September 11,  2009 Vol. 2 No. 2

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In This Issue:
School Committee on the Road
Presidents Speech
PSHS Tech Studies
"Literacy Leads the Way" At PNHS
Strategic Planning
Seasonal and H1N1 Flu PSA
New North High School Information
Elementary Schools
Middle Schools
High Schools
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Greetings!
Friday notes is a weekly update from Superintendent Gary E. Maestas on the happenings within the Plymouth Public Schools.
Plymouth Public Schools School Committee Meetings:
The next Plymouth School Committee is scheduled for September 14, 2009 at Plymouth Community Intermediate School. The meeting starts at 7:00 P.M.
President Obama Speech on September 8th:
 
The Presidents speech can be seen by clicking on the link below. I received many positive comments from staff, administrators, and parents regarding the Presidents message to our youth.

President Obama's Speech
PSHS Tech Studies program in full swing:

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190 students of the Class of 2013 have begun their programs Technical Studies.

·       50 computers will be delivered to underprivileged students throughout the community due to the STEP Foundation and PSHS' Electronics/Pre-Engineering Department.

·       The senior class in Cosmetology opened shop on Thursday showing professionalism, great time-management and teamwork. Twelve students completed two perms, two colors, eight haircuts, one facial and two waxes in a three hour span and did all this and their classroom assignments as well! Congrats to them!

"Literacy Leads the Way" At PNHS:

 In July 2009, the thirteen member PNHS literacy team created a slogan and logo, identified two goals, and developed an action plan that will develop literate adolescents.  By definition, literate adolescents know and use reading writing, listening, speaking, and thinking strategies to learn across all content areas, can demonstrate /communicate  learning to others who need to know, and can transfer that learning to new situations.  The slogan, "Literacy Leads the Way" is integrated into the logo located in the heading of Plymouth North Notes.  The two 2009-2010 literacy goals are as follows.
 
Goal #1: The Plymouth North community will demonstrate and develop a school-wide culture that prioritizes and promotes literacy development.
Goal #2: Teachers will consistently integrate high quality reading, writing and vocabulary instruction to improve all students' literacy development and content learning.
 
The literacy team will provide professional development and support on teacher instructional practices, collaborative classroom routines, and student learning strategies.  The goal is to transfer the strategies to students for independent use to think critically and deeply about what they read and learn.  The literacy team's action plan includes Silent Sustained Reading (SSR) every Friday during the 10:20am - 10:45 am PNN/Adv/DS/SSR period.  Silent Sustained Reading will begin on Friday, September 4th.  Students are expected to bring school appropriate reading materials.
Strategic Planning Stakeholders Survey Made Available
 
The Plymouth Public Schools is currently working with a large group of parents, teachers, administrators, and community members on a District Strategic Plan.  As part of the information-gathering process, we are asking parents and community members to complete a survey to help this group develop the Strategic Plan.  We are very interested in your opinion so that we may use this information to set the direction of and the future of the Plymouth Public Schools.
 
The Plymouth Public Schools Stakeholders Survey will take between 5-10 minutes and can be completed by clicking on the link below or you can complete a paper version of the survey that is available at several locations identified below.  The survey will be accepted until October 30th and your identity will be kept completely anonymous.  Once all the surveys are tabulated, the results will be shared on our school district website.
 
Paper copies are available at the Plymouth Public Libraries, Plymouth Town Hall and at all of Plymouth's school buildings.  Drop boxes are available at these locations for you to return your survey.
 
Thank you for your input.
Seasonal and H1N1 Flu Public Service Announcement available on for viewing online:

We have created a public service announcement on the process the Plymouth Public School will employ for  grades 6-12 district wide vaccination. Click on the link below to access the video online.

Flu Video
New North High School Information:
 
We are making great progress in the development of the New Plymouth North High School. If you click on the link below, a series of videos are available for viewing  so you can gain a perspective on the developments to date.

New North Informational Videos

Gary E. Maestas, Superintendent
Plymouth Public Schools
 


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