BHMS Weekly Paws Pamphlet
October 14, 2019- October 18, 2019
Reengaging the Village
Upcoming Events:
District-wide PL Day--October 14 (8:00-4:00)
Faculty meeting---October 14 @2:30
-Professional Learning: October 16: MGRESA
-SPORTING EVENTS:
October 5--6th grade Football @ 1:00 pm; Central City Park
10/16/19 Football BHMS vs. Miller 5:30 Location: Thompson
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-10/5/19: Mercer Be a Good NeighBear Community Service Activity at BHMS (9am-12pm)
-Fall Break: 10/7-10/11
-10/14-/19 District-Wide PL Day (PL sessions attached)
-10/14/19 Supt. Listening Session: Howard High @4 :00 pm
-10/14-10/18 BHMS Homecoming
-10/18 PBIS Pep Rally
-10/18 Staff lunch provided by the administrative team
-10/31--CIP Review @3:00
The PBIS Team has come up with staff spirit days to help maintain a sense of unity among the staff. They ask that you participate by wearing the attire listed below on the specified dates:
October 18th--Pajama Day
Homecoming Week Activities
Tuesday--Baby Day/Elementary School
Wednesday---Yellow/Gold Day
Thursday---normal attire due to Picture Day
Friday---Pajama Day (nothing too tight , too short, or too revealing)
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.
We are asking each staff member for a donation of $5.00 to stock up the PBIS School Store. We would like to put items in the store that our students want based on the lists you generated in class.
-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 18th (Fish Fry)----Administrative/Office team
- October 22 (Breakfast from 7:45-8:15)---7th grade
- week of October 28---Connections
- week of November 4-----6th grade
- week of November 11----PEC dept.
- week of November 18th---8th grade
- **We will do something different in December!!!
PAWS Token Incentive Plans
"AYEE, Aight!!!"
-6th grade teachers for assisting with getting all students on the correct bus in a timely manner.
-Ms. Evans for assisting a fellow staff member this week.
-Mr. Smith for spearheading the Homecoming week events.
-Ms. Pleas for decorating the bulletin board.
-Mrs. Brezial for filling the gap in Ms. Bush's absence this week.
-Ms. J. Raines, Ms. Hill, Ms. Pleas, Ms. Y. Smith, Ms. Brezial, Ms. Evans-Daniels, Mr. Darling, Mr. Allen, Ms. Pryor, Ms. Burgess, and Mrs. Miller for assisting with club sign-ups on Monday and Tuesday.
-Mr. Blassingame for setting up the tables for clubs sign-ups in the gym.
-Ms. Richardson for organizing the Mercer Be a Good NeighBear event at BHMS.
**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
Tuesday-Leader in Me (from Allen)
Wednesday- Reading lesson (from Hefner)
Thursday- Social Studies lesson (from Duncan)
Friday- Science lesson (from Jacobs)
*Just a reminder that the math teachers on each team will only teach math during the intervention period (Tuesday through Friday). This will give them time to provide remediation to their students based on observed needs. All other teachers should follow the above schedule during the intervention period.
* ELA teachers on each team will begin providing remediation during intervention to their students in the same format as the math teachers are doing. This will give them time to provide remediation to their students based on observed needs.
Club Sign-ups
Club sign-ups
Club sign-ups
October Appreciation Days
October
National Principals’ Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Oct. 2 – National Custodial Worker’s Day
Oct. 7 – World Day of Bullying Prevention
Oct. 14-18 – National School Lunch Week
Oct. 14-18 – National Fire Prevention Week
Oct. 16 – Boss’ Day
Oct. 21-25 – National School Bus Safety Week
Oct. 22 – Bus Driver Appreciation Day
Oct.22- 9 weeks Awards Ceremony
Oct. 23-31 – Red Ribbon Week
Oct. 24 – Lights On Afterschool
Oct 24--TOTY Awards Ceremony at 6:30
Make sure that you know where to be on October 14th and be there on time! See the attachment.
Food for Thought
I ask that you spend some time during your Fall break analyzing the first couple of months of school and reflecting on how you can take your instruction and ultimately your students to the next level. Let's commit to having a whole school reset when we return from the break and spend time reteaching our rules, expectations, and procedures to our students. Let's commit to being better as adults and modeling that for our students. Enjoy your break! #BallardBlessed
Ballard Hudson Middle School
Email: latrina.pennamon@bcsdk12.net
Website: https://ballardhudson.bcsdk12.net/
Location: 1070 Anthony Road, Macon, GA, USA
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