reason for delayed start due to last week's Tuesday mishap with the scheduling
Matt Kelly absent
minutes approved for May 13th, one abstention
Seniors graduate this Friday, Juniors now rule the school with more room in the halls
Horace Mann Rube Goldberg competition
3 hours to build machine, came in 11 of 27 teams
certificates for each student who participated
bubble needed to float 5 seconds in the air
15 transfers required
first team from Horace Mann to participate
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Oak Street stock market essay winner
funded through FEF grant
1st at Boston Globe, 7th in nation
- Austen Sholudko -
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Michele Kingsland-Smith
presentation on District Literacy Initiative
goal - develop a philosophical and instructional vision for literacy
1 - What do we want students to know and be able to do?
core expectations were identified as
- read widely
- read strategically
- think critically and creatively
- communicate effectively
not a small task
3 - What is exemplary literacy instruction?
need to expand the team, focus on K-8 and work up
Team challenges
amongst them, differences in instructional philosophy around the district
Literacy vision developed
assessment planning on-going
- wonderful approach, how is this going to be done with an increase in class size under the scenario with a failed override? - my two cents
Cafasso - can we bring this down to the household level? where do the reading lists and required texts fit in?
Michele - bed & breakfast analogy, what are the essentials? it is easy to by a program but it is a one size fits all. "Hopefully parents will see greater enthusiasm, a greater variety of materials"
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