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George
Porter Middle School Gifted/High Achieving Magnet
Our school is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. We are located 25 miles northwest of Downtown Los Angeles in the Northern San Fernando Valley. OUR VISION STATEMENT Porter Gifted/High Achieving Magnet Middle School, is committed to creating productive lifelong learners, and confident thoughtful decision-makers as future caretakers of our planet for the 21st Century. OUR MISSION STATEMENT In a safe nurturing environment and through a rigorous accelerated program, students from George K. Porter Gifted/High Achieving Magnet Middle School will work toward mastery of content area standards and develop academic and social skills that will enable them to become productive members of our ever-changing multiculturally diverse, technologically advancing society. SIXTH GRADE COURSE OUTLINE ˇ Language Arts (2 semesters)ˇ Social Sciences, Ancient History, Archaeology (2 semesters) ˇ Mathematics, Pre-Algebra (2 semesters) ˇ Earth Science (2 semesters) ˇ Physical Education (2 semesters) ˇ Electives [Art, Drama, Music, study skills] (10 weeks each) ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES ˇ Renaissance Program - tiered rewards for 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 GPA ˇ Johns Hopkins, Center For Talented Youth-very high ability students ˇ Peace Institute - 6th grade service organization ˇ CTY and SAT workshops ˇ Gardening/Horticulture ˇ After school clubs, Drama, Golf, Future Scholars, Run-4-Fun, etc. ˇ Computer lab ˇ Overnight trips ˇ Spirit Drives ˇ Dances ˇ Impact programs ˇ Homeroom competitions ˇ Holiday programs ˇ Spanish - 7th and 8th grades ˇ Algebra 1/ Geometry- 7th and 8th grade advanced studies ˇ Olympians - 7th grade service organization ˇ Leadership - 7th grade leadership organization |
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