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.
Annual Highly Qualified Teacher Report
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.”
Due to the current winter weather conditions the Birdville Education Foundation raffle drawing has been rescheduled.
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.
It’s a wonderful life: A Live Radio Play
Congratulations to the following BISD middle school choir students
Congratulations to the following BISD middle school choir students for being selected for one of the Region 5 All-Region choirs. More than 800 students from Birdville, Mansfield, and Arlington school districts competed in the event. These students will perform a concert at Martin High School at 5 p.m. Nov. 16. Region 5 Middle School Mixed Choir: Haltom Middle – Valerie Esquivel, Thomas Jones, Kennan Lukacs and Darlena Vu; North Oaks Middle – Ellian Liburd and Alejandro Saucedo; North Richland Middle – Brooke Christoffersen, Alex Maclean, Dashaun White and D Williams; North Ridge Middle – Allison Burk, Dawson Byrnes and Sam Howell; Smithfield Middle – John Blamey, Ashlynn Butler, Harrison Caltagirone, Hannah Detrick, Trent Dutton, Darius Easter, Danielle Farnan, Kaleigh Farnan, Annie Flores, Seth Goff, Hannah Green, Libby Hutyra, Marliz Lopez, Kyle Mullen, Paul Maygan, Giang Pham, Nick Rothe, Jacob Schuck, Drake Sterling, Grace Turner, Harrison Woodson, Isabella Ybarra, Laurel Young and Kendra Zitzman; and Watauga Middle – Jakeem Acres, Bryan Alvarez and Shali Hartman. Region 5 Middle School Treble Choir: Haltom Middle – Magali Munoz; North Oaks Middle – Khalisa Esmail; North Richland Middle – Maggie Biggs, Haley Hanson, Hallie Havard, Adriana Marquez, Denise Moncado, Emily Patrick, Natalie Powell, Jayden Pratt and Jessika Rodriguez; North Ridge Middle – Hailey Frith, Maysen Garner, Alyssa Goeringer, Kyla Martinez, McKynzi Miller and Maggie Williams; Smithfield Middle – Alicia Blackburn, Cami Henyan, Kayley Hillhouse, Shannon Hudgins, Amy Little and Olivia Tefertiller; Watauga Middle – Denyce Bustillos, Cassandra Dominguez, Ivana Egenti, Aleysia Gaye, Sarah Lawson, Julianna Lipinski, Gabrielle Mallou, Melanie Martinez, Catherine Suazo and Shelby Winborne.
Congratulations to the following BISD middle school band students
Congratulations to the following BISD middle school band students for being selected for one of the Region 5 All-Region bands. More than 500 students from Birdville, Mansfield, and Arlington school districts competed in the event. Almost 60 percent of this year’s middle school region band members are from Birdville schools. Region 5 Middle School Symphonic Band members are: Haltom Middle – Anika Boulommavong, Jovan Bravo, Sebastian Carrillo, Kaitlin Covert, Hannah Floyd, Nicole Holguin, Raimson Inthakoun, Elizabeth Longshore, Rafael Perez, Diego Reyna, Chris Skinner, Jeffry Ulloa, Fatima Valadez and Darlena Vu; North Oaks Middle – Peter Armendariz, Caroline Berry, Kenneth H. Bui, Geovany Escobar, Samantha Guerrero, Sebastian Morales and Annie Nguyen; North Richland Middle – Ryan Arif, Ben Mcendree, Grit Saichua, Tyler Stiles and Michael Vance; North Ridge Middle – Lauren Posey, Joshua Pruett and Marshall Shake; Richland Middle – Jaquelyn Banner, Brian Cano, Leslie Esparza, Kayla Goins, Jesus Gonzalez, Sydney Hocker, Dylan Hutchison, Erica Johnson, Aaron Norwood, Israel Omodi, Karina Rodelo, Abigail Rodriguez, Gage Rushing, Sean Smith and Alyssa Thao; Smithfield Middle – Jackson Boyd, Hannah Fette, Cami Henyan and Jordan Proffer; and Watauga Middle – Ethan Jasso, Kaetlynn Mccurry, Trey Pratt, Jax Ramsey and Bryan Rodriguez. Region 5 Middle School Concert Band: Haltom Middle – Giselle Carrillo, Maryel Cazares, Kendra Davis, Valerie Esquivel, Yenahira Maisonet, Danielle Marquez, Magali Munoz, Marco Munoz, Maria Ortega and Joel Roden; North Oaks Middle – Emily Castro, David Delaney, Matthew D. Gardere, Sebastian I. Gonzalez, Alexis Hernandez, Ana E. Huerta, Autumn Jettie, Nicholas Manyloun and Tyra N. Nivong; North Richland Middle – Jasmine Cantu, Dillon Cardenas, Caitlin Celis, Thomas Conner, Peter Hanna, Drake Nelson, Taylor Pipes and Anissa Prieto; North Ridge Middle – Tony Anderson, Marti Bowen, Jazmaine Carter, Victoria Duermeyer, Angelique Farnham, Cole Hughes, Dalton Jones, Noah Lewis, Emily Mclain, Emily Mullins, Megan Murillo, Kevin Pang, Adamma Silva, Dalton Thomas and Kaileemarie Trinh; Richland Middle – Sheridan Davis, Anly Do, Joshua Martinez, Adrian Matancillas, Arlo Walker and Ethan Wong; Smithfield Middle – Yvann Aguilar, Mikaela Applebury, Cody Mercer, Ann-Elise Mitcham, Meagan Overcash, Tanner Rhodes, Mark Sherman and Jacob Villarreal; Watauga Middle – Jacob Aldrich, Devon Dobbs, Spencer Elliott, Josue Fernandez, Isabel Garcia Cabrera, Jaclyn Haggard, Katia Lopez and Samantha Ponce.