Thursday, October 4, 2012

Mid-Quarter Progress Reports

Mid-quarter progress reports will be issued to students tomorrow in homeroom.   If you have any questions about your child's progress, please contact your child's teacher as soon as possible.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Have you ever considered fighting fire?

Today, I met with Robert Martin, Chief of the Bristol Fire Department.   He would like to offer a course to train young people to become volunteer firefighters.   Typically, participants in the course must be 18 years or older.   However, Chief Martin has decided to open the course to anyone over the age of 17.     During this course, students will be trained to become volunteer firefighters.   If this is a career that you think that may interest you, volunteering is a great way to learn about the career while building your resume.   You will become a more viable candidate for college and careers because of the rigorous training that you underwent in order to perform this public service.  

The course is offered to students who are Bristol or Warren residents.   The course will begin in January 2013 and run through May 2013.   The training will be one to two nights a week, as well as Sunday morning.  

If you are interested in enrolling in this course, please contact me at copelandj@bw.k12.ri.us.    

NECAP Testing Resumes Tomorrow

The first two days of NECAP testing, Writing, went well.   Students took the test seriously.    All seemed to finish on a confident note.

Tomorrow, NECAP testing will resume.   Tomorrow students will take the Reading portion of the test.   Again, students should report to homeroom and then students will proceed to their test sites.  The reading portion will conclude on Friday.    Fortunately, students will have the break of a long weekend before taking the Math sections on Wednesday and Thursday, October 10th and 11th, of next week.

Any student who was absent from any of the testing days should plan on taking the make up for their missed section beginning on Friday, October 12th.   Students should make contact with their guidance counselors.   This year the absences have been minimal, so I would like to thank students and their families for making a concerted effort to test.