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Category Archives: #BISDShines
Jaimie Smith Elected to Texas ASCD Board
Congratulations to Jaimie Smith, BISD’s director of teaching and learning, for being elected to the Texas Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Board of Directors.
Click here for the May edition of Texas ASCD’s Leadership (open in new window)
BISD’s HR Director Named Personnel Administrator of the Year
Congratulations to Paige Curry, BISD’s director of human resources, for being named 2017 TASPA Dr. Mary Hopkins Personnel Administrator of the Year.
Birdville Education Foundation Grant Application Closes Dec. 12
Birdville Education Foundation Grant Season
2018–19 Grant Applications are now available. Applications will be accepted Oct. 27 – Dec. 12. Visit birdvilleeducationfoundation.com for more details.
Birdville ISD Athletics Hall of Honor
Birdville ISD Hall of Honor Celebrating with a Bang!
Honoring:
Jay Thompson
Rick Parr
Jenny Webster
Glenn Ray
Ken West
December 4, 2017
6:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Athletics Complex
9200 Mid Cities Blvd.
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
Tickets are $20
To purchase tickets call 817-547-5820
Birdville ISD District Teachers of the Year are Passionate About Education
Birdville ISD’s 2017 Elementary Teacher of the Year Kristin Autrey (left) and Secondary Teacher of the Year Jennifer Cruze (right) recently spoke with the women of Delta Kappa Gamma, Theta Theta Chapter. They support public education and are passionate about teachers.
2017–18 National Merit
BISD is proud to announce it has two National Merit Semifinalists and five National Merit Commended Scholars for the 2017–18 school year. Nearly 1.5 million juniors in 22,000 high schools across the country entered the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program last year by taking the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Less than one percent of the nation’s high school seniors received the prestigious designation of becoming a semifinalist this year. To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.
National Merit Semifinalists
Richland High School
Peyton Murrell, senior
Michael Bonnet, early graduate of RHS and now attending St. Edward’s University
Commended Scholars
Birdville High School
Nick Powell, senior
Jackson Boyd, senior
Haltom High School
Nischal Shrestha, senior
Richland High School
Grit Saichua, senior
Brianna Steelman, senior
National Hispanic Recognition Scholars
Richland High School
Rachel Kelly, senior
David Serrato, senior
The National Merit Scholarship Program will announce additional program honorees later this school year.
Smithfield Elementary named 2017 National Blue Ribbon School #BISDShines
On Thursday, September 28, 2017 U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recognized 342 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2017 based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. Smithfield Elementary, in Birdville ISD, was one of 18 elementary campuses in Texas that received this prestigious recognition.
National Blue Ribbon Schools demonstrate that all students can achieve at high levels. The Department will formally recognize the 292 public and 50 private schools at an awards ceremony at the Omni Shoreham in Washington, D.C. on November 6 and 7, 2017. The 2017 cohort represents public and non-public elementary, middle and high schools, including traditional, charter, magnet schools, parochial and independent schools in 44 states, the District of Colombia and Department of Defense Education Activity schools in Okinawa, Japan; Stuttgart, Germany; and West Point, New York.
The National Blue Ribbon Schools award affirms the hard work of students, educators, families, and communities in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging content. The National Blue Ribbon Schools flag gracing a school’s building is a widely recognized symbol of exemplary teaching and learning. National Blue Ribbon Schools are an inspiration and a model for schools still striving for excellence. Now in its 35th year, the U.S. Department of Education has bestowed this coveted award on more than 8,500 schools.
BISD exceeds state and nation on ACT #BISDShines
ACT scores for the 2017 graduating class were released this week, and BISD’s composite score of 21.4 for English, mathematics, reading and science is higher than the state composite of 20.7 and the national composite of 21.0. Average scores on the individual portions of the tests were:
- English – BISD scored 20.2 as compared to the state at 19.5;
- Mathematics – BISD scored 21.4 as compared to the state at 20.7;
- Reading – BISD scored 21.8 as compared to the state at 21.1; and
- Science – BISD scored 21.5 as compared to the state at 20.9.
Individual campus scores were 22.4 for Birdville High, 19.7 for Haltom High, and 22.2 for Richland High. A total of 528 BISD students from the 2017 graduating class took the ACT.
“I am proud that our students continue to show improvement on state and national tests,” said Superintendent Dr. Darrell G. Brown.
SAT scores will be released later this fall.
Thank You for Your Service Mr. Ochoa
DAEP educational assistant, Victor Ochoa, has been working hard in the storm-affected areas. This photo was originally published in the NY Times showing Ochoa and other National Guardsmen taking a break from the action. He is the man on the left. We are grateful for all that he is doing for the people of South Texas. #BISDShines