Blaze Bulletin
Edition 34 - May 1st
Greetings...
Teachers,
Happy May Day and happy last day of EOC testing! Now, AP testing starts, and hold on - graduation/summer is right around the corner! If this applies to you, enjoy pure teaching/learning in the next few weeks now that the "test" is over. Keep students engaged and active, and let's have a great last few weeks.
Best wishes!
lj
MUST READ....
Grade books must be updated weekly. Remember, an average of 2 grades per week should be recorded. Parents and students must have a current view of their students progress.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT....
The Alternative Professional Development form will be completed and submitted online beginning May 1st. It will still be located on Schoolstation at the bottom of the purple Scheduler box. The instructions are attached as a pdf and an Office Mix below.
https://mix.office.com/watch/e9igbg96rvn9
Teachers will complete form and upload documentation online for your principal’s approval. Your principal will then submit it to your Coordinator online. You will be able to check your Schoolstation record for the status of approval by your Principal and Coordinator.
**Alternative professional development is any professional development you want to complete that is not listed on Schoolstation.
Remember-
1. Submit for approval at least 10 days before the PD.
2. After you have completed the professional development, you must submit documentation to the PD Center in order to receive in service credit.
LUNCH IS SERVED....MAY 4TH IN THE MEDIA CENTER DURING ALL 3 LUNCH PERIODS
Thank you New Vision Baptist Church
JEANS WEEK....May 1st - 5th
$5 donation to The Blackman Voice will save you laundry and dry cleaning next week!
My students will collect money second period today and tomorrow. You can leave an envelope in my mailbox, be sure to put your name on it.
We will put receipts in your box.
Lois Walker
MARK YOUR CALENDAR....
Free Throw Contest Breakfast
May 9th @ 7:30 am
FRONT OFFICE AP CONFERENCE ROOM
Thank you Ms. Witherspoon!
Congrats to BHS Rutherford Works Interns!!!!
Richard Arning - City of Eagleville - Administrative Intern
Luke Bailey - Nissan Mechatronics Intern
Gracyn Blake - Rutherford Co Government - Correctional Work Center
Griffin Collins - Schwan Cosmetics - Product Development Lab Tech Intern
Timothy Gardner - Nissan Purchasing Intern
Sarah Grenfell - StoneCrest Medical Center - Information Technology Intern
Katie Hartman - Murfreesboro Medical Clinic - Marketing
Amari Henderson - MTEM - Communications & Member Services Intern
Carson Kennedy - Thompson Services - Business Management Intern
Bailey McDaniels - CalSonic Human Resources Intern
Shelby Melliere - Schwan Cosmetics - Human Resources/Office Admin Intern
Luke Porter - Murfreesboro Electric - Engineering Intern
Elijah Rachell - City of Murfreesboro - Police Department IT Intern
Reminder....
Please be mindful that the following content areas get priority:
M - Math
E - English
S - Science
S - Social Studies
Y - your choice
If a student is not called to Primetime by the priority subject on any given day, you may call them.
Technology Coach Transition
Our new technology coach, Kaitlin Brown (brownka@rcschools.net), will begin on Monday. Be sure to welcome her to BHS!
Attention All EOC Teachers
The state is going to send quick scores before the end of the school year, so all EOC teachers will need to make adjustments to their iNow gradebooks. Holly Hunter and Kaitlin Brown will train EOC teachers on the gradebook changes. A specific date and more information will be sent out soon.
Technology Minute
Learn how to customize your App Launcher (aka the Waffle) to more easily access the items you use most often. Click here to watch the video
Contest ends at midnight tonight: refresh your Edlio teacher webpages!
Spring has sprung, and that means it's time to review and refresh your Edlio teacher webpages! To get your wheels turning, Edlio is offering three chances to win a $100 Amazon gift card to lucky teachers who update their Teacher Page and share the results via Facebook or Twitter. For more information and a full list of guidelines, check out their blog post!
Watch Announcements LIVE on YouTube
You can watch the daily announcements streaming LIVE on YouTube. There is only a 30 second delay. Go to this link. When the announcements begin, the We Are Blackman video will be replaced by live, streaming announcements.
Email: BHS_STAFF Is Changing to bhsstaff
The central office technicians will be working to clean up each school’s distribution list. Effective Monday April 3, you will need to use bhsstaff@rcschools.net instead of BHS_STAFF@rcschools.net to send an email to the faculty and staff. Messages sent to this address will go to all certified and classified personnel in the building. BHS_STAFF will stop working.
In our Greenhouse....
Hours of operation.... 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm SATURDAY 7:00 am to 1:00 pm Monday – Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm (most days).
New to BHS & Administrative Meetings
May 3rd @ 7:45am Media Center - Lawless
Let's play who is that? HIGH SCHOOL YEARS REVISITED....
Winner Pam Snell who guessed Gayle Dawson....
BIOMETRIC SCREENING....
All active employees and their spouses who are covered by the 2017 health care plan must complete the health assessment survey on the Cigna website and the fasting biometric screening as part of the annual wellness campaign.
The biometric screening can be done at a MedPoint clinic or through your primary care physician sometime between January 1, 2017 and September 30, 2017.
For active employees and spouses covered under the County health plan that do not participate, the employee will pay an additional $300 for insurance premiums through payroll deductions in the following year, 2018.
You can find information for completing this process on the Rutherford County Schools’ website under the careers tab, then employee benefits.
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