Aggie Weekly-June 8th

Aggie Weekly

Good Afternoon Students, Parents, and Community Members:

This week our freshman completed their first of three MCAS tests! In addition, students ranked their vocational majors.  Freshman will be notified of their placements on Friday, June 15th. For the last week of school, freshman students will be placed in their vocational major.

Vocational Major Placement Policy:

XI. VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL PROGRAM PLACEMENT

All ninth graders are exposed to an exploratory program during their freshman year. Each student rotates through all vocational programs. The rotations allow for opportunities during the course of the school year to experience each vocational area.

Prior to the end of the school year, each ninth grade student will complete their Vocational Major Selection sheet. At that time, each student will be asked to rank all the vocational majors in order of interest.

The major choices are assigned based on the score that each student has earned. The Vocational grade average is multiplied by two and added to the academic grade. The total is then divided by three. This formula gives added weight to the vocational grade.

In addition to the grade averages, attendance and discipline are factored into the ranking score. Points are subtracted from the score for excessive unexcused absences or excessive disciplinary infractions. Once the ranking score has been determined, students are placed according to their choices. Once a major is filled, students are given their second choices, then third choices, etc. until all vocational majors are filled.

If students have ranking scores that do not qualify them for any of their choices, they are counseled and asked where they would like to be placed. They are allowed to choose any major that has a vacancy. These choices are, however, totally dependent on the ranking score.

All incoming tenth grade, eleventh grade, and transfer students are placed in vocational areas based on available space. The availability of vocational spots is a major factor in accepting/placing these students. Transfer requests are accepted from all students. Students are encouraged to place their names on waiting lists. After enrolling, any transfer student may request that his/her name be added to an existing waiting list for a given major.

Bristol Aggie Graduation 2018 (Courtesy Mr. Caswell)

AGGIE AIR: On Wednesday, Pete Orbovich from SenseFly (https://www.sensefly.com/) spent the day with several of our Bristol Ag staff demonstrating the operation of the fixed wing SenseFly eBee SQ drone (https://agribotix.com/ebee/) which is specifically designed to capture images and data for agricultural assessment and mapping. It took approximately 15 minutes to survey our 74 acres, and provide valuable data that will help us determine soil heat, moisture, crop health, in addition to 3D mapping and other important measurements.

Today's training was provided as a part of the 2018 $500,000 Capital Skills Workforce grant award given to Bristol Aggie in October, 2017. Aggie AIR (Aerial Research Innovation) will ultimately become a rich community resource for our agricultural partners and our students.

In the Classroom:

• Ag Mec: In AgMec they were working on the new feed silo for Animal Science. #BAPRIDE #BAWork

• Animal Science: Animals Science welcomed in Dighton Elementary K students. Always a pleasure working with our communities! #BAPRIDE

Attention Taunton Natives:  Check out this opportunity!

Student Services

After a day in obedience class, Nike stops by student services for some TLC from Mrs. Dias.  

Yearbooks:

Yearbooks are still available for purchase. See Mrs. Ward before they sell out! The cost is $40 and is payable by cash or check make out to BCAHS Class of 2018.  

Week Ahead: B Week

• Monday,June 11th
• Extends: 2:30-4:00 pm (Library)
• Tuesday, June 12th
• Assembly (gym)
• Dept Meetings
• Wednesday, June 13th
• PTO Meeting- 7:00 pm (Library)
• Thursday, June 14th
• Extends: 2:30-4:00 pm (Library)
• Friday, June 15th
• HMFH Commons Design
• Any student interested in the design of the commons in the new construction project should reach out to Mr. Braga
• Freshman Placements (via email)