9.8.2014 School's Opening

Superintendent’s Report

September 8, 2014

Summer Thank You’s:

Central Office Staff• Significant shifts among existing staff• Learned a new position• Taught previous position to another staff

member• Learning to work with new Administrators• Expanded summer school, pre-K, and K• Many extra weekend hours

Summer Thank You’s:

Peck Place Teachers and Staff• Sue Lukianov – headed up the move back• MANY teachers and staff members worked

extra hours:• Wednesday – Friday evening; 8/27 - 29• All day Saturday and Sunday; 8/30 - 31• All day Labor Day; 9/1• Extra hours last week

Summer Thank You’s:

Custodians at each school• Cleaned the classrooms and schools• Re-cleaned several times, following

workcrews around the buildings• Labor Day at Peck – Shawn Murray, Kathy

Manley, Don Jewell

Summer Thank You’s:

Principals and Teachers• Hiring committees – 5 certs; many non-

certs• Reviewed many applications• Volunteered time for two rounds of

interviews• Arranged and viewed ‘demo’ lessons• Thank you to the Orange students who

participated over the summer

Summer Thank You’s:

Reading Consultants• Led the Professional Development at the

three schools• Inventoried the Journeys program• Prepared teachers for the first 20 days• Ensured fidelity to the program from Day 1

Summer Thank You’s:

AAs and Office Staff • Worked around construction crews • Accomplished a significant number of new

enrollments• Bus routes!• Changes in technology – email,

PowerSchool, security

Summer Thank You’s:

Technology Staff• Worked with Utility Communications• Cameras and monitors• Email conversion• New programs, new equipment• Peck!• Issues due to construction in so many

classrooms and areas

Summer Thank You’s:

Marie Acampora• Added all the cafeteria food nutritional

information to the webpage

Click on School Information

Scroll down to Lunch MenusClick

Click on Nutritional Values

Click on the food about which you wish to know more

Most will open right up; but, if necessary, right-click to rotate the image clockwise or counter clockwise.

Salad Bar:• First Week• Without the ‘visual’, because the ‘salad

bars’ haven’t even arrived yet…

• Race Brook – 19 – 25 salads• Turkey Hill – 19 – 21 salads• Peck Place – 4 – 15 salads• MLT – 1 - 2 salads

Our Newest Hire:

21st Century Site Manager…

Meredith Indorf• Bachelors in Sociology

Southern Connecticut State University• Masters in Education

Touro University, California • Substitute Teacher for Kelly Services• CT Licensed Day-Care Provider

Enrollment Figures:Kindergarten

Grade Predicted ActualK 130 139

Pre-K 28 30ELL

ALL 48 60

+11

+12

Enrollment Figures:

Turkey Hill School

Grade Predicted Actual1 30 362 47 463 54 564 48 475 51 516 60 60

290 296

+6

Enrollment Figures:

Race Brook School

Grade Predicted Actual1 45 512 57 603 51 574 60 615 71 766 67 66

351 371

+20

Enrollment Figures:

Peck Place School

Grade Predicted Actual1 36 412 61 623 57 594 61 595 70 736 54 54

339 347 +9

+45

ConnCAN Report Cards:

A AA

ConnCAN Report Cards:

A AA

Amity Middle Orange

Top 10 List

CMT Science:

Grade 5 Science – 2014

Proficient GOAL Advanced

District 96 82 25

Peck Place 92 75 23

Race Brook 97 79 24

Turkey Hill 98 90 26

CMT Science:Grade 5 Science – 2014

Proficient GOAL Advanced

2008 92 67 17

2009 94 69 262010 94 76 232011 96 81 262012 98 89 382013 93 74 302014 96 82 25

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