General Overview                                 Special Services
                                Administration                                      Mission Statement
                                             
                                Curriculum Guides                        Parent/Student Handbook
                                8th Grade Exploratory Options     Demographic Information
                                State Testing Information              National Testing Information
                                Special Education Program          
                                Directions to RMS                         
                                Who is Sam Rotolo?

General Overview

Sam Rotolo Middle School of Batavia is a school of approximately 1,500 students. The school serves students in grades six through eight. It is the only middle school in the District and serves all students at these grade levels within Batavia Public School District #101.

Academic teams at each grade level provide for instruction in math, science, social studies, language, literature/reading along with a teacher advisory program. An exploratory team provides a full year of physical education for all students plus the following:

• Sixth Grade: one trimester each of music, art, drama, health, computer, and French (Chorus, band, and orchestra are additional offerings.)

• Seventh Grade (not in band, orchestra, or chorus): one trimester each of art, shop, family & consumer sciences, computer, communications, and foreign language.

• Seventh Grade (in band, orchestra, or chorus): band, orchestra, or chorus plus one trimester each of three of the six seventh grade exploratory classes listed above.

• Eighth Grade: elect six trimester of courses from a broad array of choices in the areas of music, art, drama, health, computer, foreign language, shop, family & consumer sciences, or communications.

Both academic and exploratory teams have blocks of time in which to schedule their classes. Teams use this block of time to flex classes to various lengths to best meet the needs of the students and the curriculum being taught on any given day. All academic teams use as their "regular" schedule a block system which reduces the number of subjects a student experiences on a daily basis, allows for less movement between classes, and allows for longer class times.

In addition to the academic, exploratory, and advisory programs, Sam Rotolo Middle School of Batavia also offers a wide variety of extra-curricular activities to meet the interests and needs of our students. The usual interscholastic sports opportunities for 7th and 8th graders are offered. Intramural sports activities are offered for 6th graders. For 6th-8th graders, a wide variety of clubs and full-year activities are offered. Although some of these clubs and activities change from year to year, offerings typically include: Yearbook, Student Council, Building Club (a service club), Cheerleading, Ski Club, Foods Club, art Club, and a number of academically oriented clubs such as Writing Club, Math Club, Science Club, etc. Although our middle school philosophy would have us not "cut" for our any activity, our size dictates that "cuts" must occur in at least some of our activities. Cheerleading and many other clubs and activities allow any number of students to participate. For more information on extra-curricular activities at Sam Rotolo Middle School of Batavia, please go to our RMS Extra-Curricular Activities Link.     [Top of Page]

Special Services

A wide variety of student services are offered to work with our students and help them be as successful as they are able. The following student services will be available for the 2007-08 school year.

• 3 counselors - one per grade level

• 1 social worker

• 1 psychologist available for testing and consultation

• 1 full-time Police Liaison Officer

• a full-time RN on duty during school hours a certified school nurse available when needed a full spectrum of special education services.     [Top of Page]

Administration

Steve Maciejewski, Principal
Mark Anderson, Ass't Principal for Student Services
Carol Weimer, Ass't Principal for Curriculum and Instruction     [Top of Page]

Mission Statement

The staff, parents, and students of Batavia Middle School are committed to establishing and maintaining a dynamic educational program which meets the unique intellectual, physical, emotional, and social needs of the early adolescent learner. We are determined to:

• provide a developmentally age-appropriate program which includes core classes, exploratory experiences, and co-curricular activities

• promote personal achievement and self-esteem foster respect and responsibility for self and others

• provide the knowledge and understanding necessary to think critically and creatively, both independently and cooperatively

• develop skills necessary to make responsible decisions

• maintain challenging yet reasonable expectations for all while accepting each person as an individual

• encourage life-long learning and good citizenship

We realize that a strong school-home-community relationship emphasizing good communication is crucial to the successful completion of our mission.     [Top of Page]

Current Year Schedule

Please understand that the schedule you will view is for computer and scheduling purposes only. The real schedule the students follow is up to each individual team. The goal of each team schedule is to provide flexibility in meeting the curricular needs of each class, having longer class periods, less student movement, and having students attend a fewer number of classes each day. Click here to see the basic computer schedule for our school.    [Top of Page]