Dear Medina Families and Community,

Happy New Year! We hope you had a restful and fun-filled end to 2022. If you traveled during this break, we hope the joy that comes from your family and friend reunions outweighed any weather and travel-related challenges. I had the happiness to meet with former students of mine and to run into some of you during this break. These occasions remind me that connection goes beyond the physical walls of our school, and that connection shapes who we are in obvious and subtle ways.

With any new year that presents opportunities to pause, reflect, and set goals, we invite you to share with us any goals or resolutions you have set with your family. For myself, instead of New Year resolutions, I chose a word - imagination - to represent my focus for this year. For Mrs. Weiland, her word for this year is strength. Here is a link to provide some information about the word of the year: https://wildsimplejoy.com/personal-word-of-the-year-ideas/. We will be exploring how those words lead to our learning and action in the coming year. Please feel free to text or email us with your word or goals (nhanb@bsd405.org or weilandk@bsd405.org) so we can inspire and learn together.

Welcome back; we look forward to writing this new chapter with you and our families.

In partnership,

Kati & Betty

Information Nights for middle schools are coming up soon! Included in the list of upcoming events above are the specific school nights, and don't forget to include in your calendar for the schools that apply to your student. Please check out more details here: https://bsd405.org/2022/12/2023-24-school-year-family-information-nights/

• Both the Open Transfer and Choice School/Program application periods are: December 5, 2022 through January 20, 2023.
• Siblings of current students are not guaranteed enrollment and must apply.
• The Arabic Language Program and Puesta del Sol Spanish Immersion Program will accept nonresident entry level applications. The applicants will be placed on a nonresident waitlist for consideration after all resident students have been placed.
• Nonresident students who wish to enroll in BSD’s comprehensive schools may now also submit waitlist applications. Learn more on the Inter District Transfer webpage.
• For more information, please visit:
• Open Transfer https://bsd405.org/departments/student-placement/open-transfer/
• Choice Schools/Program https://bsd405.org/schools/choice/

Spanish

Opciones escolares para el año escolar 2023-24.

• Los períodos de solicitud de transferencia abierta y de elección de escuela / programa son: del 5 de diciembre de 2022 al 20 de enero de 2023.
• Los hermanos de los estudiantes que estan inscrito al momento no tienen garantizada la inscripción pero deben de aplicar.
• El Programa de Idioma Árabe y el Programa de Inmersión en Español de Puesta del Sol aceptarán solicitudes de nivel de entrada para no residentes. Los solicitantes serán colocados en una lista de espera de no residentes para su consideración después de que todos los estudiantes residentes hayan sido colocados.
• Los estudiantes no residentes que deseen inscribirse en las escuelas integrales de BSD ahora también pueden presentar solicitudes de lista de espera. Obtenga más información en la página web de Transferencia entre distritos.

Para mas información por favor visite:

• Transferencia Abierta https://bsd405.org/departments/student-placement/open-transfer/
• Choice Schools/Program https://bsd405.org/schools/choice/

Simplified Chinese

2023-24学年的学校选择。

• 今年，公开转学（以前称为公开招生）和精选学校/课程的申请期都會在同一时间段接受申請。-2022年12月5 日至2023年1月20日。
• 阿拉伯语课程和太阳门西班牙语沉浸式课程将接受非居民入门级申请。在所有居民学生被安置后，申请人将被列入非居民候补名单以供考虑。
• 欲入读 BSD 综合学校的非居民学生现亦可提交候补名单申请。了解有关
• 现有学生的兄弟姐妹不能保证入学，必须申请。Inter District Transfer 网页
• 欲了解更多信息，请点進下列網站：
• 公開转校 https://bsd405.org/departments/student-placement/open-transfer/
• 特选學校/预选 https://bsd405.org/schools/choice/