DESE Update: April 5th, 2019
1. Message from Commissioner Riley about the 10th Grade English Language Arts MCAS: The Department heard from Boston Public Schools administrators on Friday, March 29, that some students had raised concerns about an essay prompt that was near the end of the 10th grade English language arts MCAS test. On Sunday, March 31, I decided […]
March 26, 2018
Dear Colleagues, It has been wonderful to see so many at the regional meetings (that weren’t cancelled due to weather conditions!) recently. The regional network that has been developed for all public and non-public school nurses has provided us a wonderful opportunity to meet the goals of promoting strong school nursing clinical practice and developing leadership skills […]
January 4, 2017
Dear Colleagues, Happy New Year! Welcome to 2017!! This email is packed full of news of events, seminars, workshops and other information essential to ALL school nurses. Please be sure to forward to all School Nurses in your community! Please note the attached memo concerning vision screening protocols. Apparently, an older version was circulated recently […]