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Superintendents’ Message
- Welcome to SAU #53
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- Serving the school
districts of Allenstown, Chichester,
Deerfield
, Epsom, and Pembroke
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- Welcome to the SAU #53
website! Take some time to explore and to learn about SAU #53 and
the five districts it serves. The five districts of Allenstown,
Chichester, Deerfield, Epsom, and Pembroke provide the pre-K-12
educational experiences for approximately 3500 students. Pembroke
Academy provides the high school experience for the communities of
Allenstown, Chichester, Epsom, and Pembroke, while students in the
Deerfield community travel to Concord for their high school program.
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- Spring is here and soon
our schools will be holding end-of-year celebrations and
events. Before we know it, the 2008-2009 school year will come
to a close and we will have completed our first year in our
current positions. It is hard to believe that a year has gone
by!
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- Much has taken place
over the course of the year and we are excited about the
progress made and the positive energy throughout the SAU as we
continue to develop as a Professional Learning Community. We
have moved forward with the implementation of our “Action Plan”
which focuses on six areas for improvement: communication,
collaboration, curriculum/instruction/assessment, visibility,
discipline, and the SAU #53 Central Office.
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- In the area of
communication, we continue to publish a Superintendents’ message
on the website, attend various school and community functions,
and most recently have used SAKAI to send podcasts to all the
faculties and staff throughout the SAU. Our SAU #53 Leadership
Team continues to meet monthly and we have successfully
completed “School Walks” in 8 out of 10 buildings with the final
two building visits planned for May and June.
- We continue to look for
new ways to provide opportunities for collaboration. An SAU-wide
Professional Development Day was held at the end of March which
allotted time for grade level teachers from across the SAU to
meet and share ideas. SAU-wide book study groups are being
conducted providing another mechanisms for teachers to get
together to discuss educational topics of interest.
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- At the forefront of
what we do each day is Curriculum/Instruction/Assessment. Our
Literacy/Numeracy Task Force has successfully completed a survey
for teachers and one for students will be conducted before the
end of the school year. We will be working with a noted
consultant next year who will support our teachers in the area
of Numeracy instruction. A survey to evaluate the effectiveness
of our current curriculum model is being completed by faculties
before the end of April. The analysis of this data will be part
of our SAU #53 Leadership Retreat in August. We continue the
conversation around curriculum mapping and data teams. We have
also had the opportunity to analyze and discuss NECAP data with
each of our districts. We are pleased to announce that all of
the schools in Pembroke, Chichester Central School, and
Allenstown Elementary School made adequate yearly progress (AYP).
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- We are proud of the
accomplishments in the area of visibility. We continue to visit
at least one school each day, spend time in classrooms, and
engage in conversations with faculty and staff. We truly enjoy
the time spent in each building and especially look forward to
our many discussions with students. Seeing teaching and
learning “up close and personal” is the highlight of our days.
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- In the area of
discipline, we continue to discuss policies and procedures, in
addition to looking for additional ways to keep students safe in
environments that focus on learning. Positive behavior
approaches have been explored and will be shared with each
district.
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- Many positive changes
have occurred in the SAU #53 Central Office. We have instituted
various new processes and procedures to improve communication
with each of our districts and the public. Utilization of
SAKAI, the SAU #53 website, and Alert Now have been instrumental
in our success in this area. We constantly promote our “Open
Door” policy and positive work environment for all of our
employees.
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- The entire “Action Plan PowerPoint Presentation”
including actions, goals, and strategies can be found as a link on
our website. This
“Action Plan” (click
here to view*)
continues to drive our work and will serve as the
foundation for a strategic plan that will include a vision, mission,
values, and beliefs.
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- Technology education and
integration continue to be at the forefront of what we do each day.
Recently, a group of teachers and administrators presented our work in
“SAKAI” to the entire SAU #53 professional staff and a large group of
educators from around the state. “SAKAI” is a technology rich
collaborative learning community which is a fun and exciting place for
news, learning, sharing, courses, competencies, and portfolios. To
learn more about “SAKAI” check out the link from our front page.
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- We are pleased to report that
three of our districts, Chichester, Epsom, and Pembroke successfully
passed budgets for the 2009-2010 school year. Allenstown and Deerfield
will be operating under default budgets for the next school year.
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- On a final note, we would like
to welcome all of our newly elected School Board members. In Deerfield,
we are pleased to be joined by Maryann Clark and Gregg Williams. In
Epsom, Joy Tyrrell and David Cummings join the Board. Fred Kline joins
the Pembroke School Board. We look forward to working with these new
members.
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- We invite you to get to know
more about our schools and the achievements throughout our SAU. Please
feel free to e-mail us at
pwarburton@sau53.org or
gpaludi@sau53.org or stop by our office and visit. Our doors are
always open!
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- Mr. Peter Warburton
- Superintendent
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- Dr. Gail E. Paludi
- Assistant Superintendent
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- *This is a Microsoft Office
PowerPoint presentation and you will need Microsoft Office PowerPoint
or PowerPoint Viewer installed on your computer to view it. To
download the PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft for free please
go
here.
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Superintendents'
Message January 2010
- Our five districts of
Allenstown, Chichester, Deerfield, Epsom, and Pembroke provide the
pre-K -12 educational experiences for approximately 3500 students.
Pembroke Academy provides the high school experience for the
communities of Allenstown, Chichester, Epsom, and Pembroke, while
students in the Deerfield community travel to Concord for their high
school program.
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