Wednesday, September 17, 2014

WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL: Match enrichment is rolling, as is r-e-s-p-e-c-t, as Aretha would say


At West Middle School Mrs. King's math enrichment classes are off to a great start.

"We take all of our assessments online in Datawise, a component of Class A," she said.

The students took their trimester 1 pretest in the computer lab and entered their responses right on the computer.  The benefit of taking tests online is that there is no wasted paper (bubble sheets); students get immediate results; teachers don't have to spend their time scanning the answer sheets; and the grades are automatically imported into the grade book.

The staff and students at West Middle School had a school-wide Restorative Circle in which the students were asked to explain what "respect" meant to them; student to student, staff to student and student to staff. 

After a lengthy discussion, the teachers are taking the students comments and come up with a school-wide definition that will be posted around the school for everyone to follow.

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