Page 2 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, MAy 20, 2022 Everett GLEAM grant moves ahead By Stephen Hagan “I really like the way you got feedback from the families”— Dyna Louis, the student representative/Ex Offi cio School Committee member E verett schools are poised to promote more literacy and equity in the near future. An eff ort to foster literacy and equity in the Everett School Department is developing on several fronts. On Monday, School Committee members were updated on the status of the GLEAM grant, or Growing Literacy Equity Across Massachusetts. According to Genevieve McDonough, the K-8 Director of English Language Arts & LiterANGELO’S FULL SERVICE Regular Unleaded $4.659 Mid Unleaded $4.779 Super $4.959 Diesel Fuel $5.999 44 Years of Excellence!! 1978-2022 KERO $8.99 DEF $4.75 9 Diesel $5.799 9 HEATING OIL 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! DEF Available by Pump! 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The eff ort has included developing a vision, goals and priorities, narrowing material options and a pilot/fi eld test. The “launch phase” has GLEAM members developing and sharing the implementation plan and introducing a plan for supports and grading and assessments. Dyna Louis, the student representative to the School Committee, praised the eff ort to gather data for the GLEAM grant. “I really like the way you got feedback from the families,” said Louis. The eff ort’s “Learn and Prepare Phase” has: • Created a Literacy Vision • Defi ned Parameters and Priori� es • Solicited feedback from educators and families • Created a body of knowledge for the GLEAM grant The “Investigate and Select” portion of the eff ort has team members collecting evidence of priorities from the curricular materials, gathering information on the agreed upon priorities by testing the curricular materials in a classroom setting and collecting evidence of the agreed upon priorities by asking “targeted questions.” The plan has evolved from seven diff erent options in December to be narrowed to the top two choices in an educator survey. Implementation of the plan will include fi nal priorities, capacity building and professional learning, feedback and continuous improvement and systems and structures for learning. According to the GLEAM grant’s report, one member emphasized data in the project needs to be multicultural: “The district’s priorities for a literacy curriculum must be shared and I think that going forward, parents should be given information in their home languages that explains how to access the online portions of the curriculum.” For one student cited in the survey, the eff ort has its ups and downs. “It was easy to load online,” the student writes. “The lessons are very interesting, but there are a ton of assignments.” Revere and Everett host virtual discussion Pictured in a screenshot from the event are Representative Danielle Gregoire (top right), Samaga Pokharel (bottom right) and Hana Menkari (top left) along with other participants. R ecently, young people from Teens in Everett Against Substance Abuse (TEASA) – a program of Cambridge Health Alliance – and Revere’s Youth Health Leadership Council (YHLC), high schoolers who work with Revere’s Healthy Community Initiatives Office and the MGH Revere CARES Coalition, attended Kick Butts Day: Youth Day of Action, a virtual event hosted by The 84 movement. The 84 is a statewide movement of youths fighting against the tobacco and vaping industries in Massachusetts. During the event, young people participated in a workshop to prepare for meeting with their legislators. As part of the workshop, Everett High School senior Samaga Pokharel and Revere High School junior Hana Menkari participated in a panel discussion with Representative Danielle Gregoire (4th Middlesex District), introducing the teens to what legislators do, learning tips to guide their meetings with legislators and questioning Representative Gregoire about her experience. Five Everett residents named to SNHU Winter 2022 Dean’s List M ANCHESTER, N.H. – It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students from Everett, Mass., on being named to the Winter 2022 Dean’s List: Olivia Tirachen, Meryl Peasah, Diana Perez Sandoval, Leonard Machado, Ninette Macedo. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 are named to the Dean’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits; undergraduate day students must earn 12 credits in the fall or spring semester, and online students must earn 12 credits over two consecutive terms (EW1 & EW2, EW3 & EW4, or EW5 & EW6). Learn more aboutSNHU at www.snhu.edu. Prices subject to change Ask about our Heating Oil Conditioner! FLEET
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