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Salem Public Schools Shows Steady Improvement on MCAS Programs at LEAP; Programas en LEAP College Savings Program / Hydroponic Garden at SHS ; Programa de Ahorro Universitario 10 11 Jardín Hidroponico en SHS 21 Salem Public Schools Conozca a los candidatos Shows Steady eis candidatos se han registrado para la candidatura por tres espacios abiertos en el Comité Escolar de SSalem, que tiene seis miembros. Los votantes irán a las urnas para llenar esos espacios el 3 de noviembre. Improvement on MCAS Las Escuelas Públicas de Salem están pasando por grandes cambios, desde una superintendente nueva, Mar - ecently released • Aggregate ELA scores show growth percentile grew from 41% to 53%. Medi - garita Ruiz, hasta el día prolongado y la programación MCAS data indicate improvement over last from 43 to 53. an student growth per - adicional en la Escuela Intermedia Collins. El Comité Rthat Salem Public year’s results with 3 per - • The median student growth centiles in math increased Escolar de Salem jugó un papel clave en la aprobación Schools is on a steady tra - cent more students scoring percentile in English lan - from 60 to 68 and the per - de las prácticas y presupuestos detrás de estas iniciati - jectory toward improvement. in the Proficient/Advanced guage arts also improved cent Proficient/Advanced vas, y aprueba todo lo demás que ocurre en todo el dis - • Aggregate district math scores performance categories and from the 45 to 50placing the increased from 54 to 61. trito. Además de los seis miembros electos, el grupo tam - show 48% of students tak - those in Warning decreas - district on a steady growth • Carlton Elementary School bién incluye a la superintendente Ruiz y está dirigido por ing MCASperformed in the ing by 2% overall. trend in ELA as well. has shown steady im - la alcaldesa Kim Driscoll. Proficient/Advanced per - Student growth percentiles Encouraging news regard - provementover the past four “Servir como miembro del Comité Escolar es un pa - formance category – 5 per - (SGP) provide a measure for ing Salem Public SchoolsM - years, as measured by pel y una responsabilidad sumamente importante,” dijo centage points higher than determining how Salem Pub - CAS data and improvemen - MCAS, in both ELA and Driscoll. “Como miembro del Comité uno forma parte last year’s results and high - lic School students are grow - tis found at the school level. math. The composite per - esencial del desarrollo de las políticas que dan forma a er than any other year since ing in relation to students formance index (CPI)* for las escuelas de Salem. El Comité juega un papel impor - 2012. across the state with similar K-5 Elementary Schools: all students at Carlton im - tante en la elaboración del presupuesto para el distrito, • Additionally, the number test histories. Higher SGPs • For example, in 2015 the proved from 78.1 to 81.6 el cual refleja nuestros valores y prioridades. of students in the Warning are indicative of faster rates Bates Elementary School in ELA between 2014 and Cont. en la página 22 performance category for of growth and therefore are median student growth per - 2015, while the math CPI students taking the math desirable. centile in ELA improved increased by 20 points over MCAS continues to decline • Salem Public Schools saw from 30.5 to 52, and the the last four years (62.5 in with 5% fewer students than significant growth in math percentage of students Pro - 2012 to 82.8 in 2015). Meet the Candidates last year. as the median student ficient/Advanced increased Continued on pg. 22 By SuSanna Baird ix candidates have pulled papers to run for three open slots on the six-member Salem School Com - Las Escuelas Públicas Smittee. Voters will hit the polls on November 3 to fill the slots. Salem Public Schools are undergoing major changes, de Salem exhiben mejora from a new superintendent, Margarita Ruiz, to the longer day and added programming at Collins Middle School. The Salem School Committee played a key role in ap - proving the practices and budgets behind these new ini - constante en MCAS tiatives, and approves everything else that happens across the district. In addition to six elected members, the body nformación recientemen - que ningún otro año des - Los percentiles de creci - crecimiento medio estu - also includes Superintendent Ruiz, and is chaired by May - te divulgada del MCAS de 2012. miento estudiantil (SGP por diantil subiendo de 43 a 53. or Kim Driscoll. I(Sistema de evaluación • En adición, el número de es - sus siglas en inglés) ofrecen • El percentil de crecimien - “Serving as a member of the School Committee is a integral de Massachusetts) tudiantes en la categoría de una medida para determinar to medio estudiantil en las critically important role and responsibility,” said Driscoll. indica que las Escuelas Pú - desempeño de Alerta entre qué tanto están creciendo los destrezas del idioma in - “As a Committee member you have an essential part in blicas de Massachusetts si - los estudiantes tomando el estudiantes de las Escuelas glés también mejoró de 45 developing the policies that shape Salem’s schools. The guen una trayectoria cons - MCAS en matemáticas sigue Públicas de Salem en com - a 50, colocando al distri - Committee plays an important part in crafting the district tante de mejora. bajando con 5% menos es - paración con otros estudian - to en un patrón de creci - budget, which reflects our values and priorities. They re - • Las puntuaciones globa - tudiantes que el año pasado. tes de todo el estado con his - miento constante en esta view and approve policies on everything from personnel les del distrito en mate - • Las puntuaciones globales toriales similares en las prue - área también. to curriculum and from calendars to facilities. máticas indican que el en las destrezas del idio - bas. Mientras más altos los Podemos hallar noticias “Aside from this routine work, however, the School 48% de los estudiantes que ma inglés han mejorado los SGP, más rápida es la tasa alentadoras sobre la infor - Committee must also be a champion for our schools and tomaron el MCAS termi - resultados del año pasado de crecimiento y por lo tan - mación y mejora de MCAS our kids, advocating for them and constantly striving to naron en la categoría de con 3% más estudiantes ter - to más deseables son. en las Escuelas Públicas de close the achievement gap, to give our teachers and staff desempeño Competen - minando en las categorías • Las Escuelas Públicas de Salem al nivel de cada es - the tools and resources they need, and to make our class - te/Avanzado, o sea 5 por de Competente/Avanzado Salem han visto crecimiento cuela. rooms the best that they can be.” ciento más que los resul - y 2% menos terminando en significativo en las mate - Continued on pg. 2 tados del año pasado y más la de Alerta. máticas con el percentil de Cont. en la página 2 inside/adentro SEF Calendar/Calendario de SEF Meet the Candidates/Conozca a los Candidatos p. 4-5 Oct. 22nd 7PM SC CandidatE FOruM Oct. 31st FFt raFFlE drawing Salem at SEA p. 7 nov. 3rd ElECtiOn day Teacher Appreciation/ Apreciación a los Maestros p. 15 dec. tEaChEr grant CErEMOny Student Voices/Voces Estudiantes p. 23 Feb. SalSa FOr thE SChOOlS 2 Fall 2015 / Otoño 2015 Education Now . Educación Ahora SEF Las Escuelas Públicas de Salem exhiben mejora constante en MCAS Cont. de la página 1 2014 y 2015 (68.1 a 76.6 en in - logró casi el doble del porciento la administración. blicas de Salem se encuentran en glésy 67.2 a 72.6 en matemáti - de estudiantes con Avanzado en una trayectoria de mejora cons - Escuelas elementales K-5: cas). En adición, el percentil de matemáticas sobre el año pasa - Escuela Superior de Salem: tante. Este año se revisó el Plan • Por ejemplo, en 2015 el percen - crecimiento medio estudiantil de do, el CPI en matemáticas cre - • La Escuela Superior de Salem Acelerado de Mejoras (AIP en in - til de crecimiento medio estudiantil Horace Mann en inglés creció 12 ció 9 puntos, y el SGP medio en aumentó en el porciento de es - glés) para enfocar las labores en de la Escuela Elemental Bates su - percentiles y en matemáticas el matemáticas fue 66, lo que se tudiantes con Avanzado en ma - el fortalecimiento de prácticas de bió de 30.5 a 52, y el porciento SGP fue el doble. considera, según el estándar del temáticas de 31% a 44% y en datos, instrucción rigurosa y es - de estudiantes Competentes/Avan - • La Escuela Autónoma BentleyA - Departamento de Educación Ele - destrezas del idioma inglés de tructuras de liderazgo en todas las zados aumentó de 41% a 53%. cademy presentó un alto creci - mental y Secundaria, como cre - 24% a 41%. escuelas en el distrito. El liderato Los percentiles de crecimiento miento en matemáticas durante cimiento alto. El Departamento de Educación del distrito tiene confianza en que medio estudiantil en matemáti - dos años consecutivos con un SGP • Los resultados de la Escuela Na - Elemental y Secundaria emitirá de - las iniciativas del AIP acelerarán cas aumentaron de 60 a 68 y el de 65 en 2014 y 69 en 2015. En - thaniel Bowditch mejoraron en signaciones de rendición de cuen - la trayectoria de mejora y resol - porciento en Competente/Avan - tre 2012y 2015, Bentleytambién el inglés con el CPI creciendo de tas para escuelas y distritos a fi - verán cualquier falta de informa - zado aumentó de 54 a 61. redujo a la mitad el número de 63.1 a 65.2. El percentil de cre - nales de octubre o principios de ción que se encuentre. • La Escuela Elemental Carlton ha estudiantes con puntuaciones en cimiento estudiantil para los apren - noviembre, cuando se haya anali - mostrado mejora constante du - la categoría de Alerta en mate - dices del idioma inglés en esa zado la información de la evalua - rante los pasados cuatro años, se - máticas.
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