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HUMS SPELLING TEAM --
2019 DISTRICT CHAMPIONS!
On Thursday, October 3, the HUMS Spelling Team traveled to CBMS for the District Spelling Competition! The HUMS Team will go on to represent HUUSD at the Regional Competition on October 26. HUMS SPELLING TEAM MEMBERS: Francesca Galati, Julia Cox, Anabelle Reisner, Kerna Bond-Bardes, Solveig George and Poppy Woods.
Coaches: Jacki McCarty & Judi Gross |
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| HUMS master chefs connecting through food! Our teacher advisory program and responsive classroom strategies support the building of family groups within our middle school. A common building theme is making and sharing a meal together. These chefs rocked all aspects of cooking, eating and cleaning up. The principal was provided a sample to make sure it was "safe" for consumption. |
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| Curious about what is going on here? 8th graders practicing communication skills for Harkness discussions.
The Harkness method, established in 1930 with a gift from Edward Harkness to the Exeter School in New Hampshire, was a man who believed learning should be a democratic affair, the concept: Students and teachers gather around a table and purposely discuss the selected subject at hand. What happens at the table, however, is, as Harkness intended, a “real revolution.” It’s where you explore ideas as a group, developing the courage to speak, the compassion to listen and the empathy to understand. It’s not about being right or wrong. It’s a collaborative approach to problem solving and learning. We are beginning to utilize it in many of our classroom as a powerful way to support student voice in their learning. Harwood continues to embrace this practice as a powerful way to engage learning.
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| Curious about the properties of light? HUMS Scientist exploring the almost magical aspects of light through experimentation and analysis. |
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Subject: Community Forum Monday Oct 7 - HUUSD PreK - 12 Planning
We invite you to join the HUUSD board Monday, Oct 7 at Crossett Brook at 7pm to hear about and discuss our PreK - 12 models. The format will include a presentation and Q & A, followed by small group discussions led by board members. Childcare is available.
Please also take our survey - linked at huusd.org/prek-12-bond-plan
Thank you for your ongoing support of our schools.
Respectfully,
The HUUSD Board
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I recently received a couple of questions from some HUMS parents regarding Harwood’s work with Proficiency-Based Learning. Here is a brief explanation of what it is. In the following weeks focus on PBL and its impact on teaching and learning at Harwood. Have a great October autumn weekend. Fall is in the air! Duane Pierson
What is Proficiency-Based Learning?
By the Harwood Leadership Team
Act 77 and the State Board of Education’s Education Quality Standards (EQS) require that Vermont public schools provide students with flexible and personalized pathways for progressing through grade levels and to graduation. Proficiency-Based Learning (PBL) is a key component; requiring that students advance based on application of skills and knowledge rather than based on time spent in a classroom. PBL can take many forms, and is already a critically important part of many schools statewide. Classroom activities that give students opportunities to demonstrate what they know and are able to do, support student-specific measures of proficiency. Methods of relaying progression in learning to students and their families, through proficiency-based portfolios and reporting systems, can create a deeper and more accurate sense of each student's strengths and areas of need.
Proficiency-based learning core principles
*Students achieve mastery. Students must demonstrate learning acquisition by applying skills. Students are given multiple opportunities to improve their work as they aim to meet expected standards.
*Proficiencies include explicit, measurable, transferable learning objectives that empower students. Standards that are clearly communicated to students and parents and represent measurable and transferable learning objectives
*Assessment is a meaningful and positive learning experience for students. Students are provided opportunities to apply what they have learned as a means of assessing their skills and knowledge.
*Students receive timely, differentiated support based on their individual learning needs. When students are struggling to learn certain concepts and skills, the school provides a variety of personalized assistance or modified teaching strategies to help them achieve learning expectations.
*Learning outcomes emphasize competencies along with the development of 21st century skills. Learning standards need to go beyond facts and figures—they must also intentionally address the critical skills, understandings, personal dispositions, and habits of work that are required for success in college, careers, and adult life.
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| HUMS Math experts at work. Using models to critique and debate with each other to justify their solutions. |
Community Announcements
Please note that the opportunities/events listed below are not specifically endorsed or screened by school staff. As always, families should use their own standards and review processes to determine appropriate activities.
Parenting & Resilience: with Dr. Michael Ungar, October 14, 6-7:30, Waitsfield School. Free Childcare available. For more information contact Barbara at barbara@hannahshousevt.org and to sign up for childcare: tcariano@huusd.org
Parenting & Resilience: with Dr. Michael Ungar, October 14, 6-7:30, Waitsfield School. Free Childcare available. For more information contact Barbara at barbara@hannahshousevt.org and to sign up for childcare: tcariano@huusd.org
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