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Easton Educators to Attend Conference on Substance Use Prevention in Montana

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Easton Public Schools
Dr. Lisha Cabral, Superintendent
50 Oliver St.
North Easton, MA 02356

For Immediate Release

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Media Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Easton Educators to Attend Conference on Substance Use Prevention in Montana

EASTON – Superintendent Lisha Cabral is pleased to share that Oliver Ames High School Principal Wes Paul and health teacher Justin Tienhaara will attend the Montana Summer Institute conference next week.

The conference will be held from June 24-28 in Big Sky, Montana. The Montana Summer Institute invites public health professionals, teachers, administrators and others from across the nation to learn how to build healthy, resilient communities by focusing on the positive and celebrating healthy behaviors.

The conference and trip is part of a partnership between Easton Public Schools and Easton Wings of Hope to prevent youth substance use. Easton Wings of Hope is a community coalition that strives to help guide Easton’s youth toward making healthy choices that are recognized, valued and accessible to all. Its mission is to prevent youth substance use through education, awareness and policy change.

The trip is part of Easton Wings of Hope’s first positive community norms campaign. By focusing on positive community norms, Wings of Hope and Easton Public Schools will work together to help Easton’s youth choose to be healthy and substance-free.

Superintendent Cabral would like to thank the Wings of Hope coalition for funding the trip and entry to the conference.

Recognizing positive community norms is an approach used by Dr. Jeff Linkenbach, of the Montana Institute. The approach is used to transform public health by emphasizing the healthy behaviors that are already present in a community. This is achieved by addressing misconceptions and stigmas surrounding unhealthy behaviors, such as youth substance use.

“I am hoping that this conference will provide educators with a variety ways that we can further celebrate and reinforce the good that we have in our community and school system,” Principal Paul said. “We want to empower our students to have a strong influence on one another when it comes to the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle with positive life choices.”

To learn more about Easton Wings of Hope, visit www.eastonwingsofhope.org. For more information on the Montana Summer Institute, visit www.montanainstitute.com.

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Easton Middle School to Host Massachusetts STEM Week Professional Development Training

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Easton Public Schools
Dr. Lisha Cabral, Superintendent
50 Oliver St.
North Easton, MA 02356

For Immediate Release

Friday, June 7, 2019

Media Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Easton Middle School to Host Massachusetts STEM Week Professional Development Training

EASTON — Superintendent Lisha Cabral is pleased to share that approximately 120 educators will attend a professional development Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) training at Easton Middle School this June.

On Monday, June 17, and Tuesday, June 18, at Easton Middle School, approximately 70 Easton educators and 50 others from nearby communities will attend an i2 Learning training in preparation for the second annual Massachusetts STEM week this October.

The first Massachusetts STEM Week was held in October 2018 in an effort by the Baker-Polito Administration to support middle school students’ interest in STEM education.

i2 Learning is an organization that works to offer students hands-on, immersive STEM learning opportunities by providing professional development, project materials and online support to schools, free of charge. The organization’s services are funded entirely by donations from corporations, local foundations and other organizations including Vertex, Mathworks, State Street, Lynch Foundation, Shah Family Foundation, Boston Foundation and the Massachusetts Life Science Center.

“We’re thrilled to be offering this professional development opportunity to educators from Easton and neighboring communities,” Superintendent Cabral said. “STEM week is a wonderful opportunity for schools to really submerge students in STEM topics and projects, and i2 Learning’s programming and assistance will really bring this October’s events to the next level.”

Educators at the June training will review the engineering design process and project-based learning principles. They will then take on the role of their students and participate in the activities their classes will be tasked with this fall.

“Our staff is looking forward to this opportunity, and the exciting STEM lessons our students will be engaging in this fall,” Superintendent Cabral said. “Thank you to i2 Learning for providing us with the resources and support to give our students a STEM week experience that will fully submerge them in these topics.”

This summer, i2Learning will offer 12-15 workshops and train upwards of 700 Massachusetts educators for this year’s STEM week.

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Easton Police, School Officials Address Rumors Circulating Following Alleged Threat Made by Student

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For Immediate Release

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Media Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Easton Police, School Officials Address Rumors Circulating Following Alleged Threat Made by Student

Rumors Unfounded — No Credible Threat or Danger to School Community

EASTON — Police Chief Gary Sullivan and Superintendent Lisha Cabral are today addressing rumors that have been circulating on social media following a verbal threat that a student allegedly made toward another student at the Easton Middle School this week.

On Monday night, Easton Middle School officials were notified that a student had allegedly verbally threatened to harm another student during the school day. School officials immediately launched an investigation and notified Easton Police. The student who made the alleged threat was punished in accordance with the school district’s student code of conduct, and school and police officials determined that the threat was not credible.

This afternoon, rumors have begun to circulate about this incident, and parents have made inquiries about these rumors to police and school officials. Officials have determined that the rumors are unfounded and that there is no danger to the school community.

Anyone who has further questions concerns should contact the Easton Public Schools administrative office at 508-230-3202.

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Easton Middle School Students to Present at Statehouse Learning Showcase

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Easton Public Schools
Dr. Lisha Cabral, Superintendent
50 Oliver St.
North Easton, MA 02356

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Media Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Easton Middle School Students to Present at Statehouse Learning Showcase

EASTON — Superintendent Lisha Cabral is pleased to share that four Easton Middle School students will present videos they created using green screen technology at the State House this June.

Four students, sixth grader Anthony Rhodes; seventh grader Antonia Saade; sixth grader Robert Dobbin; and seventh grader Isabel Domenico, will give presentations to legislators at Education Evolution, a learning showcase, in the Hall of Flags at the State House on Wednesday, June 5. The students will be accompanied at the showcase by Jessica Garbowski, a media specialist at Easton Middle School, and Jeanne Baxter, a sixth grade teacher.

The showcase is being held by Massachusetts Computer Using Educators (MassCUE), a Massachusetts affiliate of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

Students will give presentations at the showcase about projects and coursework they’ve completed with the assistance of various technologies. The goal of the event is to highlight the technology available to support children and teens in the classroom as they become global citizens. Groups of between two and four students were selected to present after an application process earlier this school year.

All four Easton Middle School students will present projects they created in their sixth grade social studies class under the guidance of their teacher, Jeanne Baxter. The students used a “Think Tank,” an innovative classroom space with flexible furniture, collaborative devices and state-of-the-art technology including iPad Minis with tripods, Chromebooks, Chromecasts, a Promethean Interactive panel, green screens and six smart TVs, to create videos about topics such as Ancient Greece and early man. The students researched their topics for their videos, wrote scripts, created storyboards, acted and edited their videos.

“These students are thrilled to have the opportunity to present their projects to their representatives and explain how this technology enhanced their learning of these topics,” Garbowski said. “Integrating this technology into their studies has allowed them to be creative and brought their analysis of these civilizations to another level.”

Across the state, 40 student groups were chosen to present in the showcase.

“It’s an honor that our students were selected to share some of the work we’re doing here at Easton Public Schools to bring technology into the classroom to supplement and augment student learning,” Superintendent Cabral said. “It’s also thrilling to see how excited our middle school students were to use this technology to create these projects and elevate their studies.”

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