Bartlett Ninth Grade Academy
News and Announcements
BHS and the Academy Recognized for Second Consecutive Reward School Designation
Thanks to the BCS Board of Education for recognizing BHS and the Academy for their second consecutive Reward School designation by the State of Tennessee.
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Check PowerSchool Attendance Weekly
Parents, please remember to check your child’s attendance on PowerSchool weekly, or after you have sent in a note. We have a very small window of time for making corrections, and we want your child’s attendance record to be 100% accurate. Sometimes notes don’t make it to the Attendance Office for one reason or another.
Emails (to vmoser@bartlettschools.org, jtaylor2@bartlettschools.org, or jmcdonald@bartlettschools.org) are always a good way to send a note or follow-up on a written note. Weekly checks will hopefully prevent situations at the end of the grading period, the semester, or the year, where we have inaccurate information and lack the ability to make changes.
Students, you can also monitor your attendance on PowerSchool and let us know about errors. This is good practice for second semester when you want to remain eligible for exam exemptions at the end of the year.
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Emails (to vmoser@bartlettschools.org, jtaylor2@bartlettschools.org, or jmcdonald@bartlettschools.org) are always a good way to send a note or follow-up on a written note. Weekly checks will hopefully prevent situations at the end of the grading period, the semester, or the year, where we have inaccurate information and lack the ability to make changes.
Students, you can also monitor your attendance on PowerSchool and let us know about errors. This is good practice for second semester when you want to remain eligible for exam exemptions at the end of the year.
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Parents, here are some resources that support CPM for Algebra and Geometry.
Parent Guide
<http://cpm.org/cca-additional-resources#parentguide>
Parent Homework Help:
https://homework.cpm.org/cpm-homework/homework/category/CC/textbook/CCA
Additional Practice sites and explanations
http://www.classzone.com/books/algebra_1_cs/index.cfm
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra
https://www.mathopolis.com/questions/skills.php?year=A1
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<http://cpm.org/cca-additional-resources#parentguide>
Parent Homework Help:
https://homework.cpm.org/cpm-homework/homework/category/CC/textbook/CCA
Additional Practice sites and explanations
http://www.classzone.com/books/algebra_1_cs/index.cfm
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra
https://www.mathopolis.com/questions/skills.php?year=A1
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Productive Struggle Is a Learner's Sweet Spot
“Rigor is a buzzword in today's educational circles, but there are many misunderstandings about the concept. Although rigor means having high expectations for all students, those expectations must be accompanied by appropriate support. Student success occurs when you create an instructional environment that sets high expectations for each student and provides scaffolding without offering excessive help. The key is to incorporate productive struggle.
Productive struggle is what I call the "sweet spot" in between scaffolding and support. Rather than immediately helping students at the first sign of trouble, we should allow them to work through struggles independently before we offer assistance. That may sound counterintuitive, since many of us assume that helping students learn means protecting them from negative feelings of frustration. But for students to become independent learners, they must learn to persist in the face of challenge.”
- Barbara R. Blackburn, Productive Struggle Is a Learner's Sweet Spot - Educational Leadership, December 13, 2018 | Volume 14 | Issue 11
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Productive struggle is what I call the "sweet spot" in between scaffolding and support. Rather than immediately helping students at the first sign of trouble, we should allow them to work through struggles independently before we offer assistance. That may sound counterintuitive, since many of us assume that helping students learn means protecting them from negative feelings of frustration. But for students to become independent learners, they must learn to persist in the face of challenge.”
- Barbara R. Blackburn, Productive Struggle Is a Learner's Sweet Spot - Educational Leadership, December 13, 2018 | Volume 14 | Issue 11
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