I have some exciting news to share with our community. Christine Elliott has agreed to join our faculty on a part-time basis to teach an English Review course for our sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students. This program will begin next week with the start of the third quarter. Mrs. Elliott is the parent of a second grader here at SFX and is coming to us from the Sacred Heart School in Chicago where she was Head of Middle School until she retired this past summer. Sacred Heart has a humanities program similar to ours and Christine implemented an English Review program there as well. Each middle school grade section will meet twice a week with Mrs. Elliott to review grammar, usage, and conventions. She will work closely with Ms. Kelley, Ms. Kenah, and Mrs. Masciopinto to complement the work being done in language arts/reading/social studies ( i.e. Humanities).
This is an exciting time for our Humanities program. Our eighth graders recently sat for the Explore exam which is created by the ACT company. They scored very well. Indeed, 16 of our students placed in the superior range in English with another 10 in the above average range. Overall (composite), 17 students scored in the superior range and 11 placed as above average. These high marks are a credit to our students, our families, and our faculty. The addition of Mrs. Elliott will serve to embellish and enhance the rigor and excellence of our programs. Welcome Christine!
