FLEX PERIOD

Flex is a non-graded course offered at both middle schools.  Flex involves every student in the school and nearly every faculty member.  Flex serves administrative and daily school management functions such as student record maintenance activities.  It also serves as a vehicle for group guidance activities aimed at supporting a school culture of tolerance and respect for all.

Through the Flex period, we seek to prevent students from falling through the cracks by ensuring that at least one person knows the student holistically. This course could include the following activities: study time, targeted assignments, projects, character education, college and career readiness, study skills, community service, math and reading skills, science and social studies exploration, and much more.  

Most grade-level assemblies and class meetings will be held during Flex, including district-level programs such as PBIS, Character Education, and Bully Prevention. The Flex period provides time to focus on school climate, celebrate student achievement, and deliver schoolwide messages without impacting core academic instruction. Students will be assigned to one teacher for the entire school year, however, they may end up working with other teachers throughout the year depending on their needs. 

          In many cases, Flex period will be used to:

• Check-in with students on their co-curricular activities, their goals, and general events going on in their lives.

• Encourage students to pull up Progress Book to check homework and ask questions/get clarification from other students about assigned work.

• Assist students with organization for all students.

• Review Charger/Coy Card and have restorative discussions. Clean out and organize folders and agendas.

• Provide interventions (reteaching, homework help, writing conferences, behavior interventions, etc.).

• Allow time for students to complete homework, makeup tests, and quizzes, catch up on absent or late work.

• Allow time for students to complete homework, makeup tests, and quizzes, catch up on absent or late work.

• Conduct Design Thinking user interviews and test feedback sessions.

• Distribute information via announcements or flyers.

Specific planned activities will be provided to address building and district-wide initiatives. All efforts will be made to schedule brief club/extracurricular meetings in order to make announcements to participating students during flex period. Teachers have the flexibility to enhance the methods and means of successfully accomplishing the Flex period objectives. Teachers are encouraged to collaborate and share activities and strategies for reaching all learners.