Freshman Parents` Night
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Freshman Parents’ Night
September 9, 2014
NECA Faculty & Staff
Karen Amaker, Director
Kerry Cramer, Professor, NCC
Paul DeFelice, Math
Sophia Husain, English
Aland Joseph, Counselor
Jenna Kober, English
Laura Rorick, Math
Lisa Rivieccio, School-to-Career Coordinator
Monoswita Saha, Program Manager/IBM Liaison
9th Grade Schedule
Traditional
NECA
English 9 (1.5 credits)
English (2 credits)
Math (2 credits)
Math (2 credits)
World History (1 credit)
Workplace Learning (1 credit)
Physical Science (1 credit)
Web Development and Design (4 credits
– NCC)
Elective (1 credit)
Elective (1 credit)
Elective (.5 credit)
APEX – Extended day (1 credit)
District minimum is 6.5 credits
NECA & NCC minimum is 10 credits
Scholar Schedule
8-day, 8-Period Rotation w/drop
Period 1
English
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
D8
Period 2
English
P1
P8
P7
P6
P5
P4
P3
P2
Period 3
Math
P2
P1
P8
P7
P6
P5
P4
P3
Period 4
Math
Study Hall (Prelude Orchestra)
P2
P1
P8
P7
P6
P5
P4
Period 5
P3
Period 6
Workplace Learning
P4
P3
P2
P1
P8
P7
P6
P5
Period 7
Elective
P5
P4
P3
P2
P1
P8
P7
P6
Period 8
Web Development & Design
P6
P5
P4
P3
P2
P1
P8
P7
P7
P6
P5
P4
P3
P2
P1
P8
(APEX Study Hall)
Every student has a 30-minute lunch period scheduled
between 10:53 – 12:39.
Workplace Learning
Monoswita Saha, Program Manager
Employability Skills
Creativity, innovation, flexibility, and adaptability
Oral and written communication of complex ideas
Ability to work within and lead multi-cultural teams
Critical thinking and problem solving skills
Awareness of core societal challenges
Highest global integrity standards
Technology
Business
People &
Culture
High School
Key Student Experiences
Exposure: Workplace learning, Workplace
experiences (speakers, work site visits,
job shadow), Mentors
Practice: Paid internships, Opportunity
to interview at IBM
College
Culture
Workplace
Learning
Interdisciplinary
Collaboration
Extended Day
School-to-Career
Lisa Rivieccio, Coordinator
21st Century learning
Early college awareness visits – 4-year schools
Career days
NPS College fair
Women-to-Women in STEM, Man-to-Man in STEM
Naviance
Workplace learning curriculum developer
Extended Day
Starts Tuesday, September 9
Tuesday – Thursday, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Two assigned teachers: Ms. Kober (101E) and Mrs. Rorick (100E)
Transportation provided (bus tokens for the wheels bus)
APEX online learning (remediation/acceleration)
Homework assistance
Attendance taken at every session (sign in/out)
APEX Learning
Ralph Valenzisi, Chief of Technology,
Innovation and Partnerships
Standards-based curriculum engages students in rigorous coursework to
prepare them for college and work
Subject areas: math, science, English, social studies, world languages, and
electives
Used for credit, remediation, intervention, and acceleration
Students move at their own pace, taking as much or as little time as needed
to master the material
Multimedia instruction motivates and engages students and addresses
different learning styles
Laptop Program and Usage Agreement
Lenova 11e laptop computer issued to the scholar by NECA
The laptop is made available for purposes of advancing the scholar’s education
The laptop is school property and is intended only for approved educational
uses
Scholars must have their laptops with them for use during NECA classes and the
NCC Web Development and Design course
Scholars may transport the laptop to and from home, public libraries, and
meetings of school study groups; scholars are allowed to leave their laptop in
school
Scholars are required to sign the laptop agreement if he/she wishes to remove
the laptop from campus
Support Services
Advisor, Link Crew, advisory program (Friday meeting)
Gail Stevens, NCC Liaison (College Forum)
IBM mentor
NECA/NCC faculty and staff
NECA peers
Tom Duffy, Computer Science Department Chair, NCC
PTech students (joint leadership retreat/conference, school visits,
and online chats
School counselor, Aland Joseph
School-based health center
Social workers and school psychologist
Open House Schedule
Period 1
7:20 – 7:30
Period 2
7:35 – 7:45
Period 3
7:50 – 8:00
Period 4
8:05 – 8:15
Period 5
8:20 – 8:30
Period 6
8:35 – 8:45
Period 7
8:50 – 9:00
Period 8
9:05 – 9:15