Spicer Elementary’s Makerspace is a place where students can gather to create, explore, and invent by using a variety of materials, while working through the lenses of Science, Engineering, Journalism, and the Arts.
> Click to View student-created Makerspace Video
> Click to View Spicer Makerspace Website
> Click to View Birdville ISD Makerspace Website
Makerspace is being added to all BISD libraries.
For 12 years, CHILDREN AT RISK School Rankings strive to serve as an accessible guide for parents, educators, and community members on the performance of local schools and to spark important community dialogue on the quality of public education in Texas. Click here to view the methodology for the 2017 CHILDREN AT RISK Annual School Rankings, including the following criteria by which schools are measured:
2017 Fort Worth Elementary School Rankings
2017 Fort Worth Middle School Rankings
2017 Fort Worth High School Rankings
2017 Top Gold Ribbon Elementary Schools
On Thursday, March 23, North Richland Middle School’s National Junior Honor Society was awarded the Friendship Award by SafeHaven of Tarrant County. NJHS officers Katherine Schraub, president; Steven Nguyen, vice-president; Audrey Wasson, secretary; and Teresa Chen, historian, attended SafeHaven’s Annual Meeting to receive the award.
North Richland Middle School’s NJHS has supported SafeHaven for the last nine years through an annual Pay It Forward fundraiser. Every year, NJHS uses the funds raised to pack Valentine’s goodie bags and donate supplies for a full-fledged Easter Egg Hunt for every single child at both SafeHaven of Tarrant County shelters.
On Thursday, March 30, NTE Mobility Partners (NTEMP) presented their first STEM-related grant check for $3,618.37 to teachers from Stowe Elementary for their LEGO Robotics program at the annual Tribute to Leadership event. This grant is part of the $40,000 that NTEMP awarded to the Birdville Education Foundation for STEM-related education programs. This is the first of many grant presentations that will follow in the spring.
Congratulations to Dell Stevens and Dylan Walker, both Haltom High School students, for winning the Circle Theatre Playwriting Contest. (More than 100 plays are submitted annually.) Dylan’s play, “Lovers on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” is one of four finalists who will have a professional play reading at Circle Theatre on May 7 at 3 p.m. The event is open to the public and is free. Dell’s play, “Man of Three Shadows,” is one of five semi-finalists. Both writers will receive cash prizes, tickets to an area theatre, and time to visit with producers, directors and actors. Dylan will have a scholarship from Texas Wesleyan Theatre waiting for him upon graduation. Haltom Theatre will have a staged reading in May to honor these students and their success. Dylan and Dell join a long line of successful playwrights from Haltom High School. Students study playwriting in Theatre II each year.
Girls Soccer
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Birdville High School vs. Denton High School at the BISD Fine Arts/Athletics Complex, 6 p.m.
Richland High vs. Aledo High at Brewer High School, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer
Friday, March 31, 2017
Birdville High Schools vs. Wichita Falls Rider High School at the BISD Fine Arts/Athletics Complex, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for Adults and $3 for Students
