CET? CE? What?

What's going on with this period labeled CET? Or is it CE? CET is short for Community Enrichment Time. It will be a time when students in our school community are assigned to another class based on the scores of their NWEA tests.

Students who are not at grade level in reading or math will be assigned to a booster class that meets during the CET, or CE, time on their schedule. These students will meet in small groups lead by a teacher of the specific content area. They will work on skills and gain the knowledge needed to boost their scores and get them on, or closer to, grade level.

Students who score on or above grade level on their NWEA tests will be assigned to enrichment classe(s). Some students are already attending enrichment classes. Band and chorus are both enrichment classes and the sixth graders started meeting for these during the CET block this week. A few of the other enrichment classes that have been offered in the past included orienteering, cribbage, Math Olympiad, poetry, mummification experiments, bridge project, chemistry, book club, and writing workshop. Finalization of the enrichment classes for this year have yet to be finalized but we will let you know soon!

So, until we get all our data from NWEA, are able to sift through it and assign students (probably the beginning of October) we will be using CET in a variety of ways. We have been setting norms in our classroom and '6West' team, getting organized, participating in team building activities, getting some time outside to play and using it as a study hall. By the way, we call study hall "AST" at the middle school. But that's a different post!