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Deer Path students showcase creative assessments at Cary 26 board meeting
Summary
Students from Deer Path Elementary demonstrated project-based and technology-supported assessments — including "bottle people" biographies, geometry towns and YOTO audio players — as part of the district's short-term school improvement goal to diversify assessments.
Students and staff from Deer Path Elementary presented student-created projects and classroom tools at the Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 board meeting on April 28.
Dr. Rigg, Deer Path assistant principal, explained the school's short-term improvement goal: "By June 2025, teachers will implement at least one innovative assessment besides traditional tests and quizzes." Fifth-graders presented "bottle people" projects about figures such as J.K. Rowling, Satoshi Tajiri and athletes; third-graders displayed 3-D "geometry towns" demonstrating shapes and signage; and fourth-graders demonstrated YOTO (a handheld audio storytelling/player) use for listening and fluency supports.
Students described their work in brief presentations. "My name is Travis from fifth grade District 26. I created my J.K. Rowling project from a bottle in order to show how she wrote her books and about her life," one fifth-grader said. Another student explained that the geometry town project required students to "make road and stop signs, then we had to upload it to Seesaw." Paige Martel, the EL resource teacher at Deer Path, introduced the fourth-grade "YOTO experts" and described classroom uses for the audio players including story listening, small-group centers and background sounds.
Superintendent Dr. White and trustees praised the students and teachers for creative assessment approaches and engaging families. Board members said the presentations demonstrated the district's efforts to diversify how students show mastery and foster creativity.
The presentation was part of the meeting's school-spotlight segment; board members later thanked Deer Path staff and families during their comments.
