The North Schuylkill Board of Education recently approved K-12, Language Arts curriculum revisions. Effective with the 2009-2010, school year, students in grades K-8 will refine their reading skills through the use of new reading series. Reading Street, published by Scott-Foresman, was approved for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, while students in grades 6-8 will use Pearson's Prentice Hall Literature: Language and Literacy series.
In addition to the new reading series, students in grades 9-12 will receive new grammar books. Also, approved was a required and recommended reading list for students in grades 6-12. All students will be required to read selected titles on the list while those enrolled in Honors English courses or AP English will also participate in a summer reading program.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Olweus Program Coming in 2009-2010
The district was recently awarded a grant from the Center for Safe Schools to bring the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program to our elementary students and staff during the 2009-2010 school year. The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is designed to improve peer relations and make schools safer, more positive places for students to learn and develop. Goals of the program include: Reducing existing bullying problems among students; Preventing new bullying problems; and Achieving better peer relations at school.
A Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee has been formed and will receive training on May 18th and May 19th. The entire elementary staff will receive training during the in-service days scheduled for August 2009. Parent information nights are also planned for August.
The program consists of school-level, classroom-level, individual-level and community-level components. Among the basic school rules against bullying which will be introduced to our students are:
Additional information about the Olweus Program can be found at www.olweus.org.
A Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee has been formed and will receive training on May 18th and May 19th. The entire elementary staff will receive training during the in-service days scheduled for August 2009. Parent information nights are also planned for August.
The program consists of school-level, classroom-level, individual-level and community-level components. Among the basic school rules against bullying which will be introduced to our students are:
We will not bully others
We will try to help students who are bullied
We will include students who are left out.
If we know that somebody is being bullied, we will tell an adult at school and an adult at home.
Additional information about the Olweus Program can be found at www.olweus.org.
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