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Olathe Public Schools Approved by Professional Council (1/15/15)
USD #233
Approved by BOE; Ratified by Bargaining Unit (11/15)
School Year Calendar Dates
2016 — 2017Revised by Professional Council (12/10/15)

JULY 2016 JANUARY 2017

Official “open to public” date for school buildings. . . . . . . . . . . July 25 S M TW T FS S M TW T FS
Registration Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 28
New Educators Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 5, 8 & 9 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Full Day Professional Day (Educator Flex Day). . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Professional Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 11, 12, 15 & 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
½ Day of Classes (AM) Grades K (Full, AM) — 5, 6 & 9 . . . . . . . . Aug. 17 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
2431 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 30 31
(No EC, Kdg (PM only), 7, 8, 10, 11, 12)
½ Day Professional Day (PM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 17 AUGUST 2016 FEBRUARY 2017
Full Day of Classes All Students (EC-PM, K-12) (EC-AM AUG.22). . Aug. 18
Labor Day (No School). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 5 S M TW T FS S M TW T FS
Professional Day (No Students). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4
Professional Day (No Students). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 14
High School Only — Assessment Day (AM)/Professional Day (PM). . . . Oct. 19 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Parent/Teacher Conferences: No EC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Parent/Teacher Conferences: No Classes EC—12. . . . . . . . . . Oct. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
No School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 21 28 29 30 31 26 27 28
Thanksgiving Break (No School). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 23—25
Semester Break (No School) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec. 21—Jan. 3 SEPTEMBER 2016 MARCH 2017
Professional Day (No Students). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 4
Students Return (EC-AM returns Jan. 9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 5 S M TW T FS S M TW T FS
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (No School). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 16 1 2 3
Professional Day (No Students). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 17 1 2 34
Professional Day (No Students). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Parent/Teacher Conferences: No EC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Parent/Teacher Conferences: No Classes EC—12. . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 9 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
No School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 10 25 26 27 28 29 30 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Presidents’ Day (No School). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 20 26 27 28 29 30 31
Spring Break (No School). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mar. 13—17 OCTOBER 2016
Professional Day (No Students). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mar. 20 APRIL 2017
Professional Day (No Students). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apr. 14 S M TW T FS
Seniors Last Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 18 1 S M TW T FS
Senior Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 21
Early Childhood and Kindergarten (PM only) Last Day . . . . . . . . May 24 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1
Last ½ Day for Students (AM) Grades K (Full, AM) — 11. . . . . . . . May 25 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
½ Day Professional Day (PM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Professional Day — last day for staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 26 2330 2431 25 26 27 28 29 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Summer Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 31, June 1 & 2 2330 24 25 26 27 28 29

Reporting Periods

1st Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 17 – Oct. 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Days NOVEMBER 2016 MAY 2017

2nd Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 17 – Dec. 20. . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Days S M TW T FS
1 2 3 4 5
3rd Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 5 – Mar. 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Days S M TW T FS
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
4th Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . Mar. 21 – May 25. . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Days 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1 2 3 4 5 6
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Regular School Hours Hours for Aug. 17 27 28 29 30 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Kindergarten (AM) . . 8:20 — 11:30 Grade K (Full, AM) — 5 . . 8:20 — 11:40 28 29 30 31
Kindergarten (PM) . . 12:30 — 3:40 Grade 6 . . . . . . . . . . . 7:50 — 12:15
Kindergarten (Full) . . . 8:20 — 3:40 Grade 9 . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 — 12:15 DECEMBER 2016 JUNE 2017
Grades 1—5 . . . . . . 8:20 — 3:40
Grades 6—8 . . . . . . 7:50 — 3:10 Hours for May 25 S M TW T FS S M TW T FS
Grades 9—12 . . . . . . 8:00 — 3:00 1 2 3
Grade K (Full, AM) — 5 . . 8:20 — 11:40 1 2 3
Calendar revised 12/21/15 Grades 6—8 . . . . . . . . 7:50 — 11:15 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Grades 9—11 . . . . . . . 8:00 — 11:15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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Parent/Teacher Conference Dates Oct. 19—20, Feb. 8—9 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30

Specific information on conference times will be provided by buildings.

If Parent/Teacher Conferences are cancelled due to inclement weather, they
will be rescheduled the following week on the same day at the same time if
circumstances permit.

Notification Statement of Non—discrimination: The Olathe Public Schools prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, Professional Conference Day
sex, age, religion or disability in its programs, activities or employment, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated Day EC, K—12
youth groups to its facilities as required by: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504 of Professional Day — New Half Day—Students Holiday
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and other relevant state and federal laws. Inquiries regarding compliance with applicable civil rights statutes Educators Pre—service Senior
related to ethnicity, gender, age discrimination or equal access may be directed to Staff Counsel, 14160 Black Bob Road, Olathe, KS 66063— Commencement
2000, phone 913—780—7000. All inquiries regarding compliance with applicable statutes regarding Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Registration Day Schools Closed,
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act may be directed to the Assistant Superintendent General Support Buildings Open
Administration, 14160 Black Bob Rd. Olathe, KS 66063—2000, phone (913) 780—7000. Interested persons including those with impaired vision
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    Science 7

 

7th Grade Science Curriculum 
 

Topics Include:  From Molecules to Organisms:  Structures and Processes; Ecosystems:  Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics; Heredity:  Inheritance and Variation 
of Traits; Biological Evolution:  Unity and Diversity; Earth’s Place in the Universe 
 
Performance Expectations:  A statement that combines practices, core ideas and crosscutting concepts.  This describes what students should be able to do in 
order to demonstrate they have met the standard. 
 
Three Dimensions: 

 

Scientific and Engineering Practices:  Practices that scientists and engineers engage in to understand the world or solve a problem. 
1. Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)  
2. Developing and using models  
3. Planning and carrying out investigations  
4. Analyzing and interpreting data  
5. Using mathematics and computational thinking  
6. Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering)  
7. Engaging in argument from evidence  
8. Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information 

 

Disciplinary Core Ideas:  Concepts in science and engineering that have broad importance within and across disciplines as well as relevance to people’s lives.   
Disciplinary ideas are grouped in four domains. 

 Physical Sciences 

 Life Sciences 

 Space Sciences 

 Engineering Technology and Applications of Science 

 

Crosscutting Concepts:  These have application across all domains of science. 
1. Patterns 

2. Cause and Effect 

3. Scale, Proportion and Quantity 

4. System and System Models 

5. Energy and Matter 

6. Structure and Function 

7. Stability and Change 

 

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   Science 7
 

 

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes                                      Grade 7 

Suggested Timeframe: 6‐8 Weeks 

Essential Question: 

● How do the structures of organisms enable life’s functions? 

● How do organisms live, grow, respond to their environment and reproduce? 

● How do organisms obtain and use the matter and energy they need to live and grow? 

● How do organisms detect, process, and use information about the environment? 

Performance Expectation: MS‐LS1‐1 

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of 

cells.  [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on developing evidence that living things are made of cells, distinguishing between living and non‐living things, 

and understanding that living things may be made of one cell or many and varied cells. ]

Science & Engineering Practices  Disciplinary Core Ideas  Crosscutting Concepts 

● Planning and Carrying Out Investigations  ● LS1.A: Structure and Function  ● Scale, Proportion, and Quantity 

Conduct an investigation to produce data to  All living things are made up of cells, which  Phenomena that can be observed at one 

serve as the basis for evidence that meet  is the smallest unit that can be said to be  scale may not be observable at another 

the goals of an investigation.   alive. An organism may consist of one single  scale. 

  cell (unicellular) or many different numbers    ● Interdependence of Science, Engineering, 

  and types of cells (multicellular).  and Technology 

Engineering advances have led to important 

discoveries in virtually every field of science, 

and scientific discoveries have led to the 

development of entire industries and 

engineered systems. 

Resources: 

Pearson Interactive Cells and Heredity Chapter 1.1                           Pearson Interactive Diversity of Life Chapter 1.1 (Characteristics of Living Things) 

 

Suggested Supplementary Resources/Projects:  

Living Characteristics Observation                                                        LabPond Water Lab (Looking for characteristics of living things) 

Assessment: 

● District‐developed assessments to provide classroom data and support learning assessed on the Gr. 7 KS Sci. Assessment. 

● PLC‐developed common Gr. 7 science assessment 

 

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Observable features of the student performance by the end of the course:
1 Identifying the phenomenon under investigation

a From the given investigation plan, students identify and describe* the phenomenon under investigation, which includes the idea that living things
are made up of cells.

b Students identify and describe* the purpose of the investigation, which includes providing evidence for the following ideas: that all living things are
made of cells (either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells) and that the cell is the smallest unit that can be said to be alive.

2 Identifying the evidence to address the purpose of the investigation
a From the given investigation plan, students describe* the data that will be collected and the evidence to be derived from the data,
including:
i. The presence or absence of cells in living and nonliving things.
ii. The presence or absence of any part of a living thing that is not made up of cells.
iii. The presence or absence of cells in a variety of organisms, including unicellular and multicellular organisms.

iv. Different types of cells within one multicellular organism.
b Students describe* how the evidence collected will be relevant to the purpose of the investigation.
3 Planning the investigation
a From the given investigation plan, students describe* how the tools and methods included in the experimental design will provide the evidence

necessary to address the purpose of the investigation, including that due to their small-scale size, cells are unable to be seen with the unaided
eye and require engineered magnification devices to be seen.

b Students describe* how the tools used in the investigation are an example of how science depends on engineering advances.

4 Collecting the data
a According to the given investigation plan, students collect and record data on the cellular composition of living organisms.

 

  

 

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