Y3K Tutor In Your Home has donated our tutoring and test prep service to the Parmenter Community Health Care of Wayland, MA’s online auction. Auction proceeds will be used to support the wide variety of home health, hospice and community health services they offer. Be sure to look for our donation and bid generously to help the Wayland, MA community.
ALICE School Security Controversy
After the Newtown, CT school shootings, schools have had to beef up security. Besides cameras and locked doors, some schools are turning to a new controversial method to keep our kids safe. Some school systems are turning to ALICE (Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate) which is a training program offered by a Texas based company that promotes alternatives to staying put when a gunman enters a school. Tomorrow we will uncover details about this controversial program.
Carter Carnival – Carter Nursery School Needham
Carter Nursery School of Needham MA’s only fundraiser will take place this coming Saturday. The event is a late winter highlight for residents of Needham and surrounding communities. In addition to games and activities, the Carnival generates excitement through a silent auction. Make sure you bid on the Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutoring and test prep certificate at the auction. Proceeds from this Carnival help pay for enrichment programs and scholarships for families in need. We at Y3K Tutor In Your Home are glad to be able to help this worthy cause.
Needham Tutoring – Needham Community Farm
Y3K Tutor In Your Home is proud to donate our tutoring and test prep services to the Needham Community Farm’s Ready Set Grow online fundraiser. Your generous bid on our service will help Needham Community Farm with programs such as developing curriculum for preschoolers and planning a cooking workshop series for Needham Community Council Food Pantry patrons. Your bid on the Y3K Tutor In Your Home auction donation from March 7-21 will also go to teaching hands-on gardening, growing without pesticides and donating fresh healthy produce to those Needham, MA residents in need.
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Best School Resource School System: Weston
“School Resources” according to the Dreamschool Finder online tool, measures amounts of money spent on each student. Only one out of the top ten towns were from the Y3K Tutor In Your Home community. Weston High School ranked #5 in this category.
Which two Y3K Tutor In Your Home towns ranked in the top ten for “Diversity”? Come back tomorrow for the shocking answer.
Best School Climate School Systems: Dover, Weston, Wellesley & Sudbury
“School Climate” measures how academically focused and committed the students are at a school according to the Dreamschool Finder online tool. They look at graduation rates, dropout rates and college ambitions of seniors. The four Y3K Tutor In Your Home high schools that ranked in their top ten in this category were Dover-Sherborn Regional High School ranked #1, Weston High School ranked #3, Wellesley High School ranked #5 and Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School ranked #8.
Try to guess which six Y3K Tutor In Your Home communities made it to their top ten list for “College Readiness” and check back tomorrow to find out if you are right.
PARCC Test Score Results
After students complete the new PARCC test trial run in the spring of 2014, the test results will not be released to students or parents. In fact the results will not count toward state or federal school district grades. Apparently the test results will only be used by state officials when they vote in the fall of 2015 on whether to adopt the new PARCC tests permanently.
Tune in tomorrow to find out how the tests will be given out.
MCAS Remains For 10th Graders
Although in 2014 the new PARCC tests will be issued to certain MA schools for a trial run, all 10th graders will continue to take the MCAS tests. They will still be required to pass the MCAS tests in order to get their diploma.
Tomorrow we will look at how the new PARCC testing scores will be used.
PARCC Test Series In One Day
ONE MORE DAY until our new series called: “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the New PARCC Tests, But Were Too Afraid to Ask”.
Buddy Dog Collection Drive – Weston, Dover, Wellesley & Wayland
Buddy Dog Collection Drive towel/blanket/toy pickups today will be in Weston, Dover, Wellesley & Wayland.