Middle School

 

Welcome to LVCS Middle School

Overview

At LVCS, middle school is comprised of students in grades six, seven and eight. Our middle school operates on a hybrid schedule. Students are assigned to a core class teacher and rotate to other classes. Core classes are Language Arts/Social Studies/Technology and Math/Science at 6th grade. The 7th and 8th grade core classes are Language Arts and Social Studies.  Students rotate throughout the other disciplines which include a small group advisory class.  Students are offered a variety of integrated arts classes such as Spanish, art, drama, and music appreciation. Students' integrated arts classes are typically elected by the middle school team.

 

 

Class Links

Please click on the following links for more information about your child's classroom schedule procedures and events. 

 

Curriculum

 Our middle school team meets at least once a week to plan collaboratively and share information on student progress. During collaboration time throughout the week, teachers also meet across grade levels and disciplines to assist the learning needs of students.

All of our teachers employ a variety of teaching strategies to differentiate instruction for their students. Teachers use the framework of backward design to create year long curriculum pacing plans aligned with the California Department of Education (CDE) Curriculum Standards. The idea of pacing plans is to start with the essential learning we want our students to leave each grade level with, design assessments to measure how we will know what they have learned and then create daily instructional plans to implement througout the year.

Teachers report current grades through the parent access portal on SchoolLoopPowerSchool, conference regularly with parents and conduct specific office hours for additional conference times.