, Inward-Looking, Outward-Looking, or Forward-Looking) by answering several of the questions posed in one area.   OR

Students could reflect on each of the four main topics by answering one or two questions from each area.  Here are some examples:
Reflections should NOT talk about how hard they worked, or that they received an A.  This is an example of what not to do:

Click here for the PDF file of the 40 reflection questions.

In the past, our students have put in assignments like Scantron tests or other artifacts that have not showed their work or thought.  The portfolio committee is not saying don't do these types of assignments, but when you do assignments in class that are more authentic, our job is to communicate with students that this assignment would work for a portfolio and provide time to reflect.

We should focus student portfolio work on quality not quantity.  Keep in mind that students will be required to come up with at least 4 artifacts from each content area.  A typical portfolio might have one 6th grade assignment, one 7th grade assignment, and two 8th grade assignments. 

PORTFOLIO SECTIONS

Students will have six pages in their portfolios:


Math
Science
Social Studies
English
Electives
APT (Apt to Succeed)

CONTENT

Each page will house all artifacts and reflections from 6th grade through 8th grade.  The artifacts that remain at the time of the 8th grade interview will be the students' best work .  Each student should have at least 4 artifacts for each of the 5 categories.  It is beneficial to have artifacts from 6th, 7th, and 8th grade to show growth throughout their middle school career.  

Class colors- White and Turquoise blue

Class Flower- Hydrangea

Class Song- Hall of Fame by The Script

Class Motto- "How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world" -Anne Frank

Class color- Navy blue and Silver

Class flower-  white hydrangea (They wanted a navy hydrangea so I’m not sure if the florist could dip a few to make them navy)

Class Song- “The Nights” by Avicii

Class Motto- When Life puts you in tough situations, don’t say, “Why me?”, say “Try me!”, author unknown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgG1MSkFtBU&t=442s

Class Colors- White and Turquoise blue

Class Flower- Hydrangea

Class Song- Hall of Fame by The Script

Class Motto- "How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world" -Anne Frank

Class Colors- Navy and Silver

Class Flower- Peony

Class Song- Best Day of My Life by American Authors

Class Motto- "You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." -C.S. Lewis