February 23, 2016

Snow day, or not. That is the question. Unfortunately, of the five forecasts I monitor, none of them say the same thing. Stay tuned.

Head's Up

It's engineering week. Have fun building, designing, developing, creating, making, tinkering . . .

Hard to believe next week is March with National Nutrition Month, American Red Cross Month, and Learning Disabilities Month.

It's also Music in our schools month.

March 2nd is Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss's Birthday. Coincidence? I think not!

Seriously, love that day of the year.

Oh, oh, say can you see, that Thursday, March 3,
Is day that the National Anthem was adopted in 1931.

Crystal Bridges is again hosting the culminating event for One District, One Book on March 6th from 1 to 4 pm. There's still a couple of spots left for volunteers. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084ba8a62b0-ivans/

March 7th - 11th is National School Breakfast Week, and School Social Work Week. A great week to take a social worker to breakfast and thank them for all they do to support students.

Bentonville 1/2 Marathon is April 2, 2016.

@bpscommunity

Crystal Bridges is taking applications for Teen Council next school year. High School students (except seniors) are invited to apply. It's a great way to get service hours, and have a voice in arts programming for teens. On a personal note, my daughter Hannah has been a CB Teen for the past two years and she loves it.

Dr. Jones and I had some exceptional tour guides at Mary Mae Jones last Friday. We learned all about leadership from these kids. 

One of the best parts of visiting schools is that you truly get to see how excellent they all are at meeting the needs of students.






Talk about exceptional. These Army Airborne Rangers took time from recruiting at BHS to have lunch with Megan McCleary and make her wish come true. Talk about service.

Arkansas 3rd District Congressman Steve Womack visited to award BHS students the top prize in the Congressional App contest to Marc Aranibar, Tyler Gay, and Austin Shanley for their Virtual Reality Math App. The competition was so close that the judges awarded an honorable mention to Rebekah Arrington and Sarah Criss for their Retirement Planning Game App. 




Remember to tag @Bentonville_PS in your tweets.

Grants and PD

Economics Arkansas is always sharing a separate blog's worth of opportunities for PD and opportunities to engage students in project-based learning. Here are some valuable links for you to check out.
https://www.stlouisfed.org/events/2016/03/ee-econlowdown

Economics Art contest http://www.economicsarkansas.org/for_teachers/econ_calendar.html

Econ Challenge for students in 9 - 12 grades
 http://www.economicsarkansas.org/for_teachers/econ_challenge.html

Art and Economics at Crystal Bridges http://goo.gl/jMLuSn

Here's an article from NEWSELA an excellent free resource for relevant reading content.
htpps://newela.com

Ardis Ann's Nikki Kalcevic is giving a webinar today! She's presenting Socratic Circles: Building Student Inquiry with two other members of her PLN. Follow this link to learning.

Video of the Week

Found this interesting, hope you will as well.



Have a great week.