8th Grade Curriculum

Jersey Shore Middle School

Our lessons are based upon the Pennsylvania State Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening. We encourage you to visit the Pennsylvania Department of Education website for more information regarding standards, assessments, programs for students and parents, and many other useful resources and information.

We use the following texts and resources:

Crosswalk Coach Plus

Study Island

United Streaming
The reading department utilizes titles that are part of the approved curriculum of the English Department of JSASD, please contact your child’s teacher as novel titles at times may be modified based upon supplies, needs, and other variables within our data. Thank you.

Some of the assessments we use include:

Renaissance Learning: STAR assessment
Study Island Benchmark ELA 2nd Edition
formative assessments
PSSA scores

Compliance Statement – JSASD Policy 103

It is the policy of the Jersey Shore Area School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, age, handicap or limited English proficiency in its educational programs, services, facilities, activities or employment policies as required by Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments, Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Section 504 Regulations of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 204 Regulations of the 1984 Carl D. Perkins Act or any applicable federal statute.

For information regarding programs, services, activities, and facilities that are accessible to and usable by handicapped persons or for inquiries regarding civil rights compliance, contact: Jersey Shore Area School District, 175 A&P Drive, Jersey Shore, PA 17740, 570-398-1561; or the Director of the Office of Civil Rights, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C