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Dessert: chocolate banana bread pudding

Rolling Grades- Rolling over from One Year to the Next

I’ve written previously about our Rolling Grades model in the CRTC.  In essence, a student’s grade on competencies is completely based on his/her most recent performance on a major summative assessment.  Quarter reports are no longer 10 weeks windows of time, but reflect a student’s performance from the first day of school.  The students in the CRTC are in support of this model based on the data we have.

Almost all CRTC programs run for two years.  Enrollment each year is competitive and not all students can (or choose to) return.  In any case, we asked our junior class student leaders (over 40 of them) if we should "roll" grades from their first year (culminating in Q4) into the start of the second year (Q5-Q8) in the same manner we roll grade from Q2 to Q3.   For example, if 10 competencies were active in Q4, then those 10 would be part of the Q5 grade from day one of the second year.    

The CRTC has a group of student leaders called LADs (Leadership Advisors to the Director).  We bring our thoughts, dilemmas, and plans to this group for some honest (often brutal) feedback.  Last Wednesday the group debated this issue in a robust manner and there was significant disagreement.  Ideas did change because of the discussion.  A theme throughout is whether a student who did not do well on a competency, during its prescribed time, should have the opportunity to be assessed on it again.  Students debated the difference between competencies that seemed to be “one and done” versus others that continue seemingly forever.  For example, Health Science students framed their competencies in distinct windows, while Construction Tech students saw their competencies as constants.

Below is an email to me from Nate Cushman,  a LAD from our Auto Tech program.  He was doing some processing at the end of the meeting and wanted to give me his thoughts:

I have been pondering on the idea of rolling the grades over from the previous year.  I believe that your grades should roll over from your first year.  I have a good scenario for why I believe this.  I do upholstery every day after school.  I started towards the end of last summer.  When I started, I had no experience with reupholstering furniture, so I started as a stripper.  When a piece came into the shop I would strip it.  As I became faster at stripping, I paid attention to what I was stripping.  I started to learn how the pieces were put together.  I learned how to fix a loose frame and touch up any imperfections in the wood. My boss then started teaching me how to recover. And after 7 months, I have gone up two dollars in pay and can strip a piece of furniture and recover it in an efficient amount of time.  Also, I continue to gain experience and knowledge every day I am in the shop.  Now after 7 months, if I were to take a month off from work and then return, I would be expected to still have the knowledge I learned over the first 7 months.  My point being that even though it's a new year in school, we as students and future employees are responsible for retaining the knowledge we learned the previous year, as our employers would expect.  Thank you for your time.   I hope my theory can help in your decision making.

Steve Rothenberg CRTC Director

CRTC Q2 Honor Roll

The Students below have made our CRTC Honor Roll for Quarter 2. The criteria is to have an 87 - 91  in both your soft and hard skills. Congratulations to all the hard work these students have put in!

CRTC Honor Roll-Grade 12 

Kelley Crowe 

Benjamin Stadnicki 

Mitchel Britos 

Mariah Golec 

Gabrielle Bartlett 

Benjamin Marston 

Robyn Bajraktari 

Julian Townsend 

Arthur Anderson 

Cote Parent 

James Birtwell V 

Britney Fowler 

Emily Golomb 

Robert Margeson 

Brooke Cotton 

Jessica Belanger 

Mia Walton 

Bethany Sobozenski 

Amy Wittel 

Joseph Sliva 

Spencer Haywood 

Maegan Cudworth 

Andrew Moffett 

Ian Zaczyk 

Brian Rubner 

Victoria Nicholas 

Kelsey Belanger 

Reagan Dombrowski 

Kimberly Green 

Cameron Bernard 

Zackarey Blye 

David Marston 

Zachary Sawyer 

Kasey Williams 

Alycia Daniels 

Erica Martin 

Cassidy Emerson 

Victoria Tyler 

Austin Coggeshall 

Veronyca Daniels 

Maryellen Gale 

Brandon Benedict 

Adam Hunneyman 

Maranda Bush 

Spencer Carney 

CRTC Honor Roll-Grade 11 

Halle Blomback 

Amanda Merrifield 

Danielle Brouillet 

Olivia Cattabriga 

Briana Wright 

Marissa Neal 

Shannon Benson 

Douglas Foy 

Kyler Stevenson 

Eden McInturff 

Matrayia Stanford 

Lilian Wainaina 

Katie Lafond 

Chance Spinney 

Drew Wunderli 

Megan Fraser 

Austin Hawkes 

Baylie Phinney 

Lindsay Balch 

Brittany Warren 

Isaac Abbott 

Cheyenne Boucher 

Hannah Cunningham 

Alison Wolfe 

Brooke Audet 

Jack Kretovic 

Rachel Milton 

Stephen Moran 

Tyler Hurd 

Taylor Carchide 

Meghan Hall 

Nicholas Matte 

Katelyn LaCombe 

Madison Frederick 

Jakob Ulrich 

Emily Haselton 

Kiera King 

Taylor Smith 

Joshua Saturley 

Alexis Kelley 

Taylor Bolton 

Amelia Ramsey 

Anita Pandey 

Dorothy Salter 

Larysa Marienko 

Hailey Carter 

Sarah Allie 

Molly Brochu 

Cassie Carey 

James Downs 

Isabel Hoyt 

Joli White 

Jillian Allaire 

Madison Allen 

Evan Bowie 

Samantha Clapp 

Jacob Zelonis 

Madison Constant 

Kristen Duval 

Cameron Parris 

Brycen Horne 

Riley Charron 

Crysta Caporale 

Emilia Ferrera 

Sarah Jacques 

Rebecca-Jean Paradis 

CRTC Honor Roll-Grade 10 

Hannah Elsnau 

Mitchell Mullen

CRTC Quarter 2 Directors List

The Students below have made our CRTC Directors list for Quarter 2. The criteria is to have a 92 or higher in both your soft and hard skills. Congratulations to all the hard work these students have put in!

CRTC Directors List- Grade 12 

Arthur Aznive Jr. 

John Michael Yatco 

Heather Stiles 

Hannah Linquata 

Corinne LeBell 

Leonard Galvin III 

Austin Chiang 

Kaleigh Otto 

Erica Towne 

Mariana Lassonde 

Kyle Belouin 

William Thibeault 

Jacob Chadwick 

Anna McFarlin 

Elias Parsons 

Alexandra Byrne 

Ashley Chapman 

Holly Mitchell 

Ariadna McLeod 

Bethany Mullen 

Rachel Hutchinson 

Annah Piroso 

Oliver Noble 

Robert Hollins 

Andrew Saffian 

Maxwell Foisey 

Kimberly LaForge 

Sabrina Marquis 

Austin Martin 

Jessica Caldwell 

Michael Kistner 

Sarah Hubbard 

Sydney Moore 

Madison Pellerin 

CRTC Directors List- Grade 11 

Mackenzie Evans 

Celine Burrows 

Alexander Rhodes 

Haley Roy 

Nicole Carr 

Kaitlyn Roukey 

Victoria Pendak 

Shea Mathews 

Kaylee Lane 

Brittany Lepage 

Alexander Saveliev 

Meaghan Bannister 

Mariah Bernier 

Benjamin Yusko 

Jocelyn Bessette 

Jaret Foote 

Nathan Cushman 

Cailin Casey 

Amanda McDermott 

Samantha Turner 

Sabrina Johnson 

Moriah McInturff 

Owen Armbricht 

Andrew Berry 

Hillary McMullen 

Abbey Rancourt 

Connor Terrel 

Emily Redlon 

Alyssa Pepin 

Ryan Jaworski 

Calvin Szumierz 

Alec Decato 

Travis Calley 

Nick Suarez 

Connor Forsythe 

Jordan Mahoney 

Justin Mailhot 

Chelsea Bard 

Rachel Stottlar

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