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WHO ARE WE?

George Porter Middle School Gifted/High Achieving Magnet
15960 Kingsbury Street
Granada Hills, California 91344

(818) 893 - 4060


ŠLos Angeles Unified School District

 

CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL CALENDARS

 

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)
or
ˇ Beginning winds/strings or Chorus (2 semesters)

ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES

ˇ Peer tutoring
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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