Powder Puff Fun and Teacher/Paraprofessional Work

A fun time was had on Saturday, November 3rd, at the 4th annual Powder Puff game! There was a definite chill in the air, but our junior and senior girls played hard. Congratulations to the juniors on their 30-12 victory!

Junior girls offense on the move!

The boys dressed up and cheered on their respective teams and put on an impressive half-time show.

Senior boys trying to get the crowd going!

Junior boys add a stunt to their routine!

It was a great night of family fun and it was wonderful to see so many folks there!

Our teachers and paraprofessionals had a professional development day on Tuesday, November 6th. Teachers worked on creating standards-based units of instruction that align with our district curriculum and will lead our students to deep understanding of content in all grade levels. They came up with some great ideas that will be further developed over the next few months. Paraprofessionals had a menu of offerings. The morning was devoted to positive behavioral supports for students and the afternoon had elementary paraprofessionals learning how to support struggling readers in the classroom while secondary paraprofessionals learned how to use Microsoft Office 2010 as a tool for assisting students. All in all, it was a very productive day.

As always, if you have any questions about this blog post, feel free to call me at 413.323.0423.

Best regards, Dr. Judith Houle, Superintendent of Schools

GO ORIOLES! Congratulations on making the playoffs!