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Welcome to Headquarters!

Think of the Headquarters as a center of operations, a gathering place, a space for the command and control of both humans and non-humans. From your specially created HQ, you have lots of key information and resources made available to you on a single webpage. As one of his GRADE 6 science students, Dr. Merritt suspects you will spend plenty of time this year making good use of your grade’s HQ.

"Science: it’s like magic, but real!"

THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE!

SYLLABUS

PDF

GOOGLE SCIENCE CLASSROOM

SCIENCE NOTEBOOK

NOTES PORTAL

VERACROSS STUDENT PORTAL​

Course of Study

Our Units

6.1

Driving Question

Why do we sometimes see different things when looking at the same object?
Click here!

6.2

Driving Question

How do things inside our bodies work together to make us feel the way we do?
Patience...

6.3

Driving Question

Why do things sometimes get damaged when they hit each other?
Patience...

6.4

It's a secret!

The Driving Question for our final unit will be revealed on the first day of the unit
Patience...

6.5

It's a secret!

The Driving Question for our final unit will be revealed on the first day of the unit
Patience...

GRADES

Grading Scales

ACADEMIC MARKS

As listed in the MS Student Handbook, TASIS employs “a traditional A through F grading system.” (Dr. M has also included short descriptors he often uses for added clarity.)

A = 4.0 (Nearing mastery)
B = 3.0 (Proficient)
C = 2.0 (Emerging proficiency)
D = 1.0 (Not yet proficient)
F = 0.0 (No evidence of learning)

EFFORT MARKS

As published in the MS Student Handbook, TASIS uses 5-point scale for communicating student effort.

5 = Outstanding
4 = Very good
3 = Good
2 = Needs improvement
1 = Does not meet expectations

2024/25

Academic Calendar

FALL SEMESTER
18 weeks

Start of semester – 29 Aug
Interim grades – 25 Sept
Midterm grades – 11 Nov
End of semester – 24 Jan

SPRING SEMESTER
18 weeks

Start of semester – 27 Jan
Interim grades – 17 Feb
Midterm grades – 17 Mar
End of semester – 4 Jun

NO SCHOOL DAYS
7 days

Friday, 11 Oct
Monday, 14 Oct
Friday, 1 Nov
Friday, 29 Nov
Friday, 14 Feb
Friday, 7 Mar
Monday, 17 Mar 

MAJOR HOLIDAYS
2 breaks

Winter Holiday (Dec 21-Jan 12)
Spring Holiday (Apr 5-Apr 21)

MS SWISS EXPERIENCE
2 trips

Fall (Oct 28-Oct 31)
Winter (Mar 3-6)