Shout Out
Shout out to Linda Griffith, Genet Mehari and Connie Redden for being chosen to pilot the Museum of Science's Engineering is Elementary (EiE) curriculum this spring. The EiE curriculum can be used in conjunction with the BPS Science curriculum. They will attend a day long training on January 22nd at the Museum of Science. This opportunity has been made possible by a gracious donation from AIR Worldwide and support from the National Center for Technological Literacy and BPS Science Department. Congrats!
Curley Shares
We will hold our January Curley Shares on Thursday, January 7th. Below is a reminder of the schedule for the day:- 2nd/7th 9:00-9:30 - Redden, Silverstein, Higginbottom, Burke, Mountain, DaSilva, Clark, Mylett, 7A, 7B, 7F, 8F THE TIME WAS WRONG YESTERDAY!
- K0&K1/4th 10:10-10:40 - Cullen, Goldstein, Merdkhanian, Maiden, Mitchell, Chisholm, Guzman, Pradas, Tefera, Wright, Javaloyes
- 1st/6th 11:15-12:00 - Ciardi, Banks, Craman, Kidd, 6A, 6B, 6C, Quarterson
- K2/5th 12:00-12:40 - Solimini, Cronin, Smith, Shea, Rand, Daly, Moran, Quatrale, Davis, Iatrou, Mundo
- 3rd/8th 1:25-2:10 - Ferguson, Petmezis, Signes, Rivera, 8A, 8B, 6G, 7G, 8G
ACCESS Testing
ACCESS materials will be arriving tomorrow we are tentatively starting testing on Tuesday, January 19th. All K0/K1 students should begin WAPT testing this week and will continue through 1/14/16. A schedule of testing will follow later this week for all other grades.. Please contact Waverly Kidd with any questions. Do not forget to submit your certificates from the WIDA test to Madeline and Kathy.WIAT
WIAT testing will be used staring 1/2016 for all IEP determination meetings. Email Jessica or Joyce with further questions and stay tuned for scoring directions that will be emailed to teachers tomorrow.Book Swap
Please note that the books swap has been postponed until January. Students K-5 will choose books during their lunch period on a date TBD in January. Please wait until that time to choose books to ensure all students K-5 receive a book. In the meantime, please place all book swap donations in the large blue boxes by each main office. Thank you.Auditorium Sound System
Do you ever use the sound system?
Can you spare 15 minutes of your time?
If you do use the sound for any events, there will be trainings in January to know how to properly work with the system. It is important to have one member from each team, so that we can make best use of our equipment. Kim will send out a Doodle on Sunday to find out which times work best for the most staff. Please let Kim Taylor Knight know of any questions or concerns you might have, as well. Please fill out your preference here http://doodle.com/poll/
Can you spare 15 minutes of your time?
If you do use the sound for any events, there will be trainings in January to know how to properly work with the system. It is important to have one member from each team, so that we can make best use of our equipment. Kim will send out a Doodle on Sunday to find out which times work best for the most staff. Please let Kim Taylor Knight know of any questions or concerns you might have, as well. Please fill out your preference here http://doodle.com/poll/
School Showcase
We have one more showcase session Thursday, January 14th from 3-4pm.ELT Planning Meeting
Today 4 staff volunteered to attend the ELT Planning Meeting. We met at the BTU from 8:30am-3:30pm with 7 other schools that will be adding 40 extra minutes to their day in SY2016-2017. We want to be sure to communicate with staff after each meeting to assure that this process is transparent.Here are some key messages we would like to share from today's learning:
- Our Extended Learning Time initiative is about building a better school day for our students, teachers and families.
- With more time, our school will have more opportunities to provide targeted learning time for students, increase small group instruction, provide enrichment opportunities in order to increase student engagement and academic outcomes. At our first session we identified these urgent needs:
- African American and Hispanic males do not perform on standardized tests at the same level as their White and Asian peers.
- ELL and SPED students do not perform on standardized tests at the same level as their general education peers.
- Overall as a school we struggle with reading and writing skills according to standardized tests.
- We are just at the beginning and we need you to play an active role in the process of developing a new school experience for our community.
- Between January and June the ELT Team will implement a community engagement process moving forward, stay tuned for meeting dates and other pertinent updates.
- In the coming weeks you can get involved by reaching out to a member of the ELT team with questions and ideas (Ciardi, Grassa, Kidd, Peters, Wright). Click Here and you can submit your ideas and questions anonymously.
