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| Subject | CES E-ssential News * * * Fall 2005 |
| From Email Address | news@essentialschools.org |
| Test Email Address | bbradshaw@essentialschools.org; |
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| Date Sent | 09/30/2005 |
| Message: | Your CONNECTION to the Coalition of Essential Schools Network
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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
1. Register for Fall Forum
2. New Small Schools Launching in 2005
3. CES EssentialVisions DVD
4. ChangeLab "Ask a Mentor" Panel
5. Fenway High School Science Symposium
6. Twenty-two years of Horace
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1. FALL FORUM 2005
Register today for the CES Fall Forum 2005, "Reclaiming the Freedom to Learn," November 3-5 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel.
For those of you who have not yet registered, there's still time! Don't miss out on an outstanding lineup of speakers, sessions, and events this year. In addition to over 200 sessions from which to choose, the conference program includes six compelling pre-conference workshops, visits to 12 Boston-area schools, and an exceptional opening session that will feature addresses by CES founder Ted Sizer and Peter J. Gomes, distinguished professor, minister, and author. You may register for all Fall Forum events online at http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/fforum/reg.html.
Don't forget to book hotel accommodations and make travel arrangements for Boston. In order to qualify for special discounted rates at the Boston Marriott Copley Place or the Westin Copley Place, you must make your reservations before October 12th. Call either of the hotels directly and mention the CES Fall Forum. For details on rates and contact information, visit our website at:
http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/fforum/2005/travel_hotel.html
CES National and Chapman University's Department of Extended Education are pleased to offer a graduate credit option to attendees of the 2005 Fall Forum. Based variously on attendance, reflections, and follow-up assignments, participants may choose to earn 1, 2 or 3 graduate level, continuing education elective credits. For more information, visit our website at: http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/fforum/credit.html
2. NEW SMALL SCHOOLS LAUNCHING IN 2005
The Next Generation of CES Schools is Here!
In August and September of 2005, the first 12 new high schools in the CES Small Schools Project opened their doors. Four of these schools are new small schools created from the ground up. The remaining eight are small schools that grow out of the conversion of two large comprehensive high schools. These schools will join over 20 other exemplary small schools in the CES Small Schools Network and will continue to receive mentoring and on-going professional development that supports their growth and success.
The following are new small schools launching in 2005:
• Empowerment College Preparatory High School (Houston, TX)
• The James Baldwin School (New York, NY)
• Lighthouse Community Charter High School (Oakland, CA)
• Skyview Academy (Thornton, CO)
The following two large high schools will convert to eight small schools in 2005:
Leominster High School in Leominster, MA, will convert into five small schools (names to be determined).
Tyee High School in Sea Tac, WA, will convert into the following three schools:
• Academy of Citizenship and Empowerment (ACE)
• Global Connections School
• Odyssey School
For more information on these schools or the Small Schools Project, visit our website at: http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/ssp/ssp.html
3. CES ESSENTIALVISIONS DVD HAS ARRIVED
See the Common Principles Come to Life!
The CES EssentialVisions DVD project brings the Common Principles to life with real stories and tools from today’s most successful small schools. Disc 1: Classroom Practice captures how the common principles have been implemented in secondary school classrooms, illustrating how students engage in their education and teachers develop as professionals.
Available Now – Disc: 1 Classroom Practice
Experience the Common Principles through:
• In-class video
• Interviews with students, parents, teachers and principals
• Student-led school tours
• Lesson Plans
• Student work samples
• Thought provoking discussion guide
To order your copy, visit our website at: http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/resources/essentialvisions.html or call or call (510) 433-1451.
4. ASK A MENTOR ON CHANGELAB
Participate in the next “Ask a Mentor” session hosted on CES ChangeLab this coming Wednesday through Friday! “Ask a Mentor” panels virtually convene educators from across the network to discuss specific topics and to learn from the experience of CES school leaders. This month’s panel, Getting Started: Thinking through the Start of a New Small School, will be hosted by Vincent Brevetti, Principal of Humanities Preparatory Academy, in New York, New York.
The panel will be open from October 5-7, and participants will have the opportunity to pose questions that will be answered over the course of several days. If you don’t have a specific question to ask, we invite you to log on to read questions and answers and find out what others in the network are inquiring about.
For more information on this panel, visit http://www.ceschangelab.org/cs/clpub/view/cl_askpanel/11.
See How. Visit, http://www.ceschangelab.org.
5. FENWAY HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
Fenway High School, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Boston Museum of Science invite you to attend a symposium of scientists, educators, policy makers, and business people entitled, “Creating American Scientists: What Should be Done – In and Out of the Schools?” The symposium will be held on Wednesday, November 2, 2005, from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Fenway High School, 174 Ipswich Street, Boston, MA 02215.
The objectives of the symposium are to share diverse views on why too few American students are becoming scientists today, identify the dilemmas in science education and the consequences of not resolving them, and to generate a report summarizing key points that will be used to inform discussion about the policy-making and practices of science education.
The symposium is free of charge, but you must register by emailing Kristi Klein at kklein@boston.k12.ma.us. For more information, visit the Fenway High School website, http://fenway.boston.k12.ma.us/symposium.htm.
6. CONTRIBUTE TO HORACE
As we begin our 22nd year of publication, Horace, CES National’s quarterly journal seeks story ideas, articles, interviews, book, web site, and other media reviews, and more!
In 2006, Horace’s four issues will be:
Horace 22.1 - Educational Pathways: Transitions to and from Essential Schools - January 2006
How do Essential schools help students transition to personalized, academically challenging educational environments, and how do they get students ready for the work, higher education, and democratic participation? This issue also examines communities in which Essential school pathways from the earliest elementary grades through high school exist or are emerging.
Horace 22.2 - Teaching and Learning Literacy in Essential Schools - April 2006
What strategies are elementary, middle, and secondary Essential schools developing to strengthen students’ literacy skills in heterogeneous, depth-over-breadth classrooms? Horace 22.2 also focuses on how CES schools use data to assess students’ literacy progress and shape teaching accordingly.
Horace 22.3 - Youth Leadership for School Excellence - September 2006
Many CES students actively participate in the creation of their own schools, and their work often influences conversation and educational policy nationwide. Horace 22.3 examines how students participate on start-up or conversion planning teams, conduct independent efforts, participate in school-based democratic processes, research, write, speak, and become activists.
Horace 22.4 - Curriculum and Community Connections - November 2006
This issue looks at schools in which internships, community service, community partnerships, work, artistic and athletic pursuits and more are joined explicitly to a school’s central academic mission and goals.
How to contribute? Work with us to write an article. You need not have a completed piece, though we will happily consider writing that you or others in your school community have already begun. Or let us know that you and others in your school community are willing to be interviewed. As well, Horace will continue to feature reviews of books, web sites, DVDs and films, and other products that help CES teachers do their work well. If you’d like to write a short review, please be in touch!
Contact Jill Davidson, Horace’s editor, at jdavidson@essentialschools.org or at 401/453-1916. Deadlines occur throughout the year and pages are limited so if you want to contribute, be in touch as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your thoughts and contributions!
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