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Guest Speakers from the University of Texas at Dallas and Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Food will be provided and there will be door prizes! Parents are encouraged to attend and learn about how they can support their child’s academic journey!
Register & RSVP by September 29
Saturday, October 6, 2018
10:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Newman Smith High School, Room NW117
Bush Middle School was honored at the September Board Meeting with the 2018 School Transforming Learning award. The award was presented by Danny Modisette from N2 Learning. This award is designed to honor and showcase the work of campuses that are Principal’s Institute campuses that are making exceptional strides in providing innovative learning opportunities for all students.
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The University of Texas at Dallas is thrilled to offer AfterSchool Coding Club at Blalack Middle School!
Coding with BBC micro:bit!
4:15 P.M. – 5:15 P.M. on Wednesdays (September 19, 26, October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14)
This fusion club uses a little device called BBC micro:bit – it was designed by the BBC for use in computer education in the UK. It has 25 red LED lights that can flash messages & two programmable buttons that can be used to control games or pause and skip songs on a playlist. It can be used for all sorts of cool creations, from robots to musical instruments – the possibilities are endless. It comes with multiple code editors – we will start off with Block based programming, then move quickly to JavaScript editor, and finally use Python, working on various interesting projects along the way!
$20 fee – 9 sessions
Questions? csk12@utdallas.edu
Kindergarten teachers at McCoy Elementary created flipbooks for students to enjoy during Parent Orientation Night. Teachers provided the nuts and bolts of Kindergarten for each family at the event.
On Aug. 28, McCoy Elementary hosted an informational meeting night in the library for Kindergarten parents. Kindergarten teachers Ms. Hardwick, Ms. Joel, and Ms. Sughrue lead the evening to help everyone learn the ropes of being a proud McCoy Cowboy.
The CFBISD Educational Foundation thanked Mark Sutherland for his service to the school district and foundation as a foundation board member from 2010 until 2018. Mark served as the CFB Educational Foundation Board Chairman from 2014 until 2018. Mark provided exceptional leadership and direction assisting the Educational Foundation in providing grants and scholarships to staff and students.
On the evening of Sep. 4, students and their parents got to meet with teachers at Davis Elementary. The event allowed parents of current students as well as parents of future Davis Dolphins a chance to visit the school and meet the educators. Parents were given a presentation on student safety and there was a book giveaway at the event.
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Davis Elementary teachers Alyssa LaPuma and Jorge Romero study data to be better teachers. Both LaPuma and Romero teach 3rd grade at Davis and they compared how their students have done on the STAAR test. When they saw from the data that they had strengths where their counterpart did not, they collaborated to share those strengths to better instruct their students. They compared their results to the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) requirements to make sure they were filling in the gaps where students fell short.
Parents of Davis Elementary student, Jeremy Tul, share their story about why they returned to CFB. The family left the area for a while, but realized their son truly blossomed at Davis Elementary. The learning environment and warmth of the teachers has brought him out of his shell.
Parents, thank you so much for attending Meet the Teacher on Thursday night! We believe we had more attendees this year than any other year!