Sam Rivera, Principal

Marlene Newman, PTSA President

Introduction of Staff

Middle School Reform InitiativePURPOSE: To increase rigor, to increase student engagement & to close the achievement gap.RESOURCESLights, Camera, Literacy summer course

AEI /Math Content Coach & AEI/Literacy Coach

Content Specialists and Team Leader positions separated

Professional Learning Communities Institute (PLCI) to build the capacity of all school leaders

Performance Matters (access to data that informs instruction)

Eighteen classrooms with Promethean Technology

Thirty-two laptops on mobile carts

Ongoing and continuous training for teachers on rigor, the adolescent learner, collaboration & new technologies

More rigorous electives for sixth grade students:

Arts Investigations

Information and Communication Technology

Extended Learning Opportunities (ELO) Coordinator

Nan P. IuculanoParent/Community

Coordinator

October 4 MSA

November 7 Literacy

January 3 Homework Strategies/Study Skills

February 4 Transition to Middle School and High School

March 12 Gang Awareness

April 14 Internet Safety

May 7 School Improvement 

To improve student achievement in reading, as measured by at least 71.1 % of our students in all subcategories scoring “proficient” or better on the April 2008 MSA.

To improve student achievement in mathematics, as measured by at least 57.2% of our students in all subcategories scoring “proficient” or better on the April 2008 MSA.

To increase student and stakeholder (parents and staff) satisfaction as measured by the 2008 Survey of School Environment.

For parents, this means increasing and improving our communication.

Back to School newsletter

PTSA newsletter

Edline; progress reports; interims

School Website

ConnectEd

TEACHER

Concern about your child’s grade/class performance in a specific class

Question regarding homework assignments

Question about an incident that occurred in class

TEAM LEADER

Concern about your child’s performance/behavior in all of his or her classes.

Request for a parent conference with all of your child’s teachers.

Inability to reach a teacher on your child’s team.

GUIDANCE COUNSELOR

Request for work due to your child’s extended absence.

Concern about your child’s schedule.

Concern about your child’s social/emotional adjustment to school.

CONTENT SPECIALIST

Concern about the curriculum that could not be resolved with your child’s teacher

GRADE LEVEL ADMINISTRATOR (ASST. PRINCIPAL)

Concern about the handling of a disciplinary infraction, academic matter or incident in class that could not be resolved with the teacher nor the team leader.

PRINCIPAL

Concern about any matter that could not be resolved with the teacher, team leader or grade-level administrator (asst. principal).

Your child’s grades in each class, updated (at least) for each progress report (every 3 wks).

Your child’s missing assignments / homework.

You can elect to be emailed every time a teacher updates Edline.

Some teachers choose to upload worksheets, class calendar items.

For 7th/8th graders…username/passwords are the same.

Sixth graders…username/password mailed.

For assistance, contact Mr. Weinshel.

Thursday, September 20th: Parent Outdoor Education Meeting

Wednesday, September 26th: Health Night

Thursday, October 4th: MSA Parent Academy Meeting

Monday, October 8th: OPEN HOUSE