It’s A Great Day FEATURE To Be A TIGER! New schools ...ribbon cutting ceremonies It’s A Great...
1
A PUBLICATION OF BROKEN ARROW PUBLIC SCHOOLS VOLUME FOUR, ISSUE 7 | OCT. 14, 2013 Broken Arrow Public Schools is an equal opportunity educational institution. New schools celebrate with ribbon cutting ceremonies It’s A Great Day To Be A TIGER! Aside from Halloween, the month of October is perhaps most well-known as the month of breast cancer awareness. Throughout October, public service organizations, professional medical associations, businesses and government agencies work together to promote breast cancer awareness, share information on the disease, and provide greater access to services. Some of these activities can be seen right here in Broken Arrow. If you drive down Main Street, you may notice the familiar pink ribbons decorating store fronts and lamp posts, and if you enter the stores, you’ll likely find pink items available for purchase. You can even purchase pink shirts from The Cage at our own High School Campus, and at the next football game, you might notice pink pompons and gloves used by our student athletes. At this Thursday’s football game, students in the High School Leadership Students are leading an effort to honor those who have been affected by breast cancer. Working with local vendors, they are organizing a few simple activities to honor those who are battling breast cancer, those who have fought and won, and those whose lives have been claimed by the disease. As part of these activities, the students are attempting to collect the names of all BAPS employees who have been affected by breast cancer, so that their names can be shown on the video board during the event. If you are one of those who have been affected by this disease, or perhaps you are aware of a co-worker who has or is fighting the battle, we would like you to be part of the ceremony. Simply send your name, or the name of a friend or family member, in an email to Christian Welborn at [email protected], and indicate which of the categories is applicable: fighter, survivor, or in memory. The students would like to honor as many individuals as possible. Their goal is to heighten awareness of the affects of breast cancer right here in Broken Arrow, while also reminding the audience that by working together, we can and will find the cure for breast cancer. Jarod Mendenhall, Ed.D. Superintendent Integrating non-fiction texts into all subject areas is increasingly important as we move toward implementation of the Common Core State Standards/Oklahoma Academic Standards. Identifying sources that are reliable and appropriate for each subject and grade level can be an overwhelming task, one that the free resource NEWSELA has addressed. NEWSELA (www.newsela.com), offers current events articles that can be adjusted based on students’ ability levels. In classes where the diversity of reading levels is high, articles containing the same content could be shared at varying levels to offer an appropriate challenge to each student. Some of the articles come with quizzes designed to reflect the reading level as well. These features can be used in all subject areas and grade levels. FEATURE Professional Development Corner During the last two weeks, the district hosted ribbon cutting ceremonies for three of its new Early Childhood Centers and two of the new elementaries that are now a part of Broken Arrow Public Schools. Since those ceremonies took place during the day, photos from those events are shared in this issue of Tiger Tracks so that all staff members can enjoy some of the many smiles that were shared at each of the three ceremonies. All BAPS employees can be proud of these state-of-the-art facilities and the education that is being provided to students, and these photos are just further evidence that every day is a great day to be a Tiger!
Transcript of It’s A Great Day FEATURE To Be A TIGER! New schools ...ribbon cutting ceremonies It’s A Great...
A PUBLICATION OF BROKEN ARROW PUBLIC SCHOOLS
VOLUME FOUR, ISSUE 7 | OCT. 14, 2013
Broken Arrow Public Schools is an equal opportunity educational institution.
New schools celebrate with ribbon cutting ceremonies
It’s A Great DayTo Be A TIGER!
Aside from Halloween, the month of October is perhaps most well-known as the month of breast cancer awareness. Throughout October, public service organizations, professional medical associations, businesses and government agencies work together to promote breast cancer awareness, share information on the disease, and provide greater access to services. Some of these activities can be seen right here in Broken Arrow.
If you drive down Main Street, you may notice the familiar pink ribbons decorating store fronts and lamp posts, and if you enter the stores, you’ll likely find pink items available for purchase. You can even purchase pink shirts from The Cage at our own High School Campus, and at the next football game, you might notice pink pompons and gloves used by our student athletes.
At this Thursday’s football game, students in the High School Leadership Students are leading an effort to honor those who have been affected by breast cancer. Working with local vendors, they are organizing a few simple activities to honor those who are battling breast cancer, those who have fought and won, and those whose lives have been claimed by the disease. As part of these activities, the students are attempting to collect the names of all BAPS employees who have been affected by breast cancer, so that their names can be shown on the video board during the event.
If you are one of those who have been affected by this disease, or perhaps you are aware of a co-worker who has or is fighting the battle, we would like you to be part of the ceremony. Simply send your name, or the name of a friend or family member, in an email to Christian Welborn at [email protected], and indicate which of the categories is applicable: fighter, survivor, or in memory. The students would like to honor as many individuals as possible. Their goal is to heighten awareness of the affects of breast cancer right here in Broken Arrow, while also reminding the audience that by working together, we can and will find the cure for breast cancer.
Jarod Mendenhall, Ed.D.Superintendent
Integrating non-fiction texts into all subject areas is increasingly important as we move toward implementation of the Common Core State Standards/Oklahoma Academic Standards. Identifying sources that are reliable and appropriate for each subject and grade level can be an overwhelming task, one that the free resource NEWSELA has addressed. NEWSELA (www.newsela.com), offers current events articles that can be adjusted based on students’ ability levels. In classes where the diversity of reading levels is high, articles containing the same content could be shared at varying levels to offer an appropriate challenge to each student. Some of the articles come with quizzes designed to reflect the reading level as well. These features can be used in all subject areas and grade levels.
FEATURE
Professional Development Corner
During the last two weeks, the district hosted ribbon cutting ceremonies for three of its new Early Childhood Centers and two of the new elementaries that are now a part of Broken Arrow Public Schools. Since those ceremonies took place during the day, photos from those events are shared in this issue of Tiger Tracks so that all staff members can enjoy some of the many smiles that were shared at each of the three ceremonies. All BAPS employees can be proud of these state-of-the-art facilities and the education that is being provided to students, and these photos are just further evidence that every day is a great day to be a Tiger!
