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enefited from partnerships with community organizations resulting in volunteersfrom Fuller Village, science programming and support from faculty andstudents from UMASS Boston, visits from local business people, and programmingwith the Blue Hills Trailside museum.New this year was the establishment of the Principal’s Advisory Team, agroup of fifth-grade students who met with the principal every other week todiscuss school issues and positively contribute to the Cunningham Community.Cunningham continued its firm commitment to helping others. Many familieswere fed at Thanksgiving and received gifts at holiday time due the generosityof the Cunningham Community. In addition, the Cunningham ElementarySchool collected the highest number of pajamas for needy children in Massachusetts,over 1,000 pairs, winning a visit from the Boston Bruins. Cunninghamstudents were also recognized for their academic talents. The CunninghamFuture Problem Solving team earned its way to the Massachusetts Future ProblemSolving State Bowl. The group won a trophy for second place in the JuniorDivision Action Plan Presentation category. Two students, one in third gradeand one in fourth grade, earned perfect WordMasters scores and four studentsearned first place medals. Students at all grade levels scored top scores in ContinentalMathematics as well with the district earning a first place ranking in theregional Mathematics Competition.Finally, the Cunningham Elementary School made adequate yearlyprogress in the aggregate and all subgroups for both English/Language Artsand Mathematics, earning a positive “No Status” designation for NCLB.Glover Elementary SchoolUnder the leadership of Principal Stephanie Nephew, Glover ElementarySchool’s 560 students in grades K through 5 excelled in many different ways.Glover Elementary School made adequate yearly progress (AYP) for bothMath and English/Language Arts on the 2011 MCAS. As a school, Glover receiveda “Very High” performance rating in English/Language Arts and Mathematicsand a “Very High” performance rating in math. Glover received acommendation from the state as a result of narrowing the proficiency gap andexiting NCLB accountability status. Glover has maintained a partnership withUMass/ Boston, with a graduate student working with the fifth-grade teamthroughout the year on the ecology of the watershed. Glover students participatedin engaging Science Museum and Aquarium programs that were done atGlover, and Starlab, a traveling planetarium was used to enhance the units onspace in both the third and fifth grade. Parent/guardian involvement continuesto support and enhance the curriculum and instructional experiences atGlover. Meet the Artist and Junior Achievement’s JA in a Day programs pro-208