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School Enrollment, October 1, 2016

PK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total

Harry Lee Cole 41 89 109 88 327
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Spofford Pond 92 99 106 131 428
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Total PK-6 41 89 109 88 92 99 106 131 755
Enrollment

Curriculum and Program Development

The Boxford Elementary Schools maintain a website that contains detailed information about our ongoing
initiatives in curriculum, instruction and professional development. These web-based resources can be
located at http://www.tritownschoolunion.com/district/curriculum-0.

Educators continue to implement lessons that align with the Massachusetts Frameworks in English
Language Arts and Mathematics and have participated in ongoing professional development to support
these subject areas since the adoption of the revised standards in 2010. The roll-out of the Fundations
Language Word Study program is complete with the implementation of the program in grade three. The
Tri-Town Reading Committee began developing Reading Units of Study for grades K-2. Teachers have
volunteered to pilot individual units and provide feedback to those developing the units. Massachusetts
officially adopted new Science and Technology/Engineering standards in spring of 2016. The Tri-Town
Science Committee spent the year evaluating Science programs and identified two programs to pilot. The
pilot took place in the fall of 2016 and the Committee has made the recommendation to adopt the Scott
Foresman Science program for Pre-K, Inspire Science for Grades K-5 and iScience for Grade 6.
The Tri-Town School Union leadership team and the Masconomet leadership team meet regularly
throughout the school year to collaborate and communicate about curriculum, instruction, and joint
initiatives. The Life is Good community read initiative was a product of these discussions ultimately
resulting in a year-long Tri-Town wide event focusing on the ten superpowers identified in the book, with
both school districts, the town librarians, and Tri-Town Council. These ten monthly superpowers
(openness, creativity, gratitude, compassion, authenticity, love, fun, humor, simplicity, and courage) were
infused into the existing curriculum in a variety of creative and meaningful ways.
Professional Development: Educators participated in a variety of professional development courses
during this past school year. Below is a list of the in-district courses offered.

● Reader’s Workshop (K-2)
● Reader’s Workshop (3-6)
● Pedagogy- Best Instructional Practices (PK-6)
● Close Reading (3-6)
● Fundations Training for grade 3 Teachers
● Bar Model Bootcamp- Math problem solving with the bar model method