ArlingtonPublicSchools
PressRelease
January3,2017
Contact:KathleenBodie,(781)316-3502,[email protected]
BrackettElementarySchoolCommendedbyMACommissionerofElementaryandSecondaryEducation
Arlington’sBrackettElementarySchoolisbeinghonoredasaMassachusettsCommendationSchoolfor
2016,basedonhighacademicachievement.MitchellD.Chester,CommissionerofElementaryand
SecondaryEducationinMassachusetts,includedBrackettElementarySchoolonalistof50otherMA
publicandcharterschoolsrecognizedforhighachievement,highprogress,narrowingproficiencygaps,
oracombinationofthesecategories.
SuperintendentKathleenBodiesaid“Brackett’sachievementiswell-earnedandcomesasaresultofhard
workbystudentsandteachers,andstrongsupportfromfamilies.Icongratulatetheentireschool
community.”PrincipalStephanieZerchykovacceptedthecongratulationssaying“Resultslikethese
dependonwhathappenseachdayineveryclassroom,acrosstheentireschoolfromKindergartento
Grade5.Wearehumbledthattheschoolhasbeenrecognizedinthisway.”
ThehonoredschoolswillreceiveacommemorativecertificateattheStateHouseonFebruary1.
CommendationisearnedbyperformanceonMassachusettsstandardizedtests,whichin2016included
PartnershipforAssessmentofReadinessforCollegeandCareers(PARCC)andMassachusetts
ComprehensiveAssessmentsystem(MCAS).MassachusettsiscurrentlydevelopingNext-Generation
MCAS,whichshouldbeimplementedstatewidein2019.
Thelistof51commendedschoolscanbedownloadedfromtheMADepartmentofElementaryand
SecondaryEducationatthiswebsite:http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/news.aspx?id=23922.