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On Wednesday, January 18, PES third graders led a whole school morning meeting on the theme of cooperation.

“Collegial Support and professional development in schools are unlikely to have any effect on improvement of practice or performance if they are not connected to a coherent set of goals that give direction and meaning to learning and collegiality.” — Dr. Richard Elmore, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2003

Thank you to all that made the Traveling Art Show a huge success!

Note: The following article summary is shared with permission from Kim Marshall, a former Boston principal, author, and nationally recognized educator. This is from his weekly educator e-newsletter, The Marshall Memo. In this New York Times article, sixth-grade teacher Sara Mosle says some parents are overly intrusive, which robs children of the opportunity to solve…

  Here at Pittsfield Elementary School we teach using the Four Blocks Literacy Framework as well as the Everyday Mathematics program. The four blocks consist of Guided Reading, Self-Selected Reading (SSR), Working with Words and the Writing Block. These blocks, as well as mathematics, are taught daily. In addition, students will be exposed to Science…

In Everyday Mathematics (EDM) students are introduced to many different methods for subtraction. As they get older, they are introduced to subtraction algorithms. Some are easier to learn, but not as efficient as others. EDM picks one algorithm as its focus algorithm. Focus algorithms are powerful, relatively efficient and easy to learn and understand. The…