We want to inform you about an important educational event for our 6th grade students. On Monday, March 17 and Tuesday, March 18, all 6th graders will participate in a Town Hall during their Science classes focused on recognizing hate speech and developing upstander skills.
What Students Will Learn
This Town Hall will address:
- Identifying hate speech and understanding its harmful impacts
- Exploring how such speech affects individuals, groups, and our Tilden community
- Developing strategies to become an effective upstander
These sessions build directly upon the "intent versus impact" concepts students have been exploring in homeroom classes over the past several weeks, providing a meaningful extension of this important learning.
Who Will Lead
These Town Halls will be facilitated by a comprehensive team including:
- School counselors
- Administrators
- Teacher leaders
- Instructional Specialist from the Department of Student Engagement
Family Partnership
We strongly encourage you to continue these important conversations at home. Ask your student about what they learned, how they felt, and what strategies they might use if they encounter concerning situations.
Resource
To support these discussions, we've provided resources for talking with your children about race and culture at the link HERE.
By working together—school and home—we strengthen our commitment to creating a safe, respectful environment where all students can thrive.
Thank you for your partnership in this important work.
- March 17: No Place for Hate Committee Meeting (During AST)
- March 17-18: Hate/Bias Learning for 6th Graders
- March 18: Finance Park Field Trip (Rescheduled Date)
- March 18: Orchestra Adjudication @ 12:30 pm
- March 18: Tilden Parent/Caregiver Workgroup Meeting at 7pm
- March 18-21: DLS ALT Assessment
- March 21: Band Adjudication @ 9:00 am
- March 24: MCPS Choral Music Festival at Quince Orchard HS (During 1st Period)
- March 25 - 27: DLS ALT Assessment
- June 5: 8th-grade field trip to Dave and Buster’s
- June 10: 8th-grade Promotion Ceremony at Walter Johnson High School from 5:00-7:00 pm
- June 11: 8th-grade Dance in the Cafeteria
Mathematics
Math 6: Students have settled into their new classes and are now working on Unit 5 - Operations in Base Ten (decimals). Students will complete their District Assessment at the end of this unit. Students will then begin Unit 6 Expressions and Equations.
Math 6+: Students are completing their unit on Proportional Relationships and are preparing for the District Assessment at the end of the unit. Students will then learn a little bit about Rational Numbers before starting Unit 6 Percent Increase and Decrease.
Math 7+ (6): Students are completing their work on linear relationships and are beginning their work on Unit 6 - Functions and Volume and preparing to take their District Assessment.
Math 7: Students are completing Unit 6 and preparing for the District Assessment. Students will then start working on Unit 3: Measuring Circles.
Math 7+: Students are currently learning about Functions and Volume (Unit 6) and preparing to take their District Assessment.
Math 8: Students are finishing Unit 5 Functions and Volume and will then be moving on to part of Unit 7 - Exponents and will then switch to Unit 8 - Pythagorean Theorem and Irrational Numbers.
Algebra 1B: Students will continue to learn about Quadratic Functions and prepare for their District Assessment.
H. Geometry: Students will be learning about Solid Geometry in Unit 5.
Special Education
Our LAD Resource classes are starting to prepare students for the state testing that is coming up. They will be reviewing and practicing test taking strategies and getting to practice those while they are reviewing content related material. Our LFI classes are continuing to learn about shopping and preparing meals. This month will hopefully, bring warmer weather and more opportunities to get outside for community based instruction. They are also preparing for a special field trip coming up to Glenstone Art Museum. That trip isn't until May, but the classes are beginning to prepare thinking about the best ways to support our students on this awesome adventure.
ELD/WL/FACS
Spanish 1B: We will be starting the month by looking at two other holidays: El Día de San Jorge and Semana Santa in Barcelona. We will wrap up this unit with interpersonal activities around inviting others to do activities or go places.
Spanish 2AB: Students will be learning to ask and tell about illness symptoms and remedies. They will wrap up the unit with an interpersonal speaking assessment where they will have a spontaneous conversation with a partner in a doctor-patient scenario.
Spanish 3AB: We will start Unit 5, named: El desarrollo profesional (professional development)
French 1AB: We are about to start our food unit.
French 2AB: We just started our new unit in childhood and learned the imparfait (imperfect) tense.
French 1B: We are working our way towards the end of the clothing unit.
In all French classes we will begin Manie Musicale, the music competition based on the March Madness basketball tournament in March. It’s a favorite activity of all students in French, so we’re feeling excited to start!
Chinese 1AB: Students will begin to learn about different adjectives to describe cars, including size, colors, price, and the condition of the cars (old or new). They will be learning how public transportation looks in China, as well as the most commonly used transportation.
FACS: Students will begin the food safety unit and learn about how to keep food safe and proper storage techniques.
ELD 3 6th Grade: Students will continue to explore Unit 3, "In the Dark," by diving into the novel Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan. This story follows Esperanza, a young girl who faces many challenges after her family goes through a difficult change. We will explore themes like hope, resilience, and the power of starting over. Through this novel study, students will improve their reading skills, learn new vocabulary, and think about how Esperanza’s journey relates to their own lives.
ELD 1-2 6th Grade: Students will continue Unit 3, In the Dark, by reading “The Notice,” a story about an immigrant family in the 1930s who settled in New York City. Students will apply verbs in the past, present, and future tenses along with new vocabulary about resilience to speak and write about the text. After completing their study of this text, students will write a short biography about a famous person who overcame a challenge in their life.
ELD 1, 2, 3 Grade 7-8: Students continue with Unit 3-Chasing the Impossible. Students will be answering these questions throughout the unit: Why do people chase dreams, even if they seem impossible? What makes a dream worth pursuing? How do optimism and grit contribute to the pursuit of a dream? Students will be reading a wide variety of literature and end the unit with an argumentative essay.
Counseling
During Quarter 3 and Quarter 4, counselors will present our annual Signs of Suicide lesson through your child's Health and PE class. This is a required MCPS lesson and includes both video clips and class discussion reviewing depression signs and symptoms in youth. After the lesson, students will fill out a form to let school counselors know if they would like to talk to someone to get help for themselves or a friend. Students will also review Tilden, Montgomery County, and national resources that are available to support mental health needs. Please be on the lookout for further communication from our Counseling Department soon.
Questions? Please reach out to your child's counselor. We are here to help!
- Corinne Whited (6th Grade)
- Jim Alessi (7th Grade)
- Angelo Heflin (8th Grade)
- Shannon Zlotnik (EML Counselor)
- Jackie McKibben (Resource Counselor, Discreet Programs)
