MCCPS Board of Trustees

Minutes

Academic Excellence Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Monday May 10, 2021 at 2:35 PM

Location

6X Classroom @ MCCPS. In Person.

Committee Members Present

Ellen Lodgen, Jessica Xiarhos, Kimberly Sullivan, Matt Cronin, Meg Upton

Committee Members Absent

Molly Wright, Sarah Plymate Ragozin

Guests Present

Peter Cohen

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Jessica Xiarhos called a meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee Committee of MCCPS Board of Trustees to order on Monday May 10, 2021 at 2:44 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes from 04/26/21

Ellen Lodgen made a motion to approve the minutes from Academic Excellence Committee Meeting on 04-26-21.
Kimberly Sullivan seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Academic Excellence Committee

A.

Finalizing the Criteria of Excellence

ART Draft...
  • More clearly specify studying specific artists?
  • Make "Connecting" 1st? Move it up the list?
  • Order: Connecting, Responding, Creating, Presenting
  • Eliminate periods
  • Change font

​​​​​​FINAL DRAFT of Criteria for Excellence...
  • Ellen has edited in Oxford commas
  • 2 questions about Music - 1st bullet "melodic and harmonic"... what?
  • Links to specific projects?
  • Subjects in alphabetical - or IA interspersed and not just at the end


BLURB for the website...
  • Highlighting that this is what sets us apart from Swampscott/Marblehead Public schools
  •  

Looking forward...
  • Something to indicate PBL and cross-integration of subjects/projects 
    • Art criteria - "Relate artistic ideas and works to..."
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III. Closing Items

A.

Action Items

Criteria to Website - Matt/Peter
Reorder Criteria alphabetically - Jess
Art/Music Edits - Matt/Jess

B.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 3:35 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Jessica Xiarhos
Documents used during the meeting
None