BCMS Friday Rewind
Week of 2-13-2017
Parent Advisory Council meeting 2-17-2017
https://sites.google.com/a/bhmschools.org/bcms-parent-advisory/minutes-1
Buffalo Community Middle School Building Goal for 2016-2017
1.) Here is a link to the literacy meeting presentation on Vocabulary.
2.) BCMS Literacy Focused Curriculum Writing Opportunity: On Tuesday, February 28, we will host a curriculum writing opportunity for integrating our literacy focus of "Read, Write, Speak, Think" into our curriculum. This includes a before and after school option. All you need to do is sign-up via this Google form. We hope to see you there!
Teaching & Learning Curriculum Mapping: Stacy Eggers will host the Teaching & Learning Curriculum Mapping Night at BCMS on Tuesday, March 7. Here is the sign-up.
3.) Please try either the Vocabulary Self-Awareness or Vocabulary Card routine one time before our next literacy meeting on March 15.
4.) Don't forget to check out the literacy resources on our BCMS One Stop site. If you have anything you think is worth adding, send it my way.
5.) Finally, if you are looking for ANY literacy related support, please let me know.
MCA Testing Prep Materials Added to One Stop
The link below includes substitute teachers who have been trained MCA test proctors. Should you need a sub during testing season, please use the information found in the link.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iViErcm-JGc1gG81taasKOzCxC9q5qH-gnqIXYktMls/edit
Rick DuFour
We lost a great educator last week: Rick DuFour died on February 8th after a long battle with lung cancer. We have studied his work over the years and our district is better for students because of it. Here are a few quotes from Mr. DuFour
“We will not let you off the hook. We will see to it that you do what is necessary to be successful. We won’t place you in a less rigorous curriculum, nor will we lower our standards for this course or grade level. We will give you the support, time, and structure to help you be successful, but we will not lower the bar.” (with Rebecca DuFour, in Memo 372)
“PLCs operate under the assumption that the key to improved learning for students is continuous, job-embedded learning for educators. The fundamental structure of a PLC is collaborative teams of educators who work interdependently to achieve a common goal, for which members are mutually accountable.” (with Rebecca DuFour, in Memo 356)
“Developing individual teachers’ knowledge and skills is important but not sufficient. The challenge facing schools is expanding the ability of a team of teachers to achieve goals for all their students and developing the ability of the entire faculty to move the school toward its vision.” (Memo 45)
Buffalo Community Middle School
Email: mlubben@bhmschools.org
Website: http://www.bhmschools.org/schools/buffalo-middle
Location: 1300 Minnesota 25, Buffalo, MN, United States
Phone: 763-682-8200
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