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Amherst Middle School staff present curriculum, attendance and extracurricular updates
Summary
Administrators and teachers from Amherst Middle School briefed the board on instructional initiatives, interventions and student-life programs, and reported early progress on a plan to reduce chronic absenteeism.
Mr. Lonczak, principal of Amherst Middle School, and his administrative team presented a multi-part update to the Board of Education covering instructional priorities, student supports and extracurricular programming.
The presentation said the building's work this year is tied to the district strategic plan and focuses on three pillars: teaching and learning, student life, and school culture. Mr. Lonczak highlighted efforts to expand specially designed instruction integrated co-teaching (SDI/ITC), to continue collaborative instructional strategies (including the Kagan model) and to complete state-mandated changes tied to computer-based testing.
Derek Adame, identified as a newly tenured assistant principal, explained a renewed emphasis on executive-functioning skills for middle-school students. He described a teacher book study and practical classroom strategies aimed at…
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