Harper Park Middle School

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Harper Park Middle School

• A Virtual Tour

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• Harper Park was one of only 15 middle
  schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia to earn
  this award.

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• Whether you get here by
• or on
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• you will enter by these doors at the
• beginning of each day.
• Late comers and visitors enter through the other
  doors by the main office where they will need to
  use the buzzer and show their identification.

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Main Office

• These are the people who work in the main office.
  
• Mrs. Kirby is a secretary who will greet
  visitors, answer questions and offer assistance.
  She is in charge of scheduling the use of the
  building.
• Mrs. Happersett is a secretary who will greet
  visitors, answer questions and offer assistance.
  She can assist with registering new students.
• Mrs. Steele is the bookkeeper for our school.
  She also helps with student work permits.

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• Mr.Keener is an Assistant
  Principal. He coordinates the testing program and
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  helps with discipline issues.
• Mrs. Robinson is an Assistant
  Principal. She is the Special Education contact
  person
• and she is in charge of busses.

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• Mr. Shipp is our Principal. He makes sure
  that everything is going the way it should-that
  Harper Park is a safe, happy and productive place
  to be.

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Parent Liaison

• Mrs. Kemp is also in the Main Office. She helps
  parents and the school stay connected to each
  other. Since she speaks Spanish, she is able to
  be an interpreter for parents in communicating
  with teachers.

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School Nurse

• On the way from the main office towards the House
  areas you will find
• Mrs. Thomson, our nurse. She is here every day to
  take care of students and staff.
• Here is a website where you can find more
  information about health issues in middle school.
• kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/schoo
  l/middle_school.html

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• At Harper Park we stress literacy skills.
• One way we do this is with our Word of the Day.
  This display is located on the wall opposite the
  Clinic.
• We also have D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read)
  time in homeroom.

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• Harper Park Middle School is designed so that
  each grade has its own area. This is called
  school within a school.
• The Eighth Grade is in House A.
• Seventh Grade is in House B.
• Sixth Grade is found in House C.
• Each house has its own dean or principal for the
  grade. There is also a counselor in each house
  and a secretary.
• Each grade is divided into teams of about
  100 students and a group of teachers who have
  planning together when their students have
  resource (study hall).
• You will have a locker and most of you classes in
  your grade level house.

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Lockers

• You will have two lockers. One will be in the
  House area.
• You will want to keep it clean and organized.

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House A

• Mrs. Young is the House A secretary. You will
  visit her for early dismissal and bus passes.
• Mrs. Young is the schools registrar.

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• Mr. Walter is the eighth grade dean.

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• Miss Miller is the eighth grade counselor.
• Here are some links about middle school life
• www.aie.org/MiddleSchool/index.cfm
• www.scholastic.com/kids/middleschoolsurvival/index
  /htm
• www.cccoe.net/social/skillslist.htm

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School Resource Officerlocated in House A

• Each secondary school in Loudoun County has a
  School Resource Officer to help protect students.
  Since Harper Park is in the town of Leesburg, our
  SRO is assigned from the Leesburg Police force.
  She is Officer Day.
• Officer Day also teaches about gang resistance to
  sixth graders. The program is named G.R.E.A.T.
  Heres a link to learn more
• www.great-online.org/components
  /MiddleSchool.Aspx

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• The eighth grade teams are

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• Eighth graders take
• English 8
• Civics 8
• Math
• Physical Science 8
• Here is a link to the SOLs
• www.solpass.org/middleschool/htmww

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House B

• House Bs secretary is Mrs. Wells. She also
  publishes the monthly newsletter.

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• Mr. Olejer is the seventh grade dean.

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• Mrs. Kole is the seventh grade counselor.
• Here are some links about middle school life
• www.aie.org/MiddleSchool/index.cfm
• www.scholastic.com/kids/middleschoolsurvival/index
  /htm
• www.cccoe.net/social/skillslist.htm

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• The teams in seventh grade are

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• Seventh graders take
• Language Arts 7
• History 7
• Math 7 /Pre-algebra or Algebra 1
• Life Science 7
• Here is a link you can use to improve your
  study skills www.infoplease.com/homework/stud
  yskills1.html

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• In seventh grade you take one semester of
  Technology Education with Mr. Halvorsen
• and one semester of Family and Consumer Sciences
  with Mrs. Brower.

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House C

• Mrs. Woodford is the House C secretary. She is
  also responsible for printing report cards.

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• Mrs. Cary is the sixth grade dean.

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• Mrs. Krisa is the sixth grade counselor.
• Here are some links about middle school life
• www.aie.org/MiddleSchool/index.cfm
• www.scholastic.com/kids/middleschoolsurvival/index
  /htm
• www.cccoe.net/social/skillslist.htm

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• The sixth grade teams are

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In sixth grade, you will take language arts every
day and science will be in a lab. You will study
Spanish as a part of language arts. You will also
take math and history.

• Here is a link you can use to improve your study
  skills
• www.educationatlas.com/study-skills.html

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• In sixth grade you will take one semester of
  Keyboarding (typing) with Ms. Cornelius
• and one semester of Art.

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Music Education

• Music Education is available in all grades. Sixth
  and seventh graders study music for 45 minutes on
  alternate days. Eighth graders who choose a music
  elective spend an entire block in that class.
• Choice include
• Instrumental Music which must be started in 6th
  grade.
• Chorus Strings
• Music Lab Guitar-instruction begins in 7th
  grade

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Physical Education

• You will take a Health and Physical Education
  each year at Harper Park. While most of the class
  will be taught in the gym, the health component
  will be in a classroom.

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• You will have another locker in the gym. The
  center compartment is used while you are in PE
  and the surrounding compartments are use for
  storage.
• Yes, showers are available.

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Resource

• Every student takes a resource class. It is in a
  double room with two resource monitors. This is a
  time where students can complete homework, ask
  questions and get help from their teachers.
• Sometimes the counselor will come into resource
  to conduct a lesson on study skills, violence
  prevention or other topic.
• Sometimes the dean will come into resource to
  talk about topics that need immediate attention.
  
• 6th and 7th graders who are in Spectrum do not
  have resource until 8th grade.

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Cafeteria

• Students eat lunch with their grade level. Sixth
  grade eats at 1151, seventh grade at 1235 and
  eighth grade at 119.
• They can choose a full Class A lunch or they
  can purchase items ala carte.
• Milk and juice are also available.

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Librarylocated across from the Main Office

• Mrs. Jagoe is our librarian. Her assistant is
  Mrs. Sheikh.

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Auditioriumlocated to the left of the main
entrance

• Each year we begin with grade level assemblies to
  celebrate coming back to school.
• Later, we have other assemblies. This year
  Goombay and the IsaacJoseph Band visited us.
• Each year we have a talent show and concerts
  given by band, strings, chorus and guitar.

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At Harper Park we celebrate our diversity.

• In March we have Heritage Day. Students present
  projects representing their culture and we have a
  pot luck dinner for the whole family.

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ESL

• Some of our students speak very little English.
  They study English as a Second Language. Their
  teachers are
• Ms. Hopkins Ms. Miller

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Harper Park students are caring.

• Student conduct various fund raising activities
  to help out others.
• They raised over 10,000 to help victims of
  Hurricane Katrina.
• They hold food and clothing drives.
• They participate in Hoops for Hearts.

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For Parents

• Here are some links to websites you may find
  helpful as your child moves into and through
  middle school
• www.psparents.net/middle20School.htm
• www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id84
• www.education.com/grade/middle-school/