Monthly Archives: September 2021

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Four BISD Bands Receive National Recognition

The Foundation for Music Education Awards Birdville HS Symphonic Band, North Ridge Honors Band, Smithfield MS Honors Band, The Birdville Jazz Ensemble

Birdville ISD is excited to announce that they have four winners in The Foundation for Music Education’s 2021 Mark of Excellence competition. 

    • The Birdville High School Symphonic Band, directed by Joshua Stover, has been selected as a Citation of Excellence Winner.
    • The North Ridge Middle School Honors Band, directed by Jessica Shadman and Scott Dupre,  has been selected as a National Winner in the Mark of Excellence/National Wind Band Honors Project. 
    • The Smithfield Middle School Honors Band, directed by Joshua Schechter, has been selected as a National Winner in the Mark of Excellence/National Wind Band Honors Project. 
    • The Birdville High School Jazz Ensemble, directed by Mike Cheripka, has been selected as a Commended Winner in the Mark of Excellence/National Jazz Honors. 

    The Foundation for Music Education recently announced the results of the 2021 Mark of Excellence Project. Entered in the project this year were 236 of the finest high school and middle school musical ensembles in the United States. The similar Citation of Excellence Project had an enrollment of 65, for a total of 301 competing groups.  

    The Mark of Excellence consists of the National Wind Band Honors, National Choral Honors, National Orchestra Honors, National Jazz Honors, and National Percussion Ensemble Honors. It is a competition, entered by recordings, in which the top quarter are selected as National Winners and the second quarter receive Commended Honors. 

    Congratulations to the Birdville High School Symphonic Band, North Ridge Middle School Honors Band, Smithfield Middle School Honors Band, and the Birdville High School Jazz Ensemble. #BISDShines #WeAreBirdvilleISD 

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    PARENTS, WE NEED YOUR HELP!

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    There is a trend on TikTok called “Devious Lick” that encourages students to video themselves vandalizing bathrooms and stealing odd objects from schools and homes. This activity is a crime and students may face criminal charges and school discipline up to long-term DAEP placement, as well as financial responsibility for costly replacement or repair costs. Please help us stop this expensive trend. 

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    Birdville ISD College & Career Night

    Monday, November 1, 2021

    6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

    Birdville Center of Technology and Advanced Learning

    7020 Mid-Cities Blvd.

    North Richland Hills, TX 76180

    A virtual option will be available to all BISD students and families.

    TCC & Financial Aid Information Sessions!

    More details to follow!

    Network with Representatives from Over 100 Colleges & Universities Across the State & Nation!

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    Why complete the Free and Reduced Application this year?

    As we begin the 2021–22 school year, BISD is asking all families to complete the 2021–22 Free and Reduced Meal application. One of the key components of the application is it is used to identify families eligible for funds through the P-EBT program. If you received P-EBT funds in 2020–21 and do not complete the 2021–22 form, you will not be eligible for P-EBT funds or other benefits in 2021–22. 

    NOTE:  Breakfast and lunch are still free for all students during the 2021–22 school year. However, we ask all families to complete the application to be eligible for other benefits.

    https://www.birdvilleschools.net/frapplication

     

    Free and Reduced Lunch Applications: MORE THAN A MEAL P-EBT: Determines eligibility to receive Pandemic EBT benefits. COLLEGE APPLICATION FEES: Discounts on fees associated with applying for college. SAT, ACT & AP EXAM FEES: Discounted fees for academic tests. PTA CLOTHES CONNECTION/SUPPLY DEPOT: Birdville Council of PTAs provides new shoes, socks and underwear, plus gently worn clothes to families. Birdville ISD asks that ALL families complete our meal application to ensure continued funding to support ALL students in BISD. APPLY TODAY! Visit [https://www.birdvilleschools.net/domain/4107] Can this be a smart URL https://www.birdvilleschool.net/frapplication For application questions, contact Child Nutrition at 817-547-5860.
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    Why complete the Free and Reduced Application this year?

    As we begin the 2021–22 school year, BISD is asking all families to complete the 2021–22 Free and Reduced Meal application. One of the key components of the application is it is used to identify families eligible for funds through the P-EBT program. If you received P-EBT funds in 2020–21 and do not complete the 2021–22 form, you will not be eligible for P-EBT funds or other benefits in 2021–22. 

    NOTE:  Breakfast and lunch are still free for all students during the 2021–22 school year. However, we ask all families to complete the application to be eligible for other benefits. 

    https://www.birdvilleschools.net/frapplication

    Free and Reduced Lunch Applications: MORE THAN A MEAL P-EBT: Determines eligibility to receive Pandemic EBT benefits. COLLEGE APPLICATION FEES: Discounts on fees associated with applying for college. SAT, ACT & AP EXAM FEES: Discounted fees for academic tests. PTA CLOTHES CONNECTION/SUPPLY DEPOT: Birdville Council of PTAs provides new shoes, socks and underwear, plus gently worn clothes to families. Birdville ISD asks that ALL families complete our meal application to ensure continued funding to support ALL students in BISD. APPLY TODAY! Visit [https://www.birdvilleschools.net/domain/4107] Can this be a smart URL https://www.birdvilleschool.net/frapplication For application questions, contact Child Nutrition at 817-547-5860.