September 26, 2019
Senator Peter Harckham meets with board members and superintendents to discuss public education issues affecting WestPut districts.
HOW IS YOUR DISTRICT RESPONDING TO STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES?
MANY DISTRICTS ARE FOCUSING ON how best to support students' mental health. At the upcoming Promoting Mental Health For All workshop (in partnership with PNW BOCES), our panel of school board members and administrators from Briarcliff, Byram Hills, Haldane and Ossining will delve into how each of their programs are helping students. Also on the playlist for October 10th (7pm - 9:15pm) is dinner prepared by PNW BOCES culinary students at the historical Tilly Foster Farm in Brewster, so click below and register now.
A SENSORY SITUATION IN SOMERS
BELIEVING THAT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS ARE ALL RELATED, the talented team at Primrose Elementary School in Somers has created 4 sensory pathways to help students regulate their emotions. Through movement, these paths aim to improve the children's senses and their ability to focus. Sensory paths can also be a brain break and are meant to ultimately increase learning.
HOW (NOT) TO TEST FOR CIVICS KNOWLEDGE
A SPIN-OFF TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT CIVICS EDUCATION, is how do we assess if it's working. Think: will testing narrow the curriculum down to ideas that can be asked and answered on a bubble sheet? Some states are merely using the citizenship test as proxy for civics mastery, but does that really cover the broader conception of civics education?
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Regional Superintendent/Board Dinner
Monday, November 4th
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