Grizzly, Panda, Glacier & Polar Bears
Upon enrollment at Antioch Middle School, each student is selected to be either a Grizzly Bear, Panda Bear, Glacier Bear, or Polar Bear. Students remain in the same House for their entire middle school career. Each faculty and staff member is also assigned to a House.
The House system fosters pride, responsibility, and respect for the contributions of others. Its purposes include:
- To build and promote community across the grade levels and throughout the school
- To encourage positive behavior
- To strive to meet high academic expectations
- To teach students to take ownership of their roles in the community
- To promote a positive mindset within our school climate
- To empower our students to believe in themselves and set high expectations for their future. By modeling and supporting positive choices and strong character traits, students take more pride and ownership in their learning and academic progress.
Houses are comprised of smaller groups of students called House Families. Each House Family is led by one or two school staff members who serve as Mama or Papa Bears. House Families meet together daily for all three years of each student’s middle school experience to:
- Develop long-term relationships and foster self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making (CASEL SEL Competencies).
- Create and monitor personal learning and growth goals.
- Strengthen technology literacy skills.
Students earn House Points for meeting or exceeding school-wide expectations. House Points are awarded to a student’s account in LiveSchool (a digital positive behavior system). Students and parents can view student behavior and earnings in real-time by logging into the LiveSchool on any device. The school will provide an access code to parents at the beginning of the year or parents can contact the school office any time to request one.
Students may spend their House Points to purchase tickets to school incentive events, school supplies, snacks, or games from Paw Mart, our school store, or classroom incentives. When students spend House Points, a staff member will deduct the cost of the incentive or event from the student’s LiveSchool account.
House Points are also used to help students’ Houses win weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly House competitions. These competitions are based on totals points earned—not on student House Point balances—so students who spend their individual House Points will not negatively impact their House’s point status overall.
Unspent House Points at the end of the school year do not carry over to the next school year.