Issue 3

VOLUME 3



NGA NOTES

ISSUE 3

Coral Springs - Deerfield Beach - Northeast - Nova - South Plantation - Stranahan Ninth Grade Academies (NGA) Enhancement Development Project 2013-2014 Ann Evans, Project Coordinator, [email protected] Linda Medvin, TSA, [email protected] Candace H. Lacey, Research, chlacey@ bellsouth.net

Check out our website: Ninth Grade Academies Enhancement Development Project at http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/talentdevelopment/html/nga/nga.html

Design  Team  Meeting  #3 Thursday  ,   February  13,  2014 8  AM  to  3  PM Location:  Plantation  Preserve NGA  Administrators   NGA  Coordinators   Teacher  Leaders   NGA  Support  Team Principals  always  welcome! Welcome MADISON LEIGH CANTU October 30, 2013 9 lbs. 4 oz - 20.5 inches Congratulations to Alison (Data Teacher Leader DBHS), Chris and big brother Aiden!

Ninth Grade Academies (NGAs) Enhancement Development Project 2011-14 Presents . . .

Congratulations to CREST Ninth Grade Academy Coordinator

Jennifer Hamilton for being named Teacher of the Year for Stranahan High School!

NGA EXPO - SAVE THE DATE! MARCH 12, 2014 Participating High Schools: Coral Springs Deerfield Beach Northeast Nova South Plantation Stranahan

What: A celebration of NGA best practices from participating high schools When: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 Where: Nob Hill Soccer Club Park 10200 Sunset Strip, Sunrise, FL 33322 Time: 4 PM - 6:30 PM Welcome: Robert W. Runcie Superintendent of Schools

Where have we been? What have we accomplished? Where are we going?

To everyone in our Ninth Grade Academies: Best wishes for a festive holiday season, a restful winter break and many successes in the new year! Ann & Linda

CREST ACADEMY & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS OPERATION: SHOE BOX CREST Community is conducting “Operation Shoe Box.” The students are collecting items on or before Monday, December 16th and will wrap and deliver the presents to Mary’s Pregnancy Resource Center on Wednesday, December 18th. As a school wide initiative spearheaded by CREST, our goal is to collect 100 shoeboxes filled with items listed below:

GOOD SOLES FOR GOOD SOULS

Stranahan High School was the recipient of Good Soles for Good Souls. Seventy shoes were given out as a derivative of a community service project spearheaded by Kendall Greenberg (a high school senior from Boca High School). This initiative was given to students that exemplified leadership, academic improvement, community service hours and various improvements achieved in their classrooms. CREST Students and the CREST Recycles program was honored on Friday, December 6th. Kudos to CREST Members!

CORAL SPRINGS NINTH GRADERS ‘CRUISE’ COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR   Coral Springs HS’s Ninth Grade Academy wants to expose ninth grade students to career and college options early while there is plenty of time to make informed decisions about the future. CSHS hosted more than 35 vendors participated at the College and Career Fair. Students were able to ‘cruise’ around the gymnasium to learn more about different colleges and careers CSHS’s culinary students prepared many dishes including chili, cornbread, and three dessert choices for the more than 75 vendors and guests. Local colleges such as Florida International University, Florida Atlantic University, Nova Southeastern University, and Broward College sent representatives. Careers represented included computer and game design, podiatry, photography and a crew of firefighters. Raffle items, contributed by vendors, ranging from bags to remote control helicopters were awarded to students. The faculty served as demonstration ‘dummies’ by relaxing for a massage demonstrated by students looking into physical therapy as a career Members of the community who stopped by to ‘cruise’ include Coral Springs Vice Mayor Tom Powers and School Board Member Abby Freedman. High School Cadre Leader Alan Strauss and NGA Planning Team’s Ann Evans and Linda Medvin showed support by attending. Vice Mayor Tom Powell, CSHS Principal Susan Leon, OSPA Cadre Alan Strauss

Stranahan HS Board of Directors: AP Elvin Hazell, Principal Deborah Owens, Nancy Boulger, Tracey Walton, Ellen Williams, Teresa Justice Jennifer Hamilton

Congratulations to Teresa Justice, Dean of Academic Resources and Instructional Technology Broward College- South Campus and longtime member of Stranahan HS’s CREST Academy Board of Directors, on her retirement!

SOUTH PLANTATION’S NINTH GRADERS WELCOME AUTHOR More than 300 hundred SPHS’s VALOR Academy ninth graders listened to New York Times Best Selling Marie Lu, author of Legend, Prodigy, Champion. Lu told of being in Tiananmen Square in China as a child and her story of becoming an author. Bethany Gatewood, NGA Coordinator, worked w i t h B o o ks & B o o ks C o m mu n i t y O u t re a ch Department to bring the author to South Plantation HS. After meeting the young author, Marie Lu, still in her 20s, students were excited about reading a young adult book.

New York Times Best Selling Marie Lu, author of Legend, Prodigy, Champion at South Plantation HS assembly.

NOVA HS SELECTS NINTH GRADE STUDENT LEADERS   Nova HS’s Ninth Grade Student Leaders (NGSL) have been busy helping organize several events at the school since being selected by Ninth Grade Academy (NGA) teacher leaders. Ninth Grade Student Leaders with the NGA Coordinator and the NGA Teacher Leaders had their picture taken for the 2013-2014 Titan Yearbook. In November students helped Mentoring Tomorrow’s Leaders (MTL) sell tickets for the Faculty vs. Student Flag Football Game. They even volunteered to work the concession stand during the game. Students have designed the NGA - 9th grade t-shirt and hope to begin selling the shirts in January. They also helped to organize the First Semester Scholar of the Month celebration for twenty students. Ninth grade teachers selected students from their team to be named Scholar of the Month. Students were invited to a celebration in honor of their scholastic achievements. They received a certificate, Titan water bottle, and sweet treats (cupcakes and candy). Each student also had a picture taken with Nova’s principal, Mr. LaCasse. NGSL’s latest project is creating a board of recognition/NGA news in the 9th grade office.

Nova HS NGA Teacher Leaders: Jennell Lozin, Carrie Ortega, Kevin Huntley, Leah Jackson and Ninth Grade Student Leaders (NGSL)

DBHS Freshmen Learn What it Takes to Graduate! The NGA Coordinator and ninth grade guidance counselor visited 22 individual English 1 classrooms and facilitated a guided presentation to increase students’ understanding and awareness of Graduation Requirements for Class of 2017. Freshmen students completed a note taking sheet on how course credit is earned and the procedures involved with exams each semester. Each student also completed personal goals for the second semester.

INCENTIVES FOR NORTHEAST NINTH GRADERS STORM Academy, Northeast High School’s Ninth Grade Academy, acknowledged ninth grade students were for their classroom behavior and performance at an assembly in November. Students were nominated as STAND OUT students to receive an award by their teachers. Tied in to NEHS Hurricanes and STORM Academy, the Overall CAT 5 Student is not a disaster as in a CAT 5 hurricane but is "tearing it up all over the place". This student is on point in all aspects. Other categories include: Overall Most Improved, Improved Discipline/Classroom Behavior, Improved Grades, Class Participation, and Best Classroom Helper. . Nominations and the awards ceremony were coordinated b NGA Coordinator, Safiya Scott and NGA Data Teacher Leader, Dawn Sales. NORTHEAST NINTH GRADERS START EARLY STORM Academy ninth grade students took advantage of the opportunity to start earning service hours early in their high school career by participating in Campus Clean Up! Students signed up to participate and worked to beautify the area around NEHS’s South Building by adding foliage. Plants were donated by a community partner helped ninth graders start working towards earning service hours for graduation. Northeast HS’s AP Allan Thompson (center) at Stand Out Students at Awards Ceremony.

NGA Gallery ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ Type to enter text

Stranahan HS: Good Soles for Good Souls

Northeast HS Campus Cleanup!

School Board Member Abby Freedman visits Coral Springs HS’s College and Career Fair

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Office&of&Talent&Development! Professional!Learning!and!Continuing!Education! !

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Dr.!Elisa!Calabrese,!Chief!Talent!Development!Officer! Gracie!Diaz,!Director,!Performance!Evaluations!and!Teacher!Incentive!Fund!! Dr.!Sharon!Moffitt,!Director,!Leadership!Development! Heather!Parente,!Director,!Employee!Evaluations! Linda!Whitehead,!Director,!Teacher!Development! Bette!Zippin,!Director,!Professional!Development!Support! !

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