The Paw Print Parent Newsletter
Bear Branch Junior High
The Principal's Message
Bear Branch Junior High Parents,
Good morning!
This week in our reading of The Happiness Advantage, we talked about The Tetris Effect. Essentially, the Tetris Effect occurs when someone devotes so much time and attention to one particular thing that it begins to pattern their thoughts. In other words, what we continually think about is what we constantly see each day. If we always focus on the negative stuff...we will only see negative stuff. Or, we can train our brains to scan for the positive...and when we do...we are more likely to see all the positive stuff in our lives.
Shawn Achor, the author of The Happiness Advantage said, "Just as it takes days of concentrated practice to master a video game, training your brain to notice more opportunities takes practice focusing on the positive. The best way to kick-start this is to start making a daily list of the good things in your job, your career, and your life."
Our goal this year at BBJH is to recognize the negative...or places we can improve...but to mainly focus on all the positive things about our campus.
As always, if I can ever be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me at 281-356-6088 or by email at bpetty@magnoliaisd.org.
p.s- If you happen to read the book, please let me know your thoughts. I'd love to get some feedback as we will be meeting as a faculty every Monday to discuss.
Thanks!
Ben Petty
Principal- Bear Branch Junior High
BBJH Weekly Activity Schedule
Please take a look at the BBJH Weekly Activity Schedule. This particular schedule covers October 14- October 18th and October 21- October 26. Please click here to view the schedule.
HOLLA!!
Attendance
Canvas Parent Log-In
Please click here to view information regarding Canvas Parent Log-In.
Red Ribbon Week
Monday, October 28th- Red Day- Just Say No to Drugs
Tuesday, October 29th- Hat Day/Crazy Sock Day- Put a Cap on Drugs/Kick Drugs to the Curb
Wednesday, October 30th- Twin Day- Double Up Against Drugs
Thursday, October 31st- School or Team Spirit Day- Team Up Against Drugs
Friday, November 1st- Decades Day- Drugs Are Never in Style
BBJH Yearbook
If you have pictures from the 2019-2020 school year, please share them with our yearbook staff by emailing cebbeler@magnoliaisd.org. We will do our best to incorporate your favorite pictures in the yearbook!
NJHS Birthday Box
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Bear Branch Athletics/Fine Arts
2019-2020 Magnolia ISD School Calendar
Bear Branch Junior High Administration and Counseling
- Mr. Jeremy Hubbard, 8th Grade- jhubbard@magnoliaisd.org
- Mrs. Sheri Cantu, 7th Grade- scantu@magnoliaisd.org
Academic Coordinator
- Mrs. Jennifer Ward- jward@magnoliaisd.org
Counselors
- Mrs. Katie Simon, 8th Grade- ksimon@magnoliaisd.org
- Mrs. Gay Sherley. 7th Grade- gsherley@magnoliaisd.org
Dr. Ben Petty- Principal- Bear Branch Junior High
Email: bpetty@magnoliaisd.org
Website: https://bbjh.magnoliaisd.org/
Location: 31310 Farm to Market Road 2978, Magnolia, TX, USA
Phone: 281-356-6088
Twitter: @drbenpetty