BESTeam Tidbits
February 18, 2018
Celebrations!
Thank you to each of you for putting student safety first each and every day!
Kindness calls were a bucket filler for students, staff, and families! Thank you Abbey for organizing our triple kindness challenge!
Wonderful Val-g-ram sales!
Fantastic Valentine's Day Celebrations!
Thank you scheduling think tank! Wonderful ideas shared! Excited to start planning now for next year!
Thank you to Delana, Kelsey, Michaela, Corrie, Jeanette, Christine, and Jenna for having Cathy visit while your students created tableaus.
Great celebration for our volunteers! Thank you everyone for contributing to the celebration!
Congratulations to Megan for completing her 30 GT hours!
Thank you Abbey for planning and organizing fun for our staff on Valentine's Day! #Bettertogether!
Big Rocks
Please provide input: Click here to provide input on Friday Folders, Nicky Folders, and Meet the Teacher Date/Time. Thank you!
Classroom Visits: Thank you for arranging times with your families to visit classrooms. If you have unexpected visitors, popping in, interrupting learning time, please let Jamie and Tonya know. We will address these interruptions directly with the interrupter.
Share the Love: The new year is the perfect time to remove excess and organize! We will be purchasing literacy resources to make sure the needs of all students can be met. In order to do this, we need to reorganize and inventory what we currently have on campus. Please take some time this week to clean out your instructional resources. Bring any books purchased with school and/or PTA funds that students aren't currently using to the literacy library. Once we have an inventory we will be seeking your input on needs and titles to add to the literacy library.
BEST Party is coming April 6th! The PTA would love to offer some "Bransford Experiences" from each grade level! Let's get those creative juices flowing and develop some great auction items for our amazing PTA! Click here to put ideas.
Website Training: The new and refreshed district website will launch after Spring Break in March 2018. All campus staff members will need to have their page updated and ready by Monday, March 19, so basic training of editing the website is necessary. No worries, we have a plan! Our campus subsite director, Shelly, will work with us to recreate your website page at the staff meeting on on Tuesday, March 6.
Small Rocks
Open House: Thank you for sharing your input on Open House! Save the date for Thursday, March 1. Open House will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Book fair will be open that entire time. We will have a schedule of events that parents can take part in throughout the evening, starting with the second grade program at 5:30 p.m. More details coming soon
Retirement: Save the date for the 2017-1018 Retiree Dinner on Thursday, May 3, 2018. If you are considering retirement, make some time to visit with Jamie or Tonya.
Watch D.O.G.S.: This is the live link for our awesome Watch D.O.G.S.
Arts Resources
To foster a love of art in children, we must teach it at elementary school. If we want children to value art, we must give them access to it early on in life. Here’s an article on how schools can make space for creativity.
Week at a Glance
What's going on around BES this week?
Pre-K Lottery Applications available on GCISD website till March 9th
Professional Learning Day/Student Holiday
Lori @ GT meeting
Tuesday
Spring Picture Day ~ Denise will share the schedule with you
All Middle School Showcase-5th (evening)
Tonya ARD @ 9:50
Cathy out
Hayden out
Jamie off campus
Corrie’s birthday
No staff meeting today
Wednesday
Why not wear jeans Wednesday?
Hayden out
April out
Lauren @ Valor
Jamie principal meeting a.m.
Tonya AP meeting p.m.
Fitness Force 2:55-3:45pm
Thursday
Hayden out
April out
Michaela, Hannah & Cathy at FYTA
TELPAS Practice Sessions PM
2nd grade to Museum of Science & History 9:15am-2:15pm
PTA Founders Day Luncheon 10 am-1:00 pm
Library Ambassadors 3-4:00pm
Friday
Hayden out
April out
GT/RtI Meeting during planning with Lori and Tonya
CMS Counselors here 2-2:45pm in the library
Girls On The Run 2:55-4:25pm
Choir-5th grade 3-4:30pm
BES Talent Show 6:30-8:00pm
Be Proactive ~ A look ahead!
- February 19: Student Holiday & Staff Professional Learning Day
- February 20: Spring Picture Day
- March 6: Website Training ***NO L.I.F.E. Time****
- March 6: Play it Safe Presentation during Specials
- March 20: L.I.F.E. Time
- April 21: Rachel's Challenge Rally and 5K Students and Staff can run FREE!
- Spirit Events ~
- Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night March 20th 5-9:00pm
- Snuffer's Spirit Night April 10th 5-8:00pm
2/13 TELPAS Calibration Opportunity (staff with students engaged in TELPAS)
2018-2019 Planning & Information
- Calendar 2018-2019
- Master Schedule: We have started the conversation about master schedule for 2018-2019. Our final schedule will be ready in May. Stay tuned for updates. Our goals are to think differently and create a schedule that allows us to:
- meet students' varying needs
- continue our journey from teaching to learning platform
- delve deeply into arts integration
- design and facilitate engaging work for our Texans
- have collaboration time with peers throughout the building
- maximizes time for students and staff
BES Forms
- Field Trip Request Form
- PTA Grant Request: All PTA grant requests are due the Wednesday before the executive board meets.
Jamie Halliburton
Email: jamie.halliburton@gcisd.net
Phone: 806-441-6518
Twitter: @BESHalliburton