Middle School

List of 5 items.

• MS Schedule

  

• MS Advisory

  The Advisory Program is designed to aid students in developing skills in leadership, academics, and service which follow the school’s motto of “to Learn, to Lead, to Serve.” Every advisory consists of an equal number of same grade students who meet each day with a core teacher. This relationship between teacher and student is paramount to developing a well-rounded student. Four days a week, with the exception of Thursday, students meet after break to get additional help from teachers. On Thursday, the advisory groups do one of the following activities: participate in an intramural competition, an academically oriented competition, or an advisory lesson (list below).
  
  

  Intramural Competitions	Academically Oriented Competitions	Advisory Lesson Topics
  Punt/Pass/Kick	Pep Assemblies	Goal Setting
  Tug-of-War	Red Ribbon Week	Decision Making/Choices
  Relays	Speakers	Honesty
  Basketball Shootout	Talent Show	Peer Pressure
  Volleyball	Chorus Presentation	Values
  Dodgeball	Drama Presentation	Manners
  	Geography Bee	Self-Esteem
  	Spelling Bee	Conflict Resolution
  	Junior Honor Society Induction	Bullying
  	Academic Challenge	Diversity and Understanding
  	Student Council Induction	Respect and Kindness
  		Responsible Use of Technology
  		Friendship
  		Self-Control
  		Mental Disorders
  		Responsibility
  		Puberty

• MS Counseling

  Counseling responsibilities include helping students and families make the best use of available opportunities and resources and to help fully develop each student’s individual potential. Different types of evidence-based methods are used to assure students have positive academic and social outcomes. The counseling program can be broken up into two sections: behavioral counseling and academic counseling.
  
  

  School Behavioral/Mental Health Counseling

  Being a behavioral/mental health counselor means to affect change in the student’s behavior. A behavioral counselor helps students think through situations, overcome emotional milestones, learn social skills, deal with crisis situations, and cope with problems. Behaviors a counselor might deal with in the middle school are depression, anxiety, aggression, trauma, substance use; or any other mental disorders or symptoms.
  
  

  School Academic/Guidance Counseling

  Being an academic/guidance counselor means to affect change in the student’s academic life. This means handling short/long term case management, identifying and remediating school-wide needs, conducting assessments of student needs, and promoting school attendance.
  
  

  Both areas of counseling also include empowering and advocating for students, promoting parent evolvement, collaborating and participating in case conferences with other school officials, serving on the student life committee, assisting families with interpretation of school policies and procedures, and facilitating referral and collaboration with outside agencies.

• MS Service Learning Program

  The Service Learning Program encourages students to share their time and resources with others. The goal is to enhance the “to Serve” message in the motto by teaching students their responsibility to give back to the community. This position includes management of the program, planning of school service events on and off campus, collaborating with community agencies, and reviewing and approving student-suggested service projects. In addition to these responsibilities, the position is also in charge of the STAR Service Club, which is a group of elected students from grades 5th through 8th interested in leading the school in service projects.
  
  
  

  Typical Recurring Service Projects

  Red Ribbon Week (October)

  Partnership with Smart Start Central OK (November)

  Annual Food Drive (November)

  Holiday Service Projects (December)

  Passion Project through Infant Crisis (February)

  Partnership with Head Start (Spring)

• Student Activities

  Middle School students have a wide variety of in-school and after-school activities from which to choose. All these activities are optional.
  
  Middle School Clubs
  

  World Languages	German Club
  Math and Strategy	5th Grade Negative Numbers Club Chess Club MathCounts
  Oral Communications	Debate Club
  Language Arts	5th Grade Writers' Club
  Technology	Hour of Code Club Spark Club
  Environmental	Garden Club

   

  These offerings are subject to change.