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Dear Perkins School Community,
We are celebrating some early wins in our academic performance! Overall, our students outperformed BPS on ELA Interim Assessments! Only 14% of MJP Hispanic scholars, 15% of Black scholars, and 25% of English Language Learners scored in the "Needs Improvement" category compared to BPS at 44% of Black and Hispanic students and 52% of ELLs. Now, we're aiming to reach our proficiency targets!
Instructional Priorities
School-wide goal: To elevate overall student achievement by 20% on MCAS; 70% correct & 50% Mastery on Illuminate interim assessments
To support our school-wide goals in ELA and Math, our school purchased a 2-year license for IXL to provide computer-based practice on specific skills your child may need extra help with. Families will have access at home, so feel free to login at www.IXL.com for extra practice any time. It is also available as an app for Apple and Android devices.
Social Emotional Learning at MJP
For the month of NOVEMBER, our Second Step skill is EMPATHY: "When you are able to understand and care about how someone else is feeling." Our empathy skill this week is "Same and different feelings." At school, we are teaching students to identify and show compassion for others' feelings. Families can help at home by encouraging scholars to notice and seek a better understanding of the feelings of others.
Moving On
Ms. Manion will be retiring at the end of this year on Dec. 31st. She has worked as a Lunch Monitor at the Perkins School for 20+ years. We are eternally grateful to Ms. Manion for more than two decades of dedicated service to the Michael J. Perkins School community, and we wish her the best in her upcoming retirement!
Ms. Jordyana "Jordie" Rodrigues is moving on from MassSTART and MJP this month for an exciting new opportunity closer to home. Her last day at MJP will be 11/15. Ms. Marsha Chery and Ms. Alisa Hunter will be working together on a plan to continue the support of Ms. Jordie’s students and families. We thank Ms. Jordie for the work she has done with MassSTART students and families over the past year. She will be missed!
Long-time volunteer and former MJP alumnus, Tommy, will be moving into an internship experience in a middle school. Tommy has supported students in classrooms, helped substitutes during teachers' absences, and assisted with moving furniture into storage. The Perkins family extends its sincerest gratitude to Tommy for his many years of dedicated service to our school community, and we wish him well in all of his future endeavors!
Student Discipline
Our district's efforts to decrease the number of elementary suspensions from exclusionary discipline has created a shift toward more restorative approaches to discipline. The goal is to teach students desired behaviors and allow opportunities to rebuild relationships. To that end, the following alternatives to exclusionary discipline are being used at MJP:
Sincerely,
Maisha Rounds, Proud Principal
Michael J. Perkins Elementary School
"The Home of Outstanding World Learners"
We are celebrating some early wins in our academic performance! Overall, our students outperformed BPS on ELA Interim Assessments! Only 14% of MJP Hispanic scholars, 15% of Black scholars, and 25% of English Language Learners scored in the "Needs Improvement" category compared to BPS at 44% of Black and Hispanic students and 52% of ELLs. Now, we're aiming to reach our proficiency targets!
Instructional Priorities
- Big Rock #1: Data-Driven Instruction
- Big Rock #2: Coaching & Feedback
- Big Rock #3: Social Emotional Learning
School-wide goal: To elevate overall student achievement by 20% on MCAS; 70% correct & 50% Mastery on Illuminate interim assessments
To support our school-wide goals in ELA and Math, our school purchased a 2-year license for IXL to provide computer-based practice on specific skills your child may need extra help with. Families will have access at home, so feel free to login at www.IXL.com for extra practice any time. It is also available as an app for Apple and Android devices.
Social Emotional Learning at MJP
For the month of NOVEMBER, our Second Step skill is EMPATHY: "When you are able to understand and care about how someone else is feeling." Our empathy skill this week is "Same and different feelings." At school, we are teaching students to identify and show compassion for others' feelings. Families can help at home by encouraging scholars to notice and seek a better understanding of the feelings of others.
Moving On
Ms. Manion will be retiring at the end of this year on Dec. 31st. She has worked as a Lunch Monitor at the Perkins School for 20+ years. We are eternally grateful to Ms. Manion for more than two decades of dedicated service to the Michael J. Perkins School community, and we wish her the best in her upcoming retirement!
Ms. Jordyana "Jordie" Rodrigues is moving on from MassSTART and MJP this month for an exciting new opportunity closer to home. Her last day at MJP will be 11/15. Ms. Marsha Chery and Ms. Alisa Hunter will be working together on a plan to continue the support of Ms. Jordie’s students and families. We thank Ms. Jordie for the work she has done with MassSTART students and families over the past year. She will be missed!
Long-time volunteer and former MJP alumnus, Tommy, will be moving into an internship experience in a middle school. Tommy has supported students in classrooms, helped substitutes during teachers' absences, and assisted with moving furniture into storage. The Perkins family extends its sincerest gratitude to Tommy for his many years of dedicated service to our school community, and we wish him well in all of his future endeavors!
Student Discipline
Our district's efforts to decrease the number of elementary suspensions from exclusionary discipline has created a shift toward more restorative approaches to discipline. The goal is to teach students desired behaviors and allow opportunities to rebuild relationships. To that end, the following alternatives to exclusionary discipline are being used at MJP:
- Positive rewards for exhibiting desired behaviors
- Logical consequences (apologize, clean up spills/messes, community service, etc.)
- Take a break in the student's homeroom or neighboring teacher's classroom (10 min. time limit)
- Loss of privileges (ex: loss of Chromebook privilege for part of a period, with an alternative low-tech assignment provided instead)
- Family Communication (Note/email home; phone call; parent conference)
- Think Sheet to reflect upon choices made at school and develop a plan to make wiser choices moving forward
- Behavior Reflection Sheet (administrative consequence for any actions infringing upon the rights of others or safety of self/others)
- Parent visit in which a family member sits with a student in class for a part of the day or the whole day
- Student Success Team Referral to determine additional academic and/or behavioral supports
- Office Referral
Sincerely,
Maisha Rounds, Proud Principal
Michael J. Perkins Elementary School
"The Home of Outstanding World Learners"
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SPANISH/English Versions of past letters available below: Entry Letter 7/2019 Mid-Summer Update 8/2019 Carta Familiar 9/3/19 Carta Familiar 9/6/19 Carta Familiar 10/18/19 Carta Familiar 11/11/19 |
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