Letter of Introduction - Mr. Adamos

The sixth grade curriculum is designed to help sixth grade students make the adjustment from middle school into junior high school.

In ELA, St. Pius School students are engaged, enlightened, and empowered readers, writers, and effective communicators for life-long learning. As they continue to build on their progression of concrete and abstract skills taught previously, analytical, and expressive skills will be explored to gain proficiency.

In the middle school years, students develop an appreciation for the genres of literature: short stories, fiction and non-fiction, poetry, drama, and novels. Further discovery and exploration allow for the honing and refining of skills in reading and comprehension, vocabulary development, and higher-level critical thinking of analyzing, evaluating, and synthesizing texts to develop a deeper understanding of what is read. At the same time, students claim ownership to nurture reading for appreciation and personal enjoyment.

Reflection, discussion, group and independent learning, writing, listening, and speaking are the continuum of the curriculum. Equally important is that attention to research skills invites students to engage in topics of independent interest, to develop unique questions, and to support their original ideas with textual evidence.

Furthermore, students write across the curriculum by engaging and focusing on different audiences in narrative, informational, persuasive, and expository writing. In addition, emphasis will be placed on the continuance of developing skills in the study of English grammar and its mechanics.

It is the belief and with strong conviction that St. Pius School’s goals are to help in fostering and nurturing its students to become compelling communicators and passionate participants in a culture of reading, writing, and thinking. The program equips each student to succeed and accomplish from what has been imparted and learned. As students make their way into the world, they go with confidence, vision, and intellect so that they may further impart and
influence others to change the world.

In science, they focus on earth science, learning about the earth's structure, ecology and other areas. They also learn to investigate and experiment with different scientific processes.

In mathematics, they focus on mathematical reasoning, pre-algebra, beginning functions of geometry, probability, statistics, and for the first time are introduced to integers.

In social studies, students learn about the history of ancient civilizations beginning with early man and then weave their way through Egypt, China, Japan, Greece and the Americas, ending with Rome.

The primary topic in religion class is the Old Testament. Students also learn how God functions in their lives, the parts of the Mass and the sacraments.

The sixth graders also learn organization and time management skills. The class also attends an outdoor education trip. Students also enjoy classes in art, technology, music, Spanish and PE.