We would like to thank the Chariho community for contributing to a successful career fair. On February 17th, we had over 80 professionals attend to showcase their profession and to answer student questions about career readiness, essential skills, and related fields. Here are some pictures of our students meeting with the various professionals during the career fair...
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| Panel Discussion with Business Entrepreneurs |
Whether you attended as a professional, referred us to a professional, or spoke to your child about the career fair, we thank you for making this event a worthwhile and meaningful experience for our students.
Craig M. MacKenzie, Principal Twitter: @dflamturnover
Andrea J. Spas, Assistant Principal Twitter: @Andrea_Spas
Susan J. Votto, Director of CHARIHOtech Twitter: @CHARIHOtech
Data Analysis & Action
With the first semester behind us and as we near the midpoint of quarter 3, departments and administrators are taking a close look at this year's data to identify trends, gaps, areas of growth and areas where more support is needed. Departments have discussions about impressions of each interval of instruction and then ground those impressions by analyzing concrete data. We also use this time to elicit feedback about what worked and what didn't work for the first semester.
There are numerous ways we examine student data, including across grade-levels, by department, by course, and student-specific. The data that we examine allows us to make informed decisions in a number of ways. We use student performance results to make adjustments in instruction, to identify needs for individual students or to make programatic changes at the building-level. Below is a snapshot of some of the ways we can filter student data to inform such decisions. In addition to quarter grades and semester exam performance, we cross-examine student performance on assessments like PARCC, SAT, AP Exams, and STAR testing, to name a few.
We encourage parents to talk with their students about their semester 1 performance and to continue to monitor your child's performance through PowerSchool. Over the past couple of years, teachers have been working with students in encouraging them to take an active role in monitoring their performance and tracking their growth. We appreciate all that you do to reinforce these efforts at home as well!
2017-2018 Program of Studies
The 17-18' Program of Studies has been updated and uploaded to the CHS homepage. There are some new additions to the Program of Studies this year, including a 2-page outline of all required prerequisites by department, which can be found on pages 19 and 20. We also have some new course offerings, including an Advanced Placement Seminar course, please see page 16 to read more about this new AP offering. We provide a variety of opportunities for students to earn college credit and a list of these offerings can be found on page 14. Pages 70-81 capture the CHARIHOtech programs, career clusters and pathways. You will see that our CHARIHOtech programs have expanded to grade 9 and the course sequence for each grade level is outlined. The full Program of Studies can be found here.
SurveyWorks: parent voice needed!
We are happy to report that both our student and teacher survey response rate is approaching 100%! We strongly value parent voice and want your feedback too! This is a reminder that it's not too late to provide your input; the final date that the survey closes is on March 31st. The results of the survey will help us to determine the needs of our school and it is a meaningful way for parents to share their input on a variety of topics pertaining to CHS. Responses are anonymous and cannot be linked to any individual; no one can tie your responses back to you. To take the survey, visit: surveys.panoramaed.com/ride and enter the access code: 98101family. If you don't have access to the internet, please contact Mrs. Nikki Scott at 364-7778 ext. 2102 to access a paper survey. Topics on the survey include: School Safety, Learning Strategies, School Climate, Learning Behaviors and others. We thank you for taking the time to respond to the survey.
World Language Week is March 6th-10th
The theme for the week is: Find the Missing Piece...Learn a Foreign Language
During World Language Week there are fun activities that all students are invited to participate in:
- Poster Contest: All entries must be submitted by Friday, March 10. Posters must incorporate the theme. Prizes will be awarded!
- Trivia Extravaganza: Prizes for the top-scorers
- French Film: All are invited to attend the showing of Loin des hommes (Far from Men) on March 7th at 4:00 p.m at the Chafee Building, room 271 - University of Rhode Island
In addition to these school wide events, there are other festivities taking place in classrooms. We hope to see you at some of our events for World Language Week!
On April 2nd, Community 2000 is hosting a new event to raise funds for the Community 2000 Scholarship efforts that support our Chariho students. The Community 2000 Virtual Masters Scholarship event will take place at 4:00 pm on Saturday, April 2nd, 2017, at The Weekapaug Golf Club at 265 Shore Road, Westerly, RI. For more information and to view the brochure and registration, please click here. Please contact Chris Philips at jchrisphilips@aol.com if you have any questions.
WHAT: Facing the Digital Media Future: Forum on Becoming Smarter, Safer Tech Users
WHERE: Chariho Library Media Center
WHEN: April 26, 2017 6:00-8:30 PM - Refreshments served!
In the four years since Chariho’s Middle and High School 1:1 initiative began, we as parents, students, educators, and administration have seen the powerful impact that digital media technology has made in our lives. At home, work, and school, we recognize, as the National Association For Media Literacy Education has stated, that “media are a part of our culture and function as agents of socialization.” To be effective communicators and engaged citizens we propose an informal gathering, comprised of members of our own community, as well as experts in their fields, to exchange ideas about how the exponential growth of media’s accessibility affects us.
The purpose of this evening is not to assess or debate the educational efficacy of digital technology. Rather, we will hear a variety of topics introduced by a panel of speakers. Then we will have short break-out sessions with each panelist, reconvening to share strategies that may help us all to become better users and consumers of digital media.
The 2-hour program will include:
- viewing parts of the documentary film “MissRepresentation” to understand how women and girls are affected by the ways media represents them
- hearing from students and parents about how their use of digital technology has impacted family life
- hearing from a digital media specialist about Internet Safety
- hearing from a library media specialist about how to evaluate information sources from the Internet (“fake news”)
- hearing from a non-profit edtech organization about social media and privacy
- hearing from a school nurse and school psychologist about students' relationship to their devices
- Chariho Task Force providing information about student support
Please contact sandra.laub@chariho.k12.ri.us to let us know you plan to attend and for more information.
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