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Home My WebLink About2024-01-10-FISKE-minFiske School Site Council -1.10.24 Meeting Notes Members Brian Baker,Principal Present Catherine Murphy,ELL Present Lisa Wallace,Gr.1 Present Lana Panasyuk,Parent Present Sarina Sherwin,Parent Present ●FM System for all Classrooms ○Tom Martellone (LPS Tech Director)has supplied every grade level classroom with an FM system.Teachers have a small mic to wear around their neck,and there is a speaker in the center of each classroom.A lot of the new schools (Hastings and Estabrook)have them in all classrooms. ○This system helps ensure students can hear the teachers ○The kits did not come with a microphone for students to pass around,so he is looking for an additional $7,000 to purchase those. ○It is not mandatory for teachers to use.Feedback from those who are has been good. ○Art room,library,and music room may be outfitted next! ●Access/WIDA Testing ○A secure large-scale English language proficiency assessment administered to Kindergarten through 12th grade students who have been identified as English language learners (ELLs).It is given annually in WIDA Consortium member states to monitor students'progress in acquiring academic English. ○Students are Tested in 4 Domains ■Listening ■Reading ■Speaking ■Writing ○Catherine Murphy elaborated on the test requirements:all must be taken in a specific order.It usually takes about four weeks to complete.Results come in late spring.There is a new version this year,as Access is trying to make the test better.It hasn’t been updated in about five years so she is excited to see the new one. ●Upcoming Assessments ○mCLASS Assessments will take place the last week of Jan/beginning of Feb, Week of 2/26 for K students.Data informs interventions needed from classroom teacher,reading specialist,or special educator. ○AIMSWeb in Math Assessments -data gathering for mathematics. ○MCAS Assessments -Gr.3-5 -Two Assessments ■ELA -3/26 -4/4 ■Math -5/1 -5/9 ○Science/Tech -Gr.5 Only -5/13 -5/14 ●Fiske Data Teams Updates ○Continuing to optimize how these are run ○A survey was distributed to staff with ‘Keep /Lose /Innovate’ideas.Responses were helpful and not surprising. ○Starting in February,the team will revert back to the previous approach–meet with the literacy specialist,then the math specialist,then mental health–to look at trends across the grade level to create interventions. ●All School Meeting -New and Improved last month ○Ideas and Past Agenda ○Staff offered to add lots of ideas and have almost taken it over.Thank you to Amy-Jo Conant,Kathleen Dinsmore,James Kane for bringing fresh and new ideas. ○5th graders have more participation this year too and they seem to be enjoying this. ○This week’s ASM -Science Fair kickoff (Reggie Hobbs -Dept Head for Science) ●Grade 5 Student Council -Up and Running! ○Thank you to Michaela Szymanski for bringing this back! ○5 or 6 kids from each classroom -close to 20 total.Brian Baker gives ideas and they decided which to lead ○Brian Baker is meeting with 3 students tomorrow who are bringing the idea of a student-staff basketball game ●Report Cards ○The term closes Friday,Jan 19,2024 ○Grades must be entered by midnight Sunday,Feb 4,2024 ○Principals review report cards Mon Feb 5 -noon Thurs Feb 8,2024 ○Report cards published to parents Friday,Feb 9,2024 by the end of the day ○Lana Panasyuk asked about the amount of time between term close and report cards published.Brian Baker answered that it has to do with the teacher contract, about the amount of time they’re given. ●Review Professional Practice Goal &Student Learning Goal ○Brian Baker stated that he is pleased with impact Fundations program has had, from lower grades to upper grades. ●Update on School Improvement Plan ○Fiske Innovation Plan -23/24 Update ●Staff Supervision and Evaluation ○Focus on “Teaching All Students”and “Professional Culture” Questions from Site Council ●Sarina Sherwin asked about the lines in the lunchroom,as students are to file into two lines based on their classroom number.Through her participation in Green Team,she has noticed that lines can get long,particularly in large sections (Grade 2 and Grade 4). All sections have three classrooms so there is no way to evenly divide students.Brian Baker mentioned that the lunchroom staff is supposed to move students from one line to the next,should one be much longer than the other.He will remind them to do so. ●Lana Panasyuk asked about the school calendar,namely expanding the holiday break from midweek to midweek.She mentioned that in Concord,they have consolidated most holidays into a longer December break.Brian Baker responded that the school calendar is headed up by the School Committee,and if there's a group of parents that want to take this up with them while they are meeting,that would be an option. Dates for upcoming meetings: Fiske Site Council Monthly Meeting Schedule 3:45-4:30 Member Name Meeting Date Minutes Brian Baker,Principal 10/18/23 Minutes Catherine Murphy,ELL 11/15/23 Canceled Lisa Wallace -Gr.1 12/6/23 Canceled Lana Panasyuk,Parent 1/10/24 Minutes Sarina Sherwin,Parent 2/14/24 3/20/24 4/24/24 5/22/24