Salem Public Schools

This #Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for... From family, friends, pets and skateboarding, Salem Public Schools scholars discuss what they're thankful for this Thanksgiving: https://lnkd.in/ePt7tD8h #thanksgiving2024 | Salem High School

Among the most unsung educators in Salem Public Schools... On Tuesday night, the SPS Family Engagement Team hosted 'Parents Cafe' at the Mayor Jean A. Levesque Community Life Center. In Spanish and English, our Family Engagement Facilitators instructed families how to access report cards through Aspen, how to decode them and answered whatever questions were posed. Elevating learning. Empowering educators. Always educating. Laura Assade | Rosalyn Guevara | Arabelis Luciano | María Arias Reyes | Malcolm Pimentel | Salem High School

More than 200 Salem families will have full bellies on Thursday. 200. Salem-based charity It Starts With ME! partnered with Salem Public Schools on Monday to provide #Thanksgiving meals to more than 200 families Monday at Collins Middle School, New Liberty Innovation School and Salem Prep High School. Boxed meals included a frozen turkey and tray, a gallon of milk, dinner rolls and butter, butternut squash, stuffing, canned vegetables and gravy along with pie, brownies. Kudos to the good work of Melanie McKinnon and It Starts With ME and the staff and students at SPS.

TONIGHT: Salem High School Building Committee Community Forum -- 6:30-8 p.m. at the SHS IMC Library. The Salem Building Committee, in the planning stages of constructing a new high school, will host the first of three community information forums tonight (Monday, Nov. 25) from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Salem High School IMC Library. The purpose of all three forums is to allow residents and stakeholders to ask questions and voice their ideas. SBC and OPM Committee members will be on hand as well as representatives from Perkins&Will architectural design firm to review project aspirations, schedule, build on prior work, and see design thinking. The remaining forums are scheduled as follows: --Tuesday, Dec. 3 (6:30-8 p.m.), Saltonstall School Auditorium --Thursday, Dec. 5 (6:30-7:30 p.m.) | Join via Zoom For more information, visit the Salem Building Committee website: https://lnkd.in/e8wssYHF Anser Advisory

LOTS going on at Salem Public Schools tonight..... At Collins Middle School, educators gathered at the #attendancematters Phone Banking event, in which they called families to discuss barriers keeping students from attending school. Meanwhile, at Salem High School, a special meeting of the Salem School Committee alongside the Salem Building Committee took place to discuss the state/future of a new high school. The Salem Building Committee is hosting three community forums beginning next Monday, Nov. 25 at which students, families and all residents can share ideas and gain insight about the future of Salem High School: --Monday, Nov. 25 at SHS IMC Library (6:30-8 p.m.) --Tuesday, Dec. 3 at the Saltonstall School Auditorium (6:30-8 p.m.) --Thursday, Dec. 5 online via Zoom Anser Advisory | Perkins&Will

Elevating learning... Terrific stuff today by Chaiel Schaffel of WBZ | CBS Boston NewsRadio on Collins Middle School and Saltonstall School students, through LEAP for Education, Inc, authoring the next great horror story: https://lnkd.in/e3FEU-mU

How we empower educators: On Monday, Salem Public Schools bus drivers and transportation staff took part in de-escalation training through the SPS directors of Student Supports Mia Riccio (grades 6-12) and Elizabeth Yoder, LMHC (preK-5), along with Coordinator of Translation and Interpreter Services Alexandra Fortich. The training covered the following: --Understanding professional boundaries and ethics in working with children --Examining beliefs about behavior and how it impacts response to behaviors --Identifying the three categories of challenging behaviors that require de-escalation --Applying de-escalation strategies to my practice Salem High School #alwayslearning

SPS Honors 120 Language Learners at Multilingual Learner Family Night: https://lnkd.in/efxiGf2b Salem High School #languagelearning #multilingual

We're #hiring! Salem Public Schools is looking for its next Grants Manager...is that you? https://lnkd.in/eabE89xK

Empowering Educators! https://lnkd.in/eEgVBWNJ Anna Leonhard Lacerda | Chelsea Banks