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While we are still enjoying our summer vacation I wanted to take the opportunity to inform you of some exciting changes to our program for the 2017-2018 academic year. I urge you to read the entire letter in which I provide information and explanations, but for those interested in “just the facts” you’ll be interested to know that: • To limit the chances of children “slipping through the cracks,” grades 3-8 will each have a member of the faculty assigned to be a Student Advocate charged with gathering and maintaining academic and social information about all students in the grade. • We have re-aligned the divisions of the Elementary School so that grades 1-5 and grades 6-8 will now be two separate divisions. • For most academic subjects the Seventh Grade academic program will be leveled rather than tracked.
• In Early Childhood we will be adding a new mid-year program for children who do not meet the age cutoff for Play Group in September. • All Kindergarten classes will meet in the Elementary School building.
Sarah Paikin has joined the Early Childhood administration as Director of Curriculum. • Rabbi Ezra Saban has accepted the appointment as Assistant Principal for Judaic studies for grades 4-5. Rochi Denciger has joined the educational leadership team for the Elementary School and has primary responsibility for Judaic studies for grades 1-3. Rose Lee Pifko has taken on the responsibilities of School Psychologist and Director of Guidance. The new position of Student Advocate has been created to support our efforts in making sure that no child “slips through the cracks”. Student Advocates will be in regular contact with classroom teachers and will have in depth information about each student.
They will monitor each student’s academic progress in Judaic and general studies and will be attuned to any social, behavioral or emotional concerns. In addition, they will also monitor any accommodations or special learning plans in place for individual students. Hodatajstvo o nagrazhdenii pochetnoj gramotoj uchitelya obrazec. The Student Advocates will meet regularly with members of the administration and keep them fully informed. Laporan keuangan perusahaan kontraktor.
Student Advocates are not expected to serve as guidance counselors or psychologists, but they may be the first to notice academic, social or emotional changes and on occasion may meet with students. While until now, our Elementary School has been divided into a Lower Division consisting of grades 1-4 and an Upper Division consisting of grades 5-8, after much observation and discussion, we no longer believe that this model matches our academic program. For example, classes in grades 6-8 are taught in a Departmental Model as opposed to the format in grades 1-5 where the classroom teachers teach all subjects. Boys in grades 6-8 start their school day at 7:30 AM with minyan and grades 1-5 start at 8:15.
Children in grades 6-8 reach the age of misvot and this is an accurate indicator of many developmental changes. Therefore, for both academic and developmental reasons we have shifted our internal model and attached the 5th Grade to the Elementary School and designated Grades 6-8 to be the Middle School.
In practical terms, this change is part of an adjustment in the structure of the school administration. We are proud to be initiating a pilot program in 7th grade that we believe will create better and more appropriate academic opportunities and challenges for our students.
We have been concerned for some time about the practice and process of placing students in honors and non-honors tracks in 7th and 8th grade. Even as some students are strong in all academic areas, others demonstrate a variety of strengths and weaknesses and the current system may limit their opportunities for academic challenge. For example, in our tracked program, some exceptionally strong math students may have been excluded from the honors track because they were not nearly as strong in ELA. Likewise, a student who is strong in Gemara could be excluded from honors because of a weakness in Hebrew language. To address this concern we are offering leveled classes in Gemara, Humash, Safa, Math, Science and ELA.
These courses will each be offered at several different levels into which students will be placed according to the data gathered from past assessments and performance along with teacher input. This means that a student could be in honors Gemara, grade level Safa and a below grade level Humash class with each class providing the appropriate level of instruction and challenge for that individual. Also, a student who struggles in both Math and ELA can be placed in the honors level Science class.