BHS Students Honored by MA Superintendents

The Merrimack Valley Superintendents’ Association (MVSA) honored top students from from across the region. Four Burlington High School Seniors were recognized for their outstanding academic and community service records. This was the third annual MVSA student recognition luncheon.  While there are many recognitions in each individual community, area superintendents created this award to highlight our students who are examples for us all to emulate.

This year’s students from Burlington High School were

Nick DeSimone (not pictured), Elizabeth Burkhart, Avani Shah, Ryan Knox

Conclusions and Recommendations from the BEAM Report

The link below is to the conclusions and recommendations from the BEAM Evaluation received in April. The Marshall Simonds Middle School is considering the recommendations and including areas of focus into their school improvement plan for the 2012-2013 school year.

BEAM Conclusions & Recommendations

MA Digital Publication Collaborative

No matter where your school is with technology, it is time to start considering the digital resources that are available to allow classroom teachers to move away from the traditional textbook. For the second year in a row, we will host a program at BHS to assist teachers and administrators in getting comfortable with some of the alternatives available that will allow them to curate and create their own primary resources for classes.

For lack of a better term, we are calling this event The Massachusetts Digital Publication Collaborative. Here is the link to share with staff members in your school that you think would benefit from this program – http://massdigitalpublication.org/

Hope your school year ends on a smoothly!

Best Regards,

Patrick

Patrick Larkin – Burlington High School (Burlington)

Military Connected Children

We had the honor of hearing from a group from the Massachusetts Military Connected Children at our Administrative Council Meeting this morning.  They discussed their school initiative which includes:

• Establishing a Network of Support for Military Connected Children & Families
• Identifying Military Connected Children within the School System
• Engaging Support through Military and Community Resources

Our plan in the district is to add a box for families to check asking whether they have a military connection at the start of next year.  Once we have this information, we will discuss an event to bring together these families.

It was heartening to learn about the federal and state initiatives that are available to help children whose parents are serving our country.  Any assistance we can provide these children and families is welcome.

Burlington Education Foundation Road Race

The BEF’s Road Race on Sunday was a great success.  My favorite part of the day is always the Fun Run.

There was lots of anticipation at the starting line…

and then an explosion of energy as the race begins.

After the race, one of the Fun Run finishers complained that her time would have been better had she not had to wait for her father to catch up.

Thank you to the BEF and all who contributed to the event.  The school district benefits greatly from the resources generously provided to teachers through the BEF grant process.

Superintendent Evaluation 2011-2012

While it is hard to believe, another school year is rapidly coming to a close.  Please take a few minutes to complete a survey evaluating my performance this year.  All of your responses and comments are anonymous.  The survey tool will combine everyone’s input.  I will provide the compiled document to school committee members for their consideration during their evaluation of my performance.  My public evaluation will be at the June 26th school committee meeting in open session.  The first link below is to a survey for 2011-2012.  The other links are to past survey responses.

Superintendent Evaluation 2011-2012

Responses to Superintendent Evaluation 2010-2011 (Password EMC2011)

Responses to Superintendent 2009 2009-2010 (Password EMC10)

Responses to Superintendent Evaluation 2008-2009 (Password EricM)

Thank you for taking the time to respond.

Student Superintendent for the Day

I had the pleasure of working with Fox Hill fifth grade student Madison Nash who was acting superintendent for the day.

Maddy had a full schedule.  We started with a visit to the Burlington Science Center.  Maddy quickly learned that there is no job too large or small for a superintendent.  

Next we went to check on the progress of the middle school renovation project.  Maddy was asking Craig Robinson some difficult questions.

All was in order at the project.

Finally, Maddy assisted with a district-wide announcement regarding the upcoming Burlington Education Foundation Road Race on Sunday, May 6th at 8:00 AM at BHS.

The district was in good hands, at least for one day.

Thank you Maddy!

Burlington Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees

The Burlington High School Athletic Hall of Fame Committee is proud to announce 2012 Hall of Fame inductees.  They are as follows:

Athletes

Donald Clarkson Blair – Class of 1968, Hockey

Jim Curtin – Class of 1978, Hockey, Baseball

Karen Alissa (Huebner) Calandrelli – Class of 1999, Swimming, Tennis, Cheering

Adam Royds – Class of 1997, Wrestling

George E. Skelton – Class of 1956, Football, Basketball, Baseball

Coach

Joseph E. LeVasseur, Class of 1968, Joe has coached at BHS for the past 39 years. In those 39 years he has coached, Football, Wrestling and Track (boys and girls, indoor and outdoor). He started the successful wrestling program at Burlington HS and held 5 head coaching positions. 

Benefactor

Alfred L. Perry – During his years at Burlington High School as a teacher, department chairperson, vice principal and principal (1961-1985), Mr. Perry was extremely supportive of the athletic program at Burlington High School. 

The Hall of Fame Banquet will be held Thursday, October 4, 2012 from 6:00 to10:00 pm at the Café Escadrille in Burlington. Tickets are $50 and may be purchased at Athletic Office at Burlington High School (781-270-1867) or at the Burlington Town Hall/Treasurers office (781-270-1628) 

 

MA Association of School Committees “Day on the Hill”

Patrick Larkin and I spent an informative morning at the MASC sponsored “Day on the Hill.” We are grateful that Representative Charles Murphy made time to meet with us.

Burlington Early Childhood Center

The Burlington Early Childhood Center (BECC) interactive boards are up and running.