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2016 BISD Texas All State Musicians Announced

Congratulations to the 16 BISD high school band and choir members who were selected as Texas All State musicians after completing their final audition in Midland–Odessa.  After successfully navigating through multiple auditions spanning several months, these band and choir members have achieved the highest honor an individual high school musician can attain in Texas. These students will travel to San Antonio in February to participate in clinics and concerts during the Texas Music Educators Association annual convention.

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Notes from Dr. Brown, January, 2016

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On Friday, January 15 at 9:30 a.m., the BISD community is invited to the groundbreaking for the replacement campus at North Richland Middle School. This is the second of three campuses being rebuilt thanks to the support of voters in the BISD community.

In addition to the groundbreaking at North Richland Middle School, the construction of the new West Birdville Elementary campus is more than 40 percent complete and the new Birdville Elementary campus is set to go out to bid this spring. The work on these and other projects in the 2014 Bond referendum continues to move forward.

To keep our community apprised of the progress of the 2014 Bond, BISD has developed a website (bisdbond14.net) that contains an abundance of bond-related information. This includes:

  • Presentations of current and upcoming construction projects;
  • A program timeline of work scheduled for each campus;
  • Financial information; and
  • Photographs from various projects.

I hope you will take the opportunity to stay informed about the great things happening across Birdville ISD and join me on January 15 at the groundbreaking for North Richland Middle School.

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Jan. 12, 2016 – BISD Named Finalist for $5 Million Raise Your Hand Texas Grant

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TEN SCHOOL/DISTRICT GRANT FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR $5 MILLION RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS BLENDED LEARNING INITIATIVE
– Five winners to each receive $500,000 and technical support over three years –

AUSTIN, TX (January 11, 2016) – Raise Your Hand Texas today revealed the 10 finalist schools and districts – winnowed from 75 semifinalists – who remain under consideration for the $5 million Raising Blended Learners demonstration initiative.

The ten finalists include:

  • Birdville ISD
  • Cisco ISD
  • Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
  • Georgetown ISD
  • Grand Prairie Young Women’s Leadership Academy
  • KIPP Houston
  • Pasadena ISD
  • Point Isabel ISD
  • Tulia ISD
  • Ysleta ISD

Teams representing these 10 finalists will attend a workshop in February to receive professional assistance in further refining their blended learning plans. Five winners, to be announced as demonstration sites in April, will each receive up to $500,000 in grants and technical implementation support for three years. All semifinalists will have access to blended learning resources to refine and implement plans if they move forward with their own programs without grant funding, as several confirmed they intend to do.

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