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by Amie Santos
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Put Northeast Metro Tech Students to work!!!!!!
Northeast Metropolitan Vocational School District is currently seeking cooperative education employment for our talented and motivated students. Our co-op students are eligible to work full time in paid positions every other week during the school year. Our students have been learning in their designated career/ technical areas and are eager to gain more hands on experience. Please be advised that our students are OSHA certified and have met the required career /technical competencies in accordance with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education vocational frameworks in their field of study. We have had many students go on to full time careers with their cooperative education placement.
If you would like to take part in this mutually beneficial program , please contact me, Rosemary Pisani, Co-Operative Education Coordinator at rpisani@northeastmetrotech.com or 781-246-0810 X 1308. To view a listing of the career/technical areas available please visit our website www.northeastmetrotech.com. Let’s work together to get this next generation of talented, skilled workers employed.
by Leah Comins
Superintendent David DiBarri announces that students will follow a hybrid teaching model this fall for the start of the 2020-21 school year.
The reopening plans combines recommendations and guidelines from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) for all schools and vocational technical schools, and was presented and approved by the School Committee on Thursday, Aug. 13.
The first day of school for students will be Monday, Sept. 14. For this first week only, students will take part in remote learning, where they will meet their teachers and learn the school’s new health and wellness policies and expectations.
Starting Monday, Sept. 21, students will be separated into two groups, which will allow for approximately 50% of students to be in the building at any given time on an alternating schedule. Students will be grouped into cohorts for their academic courses, and will resume their career and technical education through their shops.
The school will maintain its Week A/B schedule, where students will take their academic courses one week and their shop courses the next. During the academic week, students attending in-person and remotely will follow a six period schedule and the school day will be reduced to allow students to take their lunches to go. Remote and in-person learning will alternate every other day.
Families will be contacted prior to the first day of school be mailed with their student’s cohort information and schedule. Parents and guardians will be able to choose an all-remote option for students as well, and will receive an email and reminder phone call from the school on Monday where they’ll be able to make that choice.
“For many reasons, we feel 100%, in-person learning would not be in the best interest of our students, faculty or staff, nor would we be able to meet the social distancing requirements DESE has issued,” Superintendent DiBarri said. “The health and well being of every single member of the Northeast Metro Tech community is and will always be our number one priority, and this will continue to be the key factor in any decisions pertaining to hybrid or remote learning we make going forward.”
Students and staff will follow multiple health and safety measures to reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19, such as:
DESE’s guidance also provides specific health and safety guidelines for the culinary arts, early education and care, cosmetology, automotive technology and automotive collision, and graphic communications and marketing programs for the initial months of the academic year. These guidelines include limiting interaction with the public, setting up disinfecting stations, providing appointment-based services only and utilizing online payment methods.
Additionally, co-op placement and internships will be limited to seniors only. Furthermore, clinical sites for health careers are not accepting students at this time due to the increased risk of exposure to COVID-19. It is expected that students will not be able to work at these clinical sites for at least the first two months of the school year and the district will share any updates after that time.
The plan will be flexible in order to adapt to any changes that may need to be made as the situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic changes, and the district is prepared to transition back to 100% remote learning if necessary.
An online version of the plan will be available to read on the district’s website in the coming days.
by Leah Comins
Superintendent David DiBarri and Department Head of Humanities Joseph O’Brien Jr. are pleased to announce this year’s Summer Enrichment Program will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic and begin next week.
Starting Monday, July 13, over 180 students will be taking part in the two-week program designed to give incoming freshmen an insight into the programs offered at Northeast Metro Tech. While this program is usually held in person, this year’s will be held virtually using Zoom and Google Classrooms due to the COVID-19 global health pandemic.
However, the overall design of the program will mirror the way it’s been held in the past. Students will cycle through six of the eight different programs over the next two weeks: automotive technology, baking, cosmetology, culinary arts, design and visual communications, drafting and design, electrical work and STEM.
Learning will be two-fold. Teachers will create a Zoom presentation to give students insight into each program and then lead students in an interactive lesson using at-home kits created for students that were dropped off at their homes earlier this week. For example, students trying out the electrical program demonstration will use a 9-volt battery to turn on a light, those in the drafting and design program will design a home and those in the culinary program will be given the recipe and tools needed to bake bread.
Students will also be given Google Chromebooks and a summer reading assignment as part of the program.
“The amount of students who have signed up for this year’s programs shows just how important it is in preparing them for the fall,“ said O’Brien, who heads the program. “The staff working on the Summer Enrichment Program have been doing a great job getting everything prepared and creating interactive kits so students can have a hands-on experience while partaking at home to gain more insight into the work they’re interested in.”
This is the 20th year that the Summer Enrichment Program has been held.
“Joe and the rest of the staff who put together this program for our newest students have really taken this challenge head on and created an amazing opportunity for the incoming freshmen to have this experience while we continue remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Superintendent DiBarri said. “We look forward to welcoming students at the start of the program next week and hope they have an incredible experience.”
Anyone with questions about the program can contact O’Brien at jobrien@northeastmetrotech.com.
by Leah Comins
Superintendent David DiBarri and Principal Carla Scuzzarella are pleased to announce the underclassmen winners for this year’s Craftsmanship and Academic Excellence Awards.
The awards are given to the students who demonstrated consistent growth and mastery in their chosen program or academic subject throughout the school year. Awards were mailed out to recipients at the end of June.
“I’m incredibly proud of the work each of these students have done over the course of the year to earn this well-deserved recognition,” Principal Scuzzarella said. “They represent a great commitment to their learning and are excellent examples of what Northeast Metro Tech students are capable of accomplishing.”
The winners for each program or subject are:
“Congratulations to this year’s award recipients,” said Superintendent DiBarri. “You’ve done incredible work, even with the transition to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we can’t wait to see what you will continue to accomplish.”