October 10, 2019
"The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights."
-- Thomas Jefferson
ONLINE BEHAVIOR IS CRITICAL TO LEARNING HOW TO BE A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN
THINK: APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY USAGE. Regardless of how much technology use your district permits, you will glean meaningful insight about creating a responsible digital community from David Benoit of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) on November 4th at the Annual Regional Dinner. To learn more about this national issue, ask your district clerk to sign you up (and don't forget to tell your board colleagues about it too).
GEOMETRY, CARPENTRY, AND EVEN A POWER SAW!
A NEW MATH CLASS AT BREWSTER HS has changed students' behavior from "When am I ever going to use this again?" to "I think this class will help in my career." Math in Carpentry and Construction is a hands-on class that always has a finished product. This new program is doing a great service to students by teaching them to apply knowledge to real-world problems and by making them career-ready.
THE ACCURACY OF THE 2020 CENSUS WILL IMPACT FUNDING IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES
THE CENSUS BUREAU TAKES A ROLL CALL of all citizens every 10 years, and that info is used to determine the distribution of half a trillion federal dollars. The number of people counted in each region determines local funding for programs such as Title I, SNAP and IDEA. It is estimated that 1 million children under the age of 4 were not counted in 2010, so we need to educate both our students and our communities to make sure we aren't short-changed.
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