Pentucket Regional Middle School NCLB

Renzo A. Binaghi, Principal
Mailing Address: 22 Main Street, West Newbury, MA 01985-1899
Phone: (978) 363-2957 / Fax: (978) 363-2720
Website: http://www.prsd.org

The Pentucket Regional Middle School Community is committed to creating a safe, healthy environment where students are challenged, accepted, and encouraged. Our goal is to provide a well-rounded educational experience that is focused on academic excellence and appreciation for the arts. We create a culture of mutual respect and support, which maximizes individual potential and develops informed, thoughtful citizens.

Enrollment – 2003 – Grades Offered: 7 – 8
	School	District	State
Race/Ethnicity
White	96.4 %	97.6 %	75.1 %
African-American	0.7 %	0.6 %	8.8 %
Hispanic	1.4 %	0.8 %	11.2 %
Asian	1.5 %	1.0 %	4.6 %
Native American	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.3 %
Gender
Male	50.9 %	51 %	51.5 %
Female	49.1 %	49 %	48.6 %
Selected Population Enrollment
Limited English Proficiency	0.0 %	0.0 %	5.3 %
Low-income	2.7 %	3.4 %	26.2 %
Special Education	7 %	12.2 %	15.2 %
Migrant	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.2 %
TOTAL COUNT	585	3,445	982,152

*Report Card:
This report includes information on the school's performance on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) by content area, grade level, and for particular student populations. Comparison data from the district, the state, and from 2001 are also provided. In addition, this report includes other information as required by the federal No Child Left Behind act.

Goals:

Pentucket Regional Middle School will engage in participation in the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth Program.
Staff will continue to engage in intensive review of MCAS results.
To develop our own homework / academic planning site as part of our own middle school website.
To follow a ten-section prioritized refurbishing plan, which will enable us to have our entire roof, replaced in four years.
To continue to maintain a growing community-based enrichment program which has enhanced student involvement in providing services within organizations that are of benefit to our communities.
To train new staff in a variety of instruction methods and to continue to develop skills in teachers as they pertain to differentiated instruction.

School Council Members 2002-2003:

Principal	Renzo A. Binaghi, Co-Chair

Staff	June Denault
	Judy Hays
	Alan Mason

Parents	Deborah McGoldrick, Co-Chair
	Peg Cleaver
	Elizabeth Goodwin
	Susan O’Neill

Community Representative	Christine Parenteau

Town Government	Molly Hoare

Faculty Licensure Information:

Student success is linked to the quality of a school’s instructional staff. The information below is divided into two parts: (1) the percentage of teachers who are certified or licensed to teach in Massachusetts and (2) the percentage of classes taught by teachers who are highly qualified in core academic areas such as mathematics, science, reading, history, English language arts, etc. Both pieces of information are intended to help you understand the backgrounds and preparation of the teachers who are working with your child. As you will see, most if not all teachers in the school are certified, and most, if not all, are highly qualified. Those who are not are either working on a waiver granted by the Massachusetts Department of Education, or are long-term or permanent substitutes. While qualified to teach within Massachusetts, certain teachers are now in the process of demonstrating subject matter competency through additional coursework. No Child Left Behind requires that all teachers be highly qualified by the end of the 2005-2006 school year, and thus what you will see in the percentages are indications of how far our school has to go in order to comply with this deadline.

Percent of teachers licensed: 92%

Percent of core academic classes taught by highly qualified teachers: 91%