8th grade Students and Parents
Below is information about upcoming open house and lottery deadlines for Meridian Technical Charter High School, Meridian Medical Arts Charter High School, and Renaissance High School.
Meridian Technical Charter High School
- Open House Dates
- January 26 from 3:30-5 pm
- January 31 from 3:30-5 pm
- Application is currently open
- Application Deadline: February 10, 2023 before 11:45 pm MST
- Lottery Drawing: February 16, 2023
- Additional information visit: https://www.mtchs.org/future-students/
Meridian Medical Arts Charter High School
- Open House Dates
- January 19 from 6:00-8:30 pm
- January 23 from 6:00-8:30 pm
- Application Information: Application opens January 2nd, 2023
- Lottery Drawing: February 16, 2023
- Additional information visit: https://www.meridianmedicalartscharter.org/apply
Renaissance High School
- Discover Renaissance Information Night
- January 10th & 11th, 2023
- Advisory Information Meeting: January 5th, 2023
- Application Information: Application opens January 4th, 2023
- Application Closes: January 31, 2023 at 11:59 pm
- Lottery Drawing: February 1, 2023
- Additional information visit: https://www.westada.org/o/rhs/page/discover-renaissance
iReady Math
Counseling Department
Galileo STEM Academy offers small group support for our students. Small groups (3-6 students) provide not only the opportunity for additional learning experiences, but also a time of sharing and growing together with fellow students. Small groups give the students a chance to belong, express themselves, and benefit from the support of group members.
Groups meet for 30 minutes once a week for 6 weeks during the school day and will start in January. The times for the groups are coordinated with the classroom teacher so that students are not missing core instruction time. Students also are not pulled for groups during Specials like P.E., Music, Library, Health, or Computers. Middle school students are pulled from a different class each session to not miss the same class.
The following student groups are offered:
- Confident Kids: This group focuses on building resiliency and self-esteem. Skills topics included; self-image, creating a Growth Mindset, coping skills for when things get hard, recognizing body cues, social skills, and positive affirmations.
- Coping Skills: This group is intended to improve a student’s ability to cope with anger, anxiety and worries. Students will explore the triggers of their anger, anxiety and/or worries and then work on skills to handle those triggers. The group will review Zones of Regulation strategies.
- Friendship/Peer Connections: This group will emphasize strengthening a student’s ability to focus on fair and realistic thinking, express oneself appropriately, recognize cues, and use empathy for positive peer interactions. Skill topics covered will include; empathy, listening, friendships, social awareness, attitude, and fairness.
- Grief: This group will focus on students needing support with the loss of a loved one. Through this group, students will explore strategies for dealing with their feelings and have a safe space to share stories.
- My Family: This group will focus on students needing support with changing family dynamics. This could be families going through a divorce (past or present), adoption, new siblings, living with other family members, etc.
- School Success: This group will focus on ways to show POWER in our everyday life. (Perseverance, Ownership, Wonder, Envision, Reflection). We will be working on ways to strengthen coping, social and study skills needed for success in the school day. Topics will include; resiliency, organizational skills, and using Zones of Regulation for coping. Social skills, such as positive attitudes, forming friendships, appropriate play, and peer pressure will also be explored.
Parent permission is required for a student to participate in the group. If you would like your student to participate in a small group(s), please complete the following form by Tuesday, December 20th https://forms.office.com/r/xkGEbvTT1X.
If you have additional questions, please contact the Galileo Counselors.
Megan Robinson
Launa Satterfield
208-350-4105
Galileo PTA Info
As always, the Thanksgiving themed luncheon was a hit! Thank you so much to everyone who brought items. The teachers and staff raved about the food and the many desserts!
Staff Appreciation
Every month the PTA organizes an event to show the teachers and staff our support and how much we appreciate them. We rely on the parent involvement for these events. If you are a busy parent who has been looking for a quick and easy way to help out at school, this is it!
For December, we will be doing cookie boxes but we need you to provide the sweet treats for the boxes. We cannot do it without your help each month so thank you!
Click to Bring Cookies!
Volunteering with the PTA
The PTA welcomes anyone interested in volunteering at the school. If you would like to be more involved, please click HERE and sign up to volunteer.
Reporting Student Absences
Attendance Line
(208) 350-4106
Please call the attendance line before 9:30am if your child will be absent for any reason, or will be late to school. Please state your child’s name, teacher and reason for absence. If you are planning a vacation and your student will be absent three or more days please fill out the notification of absence form found here. This form does not excuse the absences, but will help keep everyone informed.
ABOUT US
Assistant Principal - RaNae Wilson - wilson.ranae@westada.org
Secretary - Tiffany Ray - ray.tiffany@westada.org
Assistant Secretary - Angela Meyers - meyers.angela@westada.org
Safe School Assistant - Melissa Dahlen - dahlen.melissa@westada.org
Nurse - Erica Plaisted - plaisted.erica@westada.org
Website: https://www.westada.org/o/galileo
Location: 4735 West Saguaro Drive Eagle, Idaho 83616
Phone: 208-350-4105
