Category Archives: Smithfield Middle School

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Smithfield Middle School’s Deaf Program Advances to National Battle of the Books Competition

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Each year, students from BISD’s Regional Day School for the Deaf compete in the Gallaudet Battle of the Books for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. This year, a team of six students from Smithfield Middle School competed and advanced through multiple rounds of the online competition. The team won the opportunity to compete in the final round April 22–25 on the campus of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. Gallaudet University provides education for hearing impaired and some hearing individuals from preschool through graduate school. BISD is proud of these students and their sponsors. #BISDShines

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Congratulations to Smithfield Middle School’s Destination Imagination team

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Congratulations to Smithfield Middle School’s Destination Imagination team for placing second at the Destination Imagination Global Competition in Knoxville, Tennesse. They competed at the middle school level of the Structural Challenge: Musical Mashup. The team earned the highest score on their Instant Challenge by showing excellent teamwork, creativity, and innovative problem-solving skills. There were 88 teams in this category from nine different countries. Team members are Jack Vinson, Keegan Pierce, Robbie Baum, Zane Sanchez, Asher Pierce and Luke Sederberg.  Katie Pierce is their team manager.

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Children at Risk 2016 Annual School Rankings Announced

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Congratulations to Smithfield Middle School for being ranked #2 in the Fort Worth area in the Children at Risk 2016 Annual School Rankings. Schools are measured by achievement indicators, performance indicators, growth indicators, and college readiness.

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BISD Advances Two Teams to Destination Imagination’s Global Finals

the Largest Celebration of Creativity in the World

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Haltom City, Texas May 12, 2016 – After achieving honors for creativity, teamwork and innovation in regional and state academic tournaments, Smithfield Middle School and Richland High School have earned the right to compete in Destination Imagination’s Global Finals, the world’s largest celebration of student creativity, to be held May 25–28 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Campus:  Smithfield Middle School
Team Name:  Metaphysical Question Mark?
Competition Challenge:  Musical Mash-up Structural Challenge.
Team Members: Jack Vinson, Keegan Pierce, Robbie Baum, Zane Sanchez, Asher Pierce and Luke Sederberg
Team Manager: Katie Pierce

Campus:  Richland High School
Team Name:  Spectacular Non-Resistant American Radical Phantasms
Competition Challenge:  Meme Event Challenge
Team Members:  Peyton Murrell, Ryan Janke, Alyssa Kunkel, Noah Lewis and Sara Delacruz
Team Manager:  Keri Murrell

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Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP): Seventh-Grade Talent Search

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Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving academically gifted and talented students. Duke TIP works with students, their families, and educators to identify, recognize, challenge, engage, and help students reach their highest potential. Now in its 36th year, the seventh-grade talent search identifies bright seventh-graders based on standardized test scores achieved while attending elementary or middle school. Candidates are invited to take the ACT or the SAT college entrance exams as seventh-graders, which allows them greater insight into their academic abilities. In addition, they gain valuable benefits and have access to unique resources for gifted students.

The following Birdville ISD students qualified for state recognition by scoring at or above the national average of recent high school graduates on at least one part of the ACT or the SAT.

  • Luis Gonzalez, Haltom Middle School
  • Joshua Grantham, North Richland Middle School
  • Erin Powell, North Richland Middle School
  • Mercedes Wacks, North Richland Middle School
  • Trayson Sosa, North Oaks Middle School
  • Fiona Burleson, Smithfield Middle School
  • Ethan Harrah, Smithfield Middle School
  • Kyle Nimon, Smithfield Middle School
  • William Thorne, Smithfield Middle School
  • Trinity Vaughn, Smithfield Middle School
  • Alexander Anderson, North Ridge Middle School
  • Jackson Keefe, North Ridge Middle School
  • Solyn Tidwell, North Ridge Middle School
  • Meredith Turner, North Ridge Middle School

The following Birdville ISD students scored high enough to qualify for grand recognition. Students who qualify at the grand level scored approximately at or better than 90 percent of recent high school graduates on at least one part of the ACT or the SAT. These students are invited to a special recognition ceremony at Duke University. Only about three percent of all the participants in the talent search qualify for grand recognition. This is quite an achievement!

  • Eva Kuderer, Smithfield Middle School
  • Kyle Settelmaier, Smithfield Middle School
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Birdville Education Foundation Supports BISD Teachers

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Congratulations to Angie Magana, Richland High School’s librarian, and the Richland High School band on their grant awards from the Birdville Education Foundation. ‪#‎BISDShines

 

 

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Congratulations to Alison Nivens, Richland Elementary teacher, for receiving a Birdville Foundation Grant for her proposal of using Rhythm Connections with her pre-K students. She is pictured with Foundation board member, Taylor Anderson.
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Smithfield Middle School’s librarian, Beth Muirheid, demonstrates stop-motion video in the campus Makerspace. The Birdville Education Foundation awarded Ms. Muirheid a grant last year to start the campus Makerspace and this year awarded her a second grant to add to the MakerSpace.

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