Tuesday, February 28, 2012

THIS WEEK IN BROCKTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Little Red Schoolhouse Association open house-membership drive, Little Red Schoolhouse--Brockton High School, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Coffee, tea and refreshments.
Learn about the non-profit Little Red Schoolhouse Association and how it supports education in Brockton.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1
K--12 MEPA Testing through 3/16
Parents’ Academy--ADHD & Executive Function Workshop, George School 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Parents’ Academy--Make Way for Literacy for the Infant/Toddler Group Workshop, Arnone School 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Arnone: Field Trip for Grade 5 to Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, During School.
East: School Improvement Council Meeting, Room 130, 5:30 p.m.
East: P.A.C. Meeting, Room 130, 6:15 p.m.
Gilmore: Dr. Seuss Celebration. During School
Hancock: Big Ryan’s Tall Tales for K and Gr. 1, Café 9:30 & 10:15 a.m.
Kennedy: School Improvement Council Meeting, Conference Room, 6 p.m.
Kennedy: P.A.C. Meeting, Café 7 p.m.
North: K.T.A. Club Art & Poetry Contest through 3/30
North: K.T.A. Club Anti-Bullying Campaign through 3/30
Russell: White Ribbon Campaign running through 3/12

FRIDAY, MARCH 2 Parents’ Academy Morning Workshop--Dr. Seuss Literacy Celebration, Gilmore Early Childhood Center 9 to 10:30 a.m.
Angelo: Student of the Month Breakfast, Café, 9 a.m.
Arnone: Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration, During School
George: Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration, Café, 6:30 p.m.
Hancock: MADD Dance for Grades 3, 4 and 5. 6--7:30 p.m.
Huntington: Field Trip for Grade 5 to Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton. During School
Raymond: Spring class and individual picture day, During School
Raymond: Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration, During School
South: Spring Picture Day, During School

MONDAY, MARCH 5 Registration for Kindergarten September 2012 Assignments begin
J - Q: (Last letter of parents last name) March 5th – March 23rd
School Registration Center 43 Crescent Street Brockton
Monday--Friday 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Wednesdays Only 5 to 7 p.m.
Baker: Pennies for Pasta Fundraiser through 3/23, During School
Hancock: P.T.A. Meeting, Library, 6:30 p.m.
Plouffe: Pennies for Patients fundraiser through 3/9, During School
Plouffe: P.A.C. Meeting, Café, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, February 13, 2012

THIS WEEK IN BROCKTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS


Tuesday, February 14: Brockton School Committee meetingSignup for an alert reminder. 7 p.m., Brockton High School Little Theatre.
 
Wednesday - February 15, 2012
Thursday - February 16, 2012 Friday - February 17, 2012
  • Parents' Academy AM Workshop: "Parent & Child Literacy Activity"Signup for an alert reminder. 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
  • 9 to 10:30 a.m. 
    Location: Gilmore ECC - 150 Clinton Street, Brockton, MA
    Parent & Child Literacy Activity
    Presenter: Parent Engagement Specialist Jane Feroli
    All Parent Academy workshops are free to Brockton parents
    Free childcare is available. 
       
  • Monday - February 20, 2012--WINTER RECESS BEGINS

Friday, February 10, 2012

Spellman Moves From Textbooks To iPads

BrocktonPost
BROCKTON--Cardinal Spellman High School plans to phase out text books, by initiating an Apple iPad program, for the 2012-2013 school year.
Cardinal Spellman is the first school, within the Archdiocese of Boston, to implement iPads as a learning too, school officials said in a prepared statement.
Spellman plans to begin using iBooks and etextbooks, which cost much less than traditional textbooks. Not all textbooks will be available as etextbooks this year but, Spellman anticipates those textbooks will be offered within the next few years.
“We are very excited and proud to be making this move. Dickens’ Great Expectations is still taught in many high schools. That is exactly what the school is looking for with the introduction of iPads for all students at Cardinal Spellman. We have great expectations,” said the high school's president John McEwan.
In coordination with Apple, Cardinal Spellman will equip each one of its students with an iPad.
Students will pay a small technology fee, making the iPad available for a fraction of the cost of purchasing it independently. Students will be issued their iPads during the summer.
Spellman will offer training sessions for students and their parents.
Teachers have already begun iPad training sessions. They received their iPads in December as part of a professional development course. They began iPad training, through Apple, in anticipation of making the iPad a major learning tool in Spellman’s daily curriculum. Other training programs will continue throughout the year in subject-specific areas. Teachers will be able to access their Promethean Boards from anywhere in their classroom and use the latest in apps to enhance their lesson plans.
Beginning in 2010, a special technology committee, comprised of parents, teachers, students, administrators and community members was formed by Spellman President McEwan.
The committee met to hear the latest information on the use of one-to-one technology in the classrooms. They looked at laptops, iPads and other new technology entering the market.
From those meetings, a number of pilot programs were instituted in the school.
The final recommendation from the committee was to go forward with a one-to-one program of iPads for all students and teachers.
McEwan is confident that the teachers and students will greatly benefit from this next step in technology. “It’s a giant step forward,” McEwan said.
Cardinal Spellman High School is a Catholic, co-educational, college preparatory school serving students from 40 different communities on the South Shore.