CMS School Improvement Plan
November 4, 2015
PRIDE
Attendance:
Greg Zenion-Principal
Steve Morrone-Assistant Principal
Thad Azazides
Sylvia Overand-teacher
AJ Greenwood-teacher
Thad Ayazides-teacher
Liz Stearns-teacher
Bill Charadio-teacher
Coleman Pepperd- 8 student
Elle Lyons-grade 8 student
Etta Zasloff-community
Cody Clarkin-community
Christopher Sutcliffe-community
Ryan Landolfi-community
Sara Clark parent
Janice Palmer parent
Tammy Lyons-teacher/parent
Roles:
Tammy Lyons- Attendance/Recorder
Thad Ayazides- Facilitator
Liz Stearns -Refreshments
Lindsay Cole-process observer
Ryan Landolfi-time keeper
Minutes-approved minutes
Announcements-
Report cards will be going home Friday.
Night school will begin-parents are being called.
Town Hall meetings began. The Miss RI Junior International came to talk about bullying. She is a URI student and is traveling to share her story with RI kids.
PARCC-November 9th admin and then November 16th
SIT Plan:
School Wide SLO(Student Learning Objective) Goals-
Narrative writing-direct result from PARCC
3-5 and 6-8 elements of writing
Use of Delaware rubric will be used to measure this objective
Goal 2
How does narrative writing look in social studies and science?
Students shared their experiences with narrative writing.
Math
How clear can a student explain their mathematical thinking through words, visuals, picture, graph, other
PARCC language
Level 4 using sub-claim C rubric
How do we get kids to understand and explain their thinking?
Application of problem is key
PD will be provided for teachers on early release days and practice for the students.
Nominating Committee-
Bill Charadio/Cody Clarkin/ Ryan Landolfi
Family Engagement-Janice Palmer/Sara Clark/Coleman Pepperd
Cultural Arts: Moved the assembly March 14,16 Sonnet Man/ money was approved
By-Laws: Greg/Sylvia
Hospitality: Liz Stearns
Time Keeper: Ryan Landolfi
Bonfire: October 27th Tuesday-
Results-Need to bring lighter for fire
Biggest concern is supervision-We need to station people in places and keep people in the bowl.
Subcommittee there earlier that needs to make sure it all gets done
Have a jug of water available for people.
Attempt to not have it on sport night
Try to keep on a Wednesday/ Thursday night October 26th and 27th-Greg will make his contacts.
Move music to the other side so it carries through the field.
Put a subcommittee together to make sure each component is covered in September.
Fundraising: Ms. Dolce and Steve will have a date in the spring and the money will also support the CORE values
Thad is suggesting that we have a way to communicate in a shared folder in google. Greg and Steve agreed so that we can have all of our information in one place.
CORE Values-
PRIDE:
OTHER: What happened to cursive?
How are teen book battle books chosen? Concern?
Westerly Teen Librarian opportunity
Etta- Chariho Cares (Network of retired teachers to work with teachers and students) currently have 4 interested
Website, Twitter, Facebook
Difficult to generate interest-Facebook most successful
Looking for face to face relationship with Chariho
Goal 4 /4.5.-4.6 Mentoring
Rooster Games/Teen Book Battles
Mentor-relationships with students
Example possibly drama
Next Date SIT: December 2, 2015