Maintaining its Mission: Keefe Tech has been a mainstay in a changing community
John Hilliard, MetroWest Daily News, 10/12/2007
Times are changing for the Joseph. P. Keefe Technical School as officials search for a new administrator, implement new vocational programs and face greater pressure to quantify the achievement of its students.
“Basically, we think we have a great school here,” said Principal James Lynch. “We have high expectations for (students and) we want them to be proficient.”
MCAS Scores Improve
FRAMINGHAM - Keefe Tech's push for academic improvement got a boost yesterday when MCAS results showed that 62 percent of last year's sophomores passed the first time, up from 46 percent in 2004.
About 16 percent - 33 of 203 students - passed only the English portion of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test last spring, while 9 percent, or 18 students, passed only the math portion.
Keefe Tech - Two Educations in One
Mary Greendale, www.hollistonnetnews.com
Keefe Tech – the name alone may produce a mental stereotype of the kids that go there – troublemakers or just plain troubled? Under-achievers? Tough?
How about students with “A’s”in academics? How about gold medal winners in specialty trades? How about kids that love school and do well as a result? How about diversity that offers cultural understanding?
Keefe Launches e-Learning
Keefe Tech is leveraging state-of-the-art technology to provide alternatives to standard class room teaching methodology. It is breaking the existing class room paradigm of a “fixed schedule, time, and place” and responding to the demands of the market to provide a mechanism for continuous, on-demand learning.
