BHS Report Card 2011.pub - Braintree Public Schools

Communiqué de presse - 9 novembre 2006La certification GIPS couvre pour AXA Private Equity un historique deperformances depuis la création de chacun des fonds concernés, soit :Les trois fonds Mid-Caps LBO pour les transactions de 70 à 500 millions d’eurosde valeur d’entreprise :16 août 2005 - AXA LBO Fund (95 millions d’euros), lancé en 1997, FCPRexclusivement dédié au marché français qui a permis de réaliser12 opérations en moins de 30 mois,- AXA LBO Fund II (400 millions d’euros), lancé en 2000, FCPRplus européen, avec en particulier une ouverture sur le marchéallemand qui a contribué à l’acquisition de 18 sociétés,- AXA LBO Fund III (500 millions d’euros), lancé en 2005, FCPRdédié pour 30% au marché allemand et pour 70% au marchéfrançais qui a déjà effectué 10 acquisitions.Le fonds Small Caps LBO / Capital Développement pour des transactionsinférieures à 70 millions d’euros de valeur d’entreprise :- AXA Expansion I (65.6 millions d’euros), lancé en 2002, FCPR qui aréalisé 13 investissements depuis sa création.Le fonds Venture- AXA Venture Fund IV (61 millions d’euros), lancé en 2002 et destiné àdes investisseurs qualifiés. Il a pour objectif d’investir principalement enFrance mais également en Europe continentale dans des sociétés dessecteurs des Technologies de l’Information et de Sciences de la VieLes trois Fonds de Fonds Secondaires- AXA Secondary Fund I, II et III (1.74 milliard de dollars). Ces trois fondss’intéressent plus particulièrement aux rachats de portefeuilles globauxde Private Equity investis à plus de 50%.Les deux Fonds de Fonds Early Secondary- AXA Private Equity Fund of Fund II Europe & America et AXA EarlySecondary Fund III 1 Lp (1.01 milliards d’euros) dont la philosophied’investissement est l’acquisition d’intérêts dans des fonds de privateequity investis entre 20 et 50%, diversifiés entre les USA et l’Europeavec une concentration sur des fonds LBO et pour des rachatsd’engagements compris entre 5 et 40 millions d’euros.Les deux fonds Mezzanine- AXA Mezzanine I SA Sicar & MD Mezzanine SA Sicar (720 millionsd’euros) avec des investissements directs en mezzanine (arrangement,participation et co-investissement) et investissements dans des fondsmezzanine en Europe.

Braintree High School Report Card 2011We’re proud of our programs• The BHS Guidance Department provides an exceptional quality of student support services,which include individualized academic planning, personal counseling, parent outreachprograms, career exploration, and every aspect of post-secondary planning. Students aretrained in the application and use of the Naviance Network to ensure college readiness andplanning as students increase their awareness of higher education options.• Braintree High School and the METCO Program have been partners for over 40 years.Braintree was one of the seven original communities to welcome METCO students to ourschools. Currently, there are seventeen METCO students attending BHS. The programbenefits inner city students from Boston and Braintree students and families by providingopportunities to learn together. All students develop an understanding of our pluralistic,interdependent world and an appreciation of various cultures.• There are six BHS specialized education programs that meet the needs of diverse learners:The Alternative High School, ACES, ARCHER, School to Work, PMI and the TutoringProgram. These six programs serve approximately 140 students. The specializedAlternative Education Programs at BHS provide students with a prescriptive learningenvironment that promotes academic, social and emotional growth for those enrolled. Theprograms are diverse in their design and student population. The accomplishments ofthese programs are as follows: over 36 seniors receiving a diploma, development of apartnership with Massasoit Community College offering student duel enrollment,development of an online college Algebra II/Trigonometry course available to 12 students,student management of the Wamp Stop school store, supervised internships in theBraintree business community and a very successful drop-out prevention option forstudents. The greatest contribution of these programs is reflected in Braintree HighSchool’s drop-out rate of .3%. Braintree High School pledges to leave No Child LeftBehind!• The BHS Health Office is staffed by two full-time registered nurses who provideprofessional health care to students and staff and are responsible for promoting, protectingand improving the health status for all students. They provide acute and emergency care,administer medications, and are responsible for immunization compliance andcommunicable disease monitoring, completing mandatory screenings, health counseling,including the promotion of healthy lifestyles and individual health care planning. This yearthe nursing staff implemented the new state regulation for reporting height, weight andbody mass index (BMI) results to all parents of students in grade 10. These were mailedhome to families in November, 2010.• Braintree High School offers thirty-three co-curricular clubs and activities and studentparticipation is strong. One example is the Student Council, a large, active, representativeand positive student leadership group. Their collective influence clearly contributes topromoting a positive school climate and increased student involvement and voice in schoolgovernance. Each of these co-curricular groups is led by a dedicated faculty member whosecontribution supports our school’s mission statement.Page 3

Braintree High School Report Card 2011• Braintree High School is genuinely committed to providing students with opportunities toserve others. Specific service groups include Environmental, Interact, and Key Clubs,National Honor Society, and Best Buddies. Additionally, at Thanksgiving and Christmas,BHS faculty, staff, and students contribute to the Adopt-a-Family program. Games,clothing, food baskets, and personal items were given to forty families this year.• The 67 seniors and 69 junior members of the Edna M. Parker Chapter of the NationalHonor Society have been very active within the community. Over 325 community serviceprojects were completed by this year’s graduating members, totaling over 1800 hours.Projects included volunteering at the Local Food Pantry, serving as guides for variousschool events and providing tutoring services within the schools of the district. In addition,the members of the National Honor Society staff a tutor center in the back of the MediaCenter where students can go during study to get help in a variety of subjects.• Project Prove provides 25 students who have moderate special needs with opportunities todevelop their academic, vocational and social skills in an inclusive school environment.Students are involved in regular education classes, co-curricular activities, and a wide rangeof experiences in the Braintree community and beyond.• The Braintree High School Special Education Department provides a comprehensive arrayof prescribed services for students in need of accommodations in the academic setting.Student services range from one-to-one instruction, use of the Kurzweil Lab, co-teaching inthe regular education setting, access to para-educators, transitional and assessmentspecialists.• This year, 57 students carried out independent investigations which were showcased at theannual Braintree High School Science Fair. Twelve projects competed at the South ShoreRegional Science Fair and two went on to compete at the Massachusetts State Science andEngineering Fair.• Two new elective course offerings in science were introduced this year. Students had theopportunity to enroll in Forensic Science, in which they applied their knowledge of biology,chemistry and physics to real world criminal investigations. BHS had offered APEnvironmental Science for a number of years, but this year introduced a non-AP course,Environmental Studies. The new course explored the environment through project-basedlearning and piloted a completely electronic curriculum that eliminated the use of paper.Even the midyear exam was done at a computer!• Braintree High School offers a wide array of very popular Business courses. The coursesare specifically designed for students who go on to college and major in Business. Allcourses are a semester long to allow for maximum student flexibility in choosing thesecourses: Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Introduction to College Business (a courseincluding short components of finance, accounting and marketing).• The Braintree High School Math department is proud to say that all Braintree Highstudents learn high quality mathematics. All students, in all levels, take, pass and learnmath that prepares them extremely well for college success. MCAS, SAT and AP scores areall very high with enviable success rates. The Math department offers three AP courses. APStatistics is required of level 1 sophomores. AP Calculus AB or AP Calculus BC is requiredof level 1 seniors. The department also runs a very large and active math team thatcompetes against neighboring schools.Page 4

Braintree High School Report Card 2011• Braintree High School has 543 computers. They are all high speed computers with a verystrong internet connection. Every classroom has at least one computer. Additionally, thereare 18 computer labs. The labs are used in all disciplines, including art and guidance. Thereis also a large research lab in the Media Center. Thirty-three classrooms are equipped withcomputer connected projectors. There are 3 interactive white board surfaces and 5 of theclassroom projectors are the new interactive type. In addition, several Braintree HighSchool courses make use of the Braintree moodle server and have an online component.• The Foreign Languages Department sponsors a 10-day trip to France and Spain every otheryear. The students live with host families in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France andCaceres in Spain. Students in both France and Spain attend the high school of their hoststudents. In addition, each group participates in educational tours of historical sites in Parisand Madrid.• The Foreign Languages Department maintains chapters of the French and Spanish NationalHonor Societies. Successful candidates are inducted into the societies in spring of theirjunior year; senior members in good standing receive their cords at the spring ceremony.• The Social Studies department continues its mission and efforts to prepare students to hold“the office of citizen” by incorporating programs and activities that engage students to thinkas a historian and as a social scientist.• This year, the Social Studies department launched several new senior elective courseofferings in efforts to expand student learning in the social studies and to enhance students’liberal arts background to prepare for their collegiate undergraduate studies.• Over the summer, teachers teaching Current Issues revised the curriculum to emphasizeon twenty-first century skills, particularly in the areas of global awareness,communication, and critical thinking, by focusing on global themes that impactstudents’ lives, such as globalization, terrorism, and peacekeeping and humanitarianefforts; this course has been renamed Contemporary Global Issues.• In promoting and increasing civics literacy, the social studies department offered We thePeople: the Citizen and the Constitution, and Senior Capstone Project. Both of thesecourses provide students learning opportunities and real experiences on the rights andresponsibilities of citizens, articulating and explaining basic principles of theConstitution to a panel of judges, and performing community service learning to thelocal and school communities.• History of Sports in the United States offers students unique perspectives in Americanhistory, politics, economics, and sociology. Students learn the rise and formation of thesports industry in the United States, and how the industry impact and influenceAmerican culture and society, sports and the law, social issues and challenges, the role ofsports in American education, including higher education, sports as an economic force,and using sports to expand diplomatic relations with other nations (e.g., Olympicgames). Students use their knowledge of sports to demonstrate and expand their skills intwenty-first century learning: critical thinking, creative thinking, collaboration, andcommunication. Students produce a major end-of-year project as a capstone to theirlearning experience in this course.Page 5

Braintree High School Report Card 2011• Braintree High School hosts an Athletic Hall of Fame to recognize athletic prowess of theindividual, including consideration of personal integrity and high standards ofsportsmanship and good character. The organization also hosts a captains and coachesdinner that honors all BHS Captains and has a guest speaker discuss current and importanttopics surrounding the lives of our student-athletes.• The Braintree High School Athletic Department held a Coaches Education Programsponsored by the MIAA.• Braintree High School offers a comprehensive athletic program that includes sixty-fiveteams at the varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen level. 896 student athletes participatedin fall and winter sports of which 42 were named to the Bay State Conference All-StarTeams, 18 were All-Scholastic Recipients.• During the Fall athletic season Boys’ Golf, Boys’ Soccer, Girls’ Swimming and Diving, Boysand Girls Cross Country, Cheerleading, Dance and Girls’ Volleyball qualified for the StateTournament. The Dance Team was State Champions. During the Winter athletic seasonGirls’ Basketball, Boys’ Ice Hockey, Girls’ Ice Hockey, Cheerleading, Dance and theWrestling team, as well as members of the Boys Gymnastics, Girls Gymnastics and Boysand Girls Indoor Track teams qualified for the State Tournament. The Boys’ GymnasticsTeam was State Champions.• During the Fall, the Cheerleading team won the Bay State Conference Championship.During the Winter, the Girls Basketball team and Girls Ice Hockey team won the Bay StateConference Carey Division Championship and the Boys Gymnastics team won the EasternMassachusetts Gymnastics League Championship.• Program Records were set in both the Fall and Winter season –• Fall – Most Kills in Girls Volleyball• Winter - Most wins by a Freshman for Wrestling and the Shot Put for Girls IndoorTrack.• The Health and Wellness Department offers a Preschool lab program that allows highschool students to develop teaching skills while working with preschool children. Students’experiences in both the lab and classroom enable qualified candidates to become certifiedas preschool teachers by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.• Recognized as the top adult education program in Southeastern Massachusetts, theBraintree course of studies offers over 250 classes for area residents. Registrations reached1,700 in the current year. In addition, 160 high school juniors are currently enrolled in SATprep courses taught by members of the English and Math departments. An After SchoolConservatory provides 200 students with private ½ hour lessons. The program sponsoredan Art Festival in October, showcasing original art from the Abington, Braintree, Quincyand Weymouth Art Associations.Page 7

Braintree High School Report Card 2011• The Physical Education Department provides a comprehensive diversified program of teamand lifetime sports, fitness, yoga, CPR and cooperative activities where students areencouraged to develop skills and positive attitudes toward lifelong participation in exercise.• The Health, Wellness and Nursing departments sponsored a program on Bullying andCyberbullying for students in grades 9-12 on November 5, 2010 as part of the annualHealth Fair. Mr. Michael Jackman from the Norfolk District Attorney’s office was the guestpresenter. The Braintree Alliance for Safe and Healthy Youth, in conjunction with theabove named departments, sponsored a parent evening on March 21, 2011 on Bullying andCyberbullying with guest speaker Amy Muldowney, MA Psychology from the MassachusettsAggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University. A review of the schooldistrict’s Bullying Prevention Intervention Plan also took place.• Braintree High School celebrates the diversity among our 1533 students. Our student bodyis rich in culture and heritage with students from 30 countries.• Braintree High School provides a safe learning environment for teachers and students.Through use of surveillance equipment, on-site security staff, the services of a SchoolResource Officer and monthly meetings with the Norfolk County District Attorney’s office,student behavior is monitored in our school and in our community.• The BHS website (www.gpvillage.com/bhs ) has provided our school community with aninvaluable resource to communicate important information and to highlightaccomplishments at our school.• The BHS faculty has developed professional learning groups to assess technology, gradingpractices and policies, instructional strategies, co-teaching models and school policies thatwill enhance student performance and instruction.• Braintree High School utilizes a team of student mediators to resolve conflicts amongstudents. Every two years, a dozen new mediators are recruited for training. Thedocumentation and agreements reached between parties provide students the opportunityto resolve conflicts in a proactive manner. We are proud of our Peer Mediation Program.• The BHS Parent Teacher Organization has sponsored a number of school events that haveenhanced the educational program at the high school. Through fundraising, the PTOsponsored Michael Fowlin, a motivational speaker, who performed for all students duringthe opening week of school. His message “I’m Still Here” was a powerful and heartfeltreminder of the importance of respect and acceptance of diversity and the differences inpeople in society. With the teacher appreciation brunches, Teacher Wish List HolidayProgram and hospitality for evening social events, the parents have truly made a differencefor the student and faculty at BHS.Page 9

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