One of the School Committee District Improvement Plan goals for 2012-2014 is broadly to “engage the community” to improve student learning. Of course many things related to this goal were already happening. One very thoughtful and informed and collaborative effort is OneVille. A professor, grad students, practitioners and parents all worked together on OneVille to [...]
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Oneville Engaging Somerville Community
Posted by christinerafal on May 7, 2012
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/oneville-engaging-somerville-community/
Vote for Somerville musicians!
Saturday I attended a Rio+20 concert at Berkelee Performance Center. Two of the performing groups, Grooversity and Boston Children’s Chorus, featured a number of musicians from Somerville. Here’s a note from the coordinator of Somerville Public Schools Music Program on how you can vote for Grooversity’s entry into an international music contest: “The students of [...]
Posted by christinerafal on April 2, 2012
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/vote-for-somerville-musicians/
Community Band
Late-breaking! From Mr. Rick Saunders…! Dear Friends, We are trying to put together a community band and world music orchestra for the Somerville Community. We are looking for novice to advanced musicians of every age. Our first meeting will be this Thursday, March 22ndat Somerville High School in room 270. Hope to see you there!! [...]
Posted by christinerafal on March 21, 2012
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/community-band/
The Education Doctor® visited Somerville
Dr. Pamela Ellis (second from left) shared some tips with us about how to support middle grades and high school students to bolster their chances of graduating from college. I’ll post some takeaways later. If you went, please feel free to continue the discussion in the comments section. The more people in our community thinking [...]
Posted by christinerafal on October 3, 2011
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/the-education-doctor%c2%ae-visited-somerville/
Evening School Registration Begins Tonight
From Sophia Carafotes, Evening School Principal: “Please feel free to forward anyone that may be interested in the following: Somerville Adult Evening School Registration, No time like the present: September 13, 15, 20, and 22, 2011 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. Somerville High School Main Office, 81 Highland Ave, Somerville Register for Somerville Adult Evening School [...]
Posted by christinerafal on September 13, 2011
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/evening-school-registration-begins-tonight/
Cambridge School Changes, “Foreign” Language Idea
Cambridge’s Innovation Agenda might be of interest to those following the restructuring activities around Cambridge’s middle grades. I like the idea at the forefront of educating children for their future rather than our past. My personal opinion then is that students also need more freedom to pursue their own interests–I think that’s part of how [...]
Posted by christinerafal on April 6, 2011
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/cambridge-school-changes-foreign-language-idea/
Volunteer MCAS tutors needed
Help provide free tutoring for Somerville High School students. After-school from 2:45 to 3:45: English Language Arts on Tuesdays and Thursdays (Feb 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17 & March 1) or Math on Mondays and Fridays (Feb 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 28 & March 4) or Before school from 7:00 to 7:45: English [...]
Posted by christinerafal on January 31, 2011
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/volunteer-mcas-tutors-needed/
Alternative Education Conference Report
Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000105 EndHTML:0000009605 StartFragment:0000001427 EndFragment:0000009569 I spent Friday-Sunday in Albany, NY, at an Alternative Education Conference. I focus on workshops that would welcome someone from a public school board and also yield relevant insights to bring home with me. My overall impression was of an alternative movement that no longer wants to be “alternative.” The [...]
Posted by christinerafal on June 28, 2010
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/alternative-education-conference-report/
Free Field Hockey Clinic
Just passing this info along: TUFTS UNIVERSITY FREE FIELD HOCKEY CLINIC! Grades 6-12 When: March 14th at Bello Field from 9am-1pm (we will move indoor if under 35 degrees) Where: Tufts University Gantcher Center 151 College Ave Medford MA Bus 80 and 94 both drop off at the corner of Boston and College Ave (100ft [...]
Posted by christinerafal on March 1, 2010
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/free-field-hockey-clinic/
