Welcome to Success Skills!
This class was designed to answer the question:
"What skills do students need to be successful in school and life?"
In this class, we are going to focus on two main things:
Expectations
All students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the RCMS Student Handbook (Link)
Class Flow
Class Policies
Class Information
"What skills do students need to be successful in school and life?"
In this class, we are going to focus on two main things:
- Skills students build to create success for themselves
- Attitudes and mindsets students maintain to create success for themselves
- Preparation for High School
- Career Exploration
- Self Knowledge
- Post Secondary Preparation
- Self Management Skills
- Social Skills
- Mindfulness
- Problem Solving
- Digital Citizenship (Empathy Online)
Expectations
All students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the RCMS Student Handbook (Link)
- Be Respectful
- Be Responsible
- Be Positive
- Be Safe
- Set high standards of quality for self
- Work independently
- Demonstrate self-discipline and self-control
- Demonstrate social maturity and behaviors appropriate to the situation and environment
- Apply self-motivation and self-direction to learning
- Demonstrate creativity
Class Flow
- Bell ringers will be on the board for students. Please enter the class quietly and go to your seat and work on it. In the absence of a bell ringer, please work quietly on your ipad or read a book.
- Exit Tickets must be completed prior to exiting class to receive credit.
- Turn papers and written work in on the purple cart at the front of the room
- Check Canvas for assignments
- PowerSchool reflects the students current grade ~ Canvas and PowerSchool may not always match up 100%
Class Policies
- Students must write the date and their name on any work submitted. Work worth less than 5 points submitted without a name will be rewarded with a 0 for that assignment. This is the student's responsibility. No exceptions.
- Late work receives a 20% penalty
- Miss Albin reserves the right to not receive work more than 2 weeks late.
Class Information
- Tissues are in the back of the room. Please get one without asking and without making noise if you need one.
- If you must go to the restroom, raise your hand in a fist.
- Fidgets may ONLY be used if they are: silent, do not distract you or others, and you are not looking at them. They should be used and not seen
- Emergency Exit door for 117A is Door 2 (by 6th Grade Science) [Fire Drill]
- In the event of a Tornado Drill, we stay in Room 117A, as it is an interior room.
- Absent students should consult Miss Albin and Canvas PAGES and ASSIGNMENTS to find what work was missed. Students have the number of days missed allowed to make up work.