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Our teachers used an organizational arrangement Congratulations to sixth of grade-level professional learning communities Bohnenberger whose artwork en grader Kelly (PLCs) to collaboratively focus on improving student the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL)as included L of learning and implementing best instructional practice. Difference" Institute's 251h Anniversary 010ocalenf Each PLC developed a SMART (Strategic and dar. Kelly's en try was chosen from Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results-Oriented, submissions from throughout New Engle than and and was ` Time-Bound) goal in English/Language Arts and in one of sixteen illustrations to appear in the calendar. Mathematics. Development of common assessments, The ADL thanked Kelly for her work as an artist and progress monitoring, analyses of student performance data, and the sharing of effective instructional strate- gies are integral components of the PLC model. Our PLCs met twice each week throughout the school Best wishes and good-byes went to three valued g members of our school community. Teacher Mary year. Ann Newman retired after serving Mashpee's children Updating instruction and learning through the and their families for 35 years. Paraprofessional j integration of technology has been a focus this year. Louise Sanford retired with 30 years of service, i We now have seven classrooms equipped with interac- Finally, Henry Duckham, instrumental music teacher, retired after 10 years of teaching Mashpee's young tive white boards. This technology allows for web- ` musicians. We thank these wonderful educators for based interactive teaching and learning opportunities. We have a Computer on Wheels which is a portable their dedicated focus on student learning. Sixth grade system of 24 laptop computers used throughout the teacher Coleen Blount was chosen as the Elementary , Teacher of the Year by the Massachusetts VFW day by different classrooms. Each homeroom has also District 17 in recognition of her work in civics and been equipped with two wireless laptop computers for student use. Two docume patriotism education. The Quashnet School nt cameras with projectors are also shared among the teachers. We are grateful Volunteer of the Year was David Greenfield. Mr, for the ability to better prepare our students for sue- Greenfield was recognized and honored for his dedi- cated efforts in providing math remediation and cess in the technologically advanced 21St century. enrichment to fourth graders in Mrs. Lanoue's home- We continue to promote a positive, safe, and room. respect-filled learning environment through our PBIS program (Positive Behaviors Interventions and Together, we can achieve excellence. We will Supports)—a program that supports social coin e- continue to use current and research-based instruc- tional methods to improve individual student achieve- tence and academic achievement. Our students are expected to follow the "Falcon Five"—Be Safe Be ment and learning, so that all students are demonstrat- ing growth and improvement. We strive to be a coin- Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Caring, and Be Read , munity of life-long learners where growth,not perfec- y. When students are observed displaying tion, is the expectation. desired behaviors they are recognized with "Right Choice" tickets that can then be used as currency at Respectfully submitted, our Falcon Five Store. Patricia M. DeBoer The Quashnet School is proud of the After- Principal School Activities program provided to our students during the 2009-2010 school year. We offered two sessions with activities taking place on Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays. In the first session, 277 students participated in 17 different enrichment activ- ities. In the second session,406 students participated '$ in 25 enrichment offerings. We { g thank the many dedi- cated Quashnet School staff members who donated their time for this program. The Quashnet School staff thanks the Mashpee Community for your support. 116 �'