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One of the Largest Middle School
in the State of RI
1,300+ Students 6th – 8th!
“High Performing”
Too!!!
Teacher Evaluations:
• Never mind that our small administrative staff
evaluated such a large staff, an accomplishment
in itself, but…
Teacher performance was aligned to the Goals of
the School Improvement Team!
Way to go EVERYONE!!!
The Bus Duty Squad Survived!
Thanks to…Kim Sturdahl, Keri Potvin, Kevin Seekell,Tim Vesey, Rekha Sara, Diane Kowal, Rachel Houlihan, Cate Wallace, Judy Coutu, and Janet Bliss
all ASFMS students have arrived and departed school safely, some with
breakfast in their tummies and bruises on their faces and knees.
Accomplishments of the
Literacy Action Team
Mary Lou Bettez, Sandy Clunan, Cynthia Ballard, Tao Albrecht, Bob Jordan, Susan Murphy, Shawn Henderson,
and Tracey Whitehead
Literacy Walks - Staff Participates
• Jackie Ricci
• Augusto Gomes
• Kevin Seekell
• Tim Vesey
• Stacey Sousa
• Keri Potvin
• Paula Mercurio
• Kristine Pinto
• Liz Tattrie
• Anthony Ferro
• Kathy Tefft
• Tony Costa
• Constance Tundis
• Linda Grandchamp
• Patricia Lindley
• Wendy Bettez
• Nikki Pekrul
Literacy Team
Accomplishments• Development of Literacy Action Plans 07-08 and 08-09
• Writing of Professional Development Plans for 07-08 and 08-09
• Participation in Literacy Walk Self-Study Process
• Collaboration in writing 4 Literacy Walk Reports
• Facilitation of professional development at faculty meetings
• Organization / facilitation of April 8th PD Day
Thank You
• We cannot thank the faculty enough for their
willingness to open their classrooms and
craft to the Literacy Walk Process. Many
teachers have stepped forward to participate
in the work. They have individually and
collectively reflected upon best practice in
hopes of helping ASFMS move from
“GOOD TO GREAT”.
Paula Mercurio and Cynthia Ballard
Thank you for opening your
classrooms to be videotaped for
staff analysis and critique.
Personalization Action Team
“Academic success and personal growth increase
markedly when young adolescents’ affective needs
are met.”
NMSA (2003)
Personalization
Accomplishments• Development of Action Plans 07-08 and 08-09
• Writing of Professional Development Plans 07-08 and 08-09
• Alignment of potential goals with ASFMS Mission Statement
• Creation of a survey/needs assessment
• Sharing of the data with staff
Accomplishments (continued)
• Facilitation of a faculty meeting
• Led staff in a card sort activity to determine goals of advisory
• Analysis of staff feedback to determine priority areas-Advocacy, Community, and Skills
• Creation of Plan for Summer Work
• Organization of Advisory Committee
• Committed to planning PD day in Fall of 08
Personalization Action Team
Members• Judy Almy-Coutu
• Jen Asay
• Charlie Blanchette
• Meg Bernardi
• Cheryl Fram
• Paula Mercurio
• Abby Paon
• Rekha Saran
• Tracey Whitehead
Numeracy Action Team
Kevin Seekell
Roger Desaulniers
Cara Banspach
Jen Labrie
Anthony Ferro
Jessica Capaldi
Numeracy Action Team
Accomplishments
• Numeracy Action Plan
• Numeracy PD Plans
• Math skills – games and activities
program
Family Action TeamCourtney Chauvette
Gina Gateman
Rebecca Horton
Michael Almeida
Ted Mitchell
Tim Vesey
Jackie Ricci
Family Action Team
Accomplishments
• Established ASFMS Family Engagement Policy
• Developed list of effective means of school-home communication
• RIPIN Professional Development
• Assessed School-wide Communication
– National PTA Schools of Excellence Criteria
ULSS Accomplishments
Continued:
• Designed program to identify students with attentional
and organizational issues (Fall Pilot Program)
• Teacher Assistant Professional Development Programs
• Collaboration with Family Enrichment Program.
• Increased integrative occupational and
language services in self-contained classes
Alternate Assessments
• Training and completion
• Laurie Masterson, Kelly Kramer,
Kim Vernava, and Kathy
Mouradjian
• Yeah!
Laurie Masterson…need we say
more?
But, if you need to know:
A student who couldn’t walk in
elementary school now can do
so with the aid of a walker!
Another student who couldn’t
read can now do so…reading
200 or more words without
error!
Gina Gateman-ULSS Coordinator
For taking on the world of lawyers, advocates, and more and coming out on top…way to go Gina!
UDL Study Participants
• Cara Banspach and Jen Kilduff
• Annie Printer and Sue Smith
• Jackie Ricci and Emily Muzzy
UDL strategies guarantee ALL students
access and opportunity to rigorous
instruction.
Universal Design for Learning
(UDL) Study
Teams of teachers from
ASFMS were recruited to
participate in a statewide
study sponsored by RIC and
RIDE.
Accomplishments of UDL Teams
• Participation in professional development
and training in January 2008
• Collaboration to design units of study,
lessons, and tasks around UDL principles
• Videotaped lessons (Cara and Jen)
Connections Program
With a staff of 12 volunteers from
the senior class of CHS, the school
social worker, school psychologist,
and intern conducted the program
involving 8 ASFMS students in
group counseling and team-
building activities out of Project
Adventure
Peer Mediation
Students helping
other peers resolve
disputes.
Program Coordinators:
Meg Bernardi, Shawn
Henderson, and Sue Davis
S.T.E.P.• Parenting training
• Career classes for students
• Study skills for students
Nice job Sue Davis, Dr. Lou, Felix Sarubbi, Nikki Pekrul, Abby Paon, Trish Dorchies, Kim Vernava, and more…
GYMhappy Program
A coalition of support staff, self-contained,
resource, resource, and team teachers
created GYMhappy:
8th grade student model/mentors with
self-contained, intensive resource, and
other students from grades 6 and 7.
Activities included basketball, football,
soccer, kickball, and dodgeball.
THANK YOU FELIX!
Students Against Vandalism
Everywhere (S.A.V.E.)
Mr. Blanchette - Advisor of the Year
SAVE - Website of the Year
ASFMS SAVE Program - Middle School of the Year
(by Youth Crime Watch of America)
NJHS
A tremendous amount of work
organizing the recognition honor
roll achievement and citizenship.
Cate Wallace and Kathy Tefft
The Robotics Club Wins Awards
First Lego League: 1st Place, Creative
Presentation Award
TSA: 3rd place in Web Page Design,
3rd place in the Robotics Competition
Robotics Park: Most Likely to be
patented award, Innovative Design
Award
Student Council Advisors
A wonderful job promoting student
government, school spirit, and
community service.
Jen Pietros, Kim Vernava, Anne Marie
Printer, and Brian Skalski
Mustang Team Charity
6/4/2010 48
The Mustangs raised $750 for the families and children of RI
And.. $2,085 to the Fogarty Fund!
Penny Wars for Adopt-a-Family
The Evolution and
Velocity Team raised
hundreds of dollars for
Adopt-a-Family charity.
Faculty Donates to Making Strides
As a faculty we raised
approximately $4,000 for
the Making Strides In
Breast Cancer Walk.
This is the 5th year Mrs.
Norris-Karten has taken
charge of this fundraiser,
each year raising more
than the previous year.
Student Council Raised Money
• Make-a-Wish
• Special Olympics
• Pennies for Leukemia
• Organized a Food Drive
Family Fundraisers
• Evolution Team @ Charlie’s
• Panthers Team @ Applebee’s
• Blizzard Team @ Applebee’s
• Fusion Team @ Pizzeria Uno
The Ben Karten Scholarship
Our Faculty Donated $1,900 to the Ben Karten Scholarship Fund!
– Thanks from VNK
(We’ll miss you, Vicki!)
New Moms and Dads
• Rachel Houlihan
• Jen Lawrence
• Jen Graham
• Lolita Alves
• Maria Dunphy
• Justin Howman
Principal Coffee Hour
Dr. Almeida had coffee
with many parents and
people in the
community, giving
tours, and walking the
talk with them!
School Website/Pages
• Webmaster-Ted Mitchell
• Great job teams, departments,
and individual teachers!
• Thanks for keeping the school
community informed.
Exchange City - 7th Grade
Thanks to the PTSA
and fundraising by
Exchange City, most of
our 7th graders are
participating in this
economic role-play.
New Class: Media Skills
Mrs. Horlborgen
teaches students
web design,
presentation
software, and more…
Our Successful Media Center• Media Center Visits- 10,921 individual visits
• Circulation Statistics- 13,749 books checked out
• Book Collection- 3,880 books were added to the collection
• New Equipment– 5 multimedia projectors and 5 laptops
– 4 carts for the new equipment
– 4 computers and workstations for online catalog searching
Best Buy Grant
Authored by Ted Mitchell, edited
by the Educational Jargon
Expert, Tracey Whitehead
$10,000 Grant =
5 Laptops/Projectors on carts
Digital Cameras, and other
electronic goodies for us.
Social Studies Thematic
Curriculum
• Created Grade-Span Essential Questions
(6th – 8th Grade)
• Created Common Assessments
• Created an online curriculum database of
lesson and teacher resources
Thanks to the Social Studies
Department Team
An incredible amount of work and collective insight!
Thank You:
Paula Mercurio, Anne Marie Printer, Jo-Ann Silva, Bob
Jordan, Courtney Chauvette, Charlie Blanchette, Mike
Bettez, Lou Turchetta, Judy Almy-Coutu, Gail Deware,
Louise Martella, Tao Albrecht, Justin Howman, and Ted
Mitchell
Civil War Re-enactors (6th Grade)
Special thanks to
Jo-Ann Silva and
Anne Marie Printer
for orchestrating the
whole thing!
Unified Arts• A collective voice in our school
• Building leadership capacity within the
group
• Creating short and long-term goals
• Respecting each-other's programs and
how we contribute to our school and
community.
Analysis of NECAP Data
• Special thanks to our data
geeks…Mary Lou Bettez and Kevin
Seekell!
• Thank you to all teams for their work
analyzing NECAP data!
Jen Cole
School Psychologist Intern• Family Enrichment Program
• Circles Program
• NYPUM Program
• District Strategic Planning Comm.
• RTI
• ADHD Study
• Behavior Management Programs
• AND MUCH MORE…
A TRUE ASSET TO US ALL!
Showcase
• Kristen St. Sauveur - Great job!
• Thanks to Brian Skalski and staff
who assisted at the performances.
Friday Morning Meeting Team
Kim Sturdahl, Dr. Lou Turchetta, Felix
Sarubbi, Linda Darcy, Sue Davis, Jen
Cole, Trish Dorchies, Cheryl Fram, Sara
Cronin, Gina Gateman, Officer Burlingame,
Fred Anderson, Gus Gomes, Mike
Almeida, and Tracey Whitehead
Music Department
• Added a third teacher to our department.
• Integrated recording technology into the classroom for individual assessments and ensemble rehearsals.
• Created a keyboard lab and utilized a guitar curriculum for our students.
• Had 57 students march in the Memorial day parade in Coventry.
• Placed students from chorus and band in All-State
Student/Teacher Support Team
Many thanks for their hours of work helping their colleagues plan interventions to better meet the needs of diverse learners.
Kim Vernava, Annie Printer, Jen Lawrence, Helene Scola, Cheryl Fram, Dr. Lou Turchetta, Rachel Houlihan, Kerri Powell, Linda Grandchamp, Tracey Whitehead,
and Gus Gomes.
Report Card Committee
Revision of progress report, report card, Honor Roll Criteria, and NJHS Criteria.
Thank you for all your hard work!
• Sandy Clunan, Mike Bettez, Jen Pietros, Kathy Tefft, Trish Dorchies,
Cate Wallace, Ted Mitchell, Kevin Seekell, Tony Costa,
Jason Martin, Mary Lou Bettez, Keri Potvin, Mike Almeida,
and Tracey Whitehead
Curriculum Coordinators
Kevin Seekell
Mary Lou Bettez
Ted Mitchell
Gina Gateman
Abby Paon
Tony Costa!
Outstanding Job!
Building Representatives
Mike Bettez and Sandy Clunan…
Thank you for a successful year
advocating for faculty!
Teacher Assistant Training
• Kevin Cleveland
• Stacey Sousa
• Gina Gateman
• Tina Kanaczet
• Jennifer Cole
Retiring Teachers
Best Wishes in your new adventures…
• Gail Deware
• Vicky Norris-Karten
• Karen McIntosh
• Linda Darcy
• Carolyn Colaluca