BHMS Weekly Paws Pamphlet
October 21, 2019- October 25, 2019
Reengaging the Village
Upcoming Events:
Collaborative Planning: October 22 & 24
PL- SMART Labs: October 23
October 15-25---Anti-bullying activities
October 22—9 weeks Awards Ceremony @ 2:00
October 24—TOTY Awards Ceremony @ 6:30
October 28—Design Team Meeting
October 29—DRIVE Training (PL days swapped this week)
October 30—On the Table Event
October 31—CIP Review @3:00
November 6—Student advisory and Supt Visit at BHMS @9:30
November 8- BHMS Fall Festival
November 11—Veteran’s Day (No School)
Homecoming Week Activities Conclusion
Monday---Tacky Day
Club Rotations
We will being our in-school club meetings the week of October 28.
October 28th and October 29th will be the dates that clubs meet during the intervention period. More information will be coming out regarding this.
Reminders....
When signing a hall pass in the agenda for students, please make sure that they have properly filled out the hall pass stating their destination. Students must have a hall pass to leave your class room. ***Blank copies of the hall pass can be found in the work room.
Please continue to use the Ipad located in the office suite to sign-in and out each day. If for some reason the Ipad does not work, please sign in on the paper sign-in sheet on the desk.
Please make sure that you are utilizing Educators Handbook to document both minor and major discipline concerns. The hall monitors should only be utilized to remove students from classrooms when there is a major incident. If a hall monitor is asked to remove a student then the incident should be recorded as a major incident in Educators Handbook.
Please email any item that you would like to include in the announcements by 8:00 am each morning to Dr. Nash. Email is the most efficient way for getting the announcements read.
Please remember that the expectation is that we have bell-to-bell instruction. There should never be a time in which students have nothing to do in a classroom. Please make sure that you over plan. Our students are not in a position where we can afford to waste a single minute of instructional time. Our achievement scores are the biggest indicator of this. If you need assistance coming up with additional assignments please see your academic coach or an administrator.
Please make sure that you do not cover your classroom windows or office windows. This is a safety hazard.
Now that each homeroom teacher has a class set of books, the expectation is that you establish a SSR period in the morning during home room. As students begin to enter your classroom from breakfast, please have them read. Because this is something new, it will require you staying on students to ensure that it is occurring. Please explain to them the purpose behind the reading and how it will ultimately help them be better readers and thus more successful in their academics.
-All students should utilize their green AR folder when going to the media center.
-Please make sure that you are utilizing the magnet strips in your doorways. The district expectation is that doors are locked and that the magnets are utilized which will allow for easy access to rooms, in the event of an emergency the magnet can be quickly removed and the door is still locked. See Mr. Allen if you need a replacement magnet.
Staff Culture Building and Fellowship---A Feast Fit for A Tiger
- October 22 (Breakfast from 7:45-8:15)---7th grade
- week of October 28---Connections
- week of November 4-----6th grade
- November 13----PEC dept.will provide breakfast
- week of November 18th---8th grade
- **We will do something different in December!!!
"AYEE, Aight!!!"
-Ms. McCall for inviting district personnel and community members to help serve in the cafeteria on Wednesday and for purchasing the breakfast cart.
-Mr. Smith for assisting the students with putting together activities for the homecoming week (all student driven) and inviting special guests to the pep rally.
-Ms. Hill for making the class rotation posters.
-Mr. Darling for overseeing the operation of the school store.
-Ms. Braswell and Mrs. Dyson for totally embracing the new district-wide "Preparation for Collaborative Planning" form. They follow the protocols for using the form each week. They make the data entered on their form the source of their conversation during collaborative planning.
-Mr. Allen for frying the delicious fish for the staff!
-Ms. Pinkard for making the standard of "Dividing multi-digit numbers" come to life in her classroom on Friday. The students were engaged and walked away with a deep understanding of the content.
-Ms. Mccall and the entire nutrition staff for earning a 100 Health Score for the BHMS Tiger Corral.
-Ms. Bush for organizing picture day, Ms. Pleas for assisting her and the connections teachers for giving up class time to accommodate us for pictures.
**We know that there are many other staff members who are doing phenomenal things in the classroom and we can't wait to see them.
Intervention Schedule
Monday-Leader in Me (from Allen)
Tuesday-Reading lesson (from Hefner)
Wednesday- Writing lesson (from Miller)
Thursday- Social Studies lesson (from Duncan)
Friday- Science lesson (from Jacobs)
*Just a reminder that the Math and ELA teachers on each team will only teach their content during the intervention period (Tuesday through Friday). This will give them time to provide remediation and enrichment to their students based on observed needs. All other teachers should follow the above schedule during the intervention period.
Congratulations to our September TOM!!
-Mrs. Threatt serves as the Department Chair for Connections. She is a graduate of FVSU and a veteran teacher who has been in education for over 20 years. She is currently the Family and Consumer Science teacher at BHMS. She serves as a TSC mentor to new teachers at BHMS and is always willing to lend a helping hand. She is also the FCCLA advisor. Her peers describe her as very caring and "always looking out for others." She loves traveling, concerts, church, and football. With that stated, Mrs. Threatt represents Ballard Hudson Middle School well.
Congratulations Mrs. Threatt!!
No Caption Needed
Its all Love
National Nutrition Week
PJ Day at BHMS
Pajama Day
Bath Robes at Work?
Did they plan this?
These guys are too chill!
Math in Action
Fry Master
Relaxed and in the right frame of mind.
Congratulations to the Nutrition Staff on earning a 100 health score!!!
October Appreciation Days
October
National Principals’ Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Oct. 21-25 – National School Bus Safety Week
Oct. 22 – Bus Driver Appreciation Day
Oct.24- 9 weeks Awards Ceremony
Oct. 23-31 – Red Ribbon Week
Oct. 24 – Lights On Afterschool
Oct 24--TOTY Awards Ceremony at 6:30
Food for Thought
Ballard Hudson Middle School
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