Monday, March 10, 2014

WHS News 3/10/14

Bye, Bye HSPA..... you have been good to us over the years, but it's time to move on.  Put away the #2 pencils and get working on the keyboards... The PARCC testing is here!!  Thank you to everyone who proctored over the three days of testing.  Big thank you to Mrs. Gastman for coordinating and organizing the three days of testing.  Also need to thank Mrs. Baskin and Mrs. Katz for helping out each day as well.

WHS will be field testing the Algebra 1 PARCC test on 3/25.  More details on this will be out shortly.  Classes will be running on a normal schedule during the field test.  Only students testing will have a modified schedule.

Time well spent!  I hope the PD time you had during testing worked to your benefit.  I heard a lot of positive comments coming out of the meeting related to CCSS /PARCC Implementation Plan.  Thank you to Mrs. Baskin and the Language Arts teachers for all their work on this project.  I also need to thank Mrs. Pastore and Ms. McCann for putting together the RST templates.
You can find the RST template on the bottom of the Language Arts webpage on the HS site.  I have uploaded them as word document and PDF's.
Link to RST Templates    

School News

Congratulations to Mike Clancy and his wife Sylvia on the birth of their third child, Noah Clancy, born on March 5.

Mrs. Kish's last day was Friday, March 7.  We have two teachers filling in for her.  One of the teachers might be a familiar face, Jennifer Edreos, who has been working in the Middle School for the past two years as a leave replacement and this year in a part-time role.  Taking over Mrs. Kish's AP English and Composition class will be Betsy Panico.  Mrs. Panico is a retired teacher who worked in the Northern Valley School District.

The cast and crew did an amazing job last week with their production of "Legally Blonde." Legally Blonde - Huge Success 

Recent Blog Posts/Tweets

Greenberg Center gets a new look - Thanks to the Booster Club
Minds Eye 2013-2014 Edition 

Good Reads/PD Resources 

Did you read "Teach Like a Pirate" this summer by Dave Burgess.  Would you like to hear Dave speak about his book?   Well, Dave is speaking this Thursday at Manville High School, NJ at 4:30pm.  You can read more about this event here: Pirate Event on 3/13

 SAT Changes are coming in Spring of 2016
Redesigned SAT via The College Board
A new SAT Aims to Realign With Schoolwork via The Washington Post

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