RIMLE Summer 2009 Newsletter now available!

June: Hugh B. Bain Middle School

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Congratulations to you both!

Kim Granato Selected as RIASP Assistant Principal of the Year 2009

Mrs. Kim Granato, Assistant Principal of Birchwood Middle School in North Providence, has been selected as the Rhode Island Association of School Principal’s, Assistant Principal of the Year for 2009. Mrs. Granato is in her ninth year as that assistant and has been recognized for transitioning Birchwood from an elementary school into a middle school. Staff credits her for improving the performance of the Birchwood Middle School in the state testing and as one member indicated, she is a “model of progressive leadership.” Kim is also credited with implementing a portfolio program at the school that helps prepare eighth graders for the proficiency based portfolio graduation requirement at North Providence High School. Students collect and reflect upon their work for their three years at Birchwood with a culminating “Portfolio Night” experience at the close of their eighth grade year. During this evening, parents and family members have the opportunity to hear about student progress from the students themselves.

Mrs. Granato was recognized at the NASSP national ceremony in Washington, D.C. this past April. She will also be recognized by RIASP at an award ceremony at the Radisson Airport Hotel in Warwick on May 28, 2009.

RIMLE congratulates Kim Granato, Assistant Principal of Birchwood Middle School, as the RIASP 2009 Assistant Principal of the Year.

Look for the announcement of the RIMLE 2010 Winter Conference in the near future. Our event this year was a huge success and we look forward to future events aimed at assisting middle level educators.

RIMLE continues to advocate for our middle level educators by supporting instruction and leadership that serves the ten to fourteen old. We are presently closely monitoring the latest movements in Washington as the Obama administration begins to set forth its education plans.  

Formed in 1991 with the encouragement of the Rhode Island Department of Education and a grant from the Carnegie Foundation, the Rhode Island Middle Level Educators (RIMLE) continues to play an important role in promoting effective middle level education. It provides a vehicle for exchanging ideas, encourages partnerships with other organizations, and supports teachers and administrators in their ongoing efforts to make certain all young adolescents reach high standards. RIMLE's mission is to promote state wide advocacy in support of a quality education for young adolescents ages ten to fifteen and promote professional growth opportunities to those who serve these youngsters.

RIMLE's current membership includes more than seventy public, Catholic, and independent schools and higher education institutions representing over 3,500 educators. A Board of Directors composed of twenty-one members oversees the policymaking for the organization. The programs and initiatives of RIMLE are carried out by a part-time executive director and two part-time college student administrative assistants.

We, as a voice for middle level in Rhode Island, are presently advocating for the inclusion of middle level in the high school reform regulation. It is imperative that the middle level child be understood for who they are and what measures need to be taken to ensure their success in the future.

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