Monday, May 9, 2016
6 – 7 p.m.
Birdville Center of Technology and Advanced Learning
Omni Room
Category Archives: BCTAL
ATTENTION: TCC Dual Credit Students
Students who are attending TCC Dual Credit classes at the Birdville Center of Technology and Advanced Learning (BCTAL) during the 2016–17 school year need to attend and complete their application and go over the Pre-Assessment Activity (PAA) guidelines, which are required before they can enroll in dual credit courses.
Meeting Date: Monday, April 11
Meeting Location:
BCTAL
7020 Mid Cities Blvd.
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
Time: 3 – 4:30 p.m.
Questions? Contact Marcus Canonico at 817-547-5798 or marcus.canonico@birdvilleschools.net.
Tarrant County College Dual Credit Information Meeting
If you have attended this meeting at another BISD campus, it is not necessary to attend this meeting.
Robotics Team Advances to Regional Competition
The Birdville Center of Technology and Advanced Learning’s (BCTAL) robotics team recently advanced to the Regional competition. On Feb. 13, the robotics team won the Vex Robotics Competition in Cumby, Texas. The win qualifies them for the Regional competition and a competition in Iowa in April. (A first or second place finish in one of these will secure them a place at the Vex World Robotics event.) The robot was built entirely by BCTAL students. The robotics team has been working on their current robot since summer 2015. The event in Cumby included 25 teams from Keller, Sachse, Tyler, Diana, Como, Bonham, Wolfe City, Royce City, Paris and Cumby. The Vex Robotics Competition is the first event win for sponsor Matthew Pitner. Pitner is the BCTAL’s 2016 Campus Teacher of the Year.
Congratulations to BISD’s Audio/Video Production Department
Birdville ISD’s Audio/Video Production Department would like to announce that Birdville High School senior Ian Chapoy’s short film “The Ambition Song” has been accepted into the Texas High School Shorts Program at the 2016 South by Southwest Film Festival. This is the 11th straight year that Birdville A/V will be represented in the competition and the 24th film overall from the Program. It is also the first animation video produced in the Program to be shown at South by Southwest. This is Birdville A/V’s 14th overall festival placement since 2014.
SkillsUSA American Spirit Contest
The SkillsUSA student organization at the Birdville Center of Technology and Advanced Learning (BCTAL) has a team competing in the SkillsUSA American Spirit contest. As part of the contest, team members went to North Richland and North Ridge middle schools and Smithfield Elementary to work with students. At North Richland Middle, they talked to seventh- and eighth-grade students about the opportunities available to students at the BCTAL. They also went to Smithfield Elementary and North Ridge Middle School to help write letters to soldiers overseas. The team’s goals were to promote Career and Technology Education programs available for BISD students and show patriotism and citizenship by supporting our military. (Students from Birdville and Richland high schools helped with these projects.)
American Spirit team members are cosmetology students Victoria Navarro, Skylar Brimberry and Ariana Aquino.
