Professional Time
Our professional time on Wednesday is dedicated to instructional improvement teams, and the work you have planned based on last Wednesday's meeting. Please email Mike, Debbie, or I if your team would like some support and we'll be sure to visit your team first.
BE Events for Staff and Students
Notes:
Guidance/Admin meeting this week will focus on students with 504 plans
The AVID students from the class of 2017 will conduct a sock drive to
donate to local organization, Brian's Angels". If you're interested in
participating in this drive please contact Room 239 to have a box delivered to
your room.We will be asking for adult socks preferably.
Home Varsity Athletic Events
News, Notes, and Reminders:
Evaluation Documents for Goal-setting: Without Bloomboard, the district has moved to distributing the evaluation forms on Google. I've revised the two forms slightly to help teachers know how to manage that within Google. If you're uncomfortable using Google, you can download the forms, complete them, and submit them as Word attachments to an email. The forms are located in our BEHS--Shared folder under Evaluation Information and Forms.
You can begin to fill these forms out based on your department discussions. You'll need to share or email both of these with your supervising administrator prior to your conference.
PearDeck: We've updated our subscription to PearDeck. Information about how to log-on will be sent in an email this weekend. PearDeck users, please share how you've found PearDeck to be useful in this document so other teachers know why they should try it out!
MINI-GRANTS! Wall pockets outside of classroom doors, PearDeck, Apps and Language websites used in our World Language department, Yoga mats, and more . . . How did we get all of these items? Through MINI-GRANTS! Last year, Bristol Eastern High School teachers were granted the MOST amount of grant funds through this program. You are some of the most creative individuals I know. I know you have great ideas and are seeking ways to provide these opportunities for students. The determination of these grants is LOCAL, so there is a better chance for funding here than going to other websites or venues. Please take the time to write a mini-grant to fund that great idea!
Below is a link to a tutorial that could help to you apply if you would
like to use it. Please let Kelly Thibodeau know if you have any questions.
Political Issues: As we get closer to elections, I thought it was important to remind everyone about our Board of Education policy.
Policy 6114: Reacting to Political Action/Issues
The role of public schools is to teach about issues and to present varying points of view. It is not the role of public schools to become part of the political process or to be drawn into it by opposing ideological sides. Therefore, the purpose of this policy is to set forth guidelines to ensure that the proper role of the public schools be maintained in what is becoming an increasingly charged, over politicized, fast moving news cycle, designed to force the views of one group or the other on the whole of the school population.
Therefore, schools need to remain apolitical. Moreover, there is a difference between dealing with and teaching about current political issues and becoming embroiled in a political issue and taking sides. Above all, curriculum needs to be depoliticized. Schools should not take a stand on current political issues; they should be reflective and teach about the various views.
It is the policy of the Bristol Public Schools that the Superintendent shall ensure to the greatest extent possible that school curricula and school activities remain clear of overt political action and politicization from any group or party seeking to force one point of view or the other on the school system. Instead, it shall be the policy of the Bristol Public Schools to ensure that a fair and balanced discussion be held in conjunction with politically-charged issues. When timing does not permit the organization and implementation of fair and balanced discussion, individual schools, acting through their principals in consultation with the Superintendent, may:
1. Provide parental choice for their child to opt out of participation of an event related to a politically-charged issue, if time and logistics permit, and to proceed with the event, or
2. Choose to pass up on the event and the related discussion altogether.
Fobs: We will be providing fobs to every teacher. More information to come. Fobs are in the process of being ordered.
Staff member needed! Jake's Wayback Burgers approached BE with an opportunity for fundraising for the school. They're looking to have a BE faculty contestant to take on the Triple-Triple Challenge. The challenge wold be to see who can eat nine patties in the fastest time. Four high schools were invited to take on this challenge. Who will be our BE champion???? Email me if you're interested.
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