BCMS Friday Rewind
Week of January 8, 2018
Check out AVID Weekly - Great Resource!
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- Lessons align with Common Core State Standards (at the secondary and postsecondary levels).
- Used by AVID teachers across all subject areas to teach AVID critical reading strategies.
- Elementary, middle and high schools plus postsecondary institutions all benefit from AVID Weekly.
- Features current newspaper articles and images from The Washington Post News Service & Syndicate and Tribune Content Agency.
- Secondary edition features a monthly video from CNN.
- Certain lessons include English language learner embedded scaffolds.
- New articles and lessons are available each month during the academic year.
The Benefits of Helping Teens Identify Their Purpose in Life
While definitions vary a bit from study to study, researchers have linked a sense of purpose to lower levels of adolescent depression, less binge drinking and drug abuse, healthier habits such as exercising, and a greater commitment to schoolwork. Adults with a sense of purpose report greater satisfaction with life.
Unfortunately, research also suggests that purpose is rare. “Most young people and even most adults don’t have a purpose in their life,” says Bronk, now an associate professor of psychology at Claremont Graduate University in California. A 2009 study involving 237 young people found that only 17 percent of high school freshman have a sense of purpose, and just 23 percent of seniors do, though more than 40 percent of college students do.
Schedule for Jan. 26th - Teacher Workshop Day
7:30 Coffee, Juice and Rolls
8:00-9:00 Literacy Meeting - Stacy Eggers (Bring Your Learning Log)
9:00-10:00 Mental Health Training - BCMS Counselors
10:00-10:30 MAP Test Test Sessions Set Up - English, Math, SPED Teachers
10:45-11:30 PLC Time
11:30 Lunch on your own
Open work time
UPCOMING EVENTS AT BCMS
- Monday, January 15 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School
- Friday, January 19 - Student of the Week Breakfast - 8:00 am - Small Gym
- Wednesday, January 24 - CAMPUS open for grading
- Wednesday, January 24 - 5th Grade Music Round-up - 9:30 am - BHS PAC
- Thursday, January 25 - Last day of Quarter 2
- Friday, January 26 - No School - Literacy Meeting - Teacher Workshop
Buffalo Community Middle School
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