Middle School and Academy Academic Planner 2012-13

Middle School (grades 6-8) Academy (grades 9-12)

PLANNER

2012 - 2013

NAME GRADE

| Mission Statement

ACS Athens Mission ACS Athens is a student-centered international school, embracing American educational philosophy, principles and values. Through excellence in teaching and diverse educational experiences, ACS Athens challenges all students to realize their unique potential: academically, intellectually, socially and ethically -- to thrive as responsible global citizens.

ACS Athens Beliefs • All decisions in the school must be made in the best interest of students.

• Academic excellence is built upon each student’s unique talents and abilities.

• Student learning must be a shared responsibility of the student, the school, and the family.

• Students learn and develop best in an environment of cooperation, belonging and trust.

• Respecting, accepting and embracing diversity enriches one’s community.

• Effective global citizenship demands a strong sense of civic responsibility and community service.

• Educating students should promote intellectual, social, physical and emotional development and ethical decision making.

• All individuals can succeed and acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to become life-long learners with ethos.

| Portrait of an ACS Athens Graduate

ACS Athens Scolars and Professionals

ACS Athens Individuals

ACS Athens World Citizens

| GRADuAtES of ACS AthENS Will BE: inquirers

Knowledgeable

thinkers Communicators

Principled

open-minded

Caring

Balanced

Reflective

Decision-Makers

They develop their natural curiosity and encounter the world and embrace the future with sense of imagination and wonder.

They acquire the skills necessary to conduct inquiry and research and show independence in learning. They actively enjoy learning and this love of learning will be sustained throughout their lives.

They explore concepts, ideas and issues that have local and global significance. In so doing, they continue to acquire in-depth knowledge and develop understanding across a broad and balanced range of disciplines. They have an understanding of how technology shapes their lives.

They apply thinking skills independently, critically and creatively to recognize and approach complex problems.

They understand and express ideas and information confidently and creatively in more than one language and in a variety of modes of communication. They are capable of listening to and receiving ideas from others, both from within and outside of their own cultures.

They act in accordance with fundamental principles of integrity, honesty, and humility, with a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect for the dignity of the individual, groups and communities, among other values.

They take responsibility for their own actions and the consequences that accompany them.

They understand and appreciate their own cultures and personal histories, and are open to the perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals and communities. They are accustomed to seeking and evaluating a range of points of view, and are willing to grow from the experience.

They show empathy, compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of others. They have a personal commitment to service, and to making a positive difference in the lives of others and to protecting the environment.

They understand the importance of intellectual, physical and emotional balance to achieve personal well-being for themselves and others.

They give thoughtful consideration to their own learning and experience.

They are able to assess and understand their strengths and limitations in order to support their learning and personal development.

They approach unfamiliar situations and uncertainty with courage and forethought, and have the independence of spirit to explore new roles, ideas and strategies. They are brave and articulate in defending their beliefs. They use their knowledge to set goals and develop plans and deadlines for meeting them; as well as to make informed, ethical, moral, aesthetic and political choices.

*This document integrates the IB learner profile with traits and qualities that our community has identified as necessary adjuncts to the learner profile to create the most complete portrait of the person that we want to graduate from our school.

| SEMESTER One NAME

ADDRESS

TELEPHONE E-MAIL

| DAY 1 BLOCK

CLASS

ROOM TEACHER

1 2 3 4

| DAY 2 BLOCK

CLASS

ROOM TEACHER

5 6 7 8

Middle School Advisory Class

This planner is to help the student organize and keep track of his or her assignments.

Each student is to carry this Planner along with other notebooks and textbooks to every class.

This notebook may be monitored by core teachers. It is the responsibility of the student to comply with proper use of this planner. If a student is having organizational difficulties, the core team will develop an individualized plan for use and checking of this planner.

(Additional planners may be purchased for a nominal charge.)

NAME

| SEMESTER Two

ADDRESS

TELEPHONE E-MAIL

| DAY 1

BLOCK

CLASS

ROOM TEACHER

1 2 3 4

| DAY 2 BLOCK

CLASS

ROOM TEACHER

5 6 7 8

Middle School Advisory Class

This planner is to help the student organize and keep track of his or her assignments.

Each student is to carry this Planner along with other notebooks and textbooks to every class.

This notebook may be monitored by core teachers. It is the responsibility of the student to comply with proper use of this planner. If a student is having organizational difficulties, the core team will develop an individualized plan for use and checking of this planner.

(Additional planners may be purchased for a nominal charge.)

| SCHOOL CALENDAR 2012-2013

6 13 20 27

3 10 17 24

1 8 15 22 29

5 12 19 26

7 14 21 28

4 11 18 25

2 9 16 23 30

6 13 20 27

1 8 15 22 29

5 12 19 26

3 10 17 24 31

7 14 21 28

2 9 16 23 30

6 13 20 27

4 11 18 25

1 8 15 22 29

3 10 17 24 31

7 14 21 28

5 12 19 26

2 9 16 23 30

August 15 Assumption Day August 27-31 New Student Registration

September 3 Labor Day September 4, 5 Staff Development No School for Students September 5 Grade 1 Parent Orientation MS/HS New Student Orientation September 6 Grades 2-12, Gr. 1 (A-M) September 7 Grade 1 (N-Z) September 12 Grades JK-KG Begins

March 8 ES End of 2nd Trimester March 18 Clean Monday – No School March 22 MS/HS 3rd Qtr. Ends March 25 Greek Independence Day – No School March 29 Western Good Friday – No School

October 24 MS/HS Staff Development Half Day October 24 ES Parent/Teacher Conferences 13:00-15:30 p.m.

October 25 ES Parent/Teacher Conferences 16:00-18:30 p.m.

April 16 ES Parent/Teacher Conferences (16:00-18:30) April 17 Staff Development Half Day April 25 MS/HS Parent/Teacher Student Conferences (16 :00-18 :30) April 26 ES/MS/HS Parent/Teacher Student Conferences (9 :30-12 :00 noon) April 29 Spring Break Begins

November 2 MS/HS 1st Qtr. Ends November 14 Staff Development Half day November 20 MS/HS Parent-Teacher Student Conferences (16:00-18:30) November 21 MS/HS Parent-Teacher -Student Conferences (9:30-12:00) November 21 ES Students - Half Day Dismissal at 12:00 noon November 22-23 Thanksgiving Holiday – No School November 24-25 ES Student End of 1st Trimester

December 24 Winter Break Starts

3 10 17 24 31

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18

February 13 Staff Development Half Day

January 4 Winter Break Ends January 7 Classes Resume January 25 MS/HS 1st Semester Ends

May 1-7 Spring Break Continues May 8 Classes Resume May 23 ES Student Led Conferences (09:00-15:30) – No Classes May 24 ES Student Led Conferences (09:00-15:30) – No Classes

June 14 Graduation – Last Day of School for Students June 17-18-19 Staff Development Days June 24 Whit Monday – Offices Closed

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

1 7 8 14 15 21 22 28

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

1 8 15 22 29

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

1 88 15 22 29

2 9 16 23 30

3 10 17 24 31

3 10 17 24

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

Denotes first and last day of school for students.

Denotes no classes.

Denotes half day school.

21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 31 Approved: March, 2012

185 Teacher Days 180 Students Days

| ACS Athens ACADEMY/MIDDLE SCHOOL Bell Schedule for Day 1 and Day 2

TIME

DAY 1

DAY 2

9:00 - 10:20

Block 1

Block 5

10:20 - 10:40

Passing Time & Announcements

10:40 - 12:00

Block 2

Block 6

12:00 - 12:10

Academy Passing

Academy Passing

12:00 - 12:35

Middle School Lunch

12:10 - 1:30

Academy Block 3

Academy Block 7

12:35 - 2:00

MS Block 3

MS Block 7

1:30 - 2:00

Academy Lunch

Academy Lunch

2:00 - 2:10

Passing Time

Passing Time

2:10 - 3.30

Block 4

Block 8

| FIRST QUARTER September 3, 2012- November 2, 2012

3 Sept No School 10 Sept

4 Sept No School 11 Sept

Day 2 (5678) 17 Sept Day 1 (1234) 24 Sept

Day 1 (1234) 18 Sept

25 Sept Day 1 (1234) 2 Oct

Day 1 (1234) 8 Oct

15 Oct Day 1 (1234) 22 Oct Day 2 (5678) 29 Oct Day 1 (1234)

12 Sept

19 Sept Day 1 (1234) 26 Sept

16 Oct Day 2 (5678) 23 Oct Day 1 (1234) 30 Oct Day 2 (5678)

13 Sept Day 1 (1234) 20 Sept

27 Sept Day 1 (1234)

Day 2 (5678) 11 Oct

Day 2 (5678) 17 Oct Day 1 (1234) 24 Oct

Day 1 (1234) 18 Oct Day 2 (5678) 25 Oct

Day 2 (5678) 31 Oct Day 1 (1234)

Day 1 (1234) 14 Sept Day 2 (5678) 21 Sept

Day 2 (5678)

4 Oct Day 1 (1234)

7 Sept

ALL DAY SECHEDULE

Day 2 (5678)

10 Oct Day 1 (1234)

6 Sept

Day 2 (5678)

3 Oct

Day 2 (5678) 9 Oct

Day 2 (5678)

No School

Day 2 (5678)

Day 2 (5678) 1 Oct

5 Sept

Day 1 (1234) 1 Nov Day 2 (5678)

Day 1 (1234) 28 Sept Day 2 (5678) 5 Oct Day 1 (1234) 12 Oct Day 2 (5678) 19 Oct Day 1 (1234) 26 Oct Day 2 (5678) 2 Nov Day 1 (1234)

| SECoND QuARtER November 5, 2012 - January 25, 2013

5 Nov

6 Nov

Day 2 (5678) 12 Nov

Day 1 (1234) 13 Nov

Day 1 (1234) 19 Nov

20 Nov Day 1 (1234) 27 Nov

Day 2 (5678) 3 Dec

10 Dec

4 Dec

Day 1 (1234) 21 Nov No School 28 Nov

11 Dec

5 Dec

Day 1 (1234)

15 Nov

12 Dec Day 2 (5678) 19 Dec

Day 2 (5678)

Day 1 (1234)

9 Nov Day 2 (5678) 16 Nov

Day 2 (5678) 22 Nov No School 29 Nov Day 1 (1234) 6 Dec

Day 1 (1234)

Day 1 (1234) 18 Dec

Day 1 (1234)

Day 2 (5678)

Day 2 (5678)

Day 2 (5678) 17 Dec

14 Nov

Day 1 (1234)

Day 1 (1234)

8 Nov

Day 2 (5678)

Day 2 (5678)

Day 2 (5678) 26 Nov

7 Nov

Day 1 (1234) 23 Nov No School 30 Nov Day 2 (5678) 7 Dec

Day 2 (5678) 13 Dec Day 1 (1234) 20 Dec

Day 1 (1234) 14 Dec Day 2 (5678) 21 Dec

Day 2 (5678)

Day 1 (1234)

24 Dec

25 Dec

26 Dec

27 Dec

28 Dec

No School WINTER BREAK

No School WINTER BREAK

No School WINTER BREAK

No School WINTER BREAK

No School WINTER BREAK

31 Dec

1 Jan

2 Jan

3 Jan

4 Jan

No School WINTER BREAK

No School WINTER BREAK

No School WINTER BREAK

No School WINTER BREAK

No School WINTER BREAK

7 Jan

8 Jan

9 Jan

10 Jan

11 Jan

Day 2 (5678) 14 Jan Day 1 (1234) 21 Jan Day 2 (5678)

Day 1 (1234) 15 Jan Day 2 (5678) 22 Jan Day 1 (1234)

Day 2 (5678) 16 Jan Day 1 (1234) 23 Jan Day 2 (5678)

Day 1 (1234) 17 Jan Day 2 (5678) 24 Jan Day 1 (1234)

Day 2 (5678) 18 Jan Day 1 (1234) 25 Jan Day 2 (5678)

| thiRD QuARtER January 28, 2013 - March 22, 2013

28 Jan Day 1 (1234) 4 feb

29 Jan Day 2 (5678) 5 feb

Day 2 (5678) 11 feb Day 1 (1234) 18 feb Day 2 (5678) 25 feb Day 1 (1234) 4 Mar Day 2 (5678) 11 Mar Day 1 (1234) 18 Mar No School

Day 1 (1234) 12 feb

30 Jan Day 1 (1234) 6 feb

Day 1 (1234) 26 feb Day 2 (5678) 5 Mar Day 1 (1234) 12 Mar Day 2 (5678) 19 Mar Day 2 (5678)

7 feb

13 feb Day 1 (1234) 20 feb

Day 1 (1234) 6 Mar Day 2 (5678) 13 Mar Day 1 (1234) 20 Mar Day 1 (1234)

Day 1 (1234) 8 feb

Day 1 (1234) 14 feb

Day 2 (5678) 15 feb

Day 2 (5678) 21 feb

Day 2 (5678) 27 feb

1 feb

Day 2 (5678)

Day 2 (5678)

Day 2 (5678) 19 feb

31 Jan

Day 1 (1234) 22 feb

Day 1 (1234) 28 feb Day 2 (5678) 7 Mar Day 1 (1234) 14 Mar Day 2 (5678) 21 Mar Day 2 (5678)

Day 2 (5678) 1 Mar Day 1 (1234) 8 Mar Day 2 (5678) 15 Mar Day 1 (1234) 22 Mar Day 1 (1234)

| fouRth QuARtER March 26, 2013 - June 14, 2013

25 Mar No School 1 Apr

26 Mar Day 2 (5678) 2 Apr

Day 1 (1234) 8 Apr

15 Apr Day 1 (1234) 22 Apr Day 2 (5678) 29 Apr No School SPRING BREAK 6 May No School SPRING BREAK 13 May Day 2 (5678) 20 May Day 1 (1234) 27 May Day 2 (5678) 3 June Day 1 (1234) 10 June Day 2 (5678)

Day 1 (1234) 3 Apr

Day 1 (1234) 16 Apr

10 Apr Day 2 (5678) 17 Apr

Day 2 (5678) 23 Apr Day 1 (1234) 30 Apr No School SPRING BREAK 7 May No School SPRING BREAK 14 May Day 1 (1234) 21 May Day 2 (5678) 28 May Day 1 (1234) 4 June Day 2 (5678) 11 June Day 1 (1234)

28 Mar Day 2 (5678) 4 Apr

Day 1 (1234)

Day 2 (5678) 9 Apr

Day 2 (5678)

27 Mar

Day 1 (1234) 24 Apr Day 2 (5678) 1 May

8 May Day 1 (1234) 15 May Day 2 (5678) 22 May Day 1 (1234) 29 May Day 2 (5678) 5 June Day 1 (1234) 12 June Day 2 (5678)

No School 5 Apr

Day 2 (5678) 11 Apr Day 1 (1234) 18 Apr Day 2 (5678) 25 Apr Day 1 (1234) 2 May

No School SPRING BREAK

29 Mar

No School SPRING BREAK 9 May Day 2 (5678) 16 May Day 1 (1234) 23 May Day 2 (5678) 30 May Day 1 (1234) 6 June Day 2 (5678) 13 June Day 1 (1234)

Day 1 (1234) 12 Apr Day 2 (5678) 19 Apr Day 1 (1234) 26 Apr Day 2 (5678) 3 May No School SPRING BREAK 10 May Day 1 (1234) 17 May Day 2 (5678) 24 May Day 1 (1234) 31 May Day 2 (5678) 7 June Day 1 (1234) 14 June

2012 - 2013

| Calendar & Weekly September 2012

Planner 3

4

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10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21

03

LABOR DAY No School

04

No School

Monday

Tuesday

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Wednesday

1

24 25 26 27 28

No School

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| Calendar & Weekly September 2012

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4

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10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21

06

Thursday

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ALL DAY SECHEDULE

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Friday

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Parent & Teacher Comments

Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly September 2012

Planner 3

4

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Monday

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| Calendar & Weekly September 2012

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Thursday

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Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly September 2012

Planner 3

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10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21

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Monday

24 25 26 27 28

DAY 1

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18

Tuesday

19

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| Calendar & Weekly September 2012

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Parent & Teacher Comments

Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly September 2012

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10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21

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Monday

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| Calendar & Weekly September 2012

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Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly October 2012

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| Calendar & Weekly October 2012

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Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly October 2012

8

Monday

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1

10

Wednesday

5

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DAY 2

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| Calendar & Weekly October 2012

11

Thursday

Planner

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Friday

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Parent & Teacher Comments

Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly October 2012

17 15

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DAY 1

| Calendar & Weekly October 2012

20 18

Thursday

19

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DAY 2

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Friday

Planner

6

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Parent & Teacher Comments

Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly October 2012

22

Monday

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1

24

Wednesday

5

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Half Day

| Calendar & Weekly October 2012

25

Thursday

Planner

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Friday

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Parent & Teacher Comments

Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly October 2012

29

Monday

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DAY 1

| Calendar & Weekly November 2012

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5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16

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Thursday

19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30

DAY 2

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1

Parent & Teacher Comments

Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly November 2012

Planner 1

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5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16

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19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30

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| Calendar & Weekly November 2012

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Thursday

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Friday

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5

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Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly November 2012

Planner 1

2

5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16

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Monday

19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30

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Tuesday

6

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| Calendar & Weekly November 2012

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5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16

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Thursday

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Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly November 2012

Planner 1

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5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16

19

Monday

5

19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30

DAY 2 6

20

Tuesday

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21

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7

No School

| Calendar & Weekly November 2012

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2

5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30

22

ΤΗΑΝKSGIVING HOLIDAY No School

23

ΤΗΑΝKSGIVING HOLIDAY No School

Thursday

Friday

Parent & Teacher Comments

Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly November 2012

Planner 1

2

5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16

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Monday

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| Calendar & Weekly November 2012

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| Calendar & Weekly December 2012

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Monday

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| Calendar & Weekly December 2012

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Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly December 2012

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Monday

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| Calendar & Weekly December 2012

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Thursday

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Parent & Teacher Comments

Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly December 2012

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Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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| Calendar & Weekly December 2012

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Thursday

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Friday

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Parent & Teacher Comments

Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly December 2012

Planner

Happy Holidays

24

Winter Break No School

25

Winter Break No School

26

Winter Break No School

Monday

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Wednesday

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| Calendar & Weekly December 2012

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Winter Break No School

28

Winter Break No School

Thursday

Friday

31

Parent & Teacher Comments

Parent Signature

Planner

| Calendar & Weekly December - January 2013

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Winter Break No School

01

Winter Break No School

02

Winter Break No School

Monday

Tuesday

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| Calendar & Weekly January 2013

Planner

03

Winter Break No School

04

Winter Break No School

Thursday

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Parent & Teacher Comments

Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly January 2013

07

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| Calendar & Weekly January 2013

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Parent Signature

| Calendar & Weekly January 2013

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| Calendar & Weekly January 2013

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Thursday

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| Calendar & Weekly January 2013

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| Calendar & Weekly January 2013

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Friday

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|ACS Athens ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY Maintaining Academic Integrity --ACS Athens Middle School and Academy Academic Integrity Policy-The ACS Athens Mission Statement obliges us to provide opportunities for all students to “develop a deep sense of integrity and self-esteem.” Few qualities are as important to living a good life as these are. In support of this goal, we are committed to helping students understand and demonstrate the principles of academic integrity on a daily basis.

Simply put, academic integrity means always being honest about your work by avoiding cheating and plagiarism. At ACS Athens, we will consider that academic integrity has been violated and cheating has occurred when you use someone else’s words, work, test or quiz answers, and/or ideas and claim them as your own.

Why is it important to maintain academic integrity?

• We want you to take pride in your honest achievement.

• You’ll feel good about yourself when you meet the challenges of your academic work. It’s hard to feel good about yourself when you take credit for someone else’s work.

• You will develop and maintain a reputation as an honest person.

• People’s words, work and/or ideas are considered “intellectual property” – meaning that their creator owns them. Some types of plagiarism violate not only school rules, but US and European law. Plagiarism is a form of theft. So, too, are other forms of cheating, like copying another’s work on a test.

• Cheating gets in the way of learning. When you pass someone else’s work or ideas off as your own, you are not learning, nor are you practicing the skills that you need to succeed in the university and in the workplace: how to write, analyze, form conclusions and generate new ideas.

• You will learn what you are honestly capable of achieving.

What does cheating look like? (Examples of violations of academic integrity.)

• Copying someone’s homework.

• Looking at another’s test, getting unauthorized assistance during a test, sharing answers with others during a test, letting someone copy your assignment.

• Having a parent or a tutor do your homework.

• Paying a tutor to write your paper (or complete your college applications) for you.

• Letting your parents build your project.

• Letting your partner do all the work on a project and just putting your name on the final product.

• Turning in an old project or paper completed by a former student (an older brother or sister, for example).

• Taking a paper directly from the Internet and passing it off as your own.

• Copying directly from published works or Internet sites, and/or using someone else’s words without quoting them and citing the sources of information.

• Paraphrasing (rewording) someone’s words and not giving him/her credit for the ideas or concepts; passing someone’s ideas off as your own.

• Using images, charts, graphs, maps, tables and other graphics from published or Internet sources in your work without citing where you found them.

How is cheating discovered?

• New technology Teachers can simply plug a word or phrase from your work into a search engine (such as turnitin.com) and find from where on the Internet an idea or paper has come.

• Teachers love to talk about their students’ accomplishments As they talk about their students’ achievements, they learn about work that students have completed for other classes. Thus, they also learn of instances when friends have submitted another student’s work in another class. You should always check with your teachers to see if original work you have done for one class can also be used in other classes. Teachers also have a good memory for work that has been previously submitted to them.

• Teachers know your writing Teachers know how students write. It doesn’t take much to recognize what was written by a particular student and what was written by someone else.

What are the consequences of violating the Academic Integrity policy?

• Grade of zero on relevant assignment or project and notification of parent.

• Referral of NHS members to NHS Committee for appropriate disciplinary action.

• Letter on file – which will be shared with members of NHS Committee and Middle School Student of the Quarter, Luke Hansen and Warren Shepard Award committees during selection process for these honors.

• In IB classes, students will be subject to IB malpractice guidelines.

• Suspension from school for subsequent violations and immediate ineligibility for NHS membership.

How can you avoid cheating?

• The best way to avoid cheating and plagiarism is to find ways to personalize your assignments. React in writing about how your topic might personally affect you, your family or your community. Let your reader know what you think about your topic and about why it matters to you. An original conclusion, which is supported by facts from other works properly cited is never cheating. Write in your own voice, not just in your own words.

• Organize your work so that you don’t run into a last-minute time crunch that keeps you from studying, writing, creating, revising, reflecting and making your work your own.

• Record where you found your supporting ideas while you do your research – once for finding the information, and again for writing your footnotes and doing the bibliography.

• ALWAYS include a bibliography, list of resources or acknowledgement whenever you use the work or ideas of others. If you can’t provide a citation, don’t use the source.

• Understand that using other’s work is permissible and usually necessary to create well-supported arguments, conclusions and answers to questions. Giving credit to the source of this work keeps it from being plagiarism.

• Make as large a percentage of your work as original as possible. Use direct quotations and paraphrasing only when what you find is written in such a way that it clarifies or makes memorable the idea expressed.

How do you decide when to give credit? (taken from the Purdue University Website: http://owl.english.purdue/research/r_plagiar.html Used with permission) Choosing When to Give Credit Need to Document

No Need to Document

• When you are using or referring to somebody else’s words or ideas from a magazine, book, newspaper, song, TV program, movie, Web page, computer program, letter, advertisement, or any other medium • When you use information gained through interviewing another person • When you copy the exact words or a “unique phrase” from somewhere • When you reprint any diagrams, illustrations, charts, and pictures • When you use ideas that others have given you in conversations or over email

• When you are writing your own experiences, your own observations, your own insights, your own thoughts, your own conclusions about a subject • When you are using “common knowledge” - folklore, common sense observations, shared information within your field of study or cultural group • When you are compiling generally accepted facts • When you are writing up your own experimental results Material is probably “common knowledge” if • You find the same information undocumented in at least five other sources • You think it is information that your readers will already know • You think a person could easily find the information with general reference sources

To be sure that you are citing your sources correctly, refer to the section on proper citation formatting in Writer’s, Inc.

How can you avoid plagiarism and make sure you are safe?

When researching, note-taking, and interviewing

Action during the writing process

Appearance on the finished product

• Mark everything that is someone else’s words with a big Q (for quote) or with big quotation marks • Indicate in your notes which ideas are taken from sources (S) and which are your own insights (ME) • Record all of the relevant documentation information in your notes

Proofread and check with your notes (or photocopies of sources) to make sure that anything taken from your notes is acknowledged in some combination of the ways listed below: • • • • •

In-text citation Footnotes Bibliography Quotation marks Indirect quotations

When paraphrasing and summarizing

• Begin your summary with • First, write your a statement giving credit paraphrase and to the source: According summary without to Jonathan Kozol, ... looking at the original • Put any unique words or text, so you rely only phrases that you cannot on your memory. change, or do not want • Next, check your to change, in quotation version with the original marks: ... “savage for content, accuracy, inequalities” exist and mistakenly borthroughout our rowed phrases educational system (Kozol).

When quoting directly • Keep the person’s name • Mention the person’s name either at the near the quote in your beginning of the quote, in notes, and in your paper the middle, or at the end • Select those direct • Put quotation marks quotes that make the around the text that you most impact in your are quoting paper -- too many direct quotes may lessen your • Indicate added phrases in brackets ([ ]) and credibility and interfere omitted text with with your style ellipses (. . .)

When quoting indirectly

• Keep the person’s name • Mention the person’s name either at the near the text in your beginning of the notes, and in your paper information, or in the • Rewrite the key ideas middle, or at that end using different words and sentence structures • Double check to make sure that your words than the original text and sentence structures are different than the original text

This policy/document has been adapted with permission from Lakeview High School, Battle Creek MI and the Mankato, MN Area Public Schools.

| Manuscript format 1. Always use standard A4 or (8 1/2� x 11�) paper.

2. Put name, class, period, date, and assignment in upper right-hand corner of the page.

3. Give compositions an original title. This shoud be centered on the first line of the first page. Capitalize first, last, and key words. Do not enclose your title in quotation marks.

4. All final drafts of formal assignments must be word processed, double-spaced and printed in only one side of plain white paper.

5. Keep a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and both sides of each page.

6. For hand-written assignments (journals, rough drafts, etc.), use lined, loose-leaf paper, but not paper from a spiral notebook.

7. Use blue or black ink, not pencil.

8. Number all pages of the manuscript at the bottom, right-hand corner.

9. All work must be spell-checked, grammar-checked and carefully proofread.

| Editing Checklist 1. Title. Is it meaningful and original? Is it capitalized and punctuated correctly?

2. Introduction. Is it lively and interesting? Does it capture your readers’ attention while drawing them into the topic that you are going to discuss?

3. Thesis. Does the paper have a clear thesis or central idea which is stated near the beginning and developed logically throughout?

4. Body. Do all ideas raised in the body of the paper help to support and develop the thesis or central idea? Have you deleted all irrelevant material?

5. Conclusion. Does the paper come to a satisfactory end in a concluding paragraph that clinches or stresses the central idea without raising any new points which have not been explored in the body of the paper?

6. Paragraphs. Have you used a new paragraph for each new supporting idea? Is this idea stated in a topic sentence? Does the rest of the paragraph develop this topic in a carefully organized series of sentences?

7. Transitions. Do ideas follow one another smoothly? Have you used transitional words and expressions to help sentences flow logically and to provide a link from one paragraph to the next?

8. Sentences. Are there any sentence fragments, comma splices, or run-ons? Are there problems with faulty parallelism, misplaced modifiers, unclear pronoun references? Is there variety in sentence length and structure? Have you edited to avoid wordiness and redundancy?

9. Words. Have you chosen words that are appropriate, exact, and interesting? Are there any ambiguous words that should be changed? Have you used strong, active verbs instead of weak, passive ones? Have you spelled all words properly?

10. Consistency. Are there any unnecessary shifts in tense, mood, or voice? Do verbs agree in number with their subjects? Do pronouns agree in number, case, and person with their antecedents?

11. Punctuation. Have you ended your sentences with the proper punctuation? Have you used commas correctly? Are apostrophes correctly placed? Have you used four periods for an allipsis that runs to the end of a sentence? Have you overused any one mark of punctuation, such as commas or dashes or exclamation marks?

12. Mechanics. Have you used capitals, underlining, and quotation marks around all passages in which you are directly quoting someone else? Have you used the accepted format to document the source you consulted in writing the paper? Have

you followed dictionary rules for dividing words at the ends of lines? Should any abbreviations or numbers be spelled out?

13. Manuscript Format. Does your paper follow all the rules for manuscript format as given above and in the ACS Athens Writer’s Manual?

| Editing Abbreviations adj/adv

improper use adjective

N

number incorrectly used

or adverb

NE

not English

P

punctuation error

between subject and verb

R

repetitive or redundant

or between pronoun and

ref

unclear or incorrect

agr SV/PA lack of agreement

pronoun reference

antecedent r-o

art

article faulty or missing

awk

awkward construction

sp

spelling error

cap

capitalization needed

vt

verb tense

cs

comma splice

ww

wrong word or weak word

dang

dangling element

?

unclear, illogical

frag

sentence fragment

id

idiom faulty

^

insert missing element

lc

lower case needed

¶

new paragraph

marg

margin incorrect

no ¶

no new paragraph

mis

misplaced element

II

use parallel structure

MS

manuscript form incorrect

Ξ

capitalize

run-on sentence

or incorrect

| MlA Documentation Style (to be followed when citing sources in all subject areas) MLA Documentation Style is required in all MS and Academy Courses.

Refer to pages 259-295 in Writers, Inc. (Written and compiled

by Patrick Sebranek, Dave Kemper and Verne Meyer; Houghton Mifflin, 2001)

|ACS Athens SPELLING RULES It is a good idea to proof-read all your work for spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Do not hope for the best - make sure that your work is correct, otherwise your marks and grades might suffer in all subjects.

| Common Spelling Rules Rule 1: Write i before e except after c, or when sounded like a (as in neighbor and weigh).

Examples: receive perceive relief Exceptions: Eight of the exceptions are included in this sentence: Neither sheik dared leisurely seize either weird species of financiers.

When the ie/ei combination is not pronounced ee, it is usually spelled ei.

Examples: reign foreign weigh neighbor Exceptions: fiery friend mischief view Rule 2: When a one-syllable word (bat) ends in a consonant (t) preceded by one vowel (a), double the final consonant before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel (batting). sum-summary god-goddess When a multi-syllable word (control) ends in a consonant (l) preceded by one vowel (o), the accent is on the last syllable (control’), and the suffix begins with a vowel (ing) - the same rule holds true: double the final consonant (controlling). prefer - preferred begin - beginning forget - forgettable admit - admittance Rule 3: If a word ends with a silent e, drop the e before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel. state-stating-statement use - using - useful

like - liking - likeness nine - ninety - nineteen

Note: You do not drop the e when the suffix begins with a consonant.

Exceptions include judgment, truly, argument and ninth.

Rule 4: When y is the last letter in a word and the y preceded by a consonant, change the y to i before adding any suffix except those beginning with i. fry - fries ply - pliable

hurry - hurried happy - happiness

lady - ladies beauty - beautiful

When forming the plural of a word that ends with a y that is preceded by a vowel, add s. toy - toys play - plays monkey – monkeys

|ACS Athens LEARNING DESCRIPTORS Attends class punctually, is equipped and ready to work - Organizes binder - Brings all necessary material - Uses Planner effectively Works Cooperatively - Follows class rules - Listens to and follows directions - Works well with others to solve problems and complete tasks Works Independently - Develops good study habits - Manages time wisely - Is cognizant of learning strengths and weaknesses - Studies actively Participates in Classroom Activities and Discussions - Demostrates active listening - Asks pertinent questions - Frequently contributes to class discussion - Takes notes from a variety of sources - Communicates information to others Organizes Time Effectively - Builds a work schedule and follows through Meets Deadlines for Assignments and Projects Demostrates Effort - Completes assignments thoroughly, on time, and to the best of his/her ability - Prepares for tests - Seeks help when necessary - Utilizes school support systems when appropriate Maintains Academic Honesty - Uses own work - Uses own ideas - Uses own voice

ACS AthENS hoNoR CoDE PRoJECt: PRoMotiNG EthoS, iNtEGRitY AND RESPoNSiBilitY

ACADEMY EXAMINATION PROTOCOL (for administration of tests, midterms and final exams) Developed by the Faculty-Student Honor Code Committee with input from faculty, students, administration and parents, May 2012 I. II. • • • -

• • -

WHAT ACTIONS CONSTITUTE MALPRACTICE/CHEATING? Looking at another’s paper during an exam Sharing information during an exam Letting others see your work during an exam Attempting to communicate with another student during an exam Having “cheat sheets” in one’s possession during exam Having class notes, books and study guides on or near one’s desk during an exam (unless teacher indicates that they may be used) Leaving notes in bathroom or other location Using electronic devices to store/research information; having electronic devices on one’s person during an exam.

Plagiarism Presenting false data/fabricated information on lab reports, projects, etc.

Multiple submission of papers (using the same paper/project for another class) Handing in another student’s assignment or project as your own.

Giving another student your assignment or project to hand in as his/her own.

EXAMINATION PROCEDURES GENERAL: Students enter exam room with writing utensils & water bottle only (unless calculators or other materials are required).

Book bags, notes, books, electronic devices are left in locker or in front of the exam room, with electronic devices switched off to avoid disrupting exam decorum.

The use of graphing calculators is at teacher’s discretion Teacher reads exam protocol and reminds students to use rest room before exam begins.

Exam regulations are posted in each class Student writes and signs a statement at the end of each exam verifying that the work is their own and has not been acquired through actions that constitute as cheating. (“I certify that all work on this exam is my own and that I have upheld the principles of academic integrity in the completion of this work.”)

Students must remain in class for the duration of the exam period.

Use of restrooms: before exam begins/after exam has been com pleted and turned in. In an emergency, students may be escorted to the restroom/nurse by a proctor.

Absences during exams can only be excused for death in the family or illness, which must be verified by a doctor’s note.

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TEACHERS’ RESPONSIBILITIES: Develop exams/tests that require critical thinking (analysis, synthesis, evaluation, judgment, speculation, prediction, etc.)

Short or long essay responses that require these kinds of thinking are preferable to one-word answers, fill-in-the-blanks, matching questions that require only recall of information.

Design exams/assessment activities that require the amount of time allotted for students to complete them.

May use multiple versions of the test during each class session.

May not use the same exam for multiple sections of the same course.

Arrange for necessary OLP accommodations in advance of the examination.

Provide writing paper to each student.

Reset scientific calculators before the exam begins.

Distribute numbered exam copies directly to each student.

Arrange desks so that the environment is formal, with ample spacing between desks when possible. (If space is tight, request a room reassignment in advance of the exam day.)

Assign seats to students.

Teachers must not leave the classroom during the exam Teachers must observe the exam process vigilantly All teachers must report malpractice to Principal regardless of sensitivity toward individual students.

STUDENTS’ RESPONSIBILITIES: It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of rules and expectations for exam protocols, as well as to be aware of proper plagiarism/paraphrasing policies. (Ignorance is not an excuse for cheating or dishonest practices.)

Students should protect their work and make it inconvenient for others to view their exam paper.

Students must not provide answers or assistance to others.

Students must come prepared with writing tools, erasers, sharpen ers, and the like. They cannot ask others to borrow items.

Students must not disrupt examination room decorum in any way.

Once the exam begins, silence must be maintained until all students have finished the exam. Students who disrupt exam room decorum will be asked to hand in their exam for grading and to report to the Principal immediately.

CONSEQUENCES OF MALPRACTICE/CHEATING Students caught cheating are allowed to finish their exam; however, the time of the violation is documented and any prohibited materials are immediately removed from the students’ possession. (Teacher may require student to take a new seat.)

Infraction is immediately reported to the main Office and the incident is dealt with on an individual basis by the Principal.

Report to Principal Follow actions prescribed in Student/Parent Handbook Violations documented Consequences must be applied fairly and consistently.

ACS Athens SERVICE LOG

2012 – 2013 Student Service Tracking Form This form must be completed by a student who wishes to document his/her Community Service hours for 10th grade Portfolio, college application process, National Honor Society Activity Form and ACS Athens awards.

Student Name: Grade Level:

All sections must be filled in correctly.

Your Teacher/Advisor must verify the community Service hours you completed.

Thank you.

Date Activity Place of Service Hours Teacher/Advisor

Signature

|ACS Athens WHEN TAKING AN ESSAY EXAM When a question asks you to «analyze» «compare» «examine» ...

Analyze -

examine minutely, examine, scrutinize, investigate, study in detail, assess carefullly, inspect, determine features of, probe, break down into parts, dissect, resolve into elements, explore,

Compare -

liken, relate, weigh against, set beside, match, connect, associate, identify with,

Contrast -

distinguish, oppose, differentiate, discriminate, conflict with,

Evaluate -

judge, appraise, measure value, decide, assess, form an opinion, conclude,

Examine -

inspect, explore, investigate, probe, scrutinize, investigate, dissect, question, delve into,

Illustrate -

explain by example, draw, interpret, paint a picture, represent, depict, explain,

Identify -

distinguish, describe, characterize, label,

Discuss -

argue, explain, consider, review, debate, talk about, reason,

name,

set

off,

recognize,

differ,

analyze,

... and it asks you to look at the «purpose» «effect» «extent» «role» ...

Purpose -

aim, design, intent, goal, objective, intention, plan, end,

Effect -

consequence, conclusion, outcome, result, realization, awareness, repercussion,

The Extent -

the limits, the magnitude, the breadth, the enormity, the range,

Role -

part, guise, capacity, purpose, position, function, responsibility,

Significance -

importance, gravity, consequence, meanigfulness, force. import, distinction, consideration,

... consider these synonyms ... to help you restate your understanding of what is being asked of you.

Vocabulary to use in your writing (in case you have too many «portrays» or «displays» and want some variety when discussing what authors «do» in their works) Display (verb):

expose, reveal, disclose, demonstrate, manifest, evince, unfold, exhibit, show, confirm, divulge

Describe (verb):

depict, picture, illustrate, delineate, characterize, draw

Portray (verb):

represent, delineate, illustrate, depict, describe, characterize

Represent (verb):

symbolize, exemplify, denote, designate, stand for, signify, epitomize

Create (verb):

conceive, devise, formulate, contrive, design, forge, produce, provide, manufacture

Emphasize (verb):

make clear, accentuate, highlight, stress, underscore, articulate, clarify, specify

Present (verb):

furnish, offer, submit, proffer, introduce, expose

Explore (verb):

investigate, inquire, analyze, inspect, probe, question

Factor (noun):

element, component, part, determinant, consideration, reason

Reason (noun):

explanation, justification, rationalization, rationale, motive, purpose, design, excuse

Interpretation (noun): rendering, reading, explication, signification, exegesis, explanation Significant (adj.):

important, notable, consequential, vital, crucial, momentous, weighty, meaningful, symbolic, substantial, remarkable, noteworthy, essential

NB

Be sure that when you choose a synonym, you have chosen one that will work in that paricular sentence and context.

|ACS Athens MIDDLE SCHOOL Sixth Grade School Materials SCIENCE ❏ Spiral notebook for all notes. ❏ Storage system for worksheets, photocopies, returned tests, etc (folder or binder). ❏ Loose-leaf lined paper and graph paper. ❏ Calculator (whatever you use for math, but make sure you have it with you). ❏ Pencil case (pens, pencils, white out, sharpener, soft eraser, scissor, glue, metric ruler and colored pencils).

PHYSICAL EDUCATION ❏ ACS Athens P.E. uniform ❏ sneakers ❏ deodorant ❏ socks ❏ hairbands for long hair ❏ small towel (optional) ❏ goggles to protect eyeglasses (optional, at own risk) ❏ a bag to bring clothes home & back to school.

MATHEMATICS ❏ Spiral notebook (you will need one per semester) ❏ Pencil, eraser, red pen, glue stick, small pencil sharpener ❏ Plastic folder that has an elastic band around it (to hold all handouts, loose papers)

COMPUTER / TECHNOLOGY ❏ Display book portfolio style - 50 pockets ❏ small blue notebook (50 sheets) ❏ Plastic pocket folders to hold handouts for projects and assignments ❏ USB stick to hold projects and presentations ❏ Folder with elastic bands (50 cm width; 65 cm height) ❏ pens and pencils

SUPPORT MATERIALS: (you will be told when to bring them to class) ❏ Compass, protractor, metric ruler ❏ Scientific calculator ❏ Colored pencils, colored jumbo markers ❏ Loose-leaf lined paper, graph paper, construction paper (small sheets, various colors) ❏ Portfolio – This stays in the classroom and holds all graded math work. This should have divided sections for filing papers away. ❏ USB stiick LANGUAGE A / B ❏ loose leaf binder with lined paper and five dividers (can be shared with another class) ❏ 1 journal notebook ❏ one folder to keep written assignments ❏ plastic pockets to use when handing in written assignments ❏ blue or black pens ❏ Dictionary and Thesaurus for home use SOCIAL STUDIES ❏ loose-leaf binder and lined paper with margins A4 size, ruler ❏ 50 plastic sheets for binders ❏ one folder ❏ pens (blue and/or black), pencils with erasers ❏ colored pencils ❏ one notebook to use for field studies (student’s choice)

ART ❏ Colored pencil set (12 or 24 set) ❏ HB and 2B pencils ❏ Eraser o Colored felt tip markers ❏ Black fine line markers MUSIC ❏ lined paper ❏ 4 dividers ❏ thin 2-ring binder

Please note that students need only one pencil case with pencils, markers, scissors, ruler, pencil sharpener, erasers, glue stick, highlighter, red, blue and black pens. Non-permanent black marker for geography, white-out, colored pencils, standard composition paper with holes and margins. A Planner is provided by the school for use in all classes.

|ACS Athens MIDDLE SCHOOL Seventh Grade School Materials SCIENCE ❏ Fully stocked pencil case (including ruler, some colored pencils and highlighter). ❏ Calculator for simple computation. ❏ One A4sized large notebook for notetaking and homework ❏ Some 50 page blue notebook for Laboratory work (not spiral). ❏ One Folder to current and daily handouts ❏ One Binder with five dividers to store and file accumulated handouts and quizzes/tests ❏ Graph papers ❏ Lined paper MATHEMATICS ❏ Spiral notebook (you will need one per semester) ❏ Pencil, eraser, red pen, glue stick, small pencil sharpener ❏ Plastic folder that has an elastic band around it (to hold all handouts, loose papers) SUPPORT MATERIALS: (you will be told when to bring them to class) ❏ Compass, protractor, metric ruler ❏ Scientific calculator ❏ Colored pencils, colored jumbo markers ❏ Loose-leaf lined paper, graph paper, construction paper (small sheets, various colors) ❏ Portfolio – This stays in the classroom and holds all graded math work. This should have divided sections for filing papers away. You may use the one you had last year, if you want. ❏ USB stiick LANGUAGE A / B ❏ loose leaf binder with lined paper and five dividers (can be shared with another class) ❏ one journal notebook ❏ one folder to keep written assignments ❏ plastic pockets to use when handing in written assignments ❏ blue or black pens ❏ Dictionary and Thesaurus for home use SOCIAL STUDIES ❏ loose-leaf binder and lined paper with margins A4 size ❏ 50 plastic sheets for binders

❏ one folder ❏ pens (blue and/or black), pencils with erasers ❏ colored pencils ❏ one notebook to use for field studies current ACS Athens students will continue to use field notebook for previous year. ❏ Dividers for binder ❏ ruler PHYSICAL EDUCATION ❏ ACS Athens P.E. uniform ❏ sneakers ❏ deodorant ❏ socks ❏ hairbands for long hair ❏ small towel (optional) ❏ goggles to protect eyeglasses (optional, but own risk) ❏ a bag to bring clothes home & back to school.

COMPUTER / TECHNOLOGY ❏ Display book portfolio style - 50 pockets ❏ small blue notebook (50 sheets) ❏ Plastic pocket folders to hold handouts for projects and assignments ❏ USB stick to hold projects and presentations ❏ Folder with elastic bands (50 cm width; 65 cm height) ❏ pens and pencils ART ❏ Colored pencil set (12 or 24 set) ❏ HB and 2B pencils ❏ Eraser ❏ Colored felt tip markers ❏ Black fine line markers MUSIC ❏ lined paper ❏ 4 dividers ❏ thin 2-ring binder Please note that students need only one pencil case with their supply of pencils.

Colored pencils are required for all classes. All 7th and 8th grade students are required to have a field notebook to keep a log for all field trips. This should have a hard cover. They can continue from last year’s field notebook if they started one.

|ACS Athens MIDDLE SCHOOL Eighth Grade School Materials SCIENCE ❏ Fully stocked pencil case (including ruler, some colored pencils and highlighter). ❏ Calculator for simple computation. ❏ One A4sized large notebook for notetaking and homework ❏ Some 50 page blue notebook for Laboratory work (not spiral). ❏ One Folder to current and daily handouts ❏ One Binder with five dividers to store and file accumulated handouts and quizzes/tests ❏ Graph papers ❏ Lined paper MATHEMATICS ❏ Spiral notebook (you will need one per semester) ❏ Pencil, eraser, red pen, glue stick, small pencil sharpener ❏ Plastic folder that has an elastic band around it (to hold all handouts, loose papers) SUPPORT MATERIALS: (you will be told when to bring them to class) ❏ Compass, protractor, metric ruler ❏ Scientific calculator ❏ Colored pencils, colored jumbo markers ❏ Loose-leaf lined paper, graph paper, construction paper (small sheets, various colors) ❏ Portfolio – This stays in the classroom and holds all graded math work. This should have divided sections for filing papers away. You may use the one you had last year, if you want. ❏ USB stiick ALGEBRA I - 8TH GRADE DAILY MATERIALS: ❏ Spiral notebook (you will need one per semester)

❏ Pencil, eraser, red pen, glue stick, small pencil sharpener ❏ Plastic folder that has an elastic band around it (to hold all handouts, loose papers) SUPPORT MATERIALS: (you will be told when to bring them to class) ❏ Compass, protractor, metric ruler ❏ Colored pencils, colored jumbo markers ❏ Portfolio – This stays in the classroom and holds all graded math work. This should have divided sections for filing papers away. You may use the one you had last year, if you want.

LANGUAGE A / B ❏ binder with paper that has a left margin (not spiral) and a set of dividers ❏ 50 page blue notebook ❏ pens and pencils ❏ ruler and scissors ❏ folder with elastic fasteners ❏ 3 plastic sheets that open on the top and side (labels: Reading Quizzes, Tests, Vocabulary) ❏ clear plastic sheets that open at the top (20) SOCIAL STUDIES ❏ loose-leaf binder and lined paper with margins A4 size ❏ 50 plastic sheets fo binders ❏ one folder ❏ pens (blue and/or black), pencils with erasers ❏ colored pencils ❏ one notebook to use for field studies current ACS Athens students will continue to the field notebook from previous year ❏ dividers for binder ❏ ruler

PHYSICAL EDUCATION ❏ ACS Athens P.E. uniform ❏ sneakers ❏ deodorant ❏ socks ❏ hairbands for long hair ❏ small towel (optional) ❏ goggles to protect eyeglasses (optional, at own risk) ❏ a bag to bring clothes home & back to school.

COMPUTER / TECHNOLOGY ❏ Display book portfolio style - 50 pockets ❏ small blue notebook (50 sheets) ❏ Plastic pocket folders to hold handouts for projects and assignments ❏ USB stick to hold projects and presentations ❏ Folder with elastic bands (50 cm width; 65 cm height) ❏ pens and pencils ART ❏ Colored pencil set (12 or 24 set) ❏ HB and 2B pencils ❏ Eraser ❏ Colored felt tip markers ❏ Black fine line markers DRAMA 8 ❏ Display book portfolio style - 50 pockets ❏ loose leaf lined paper ❏ pens and pencils ❏ one folder

Please note that students need only one pencil case with their supply of pencils.

Colored pencils are required for all classes. All 7th and 8th grade students are required to have a field notebook to keep a log for all field trips. This should have a hard cover. They can continue from last year’s field notebook if they started one.

|ACS Athens ACADEMY SCIENCE ❏ Scientific calculator with statistics mode for standard deviation. Other buttons it must have: xy, 1/x, and exponent-to-the-base-ten at least.

Read the instruction book.. ❏ Hardcover, bound (not spiral) notebook, A4 size for laboratory work.

Pages will be numbered and never be removed from this notebook. ❏ Spiral notebooks(s) for lecture notes. ❏ Most homework and lab reports should be word-processed on a computer. If this is not available, the student must have standard size composition or binder paper to hand write assignments. ❏ Storage system (your choice - binder, folders, etc) for organization of accumulated handouts and worksheets.

Current papers must be brought to each class meeting (e.g. in a folder); accumulated files should be organized by topics after each test so that they are ready to review for semester exam. ❏ Graph paper, millimetre squares. ❏ Metric ruler, transparent, both for measuring and as a straight edge. ❏ Pencils for data collection and calculations. ❏ Soft pencils for biological drawing ❏ Soft white erasers ❏ Ballpoint pens, blue or black ❏ Highlighters ❏ Calculator MATH ❏ Binder, folders, loose leaf paper, graph paper, compass, protractor and ruler for Geometry ❏ All students in the Academy are required to use a GRAPHICS calculator (As stated in the handbook).

The math department recommends Casio fx 9860.

LANGUAGE A ❏ loose leaf paper and binders ❏ plastic sheets to fit in binder ❏ pens ❏ computer disks to store data ❏ dictionary - American Heritage ❏ thesaurus

HUMANITIES / SOCIAL STUDIES ❏ loose-leaf binder and lined paper with margins A4 size ❏ 50 plastic sheets for binder ❏ pens (blue and/or black), pencils with erasers ❏ one notebook to use for field studies (student’s choice) LANGUAGE A2/ B ❏ loose leaf paper and binders with dividers ❏ notebook ❏ blank cassette ❏ plastic sheets to fit in binder ❏ white-out ❏ pens and pencils ❏ dictionary - According to the language the student is studying ❏ floppy disc PHYSICAL EDUCATION ❏ ACS Athens P.E. uniform ❏ sneakers ❏ deodorant ❏ socks ❏ hairbands for long hair ❏ small towel (optional) ❏ goggles to protect eyeglasses (optional, at own risk) ❏ a bag to bring clothes home & back to school.

IB VISUAL ARTS ❏ Black (Canson) workbook with good quality drawing paper ❏ Binder with plastic pages ❏ Pencils, erasers ❏ Drawing pens with black ink (fountain or calligraphy pen and/or rolling ball point pen (like pilot pens) ❏ Box of assorted color markers ❏ colored pencil set (optional) MUSIC ❏ lined paper ❏ thin 2-ring binder

Please note that students will be given a combination lock for P.E. and which will be returned at the end of the semester.

|ACS Athens Locker Policy School Year 2012-13 • For reasons of security and access, the padlocks for the lockers will be provided to the students by the school. They are made by “MASTER LOCK” are combination locks and can also be opened through a master key that the school will hold. Students are not allowed to use their own padlocks any more.

• Students will be held financially responsible for misuse and damages to the locker and padlock. The lockers will be pre-numbered. The student will request a locker from their Principal’s Office and pay an amount of 20 Euro, to the cashier, as a deposit. Returning students may use last years deposit. Upon returning the padlock in good order and completing a “no damage” locker inspection, the full deposit amount will be refunded to the student upon withdrawal from the school.

Students have the responsibility to immediately report to the Principal’s Office any damage to their locker.

• Under no circumstances should students change lockers amongst themselves without notifying the Main Office. The Principal’s Office maintains the right to open lockers that violate the above policy. The school maintains the right to open any lockers if concerns arise.

|ACS Athens Theft and Vandalism Students have the right to a safe and secure school environment. To this end, they are expected to be honorable and to demonstrate respect for other people’s property and for the school’s facilities and property. Any form of theft or vandalism is unacceptable. Depending on the circumstances, the likely consequences will be as outlined in the respective schools Code of Conduct. Any theft or vandalism incident should be reported immediately to the appropriate teacher, counselor, or administrator.

Students are reminded that they are responsible for any valuable or personal property that they bring to school. It is strongly recommended that all personal belongings should be locked up in the student’s locker to prevent loss or theft.

Keeping valuable or personal property in a backpack or bag should be avoided.

| AftER SChool ACtiVitiES Late Bus Transportation Routes

Departure: 17:45

Monday ± Tuesday ± Wednesday -Thursday ± Friday BUS 1

BUS 2

BUS 3

BUS 4

Filothei B

Ethniki Amyna

Pendelis

Yghia Hospital

Ag. Varvara

Katehaxi

Melissia

Maroussi

AB Psychico

Karea

Kefalari Sq.

Kifissia Sq.

Ambelokipi

Glyfada Sq.

Politia Sq.

N. Erythrea

Hilton

OTE Ekali

N. Kifissia Sq.

Sintagma

Dionisos

| PoSSESSioN of CEllulAR PhoNES AND othER PERSoNAl ElECtRoNiC SiGNAliNG DEViCES Students are not permitted to use any type of electronic signaling devices during class time, passing periods or breaks within the classroom. *Cell phones can be used if the break is outside.

If a school staff member finds it necessary to confiscate a device, parents will be notified promptly and the device will be returned in accordance with school rules after the Principal has consulted with the student’s parent/guardian. The school is not responsible for lost or stolen electronic signaling devices. Students are to make arrangements with their parent(s) or guardian(s) to contact the school office when attempting to reach them during the school day.

The following are inappropriate uses of electronic signaling devices: harassment, threats, intimidation, electronic forgery, cyberbullying/cyberthreats, videotaping in or out of the classroom, invasion of personal rights, cheating on tests/exams, or other forms of illegal behavior during the instructional and non- instructional day.

Students are not to use material or text message to invade personal privacy or harass another person, or disrupt the instructional day, or engage in dishonest acts. *Videotaping within the ACS Athens Campus is not only inappropriate but ILLEGAL. Students who act in violation of this policy shall be subject to ACS’s progressive discipline as follows: 1. Initial violation – electronic signaling device will be confiscated by school staff and secured in a safe location. The electronic device will be returned to student in seven days.

2. Second violation – electronic signaling device will be confiscated and secured in a safe location. The electronic device will be returned to the student in a month and the student’s parent or guardian meets with the school Principal for the purpose of clarifying this policy.

3. Third violation – the electronic signaling device will be confiscated and secured in a safe location. The electronic device will be withheld for a semester and the student’s parent or guardian provides written assurance that the student will no longer be allowed to possess the electronic device during the instructional day.

4. Fourth violation – the electronic signaling device will be confiscated and secured in a safe location. The student will be suspended.

5. Fifth violation – the electronic signaling device will be confiscated and secured in a safe location. The student will be removed from school.

| NotES / REflECtioNS

| NotES / REflECtioNS

| ACADEMY

MAP IB Ed. Planning & Advisory (IIC classrooms after School)

ACS Athens Theater Arts Center / IIC Reception

Exhibion Gallery / Atrium

IIC

Discipline / Attendance Aide to the Principal Humanities/ Arts Division Chair

Languages and Literature Division Chair

Math / Science / Tech Division Chair

Optimal Learning Program

* Theater classes located in Elementary School basement (opposite bookstore)

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SChool MAP Discipline / Attendance Aide to the Principal

Backfield

IB Ed. Planning & Advisory (IIC classrooms after School)

ACS Athens Theater

Exhibion Gallery / Atrium

Arts Center / IIC Reception

IIC

Registrar

Discipline / Attendance Aide to the Principal Humanities/ Arts Division Chair

Math / Science /

Languages and Literature Division Chair

MS Optimal Learning Office

| EMERGENCY PRoCEDuRES AND Exit MAPS

Emergency Procedures & Exit Maps Emergency procedures must be posted prominently in each classroom on the first day of school. Teachers are asked to remind students routinely of expected behavior during an emergency. Prompt students daily to keep aisles clear of books, backpacks, etc. In ANY emergency, this is a hazard.

In an emergency evacuation, there should be absolutely no talking. When evacuation is necessary, teachers are expected to lead their classes in an orderly fashion in designated areas. Teachers should bring roll books and take attendance. Teachers are expected to remain with their classes until receiving further instructions. Teachers should hold up green cards if all students are accounted for; red card if someone is missing. Administrators will make a round of gathering areas to check on attendance. Drills must be taken seriously.

Evacuation Destinations a. All classes in the Middle School will go to the center courtyard alongside the tennis court fence. b. Academy Rooms 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 207, 209, 210, 211, and 208 will go out the front door of the Academy, and line up on the Volleyball courts along the wall. c. Rooms 212 and 213 will go down the administration staircase and proceed to the volleyball courts along the wall. d. Rooms 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, Art and Photo rooms will go out the back door of the Academy and proceed along the fence to the front Volleyball courts and line up along the wall. e. Gym classes will go out the back door of the gym and proceed along the fence to the area of front volleyball net. f. Academy classes in Computer Lab, will go out the side door to the front court and basketball court.

Middle school classes in Computer Lab will go out to the front courtyard basketball court. g. Optimal Learning Program will go down the middle staircase and proceed to the Kiosk area of the front courtyard. Academy students on the left side of the staircase and Kindergarden on the right using the railing.

h. A nnex rooms 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407 will go down the north stairway only to 1st floor and proceed down center stairway to the volleyball court by the Kiosk area. i. Annex rooms 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507 will go down the south stairway and proceed to the basketball court in the front courtyard. j. Music classes exit the Portables and proceed to the area under the olive tree in center courtyard. k. Students in library (Academic Advisory) and 1st/2nd levels proceed with the Academic Advisor. Librarian and Library Assistant proceed out library door through courtyard and to the kiosk area in front courtyard. l. In case an evacuation is necessary during lunch or breaktime all Middle School and Academy students must go to the basketball court and find their block one teacher.

Teacher Responsibilities during Evacuations a. Immediately announce to students where your specific destination is and accompany them to your designated area. Students should also be told on the first day of school where they will go in case of evacuation from each classroom they are in. b. Provide supervision to that area and for the duration of the evacuation including the return to your classroom. Don’t forget to take roll and to bring red/ green cards for signaling. c. Faculty (without class assignments) are expected to check the restrooms for “stray” students. d. Do not allow students in any other areas of the campus than those designated. e. Remain in assigned area until administrators have completed red/green card check and signal is given to return to class.

| EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS ACS Athens This procedure will be reviewed by principal with entire student body/staff once a semester.

In case of an earthquake, the following course of action should be taken: • If indoors, teachers should keep their students inside. While shielding heads with their hands and elbows, students should move away from windows, shelves, and heavy objects and furniture that may fall. They should not be under light fixtures or other suspended objects. In the classroom, students should take cover under desks, tables, or other heavy furniture.

• Everyone should stay under desks to avoid being hit by falling objects.

• When things seem stabilized, teachers should take their roll books and instruct students to quietly take their belongings (no going to lockers) and evacuate the room, going calmly to the pre-designated assembly point.

• I f in a hall, stairway, gymnasium or other area where no cover is available, the students should move to an interior wall. They should turn away from windows, kneel alongside the wall, bend their heads close to their knees, cover the sides of their heads with their elbows, and clasp hands firmly behind neck.

• If in the library, the students should immediately move away from windows and bookshelves and take cover under a desk or a table.

• If in a laboratory or kitchen, all burners should be extinguished (if possible) before taking cover. Students should stay clear of hazardous chemicals that may spill.

• If in the theater, students should duck and cover and remain in place until the tremors subside. An uncontrolled, panic-driven exit by the students should be avoided at all costs!

• If outdoors, students should move to an open space, away from buildings and overhead power lines. Students should lie down or crouch low to the ground (since legs will not be steady). Teachers and students should constantly keep an eye on their surroundings to be aware of dangers that may demand movement.

• If in a school bus or other vehicle, the vehicle should pull over and stop, away from power lines, bridges, overpasses, and buildings. Students should remain in their seats and hold on.

DURING AN EMERGENCY: Teachers need to do the following: • Respond to the specific emergency as prescribed and direct the students in the appropriate emergency procedures.

• Contact the school, in the event that the emergency occurs during a field trip or other off-campus school-sponsored activity.

• Give clear, calm instructions to their students during the emergency.

• Remain with the students until released by the emergency team.

• Direct the evacuation of students under their supervision to designated areas according to signals, warnings, written notifications, or common sense.

• Take roll as soon as conditions allow.

• Report missing students to the administration.

• Assess physical condition of students. Any students requiring first aid should receive it as soon as conditions allow.

• Keep order.

• Dispel rumors and stay calm. Don’t engage in adding to people’s concerns.

Revised August 2012

| MiDDlE

SChool EMERGENCY EVACUATION

Discipline / Attendance Aide to the Principal

Backfield

IB Ed. Planning & Advisory (IIC classrooms after School)

ACS Athens Theater

Exhibion Gallery / Atrium

Arts Center / IIC Reception

IIC

Discipline / Attendance Aide to the Principal

MS Optimal Learning Office

| ACADEMY

EMERGENCY EVACUATION Backfield

IB Ed. Planning & Advisory (IIC classrooms after School)

ACS Athens Theater

Exhibion Gallery / Atrium

Arts Center / IIC Reception

IIC

Registrar

Discipline / Attendance Aide to the Principal Humanities/ Arts Division Chair

Languages and Literature Division Chair

Math / Science / Tech Division Chair

ALL ACADEMY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSES WILL LINE UP AT ASSIGNED AREA IN FRONT BASKETBALL COURT.

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ANNEx BuilDiNG

3rd floor (501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507) exits to south stairway to the Basketball Court in center courtyard.

OPTIMAL LEARNING PROGRAM

2nd floor will exit from the south stairway onto the 1st floor.

Proceed to the center stairway exiting from the left side of the stairs.

Proceed to the Volleyball Courts in the center of courtyard.

1st floor will go down the center stairway in single file using the left side of the stairs. Proceed to the Volleyball Courts in center of courtyard.

|ACS Athens 2012-2013 BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEÂ

Mr. Constantine Stergides, Chairman Mr. Yiannis Alafouzos, Vice Chairman Mr. Suheil Sabbagh, Treasurer Mr. Tim Ananiadis Mr. Pascal Apostolides Mr. Dan Lawton

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS Mr. Simos Dimas

Dr. George Dimitriadis-Deme Mr. Jerry Dimitriou Dr. Saleh S. Jallad Mr. Nicholas Karambelas Mrs. Maria Maragoudaki-Gregoriou Mrs. Mary Teirlynck Mr. Mike Sneeder Mr. Panos Simonetos

PRESIDENT Dr. Stefanos Gialamas, Ph.D.

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP Mr. Brian F. Gerbracht, Academy Principal Ms. Mary-Ann Augoustatos, Middle School Principal Ms. Cathy Makropoulos, Elementary School Principal Ms. Annie Constantinides, Director of Athletics Mr. Steve Kakaris, Director of Finance / Acting Director of Human Resources Ms. Ino Korbaki, Director of Human Resources Mr. Steven W. Medeiros, Director, Institute for Innovation and Creativity Mr. John G. Papadakis, Director of Enrollment, Communications & Technology Ms. Peggy Pelonis, K-12 Director of Student Services Ms. Christiana Perakis, Director, IIC Learning Enhancement Programs Ms. Julia Tokatlidou, Director of International Baccalaureate (IB) Program Advanced Placement (AP) Courses

STUDENT SERVICES GUIDANCE PROGRAM Mr. Patrick Akrivos, Middle School Counselor Grades 6-8 Mr. Stelios Kalogridakis, Academy Counselor/College Advisor Grades 9-12 (L-Z) Ms. Mandy Dragatakis, Academy Counselor Grades 9-12 (A-K) Mr. Demetri Pelidis, Academic Advisory Grades 9-10