Annual Open House
As you know, Open House is Saturday from 10-1PM. This is one of the most important days for us in a long school year. This is our opportunity to show the public all the good work we do every day and convince the next group of students, and often their parents, that we are an excellent educational choice.
- Please make sure you have done all you can to ensure a successful Open House.
- The Academic Departments and Student Organizations will be in the cafeteria this year. This is where students register and fill out applications. The goal is to increase foot traffic in and around our superb academics and extra-curricular programs.
- Please make sure the bulletin boards are ready to go with shop and academic materials that show off the "best we have to offer."
- Please limit the number of students working Open House to a minimum. The wandering bands of students makes it feel like we are at the mall at times. Bring students in and make sure they are busy. Thank you.
- Staff Dress - Please wear your program uniform or an SST shirt. New logo shirts are expected later this week.
This Thursday is GO PINK for Breast Cancer Research. Please join us and the Volleyball Team and go pink!
Fun Friday this week is Bruins' Day.
Dynamite Data
A huge Viking Kudos to the staff led by our Math and ELA departments. I hope you have taken a look at the data provided by Michael Mahoney that show that in ELA, South Shore Tech had the 15th highest Student Growth Percentile (SGP) in the state. That's not against vocational schools folks. That's against the entire state. Not to be outdone the Math finished 3rd in the state in SGP behind Wellesley and Littleton. Remember that SGP measures student performance against other students that scored the same on a previous assessment. In short, it measures how far we have taken a student in the 2 short years we have been educating them. This is incredible work and you all deserve a "pat on the back" and a "handshake" for a job well done!
9th Period Automated Sign-out Sheet
Last year I met with a core group of staff who were looking to be able to have students come from one academic class to another during 9th period. My concern was the unwanted foot traffic under our previous "purple pass" model. We worked together and I am happy to report thanks to the diligent efforts of Joe E. in the IT department we have an electronic means in place for one teacher to request a student from another teacher's 9th-period class. Students will show up at the new location at the bell and spend the entire period with the requesting staff member. The request will be logged in a spreadsheet that will allow the support staff to find a student. I would expect this roll out during the week.
From the Desk of Assistant Principal, Sandra Baldner
Technology High-5
Goes to GVC - Check out this website - GVC Website
PSAT's Wednesday
Registered students will report to period 1 for attendance and pass to the lecture hall at the announcement (just before 8:00am). Students will report to class when the test session is complete around the end of block2.
SST STUDENT OF THE MONTH
Please submit nominations for the October 2018 Student of The Month by Friday, October 12th. All student nominated will receive a letter home letting parents/guardians know of your nomination.
FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS - Department Meeting Days and Minutes
Please use this sheet to let us know the dates, times, and locations of your monthly department meetings. Please share your meeting minutes with the admin team.
ALL EDUCATORS - Educator After School Days
Mary Lemos is reaching out to all educators who haven't communicated an after school day on the sheet provided in the last blog. Please let her know what day each week you'll available to support our students. You are just saving her the step of looking at every expectation sheet. Thanks!
LAST CALL to get SST on your shirt or jacket. Drop of $10.00 and your item to Mary. Be sure to log your item here: Personal SST Item
PTC - October 25th. Please start reaching out to invite the "right" parents in.
Study Island - Please continue to use this program. Give "on your own" assignments from grade 10 math (now) and grade 9 related (in January). It works!
From the Desks of Vocational Coordinators Keith Boyle and Bob Foley
AC may be coming your way! Be Ready
Here is the schedule: AC SCHEDULE - BE PREPARED TO MOVE!
Open House 10-13
- Please prepare and clean your shops, bulletin boards, classrooms, and outside areas for open house
- Let us know ASAP if anything is in need
Budgets
- Please continue to work on your budget
- Technology requests are due in by Oct. 26 Non--tech requests are due in by Nov. 2
Cooperative Education
- So far we have 28 seniors out on co-op who have collectively made $12k!
- Eligible senior students should all be encouraged to participate in the schools' co-op program.
Advisory Board List
- We are now able to share the master 2018-2019 Advisory Board spreadsheet with you so you won't have to make copies anymore. The spreadsheet is locked so that people can only make changes within their shops.
- Invitations will be sent to all advisory board members next Wednesday, so please have your lists up to date by end of day Tuesday, October 9th. Please note: Only members who have an email address will receive an invitation, so please try to track down the missing ones before the invitation goes out.
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UgpYtobFDFvzvIhzYoRuaELXKNvpzEtC9fjq8yda0Nc/edit?usp=sharing
New England Laborers Vocational Training Program
- Coming to South Shore Tech in November 5th-9th
- 1 Week Program for 20 students who plan to enter the workforce upon graduation.
- Will earn First Aid/CPR AED Certification
- Students learn line and grade surveying, highway traffic control and much more.
- This program was developed for Seniors who are preparing to go directly into the workforce
SKILLS USA - Start preparing your candidates. Resources available, see Bob Foley