Duplin County Schools is committed to Sequence offering our middle school students rigorous instruction, consistent support, and programs that connect their education Duplin County Schools aligns all to the real world. instruction to North Carolina Standard Courses of Study (NCSCS) and Common 1. Academically and Intellectually Gifted Core Curriculum. Teachers implement (DCAIGP) Programs: best teaching practices into their ❏ Exquisite Minds standards aligned instruction to ensure ❏ ECU Resources for Students and our students receive a unified approach to Teachers academic excellence. ❏ Duke TIP Program Parents ❏ North Carolina School Report For more information on DCS AIG Card - Accountability and growth information and programs Click Here results of Duplin County Schools Duplin County Schools believe that our ❏ Common Core Standards - 2. Career and Technical Education biggest stakeholders are our students and provides an outline for what ❏ Annual STEM Camp partnership their families. We strive to provide our students should be learning in all with James Sprunt Community parents and guardians adequate and grade levels and every content College research-based resources that will area enhance our students’ education at home ❏ Middle School Standards and 3. Exceptional Children’s Program as well as information that will help our Curriculum Instruction - detailed ❏ Middle Grades EC Information community to continue to advocate for our description of the middle grades ❏ Knights of Columbus Partnership schools. content standards along with example “how to’s” for each 4. Middle School STEM 1. DCS Parent Resource Guide standard ❏ MS STEM Resources ❏ SchoolNet - Assessment creator ❏ Ag in the Classroom 2. Parents as Teachers aligned to Common Core Standards. Duplin County 5. Federal Programs 3. Connect with Kids Schools uses SchoolNet for all ❏ Title I assessments and benchmark ❏ English as Second Language 4. School Community Network testing ❏ Migrant Education Program ❏ Middle Grades Instructional 5. Parents' Guide to Student Success Resources - Content and grade For more information on DCS Federal level specific resources aligned Programs information and programs Click 6. Parent PowerSchool Portal to Common Core standards and Here curriculum 7. Students with Disabilities Information
8. NC School Report Cards
9. DCS Calendar
10. State Testing Calendar
Community Connections Important Vocabulary
Duplin County is fortunate to have North Carolina provides a list of essential
extensive partnerships with national and vocabulary middle school students will local organizations. learn and should apply to be successful in all content areas.To access this list, Click ❏ Four County Electric Here.
❏ Teach For America - Eastern Other important vocabulary of acronyms
North Carolina and academic terms are listed below:
❏ Smithfields ❏ EOG - End of Grade. All 6th-8th
grade students will take a Math ❏ Duplin Vidant Hospital and Reading EOG exam and all 8th grade students will take a ❏ University of North Carolina at Science EOG exam. Wilmington Watson College of ❏ NCFE - North Carolina Final Education Exam. All 6th and 7th grade students will take a Science and ❏ James Sprunt Community College Social Studies NCFE. All 8th Educational Talent Search grade students will take a Program science NCFE. ❏ ❏ AIG - Academically and ❏ PreK-College Intellectually Gifted ❏ EC - Exceptional Children ❏ Building Peace ❏ ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. A brain ❏ Federal Trio Program disorder that causes students to have trouble focusing and acting ❏ East Carolina TEDI BEAR on impulse Advocacy Clinic ❏ MTSS - Multi-Tiered Systems of Support ❏ James Sprunt Community College ❏ PBIS - Positive Based Incentive System ❏ Piggly Wiggly - Warsaw ❏ ESL - English as a Second Language ❏ CenturyLink ❏ IEP - Individualized Education Program ❏ Duplin County Teen Court ❏ BOY, MOY, and EOY - Beginning/Mid/End of year ❏ 4-H ❏ Proficient - Test results indicate sufficient demonstrated ❏ North Carolina Farm Bureau understanding of the grade level Insurance Company and content standards ❏ Common Assessments - Tests ❏ Master Blend Family Farms students take every 3-4 weeks that assess a specific number of ❏ Duplin County Sheriff's standards. Department