BESTeam Tidbits
February 25, 2018
Celebrations!
Congratulations to Abel for being recognized as the employee of the month!
Monday was AWESOME!!! Thank you to all of the outstanding presenters and learners!
Thanks for the feedback on Monday’s sessions!
Excellent day of learning for FYTS, Michaela & Hannah. Thank you for letting Cathy & Kelsey join you for your classroom observations!
Wonderful night watching our terrific talented Texans!
Thank you to the CMS counselors for visiting with our 5th graders!
Thank you for being creative and innovative with indoor recess!
Great GT/RtI meetings. Thank you for considering ways to continue to grow our students and implementing those ideas in your classroom.
Yay! All of our teachers assessing with TELPAS this year have successfully calibrated! Thank you so much for the extra work you have put in to the process to help our students be successful!
Thank you Tonya, Connie, Kate, Alecia, Sarah, Susan E., Al, Jennifer, and Corrie for cheering on our talented Texans as they performed on Friday night!
Big Rocks
TOY Nominations: It's time to nominate our stellar staff members for teacher of the year. Please take a moment to nominate a teacher using this form.
POY Ballot: It's to honor one of our amazing paras! Please take a moment to cast you vote for BES POY by clicking here.
Focus 5: We are excited to have Jennifer Unger visit with us again this week. She will be in classrooms all day on Tuesday and Wednesday as well as joining us at our staff meeting Tuesday afternoon. Please click here for the schedule.
Open House: Looking forward to welcoming our families on Thursday night! Open House will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Click here for the schedule of events. If you have something going on you would like to spotlight and share with our community, pleases add it to the schedule.
Share the Love: The new year is the perfect time to remove excess and organize! We will be purchasing literacy resources to make sure the needs of all students can be met. In order to do this, we need to reorganize and inventory what we currently have on campus. Please take some time this week to clean out your instructional resources. Bring any books purchased with school and/or PTA funds that students aren't currently using to the literacy library. Once we have an inventory we will be seeking your input on needs and titles to add to the literacy library.
BEST Party is coming April 6th! The PTA would love to offer some "Bransford Experiences" from each grade level! Let's get those creative juices flowing and develop some great auction items for our amazing PTA! Click here to put ideas.
Small Rocks
Retirement: Save the date for the 2017-1018 Retiree Dinner on Thursday, May 3, 2018. If you are considering retirement, make some time to visit with Jamie or Tonya.
Watch D.O.G.S.: This is the live link for our awesome Watch D.O.G.S.
Arts Resources
What is a Pineapple Chart?
The energy in the building Monday was electric! It is always exciting to see the amazing things our colleagues do and learn from the experts! Wouldn't it be great if we could do that everyday? With a Pineapple Chart we can!
On the bulletin board in Cathy's office there is a chart that represents one week of school. The columns are labeled Monday-Friday. The rows are an entire school day (7:30-3:00) divided into 30 minute segments. On this chart, teachers can "advertise" the interesting things going on in their classrooms that others may want to observe. They can be as simple as a read aloud or circle up, or as complex as a science experiment or Breakout Edu! Just jot down the teacher name, the timeframe, and a brief title of the activity on a post it and place it on the chart at the start time.
Check the chart regularly to find something you may be interested is observing. Go to that classroom at the designated time. Sit down in an out of the way spot and watch. It's that simple! You can stay for as long as time allows, or just pop in for a few minutes. This is an informal, but powerful way to learn new techniques and ideas! Maybe you need new ideas for seamless transitions, or you might want to see what the learning environment is like in another grade level. There may be a new tech tool you'd like to try, but want to see someone else using it first. The possibilities are endless when we learn from observing one another!
So think of what you would like to share with the staff and a time you have to visit another classroom. Post your observable moments. Find something you'd like to see, and go for it!
Week at a Glance
What's going on around BES this week?
Monday
Pre-K Lottery Applications available on GCISD website Feb. 9th - March 9th
Book Fair
Texas Public School's Week: We are so glad each of you work at BES! Grab a snack in the lounge!
Jamie off campus a.m.
Denise R. out
Judy’s b’day
Choir 3-4:00pm
Girls On The Run 2:55-4:25pm
Tuesday
Book Fair
Staff Mtg.-Focus 5 3:15-5:00pm
Texas Public School's Week: Wear jeans and a BES shirt!
Delana’s b’day
Jennifer Unger all day
Dr. Ryan videotaping 1-2:00pm
Tonya & Abbey @ Region XI
Wednesday
Book Fair
Heather out
Texas Public School's Week: Working with each of you is such a treat! Enjoy some desserts in the lounge!
Jennifer Unger all day
Assistant principal visits at BES 9-10:30am
Fitness Force 2:55-3:45pm
Thursday
Book Fair
2nd grade “Giraffes Can’t Dance” 9:00am & 5:30pm
Texas Public School's Week: Jeans & red convocation "setting the stage" shirt
Rebecca @ mtg. 7:30am-10:00am
Shelly @ mtg. 1:30pm
Open House 5:30-7:00 pm
Friday
Read Across America Day
Book Fair closes at noon
Texas Public School's Week: Hat's off to you and Dr. Seuss. Enjoy wearing a hat today!
PTA Exec Board Mtg, 9-11:00am
Carolyn out
Girls On The Run 2:55-4:25pm
Choir-5th grade 3-4:30pm
Be Proactive ~ A look ahead!
- March 6: Website Training ***NO L.I.F.E. Time****
- March 6: Play it Safe Presentation during Specials
- March 20: L.I.F.E. Time
- April 21: Rachel's Challenge Rally and 5K Students and Staff can run FREE!
- Spirit Events ~
- Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night March 20th 5-9:00pm
- Snuffer's Spirit Night April 10th 5-8:00pm
- McAlister's Deli Spirit Night April 24th 5-10:00pm
- Menchies Spirit Night May 3rd 3-5:00pm
2018-2019 Planning & Information
- Calendar 2018-2019
- Master Schedule: We have started the conversation about master schedule for 2018-2019. Our final schedule will be ready in May. Stay tuned for updates. Our goals are to think differently and create a schedule that allows us to:
- meet students' varying needs
- continue our journey from teaching to learning platform
- delve deeply into arts integration
- design and facilitate engaging work for our Texans
- have collaboration time with peers throughout the building
- maximizes time for students and staff
BES Forms
- Field Trip Request Form
- PTA Grant Request: All PTA grant requests are due the Wednesday before the executive board meets.
Jamie Halliburton
Email: jamie.halliburton@gcisd.net
Phone: 806-441-6518
Twitter: @BESHalliburton