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__**Notes from Intervention Program Team planning meeting 01/27/11 3pm-5pm**__
 * Discussion: It was suggested that Intervention might be a loaded or negatively perceived term for many of our student population. We would like to avoid that perception at all costs, so there was some discussion of creating “Excel” classes, or something that made it clear that this would be a positive thing. Agreed that word do matter in something like this, and Excel seemed to generate some conversation.**
 * Matt Hinckley suggested the following phrase/acronym:**
 * Excitement x Challenge = Learning Success**
 * (EXCELS) (Equals)**

media type="youtube" key="zDZFcDGpL4U?fs=1" height="385" width="640" Developmental Assets Inventory PDF [|40 Developmental Assets for Adolescents List.pdf]
 * There was a great deal of discussion as to the best way to present our information to DSIT and the School Board. Teachers agreed that we should be in attendance at both meetings, to as great an extent as possible, but it may be best for Charlie to present the information, particularly to the Board of Education.**
 * As far as the DSIT presentation, it was determined that perhaps the best information that we could provide at this point would be on the video that inspired this whole process in the first place. It was agreed that this might best communicate the intent of what we are attempting, without putting anything out there that might be inflammatory, or would threaten to derail the process before it got off the ground. We were also unsure as to what information/data was available and acceptable to share in that format without providing any additional context for discussion.**
 * __This is fantastic. It's about 12 minutes long, and well worth the time.__**
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