We hope this report gives you a better picture of what students are experiencing and accomplishing in our school. If you have specific questions about your child's performance or this report, please contact the school. We respect, nurture, and educate all our students so they can confidently and successfully take the next step in their lives. Many classes then have Open Circle meetings or brief dialogs to resolve any interpersonal problems and get their minds ready for learning. The rest of the day features real literature in reading, the challenging TERC Investigations Math program, and Science and Social studies.
Students have lunch in our friendly cafeteria, with recess by grade level before or after lunch.
At dismissal, students file out with their homework, books, and a commitment to read at least 20 minutes a night at home. There were 595 students enrolled at the end of the 1999-2000 school year. A Bilingual Education program is offered in Vietnamese. Our school is close to meeting this district goal. The MCAS was designed to measure how well students, schools, and districts are performing on the state's learning standards contained in the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.