Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • July 30, 2014 FLOW Area School board adopts goals for 2014-15 academic year by Frank J. McMahon The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School Board of Education has adopted specific goals for the board and the district in general to meet during the 2014- 15 school year. The action was taken at the final public meeting of the regional high school board for the 2013-14 school year, and was approved without comment from the board or the members of the public who attended the meeting. The school board and the district’s administration began discussing the development of goals for the 2014- 15 school year in April. Those ongoing discussions resulted in the goals that have been set for the school board and the district. Goals set for the school board include improving communication to parents and students by continuing to implement the paperless environment to improve the board’s communications and facilitate the manage- ment of personnel attendance by increasing the use of electronic tools. In addition, the board will review the recently completed traffic study and determine which options are appropriate for follow up, and enhance the board’s collaboration and efficiency by participation in board member professional development, based upon individual needs, and according to the New Jersey School Boards Association. District goals involve Harassment Intimidation and Bullying Proactive Measures, the engagement of students in the 1:1 laptop program, and Common Core/PARCC student achievement. Specifically, the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District will work to improve the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights assessment score by 10 points through staff instruction and training, student instruction on HIB, and related skills and additional HIB programs and initiatives. The approved goals further note that use of laptops in the classroom will increase the level of student engagement in the learning process. Eighty percent of teachers will improve instructional practice placement on the rubric in the area of “levels of technol- ogy integration into the curriculum” and/or “characteris- tics of the student learning environment” by one level as measured on the Technology Integration Matrix. In addi- tion, students will increase their depth of understanding and ability to apply and synthesize informational text during the 2014-15 school year through increased prac- tice of 10 percent across all disciplines. In mathematics, students will increase their understanding of multi-step problems that require reasoning and analytical thinking through the use of constructed and extended responses. Barclays ticket sales support the Y Golf fans may purchase tickets for The Barclays and support the Wyckoff Y at the same time. The tourna- ment, which is part of the PGA Tour, will be played Aug. 19 through 24 at the Ridgewood Country Club in Para- mus. Adam Scott, Justin Rose, Tiger Woods, and Gary Woodland are all scheduled to play. One-day tickets are $65 and Weekly Grounds tick- ets are $125. The Y will receive 75 percent of the net proceeds of tickets purchased at www.buytfc.com when the purchaser chooses the Wyckoff Y as their charity of choice. For more information, call Ellen Gifford at the Y at (201) 891-2081, extension 150.