Welcome Back SST!
Kudos:
Carolyn Rutkowski is a true leader at this school. She is a strong team player, influential shop teacher, spectacular mentor, incredible business representative for community and school projects, great department head, and an excellent student advocate. She has helped build up the mentor program, assists other shops and helps guide students through four years of a trade. She’s an inspiration to all of us.
Thank you to Nancy Fitzgibbon, Nicole Conner, Rachel Haines and Adrianne Riccarelli for filling in the week before vacation when we had two people out in the front office. Thank you for your efforts!
Note: Kudos are staff generated. Want to celebrate a colleague? Submitting a write-up to kudos@ssvotech.org
Grading Plan: Please click here for the grading plan for 2023-2024. It is offered as a tangible starting point, and we will have lots of time to discuss this in PLC and during the delayed start on 3/15. There will also be a number of drop-in meetings over the next few weeks. Feel free, too, to reach out to Assessment Specialist John Scop. at any point if you’d like to discuss anything on this proposal individually. All specific feedback is welcome!
Starting Tomorrow -Tech Tuesdays: Please consider wearing your SST gear every Tuesday. Take the guesswork out of your wardrobe while showing your school spirit!
Grade Level SEL Presentations: Kevin Russo, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, BCBA will be speaking with our grade 9, 10, and 11 students in a 30 minute grade level meeting on Tuesday February 28th in the gym. Seniors will not participate. Kevin Russo will be engaging them about appropriate behaviors of a high school student in a school setting. In layman's terms, he'll talk about being nice to one another and being aware that not everyone has the same social skill set or belief structure that you do.
Grade 9: 8:30-9:00 from shop or related
Grade 11 - 9:15- 9:30 from shop
Grade 10 - 9:45 - 10:24 (or the end of Block 2)
There will be no guidance or gym on this day. The counselors and the Health and Wellness teacher will be at the presentations. Teachers are asked to accompany their students.
Quincy College Dual Enrollment Meeting: On Wednesday, March 1st, period 9 all students in dual enrollment Pre-Cal or Biotech will meet in the lecture hall to learn how to earn college credits for the work they’ve done in SST classes. No pass is necessary, please allow the appropriate students to attend. Curious to learn more? Click here.
Incomplete Grades from S-1: If you issued a student an incomplete for semester one, please reach out to Joe Madera with an actual grade for the semester no later than Friday, March 3rd. Joe, or the appropriate member of the counseling team will update the grade in PowerSchool.
SkillsUSA District Conference @ SST - Friday, March 3rd: We will be using the Brass Lantern, lecture hall, RM 114, RM 122, RM 111 and RM 206A for testing from 8:30-11:50 for the 137 students who are competing!
Here is the schedule for the day. These students will not return to class once they are called down at 8:30. All guidance and Gym Classes will be canceled for the day.
Department Head Meeting - Tuesday, March 7th: We will be continuing our work with Dr. Wornum on this date. Please plan on being in attendance for a virtual session where we will work through some case studies.
MCAS - March 28 and 29th - ELA MCAS: Yes, it is that time of year again and that means we need to begin our process of training all possible MCAS proctors for the Spring MCAS Assessments. Be on the lookout for training windows in early to mid-March.
Vocational Summer Camps: Vocational Summer Camps will be held Monday through Thursday, July 10 - 13 and July 17 - 20 from 8am - 12:30pm for grades 6 - 8. Please fill out this survey to indicate your interest in running a vocational camp for your program.
The 2023 MAVA Connecting for Success Conference Co-Chairs have released the following Call For Proposals: If you are interested in sharing your expertise with the MAVA community, why don't you submit a presentation proposal for the Connecting For Success annual conference for educators?
Proposal Deadline: Monday, April 3, 2023
Full Conference Dates: June 28 & 29, 2023
Format: In-Person
Audience: Educators who currently work or aspire to work in a vocational-technical high school in Massachusetts. This includes academic teachers, vocational teachers, guidance and specialized support staff, aides and paraprofessionals, school nurses, and administrators
Location: Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School - 215 Fitchburg St, Marlborough
Theme: Working For A New Tomorrow
For more information - click here.