BISD’s board of trustees approved free SAT/ACT boot camps for BISD juniors and seniors. This is for students who registered, or plan to register, to take either the SAT or ACT by the June testing date. Boot camp information is available through the high school counselor. Students must register by Thursday, March 6. Trustees are using proceeds from the district’s oil and mineral leases to pay for these camps.
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Birdville ISD fourth grade teachers at O.H. Stowe Elementary took their classrooms on the road to Austin with Education in Action’s Travel, Explore, and Learn “Proud to be Texan” field trip, 11/8/2013. Students visited the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and the Texas State Capitol to experience what they are learning in fourth grade Texas History.
BISD students will attend school for a half-day on Thursday, Dec. 19 and Friday, Dec. 20. High school students will be dismissed at 11:30 a.m., elementary students at 12:10 p.m., and middle school students at 12:40 p.m. Prekindergarten and PPCD a.m. students will attend from 8:10-10:10 a.m., and p.m. students will attend from 10:10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Students and staff will be on break from Dec. 23 – Jan. 3. School resumes on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014.
The United States Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001. This act requires all local education agencies to ensure that all teachers teaching in core academic subjects within each state to be highly qualified no later than the end of the 2005-2006 academic school year. The act is still in effect and reports are completed annually.
The Highly Qualified Teacher state reports are available on the Texas Education Agency NCLB website at http://burleson.tea.state.tx.us/ReportInterface and on the Accountability and Testing webpage located on the Birdville ISD website at http://schools.birdvilleschools.net/cms/lib2/TX01000797/Centricity/Domain/3979/BISD_HQ_Report_2013-2014.pdf.
All Birdville ISD core course academic teachers, including English/Language Arts, Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Fine Arts, were 100% highly qualified as of the snapshot date of September 16, 2013. As required, the district report was certified and submitted to TEA on November 14, 2013.”
The drawing for the raffle of the 2014 Ford Fiesta donated by 5 Star Ford was scheduled for today, Dec. 7, during halftime of the final game of the Northeast Lions Basketball Tournament. The tournament was cancelled due to the weather.
The Board of Directors of the Birdville Education Foundation has decided to hold the drawing prior to the the BISD School Board of Trustees meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12. You do not need to be present to win.
The Board of Trustees meeting is held in the BISD Administration Building Board Room, 6125 East Belknap, Haltom City, 76117. All are welcome to attend both the drawing and the meeting.
As previously advertised, tickets are for sale until 9 p.m. today, Dec. 7. If you would like to purchase tickets online, you may do so on the Foundation website (until 9 p.m. today), visit birdvilleeducationfoundation.com for more information.
November 2013
Happy Thanksgiving! It is hard to believe it is November 2013. Another year is almost over and written in the history books, and the world is preparing for the beginning of 2014.
As I look back on 2013, I am reminded of all the things for which I am thankful.
During this year, I had the privilege of being on every campus in BISD and seeing your children. Remembering the faces I saw, I am thankful and encouraged for their future. I also had the opportunity to observe our outstanding staff working hard to provide a quality education for each child. To our children and staff, I want to encourage and challenge you to stay strong in your heroic journey.
Also this year, I am thankful for having had the opportunity to meet and work with so many people. The BISD community is very diverse, but that diversity has not stopped this community from wanting the very best for all. This can be seen in the work of the Birdville Council of PTAs Clothes Connection and Supply Depot, the innovative teaching grants supported by the Birdville Education Foundation, and the tremendous volunteers who give so freely of themselves for the good of all children. BISD is a positive model of what other communities desire to be. I want to thank each of these groups for stepping up with their support.
For the seven elected community volunteers who make up BISD’s board of trustees, I am thankful for your dedication and commitment to the community you serve, but more importantly, for your dedication to the children who enter our doors each and every day. Thank you for your sacrifices and service.
Last, but not least, I am thankful for my family. They are 100 percent supportive of my calling as superintendent of Birdville ISD. Without their support and encouragement, it would be difficult to do all I am called to do.
So, during this Thanksgiving season, I am reminded it is time to slow down and say thank you. As I do, I am reminded, every group and every person I have the opportunity to work with is a blessing that enriches who I am.
As you celebrate Thanksgiving with friends and family, I hope you will slow down and say thank you to those who impacted your life in 2013.
