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Worcester Public Schools to Present Awards to Outstanding Seniors in the Arts

Thursday, May 05, 2016

 

3 Students fro North High will receive awards

Worcester Public schools have announced the 2016 Class of Outstanding Seniors in the Arts. The students will be recognized at a ceremony and luncheon in their honor to take place on Friday, May 6 at noon in the Saxe Room of the Worcester Public Library. 

The students are selected not only for their hard work and mastery of artistic concepts but also their dedication to the development of the arts pathways at their schools. 

The students are as follows:

 

Burncoat High School

Elisander Rivera-Sanchez - Music
Sivan Amir - Theater
Calista Burgos - Dance
Laurana Nyman - Visual Arts

Claremont Academy

Bryan Feliz - Music
Tiffany Polanco - Visual Arts

Doherty Memorial High School

Thomas Dang - Music
Liz Flynn - Theater
Moniroath Nam - Visual Arts

North High School

Javier Cotto-Carreras - Music
Zachary Tormey - Theater
Sabrina Martino - Visual Arts

South High Community School

Rachel Anderson - Music
Katherine MacInnes - Visual Arts

University Park Campus School

Johnny Bui - Theater
Lillian Johnson- Visual Arts

Worcester Technical High School

Jessienyia Climes-Rivera - Music
Darius Wright - Theater

 

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Mitchell Chester

Commissioner, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

“We are in the middle of a two-year tryout of the PARCC. You wouldn’t buy a car without taking it for a test drive. We know we have some items that need revision, that students found them confusing."

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Dianna L. Biancheria

Worcester School Committee

“I don’t want to see a hybrid of both tests; I want to see one or the other. The way I look at it is that the school district is prepared for PARCC testing or it isn’t. As a district, if we are ready and all factors are in place, then I see us moving forward. To split up the district would be irresponsible.”

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John L. Foley

Worcester School Committee

“There will always be some form of assessment tool in place to look at student achievement. The biggest concern that I have with moving to PARCC testing is that we lose the continuity of testing. Any sort of curriculum shift will render previous scores irrelevant. But then again, you always have to start somewhere.”

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David Perda

Chief Research & Accountability Officer, Worcester Public School District

“With any new initiative there is always a form of a learning curve. It would make it easier on the district if we could do some sort of hybrid. As a district, we don’t currently have any recommendation yet, but we are still giving it a lot of consideration; we have been asking a variety of people within the district about their opinion.”

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John F. Monfredo

Worcester School Committee

“I would like to get additional facts on PARCC testing. If PARCC is the next coming of MCAS then I want to find out exactly what we have to do and what some of the advantages could be. I would like a postponement of another year so that we can make an intelligent decision.”

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Tracy O'Connell Novick

Worcester School Committee

“I think it is unfortunate that we have to choose between two different standardized tests; we are choosing between two equally bad options. Teachers are evaluating students all of the time. We don’t need a formalized test which is something that is so outside of the classroom.”

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Linda Noonan

Executive Director, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education

“MCAS is a good test for basic skills and testing for proficiency, but it is a basic test. It doesn’t test college readiness. We need to have an assessment in place properly tests whether or students are ready for higher education.”

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Brian A. O'Connell

Worcester School Committee

“The MCAS was developed specifically for Massachusetts as the standard. I’m concerned with PARCC testing because it is based on a national standard, whereas in Massachusetts we hold ourselves to a higher standard. I think that we should have a test that is tailor made to our state’s individual needs.”

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Hilda Ramirez

Worcester School Committee

“PARCC testing has been designed to test students on college readiness and 21st Century skills. A computerized test shouldn’t be a surprise; this is why the district put an emphasis of improving our technology infrastructure. I believe that the right steps are being taken to help districts align to PARCC.”

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JC Considine

Chief of Staff, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

“I wouldn’t be surprised if the state came down to a 50-50 split. We are hoping for a good split so that we can make sure that both sides are accurately represented, so that when the time comes, we can make a decision as a state.”

 
 

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