Curriculum Resources

St. Brigid/Our Lady of Hope Regional School
Curriculum Resources 

What are the New York State Next Generation Learning Standards?
The Board of Regents adopted the newly revised English Language Arts and Mathematics Learning Standards on September 11, 2017. The new standards have been the result of over two years of collaborative work to ensure New York State has the best learning standards for our students. Over 130 educators and parents worked together to make recommendations and revise the standards, resulting in a new set of revised English Language Arts and Mathematics Learning Standards.

English Language Arts and Mathematics
St. Brigid/Our Lady of Hope Regional School follows the New York State Learning Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 8.  Qualified students in grade 8 take the Algebra I Regents Course and Regents Exam.   We are pleased to report that all the 8^th graders who took the Algebra I Regents Exam in June passed the exam, many with distinction.

The curriculum that we follow can be found at these links on the New York State Education Department New York State Next Generation ELA Learning Standards
New York State Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards

A Parent's Guide to the New York State Next Generation ELA & Math Learning Standards

Science
St. Brigid/Our Lady of Hope Regional School is implementing the Next Generation Science Standards in grades Kindergarten through 8.  Qualified students in grade 8 take the Living Environment Regents Course and Regents Exam.  We are pleased to report that all the 8^th graders who took the Living Environment Regents Exam in June passed the exam, many with distinction. 

The curriculum can be found at this URL: https://www.nextgenscience.org/search-standards

Parent resources can be found at this URL: https://www.nextgenscience.org/parents

Information about the Living Environment course can be found at this URL: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/mst/pub/livingen.pdf

Social Studies
St. Brigid/Our Lady of Hope Regional school follows the New York State K-12 Social Studies Framework.  The Social Studies program prepares students for college, careers, and civic life.   

Information about the Social Studies Framework can be found at this URL: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/documents/ss-framework-k-12-intro.pdf

Technology Education
St. Brigid/Our Lady of Hope Regional School is implementing the ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) Standards.  Our students experience a wide range of topics, from keyboarding to coding.  Chromebook devices are assigned to students in grades 2 through 8.  They have the use of the Google Apps for Education.  With the guidance of Faculty Moderators, and using various technologies, the 7^th graders design and publish the school newspaper, and the 8^th graders design and publish their yearbook. 

Information about the ISTE Standards can be found at this URL:  https://www.iste.org/standards