The Bulldog Bark
May 8, 2020
KUDOS
KUDOS to our administration and PTA for putting together the BEST EVER Teacher Appreciation week! Everything was great and I truly appreciate it!
- Jennifer Gregorcyk
Kudos to Mr. Teal for continuing to be our math instructional leader during these "strange times" with at home learning. We appreciate your leadership and guidance.
Kudos, again, to the awesome math teachers for accommodating and making the online lessons comprehensible for all of our students. These are difficult and unusual times for students, parents...and teachers. Thank you for "keeping on keeping on", you are the best, and are very valued.
- Dianne Shaver
Our science team rocks! Kudos for making the best of a crazy situation. You guys are so innovative and your positive, fun vibes make it so much better! Thanks Larissa Ortiz for being a helpful and encouraging leader and Sterling Scott for stepping in and giving our students your all!
- Laura Stegall
Kudos to our administrators for making this Teacher Appreciation week one of the best ever. I love my sign!
Kudos to our custodial staff for keeping our building so clean and safe.
- Cristy Crowder
How Are You Staying Busy? Any New Coworkers?
- Cristy Crowder
- Jennifer Santos
My new part-time coworker enjoying a little culture...
- Sara Amy
- Cristy Crowder
- Cherri Urban
read any good books lately?
Ms. Amy is currently (re)reading one of her favorites, The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan by Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller.
Before the Soviet invasion of 1980, Enjeela Ahmadi remembers her home—Kabul, Afghanistan—as peaceful, prosperous, and filled with people from all walks of life. But after her mother, unsettled by growing political unrest, leaves for medical treatment in India, the civil war intensifies, changing young Enjeela’s life forever. Amid the rumble of invading Soviet tanks, Enjeela and her family are thrust into chaos and fear when it becomes clear that her mother will not be coming home.
Thus begins an epic, reckless, and terrifying five-year journey of escape for Enjeela, her siblings, and their father to reconnect with her mother. In navigating the dangers ahead of them, and in looking back at the wilderness of her homeland, Enjeela discovers the spiritual and physical strength to find hope in the most desperate of circumstances.
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.
Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.
But what Starr does—or does not—say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
Even in murder, the music lives on.
When rising star Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec) is found dead on her turntables, it sends the local music scene reeling. No one is feeling that grief more than her shunned pre-fame best friend, Kya, and ParSec's chief groupie, Fuse -- two sworn enemies who happened to be the ones who discovered her body.
The police have few leads, and when the trail quickly turns cold, the authorities don't seem to be pushing too hard to investigate further. But nobody counted on Paris's deeply loyal fans, ParSec Nation, or the outrage that would drive Fuse and Kya to work together. As ParSec Nation takes to social media and the streets in their crusade for justice, Fuse and Kya start digging into Paris's past, stumbling across a deadly secret. With new info comes new motives. New suspects. And a fandom that will stop at nothing in their obsessive quest for answers, not even murder...
happy birthday!
Karen Stringer 15
Dusti Cerda 22
Delores Pitchlyn 23
Eusebia Vasquez 28
Name:
Brian Bolton
My role on campus is:
Spanish Teacher
My superhero name is:
BOLT-ON
The best sweet or salty snack is:
Chocolate covered pretzels
On the weekends you'll probably find me doing:
Playing volleyball/kickball
I've never:
Been to Barton Springs
Best movie ever was:
Pan's Labyrinth
My favorite sports teams are:
Texas Longhorns
My at bat song would be:
Run for Your Life - Tiffany Young
My start date here was:
Jan 2019
This store has a great deal of my money:
Sprouts/Whole Foods
My hero is:
People say I look like:
Michael Phelps