by bculot | Oct 26, 2017 | Curriculum News
Our Social Studies Leadership Team meeting launched with the English Proverb, “A picture is worth a thousand words!” Administrators and teacher leaders from every school participated in an icebreaker activity by sharing a photo from their phone. We: Read More: History Lessons Bring Social Studies Teacher Leaders Together K-12
by bculot | Oct 20, 2017 | Curriculum News
Our K-12 Math Leadership Team held its first meeting of the school year. The session began with the introduction of the district’s new secondary Math Instructional Coach, Marisa Premus. We worked through a paper folding activity to apply geometry and fractions: Read More: Math Leadership Team Delves Into New York State Next Generation Standards
by bculot | Oct 6, 2017 | Curriculum News
The ELA Leadership Team (K-12) read the article Every Child, Every Day by Richard Allington about six essential elements of reading and writing instruction. We worked in small groups using a text-based protocol called “Save The Last Word For Me” and shared: Read More: ELA Leadership Team – Book Clubs, Partnerships, and Student Choice
by bculot | Oct 2, 2017 | Curriculum News
The new Robotics Club at Tappan Zee High School has been a huge success! The club has already met four times this year, boasting an attendance of more than 50 students. Students who come to the club are eager to learn and collaborate in initiating our FIRST Robotics: Read More: FIRST Robotics Club Off To Amazing Start!
by bculot | Sep 29, 2017 | Curriculum News
Author and college professor Marie Marquardt visited with students at Tappan Zee High School today. Her new book, The Radius Of Us, is about a boy named Phoenix from El Salvador who comes to the United States looking for a safe place to call home and a girl named: Read More: Author Marie Marquardt Visits TZHS
by bculot | Sep 5, 2017 | Curriculum News
As we begin the 2017-2018 school year, we are creating more opportunities for students to teach what they are learning. For almost 10 years, South Orangetown has been working with Innovative Designs in Education (IDE) to create highly-engaging problem and project: Read More: Students Who Express Their Learning Have a Higher Rate and Degree of Retention
