2009 Annual Report.pdf - Town of Milton
2009 Annual Report.pdf - Town of Milton
2009 Annual Report.pdf - Town of Milton
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MILTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS<br />
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS<br />
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE<br />
AND<br />
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS<br />
2008-<strong>2009</strong><br />
The Students and the Schools<br />
The school year began under the new <strong>Milton</strong> Public School leadership team<br />
<strong>of</strong> Superintendent Mary Gormley and Assistant Superintendents John Phelan<br />
and Paul Hilton.<br />
Our district includes four elementary schools, one middle school and one<br />
high school. We also include two pre-K classrooms as well as the <strong>Milton</strong> Community<br />
Schools, which runs before- and after-school programs. Our district <strong>of</strong>fers<br />
Adult Education courses throughout the year, as well as private music<br />
instruction for students, school vacation camps, Summer Enrichment opportunities<br />
and weekly summer camps.<br />
As <strong>of</strong> June, <strong>2009</strong>, <strong>Milton</strong>’s total enrollment was 3,961 students in our public<br />
schools, a figure that rose by 86 students (2.2%) from the previous June.<br />
In the 2008-<strong>2009</strong> year, as in the past, the <strong>Milton</strong> Public Schools educated<br />
high-performing students. Our high school students are accepted at highly competitive<br />
colleges and universities at a rate that is significantly higher than in<br />
most other school districts.<br />
We reinforced our district’s core values, which are: High Academic<br />
Achievement for All Students, Excellence in the Classroom, Collaborative Relationships<br />
and Communication, Respect for Human Differences, Risk Taking,<br />
and Innovation for Education.<br />
During the 2008-<strong>2009</strong> school year, we are pleased to report that our district<br />
rolled out our long-awaited Full Day Kindergarten program. Fourteen full day<br />
classrooms were opened throughout the district and one half day classroom at<br />
Cunningham. This means that 96% <strong>of</strong> our kindergarten students chose the full<br />
day option.<br />
In addition to the new superintendent, we also welcomed several new faces<br />
to the <strong>Milton</strong> Public Schools during the academic year. Pierce students were<br />
greeted by their new principal, James Jette, who had previously served as assistant<br />
principal <strong>of</strong> Pierce Middle School. Karen Spaulding was named the new<br />
assistant principal <strong>of</strong> the Pierce. In January, we announced the hiring <strong>of</strong> Christopher<br />
Masalsky to be <strong>Milton</strong> Public School System’s first grant writer. This half-<br />
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