BESTeam Tidbits
November 17, 2017
Celebrations!
- Congratulations to Ashley for being awarded 20 ukuleles from a grant she wrote through TMEA!!!! This is going to be great for our Texans!
- Great two days of learning and growing with Jennifer! Looking forward to seeing tableaux grow on our campus!
- Great job team Texans running the Elves on the Run race on Saturday! Thank you Coach K for organizing this event for our Texans!
- Thank you Hannah for decorating the BES tree for the Colleyville Tree Lighting!
- The BES tree at the Colleyville Tree Lighting won a blue ribbon for student art!
- Our KC Club toured the GRACE Christmas Cottage and prepared for their drive. Thank you Abbey!
- Thank you to each of you for always putting kids first!
Big Rocks
- Holiday Shop: Please take a minute to sign up for the PTA Holiday Shop. Sign up for BOTH a preview slot and a shopping slot. Once we have everyone signed up, we can get our wonderful parent volunteers lined up to work the shop.
- Focus 5 Survey: Please complete the following two question survey by Friday, December 8 at 3:00 p.m. https://ideapod.com/derelict-school-becomes-national-leader-making-making-surprising-subject-compulsory/?utm_content=bufferb0278&utm_medium=share&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=ideapod Thank you in advance for your insight!
- Accommodations Document in Sub Folder: As we work as a district to ensure students with dyslexia are receiving their accommodations on a daily basis please remind teachers to have a copy of their student accommodations document in their sub folder. Many teachers have created a document in Google Sheets that list student names and accommodations by class/ period. This is a great resource for subs as it lists the needed accommodations without disclosing the student's disability.
Small Rocks
Master Schedule: Please take a few minutes to share your input on the current master schedule. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7n-vreqlTnGn17oLcvChJ26IgW7WfpveriyutTzClXcqmkw/viewform?usp=sf_link Thank you in advance for your input!
Holiday Parties: Reminder that ALL Holiday Party treats to be cleared prior to Dec 21st with Rebecca. Thank you!
Sunshine Committee: Don’t forget to join Sunshine if you have not already! If you are not sure check with Denise. Sunshine will be paying for some of our treats and prizes the next few weeks!
KC CLUB Drives: Christmas Cottage and Food Drive Dec. 11-20
New Phones: Please click the link for directions on our new phone system. https://drive.google.com/a/gcisd.net/file/d/0B7AhqFLwK-aBSFV1MVNHeUMwTlFLMVhRdUNydERIYTl1TE5B/view?usp=sharing
District Dyslexia Simulation: The district/ Literacy Intervention Team has recently purchased our own dyslexia simulation kit as we had utilized The Shelton School to come and present dyslexia simulations in the past.
The literacy intervention team will be offering our first district led dyslexia simulation on January 16th 4:30-6:00 at the PDEC.
Staff and Student iPads: Technology Services has tested and verified that the new iOS 11 is fully compatible with our network and iPad devices. Any staff members that have iPads, please proceed with installing the update.
To do this open setting on your iPad, select general and then push software update. You will see it ask to check for update or to download and install. The update will take about 5 to 10 minutes based on what all you have loaded on your iPad. Here is a video from Apple that also walks through the process
For Elementary campus, if time allows over the next few weeks leading into the break, have the students follow this same process. Technology will push a forced iOS update out over the holidays so we can be sure to get all our devices to the latest software level. It's essential that we stay current so we can ensure that all our programs function as intended.
Here is also a nice blog post by Kerissa about some of the new great features of iOS 11
http://gcisdleadwithtechnology.blogspot.com/2017/11/great-features-in-ios-11.html
Staff Holiday Party
Door Decorating Contest
As part of our winter festivities, we will be having a door decorating contest! Doors will be judged by an elite panel of judges from across the district on December 8th and winners will be announced at the Himmelberg's Holiday Hangout!
Awards:
Team Theme- Cooperation is key when working with your team to win this award!
Kid Kreated- Get students involved! Bonus points for connecting it to your content!
Pinterest Perfect- Inspire others with your impeccable door decor!
Happiest Holiday- Bring out your festive decor and celebrate the season!
BEST Texan- Put a Bransford twist on the holidays!
Three Terrific Texan Tweets
Week at a Glance
Monday
It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year! Wear Red & Green and jeans.
Lauren out
Brittany out
Tonya out
Choir 3-4:00pm
Tuesday
Feliz Navidad: Chips & Queso Snack Cart
FIRST TUESDAY of the month, celebrate GCISD by wearing red convocation shirt and jeans!
Lauren out
Kerissa @ BES for Hour of Code 8-11
Cathy @GES for Writing Camp 8:00-12:00
Staff Meeting
Jamie training p.m.
Wednesday
I’ll be Home for Christmas: Leave after all students are dismissed. Enjoy wearing jeans and a holiday or BES shirt.
Jamie training a.m.
Lauren out
GT- RtI Meeting
Fitness Force 3-3:45pm
KC Club 2:55-3:45
Thursday
Here Comes Santa Claus: Wear Santa Gear and jeans.
Lauren out
Lori out
Lori’s birthday
Alecia out
Tracey out
Rebecca @ meeting 7:30-10:30am
Musical tryouts
Friday
Oh Christmas Tree! Wear Holiday Glitz & Glam and jeans.
Lauren out
Lori out
Progress Reports
Kinder making Gingerbread houses 8-10:30am
Holiday Door Judging Winners announced at the Holiday party!
Staff Holiday Party 4:30-7:00pm
Be Proactive ~ A look ahead!
- December 8: Staff Holiday Party
- December 12: CMS Holiday performance at 10:00 a.m.
- December 19: Staff volunteer opportunity at GRACE Christmas Cottage
- December 21: All school assembly at 9:45 a.m. starting with Portrait of a Texan for November and December, choir performance, and school sing-along (this affords our volunteers to set up for the end of semester celebrations); Celebrations from 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. (please note, we will NOT be signing students out early from the classroom); Early Release at 11:45 a.m.
- December 22: No school for staff and students
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