Absent: Scofield
1. Routine Business
Citizen’s Comments
none
Review of Agenda
none
Minutes: I recommend approval of the minutes from the May 10, 2016 School Committee Meeting.
motion to approve, second, passed 6-0
Payment of Bills - Dr. O’Malley
Payroll - Mrs. Douglas
FHS Student Representatives
last night for the students as they graduate on June 3rd
last day of school as on Monday, Chromebook returns on Wednesday
Senior week next week, beginning Tuesday
graduation on Friday, June 3rd followed by the All Night Party
Netflix unblocked for the summer on chromebooks
plastic bag petition being circulated
token of appreciation for both seniors
Correspondence: none
2. Guests/Presentations
a. Parmenter Update
Tom Morris, Principal
Shannon Barca, Assistant Principal
http://parmenterelementary.vt-s.net/Pages/index
3rd grade hydroponic garden
growing lettuce and understanding the growth process
sample unit plan provided to School Committee
seedlings planted in rock wool
tomato plant root structure approx. 7 ft long
Parmenter 'think board' used to post questions for the school community to answer and respond to
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| Parmenter Elementary School teachers at the School Committee meeting |
3rd grade's hydroponics unit on display! What do you notice/wonder? #parmenterschool #thinkboard #hydroponics #ubd pic.twitter.com/utxSbcC72k— Parmenter Elementary (@ParmenterAP) April 13, 2016
one of many units being worked on this year
hydroponic garden chosen to explore science and compare/contrast with traditional gardening
to be understanding and discerning
YMCA provided a grant via Mass In Motion to the schools, some chose to start last year
some chose to start this year, need someone to 'own it'
Would also need to work with the Health Dept to provide the produce for school use in the cafeteria; currently the volume doesn't allow for such
use grade level research rubric to provide grading for the students with the learning process on the unit; students have come back with YouTube videos from other schools who are also exploring hydroponics
curriculum coordinators have been lost over time, should be a goal of the committee to bring the role back, each school is doing something but the coordination among is not as shared as it could be
You can follow Parmenter School via Twitter updates https://twitter.com/ParmenterAP
Jewell comment on doing their own thing and fostering the science locally disagreed with by O'Malley as then the district would not be doing what it needed to do
Bilello added that use of the standards and the 'understanding by design' process tied in other aspects of the overall curriculum in the right way
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