Monday, June 15, 2020

June 15, 2020

End of the Year Celebration

We will be holding our end of the year drive-by celebration for our students on Monday, June 22 from 11:30-1:00. Grade levels have expressed an interest in putting together small care packages for students. You are more than welcome to do this. It is not an expectation but the cost of the care packages should not be more than $5.00

Please share and promote the time of the drive-through celebration with your students and families through whatever platform you feel is best. Monday, June 22 from 11:30-1:00.

Coming into The Building

The building will be open from 10-5 tomorrow (Tuesday) and Wednesday. Here is the sign-up sheet

Summer Learning Outreach

We have been asked to personally reach out to each family that has a student eligible for summer learning. I need your help doing this. 

When you open this sheet. Click on the filter and open filter view "Eligible Summer School Students" you will see that the students that show all have 1's in column J. These students are eligible for summer programming.

Programs Offered to Our Students


Students with ELD levels 1-3 are eligible for the ELD Summer Program offered through OELL. This is the District provided description of that program. 

English Learner Summer
OEL
Faye Karp/Shirley Peng
9am-12pm, 3 hours of synchronous and asynchronous learning, 1 hour teacher prep per day
The goal is to provide a fun and rigorous summer remote learning program that is specifically targeted to support rising K2-12 ELs with English Language acquisition and content instruction connected to WIDA’s English Language Proficiency Standards through interdisciplinary thematic units.

Students with Disabilities are indicated in column G. These students are eligible for ESY services if it is indicated in their IEP. This is the District provided description of that program.


Extended School Year (ESY)
OSE
Cindie Neilson( before July 1), Ethan D'Ablemont-Burnes (after July 1)/
Porsche Paulding
9am - 12pm. 
3 hours a day, 5 days a week.
The Extended School Year (ESY) is a summer program for students with disabilities whose Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Teams have identified are at risk of substantial regression of skills over the summer. For Summer 2020, learning will be remote only. During instructional hours, students will access ELA, Math, SEL, and also Related Services & Rules-based reading support as indicated by their IEP. Additionally, students will have access to various enrichment opportunities.

Early Childhood: Project-based curriculum aligned with Early Childhood’s Focus Curriculum.

Students in grades 1-8: virtual Math, ELA, SEL and Enrichment co-run by Catapult Learning and OSE. 

High School: Aligned with Summer Learning Academy, Transition &  STRIVE. 


ALL students eligible for summer learning are eligible for the following programs:

Thematic Based Early Childhood Programs
The BPS Department of Early Childhood works through a combination of curriculum, professional development, and coaching to improve instructional quality and prepare all students for a strong academic career at BPS during the school year and summer. We developed the Summer Early Focus (SEF) program and curricula for students who will be in K2-3. (Locations: Orchard Gardens, East Boston EEC, Ellison Parks, West Zone ELC)

Social Justice Academy
The Excellence For All School Without Walls initiative will run a Social Justice Academy this Summer from July 6 - August 7. The Academy provides social justice focused project-based learning classes to rising grade 3-12 students.


What I Need from You


  1. I need you to reach out to your families on the list and explain to them what programs their child is eligible for. 
  2. Note how you contacted families using columns Ag-Ak on this sheet. If you contacted them multiple times in multiple formats please note each contact. 
  3. If parents are interested in summer learning opportunities please follow up with them by filling out this form (The Common Application) on the call with them or schedule a call with them to fill out the form. 
  4. If language is an issue please provide the family with the common application in their home language
  5. Record the parents' response or lack of response in columns AL and AM
  6. Complete these tasks by the end of the school year
Most Recent Command from the District:

These fields should be updated every day. As part of our responsibility to coordinate and communicate citywide recovery efforts, this data will be reported to the City on a daily basis. Please do not add columns to this spreadsheet as it affects our ability to aggregate data.

I apologize. I know how hard you are all working and the timing of this is less than ideal. Unfortunately, it is one of those things that are out of my control as the district is filling a request from the mayor and city council. 


Class Lists

This week during our check-ins Keri will be facilitating the creation of our class lists for the enxt school year. 

Parent Survey

The Equity Roundtable will be asking you to provide a brief survey to your families regarding their perceptions of and experiences with remote learning during this time of closure. The following are the questions on the survey:


  1. What worked well for you during remote learning?
  2. What have you noticed/learned/observed about your child as a learner and about you as a parent?
  3. What challenges did you encounter with remote learning and is there anything you would want to change?
  4. What will be most useful to you heading into the summer in supporting your child’s learning? (ie providing learning resources, supplies)
  5. Is there anything else you want us to know?


Summary Memos

Evaluations will be non-evaluative this year and take the form of summary memos. Keri and I are working diligently to get these done and entered into TeachPoint. They should be there by the last day of school. 

ST Math

We will be fully launching ST Math as an online learning platform for our students this fall. The State has provided money to launch the initiative and is excited about the research behind the program. It is also highly correlated to our Massachusetts math standards and even some mathematical practices. Brian is our school point person and I believe he has asked Meghan, Stephanie, Danielle, Meredith, and Rose to run point at grade levels for this. If you want to learn more about the program and play with it during the summer here is some additional info:



Thank you again for attending today’s webinar.  Below are some helpful resources you can share with teachers and families as you prepare for a summer launch with the Mass Math Initiative, or if you just want to learn more about the program. 

Teacher, Student, & Family Support: 

Demo Account 
  • Website
  • UN: mindmass
  • PW: STMath2020

Support Email: massmath@mindresearch.org

ST Math Results:

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