After great planning and execution for STEM week by Mr. Carroll and myself, it’s always nice to receive surprise thank you notes from some very thoughtful middle schoolers and their kind teacher. What struck me the most was how they were specific with their feedback about what they loved for our bannedbook event and MassSTEMweek and what they think of us as teachers. It speaks volumes about who we are and strive to be at Marshall Simonds Middle School.
Parent Tech Night: PARCC
The BPS EdTech Team will be hosting a Parent Tech Night on Wednesday, March 18 from 6-8PM at Marshall Simonds Middle School. Join us to learn about the 2015 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessments for grades 3-8 in Burlington schools. Participants will be able to explore practice tests and experience features of the PARCC TestNav application being used by students during the assessments.
Burlington students in grades 3-8 will be completing the PARCC assessments for English Language Arts and Math during the week of March 23-27. Students will be using their 1:1 iPads for the tests. The BPS EdTech and IT Teams have been preparing student devices and helping to support teachers and students for the upcoming assessments.