Senior Matt Harrigan recently interviewed our two new nurses at Burlington High School. Mrs. Shields and Mrs. Pascale graciously spent their time to talk about their experiences so far at BHS. 1.What brought you to BHS? Mrs. Pascale I had worked at all the schools in Burlington floating from school to school. I loved the…
Help Desk student Ben Fauller recently interviewed BHS business teacher Danielle Trouve When did you start teaching? I started teaching business at the high school in September of 2013, I taught preschool for 6 years prior to that. Is it challenging changing school districts? Not in this case; the choice was easy. I heard about…
Help Desk student Carl Larson recently interviewed Ms. Duhamel, a new teacher at BHS who teaches Spanish in the World Language Department How long have you been teaching? I have been teaching full-time for 3 years; I started off doing my student teaching at the Arlington Elementary in Lawrence at the grade 4 level, and…
Help Desk student Nick Whitney recently interviewed Ms. DeRosa, who is a new teacher at BHS who teaches algebra II, advanced algebra topics, and calculus. Nick is also a student of Ms. DeRosa, and here is the transcript of their conversation about technology and teaching at BHS. How long have you been teaching? I’ve been…
BHS social studies teacher Todd Saxon had been using a site called Zaption to make videos more interactive for his class. Zaption had been bought out recently, so Mr. Saxon was looking for an alternative and asked the Help Desk to find one and show him how to use it. Help Desk student Eddie Reis…
Can students recognize that their attempt to participate and complete a challenge is more significant than the performance result? Can student participate fully and actively in various team-building activities? Can students understand the value of different forms of communication through challenges and demonstrate inter/intrapersonal skills to accomplish tasks? These are just a few of the…
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the blog of BHS Help Desk senior Josh Boulos. When moderating my first Twitter chat back in October 2015, I never thought that a web based application like Tweetdeck would help me out so much. It is absolutely a must use for people charged with the task of…
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