English/ Reading
The secondary English Language Arts program focuses on the communication processes of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing through the study of language and literature. Courses are organized into four thematic units, each approximately one marking period in duration. Each unit addresses an over-arching theme designed to serve as a lens through which students explore the human experience across time and distance in their own writing and published exposition, narration, poetry, and drama. Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions for each unit provide a larger purpose for learning targeted content.
Each unit integrates the communication processes and contents. No one process (reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing) is taught in isolation. Neither of the contents (literature and language) is taught in isolation. Rather, students learn the dynamic relationships among them as they study the significant role language plays in literature and in the craft of expressing oneself through the written and spoken word.
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Mathematics
The math department at Kingsview Middle School aligns its math goals with Montgomery County's goals. The goal of the Montgomery County Public Schools pre-K-12 mathematics program is for all students to achieve mathematical proficiency by developing both conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. The end result is the ability to think and reason mathematically and use mathematics to solve problems in authentic contexts.
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Foreign Language
Our goal is to educate students in a language and culture in order to make them a knowledgeable and active members of a global society. Students will learn to use French and Spanish for meaningful communication in both spoken and written form. We will emphasize the language as it is used in real-life situations that they will most likely encounter. Through their foreign language study, students will develop sensitivity to the cultural and linguistic heritage of other groups, understand their influence on American culture, and become prepared to participate in a society characterized by linguistic and cultural diversity.
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Science
To engage the students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in order to propose solutions to identified problems.
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Social Studies
The Social Studies department at Kingsview Middle School strives to…. Increase student knowledge of the World, both past and present. To increase students geographic awareness and the impact geography has on civilizations. To teach students to proficiently use Historical Thinking Skills such as analyzing artifacts, corroborating evidence and evaluating sources. Finally, we strive to teach students to see how events of the past have impacted their present day lives.
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Physical Education/ The Arts
PE - We provide a quality physical education and health experience that enables students to establish and maintain lifelong fitness goals.
Arts -
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Media Center
The philosophy of the Kingsview Media Center program is to ensure that students are effective users of ideas and information and are life-long learners. It is accomplished by
- providing access to materials in all formats (print and non-print)
- providing instruction in library media skills
- providing a variety of free-choice books, magazines, and books on tape/CD's
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