October 2016 Baytown Junior Newsletter

THE BJS BEACON BOLINGER’S BULLHORN

You often hear of companies, schools, and churches having a vision

statement, but what is the purpose of a vision? Our vision state-

ment at Baytown Junior School articulates the school we are striv-

ing to become. Our vision gives us direction and helps describe our

future. Though there are several key items in our vision that ad-

dress our future direction, I would like to point out one specific sen-

tence. It states, “We have a collaborative culture where we work

and learn together in order to improve learning for all students.”

This sentence is particularly meaningful because it highlights two

foundational elements of our school culture at Baytown Junior:

collaboration and learning for all. Creating a collaborative culture

means that the students at Baytown Junior are not “your kids” or

“my kids” depending on who students have for a teacher, but ra-

ther they are our kids regardless of the assigned teacher. Our

teachers work together in teams to ensure that all of our students

are learning. This involves teachers sharing resources, strategies,

lessons, and students with each other. We work and learn together

so that we have ownership of our students’ learning. Improve

learning for all students requires teachers work together in teams to

review student performance and figure out how to provide addi-

tional instruction and support for those who need it. Our school

does not exist to provide a place for teachers to teach, but rather

we exist to provide a place for students to learn.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Principal’s Corner ................... 1

Mission Statment .................... 1

Athletics .................................. 2

Beautify the Bucket ................. 2

Remind/FB ............................. 3

Walk Out for Drop Outs .......... 3

Character Trait/CCR ............... 3

Upcoming Events...………………4

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST

School Dance, October

7th

Binder and Planner

checks every Monday

Progress Reports, Octo-

ber 21st

Fun Friday, October 28

“The earth without art is just, eh”

Our BJS 6th grade art classes entered the “beautify the buck-et” contest in Galveston! Students studied marine wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico and completed a square drawing which

made up the bucket. Our Goslins placed 3rd in the youth divi-sion! BJS will have their bucket placed on the beach for all to

see for years to come! Great job Ms. Bissell and her hard working classes.

CALLING ALL SPORT FANS!

BEAUTIFY THE BUCKET

Our football and volleyball

teams are off to a great

start after playing BBH

North and South to start

the season. Volleyball

showed dramatic im-

provement while our 7A

football team is undefeat-

ed. Our 8th graders

SWEPT BBH North on

Tuesday.

Volleyball:

Thursday, October 6th

against Crosby

Thursday, October 13th

against Dayton

Football:

Monday, October 3rd

against Gentry

Tuesday, October 11th

against Crosby

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REACH OUT FOR DROP OUTS Check out our amazing staff members who donated their Saturday to reach out for drop outs. The reach out walk is an effort to get stu-dents to come back to school. When a student fails to show up for class at the beginning of the school year, volunteers go to the homes of these students and offer the encouragement and resources they need in order to get on track.

OCTOBER

CHARACTER TRAIT

COURAGE

What is courage? The

definition of courage

is:

-The ability to do

something that

frightens one

In the month of Oc-

tober, teachers will

look for students who

exhibited courage—

these individuals will

be awarded at the

Character Trait

Luncheon.

COLLEGE AND

CAREER FOCUS

ENGINEERING In October students

will learn about the

STEM endorsement

through science clas-

ses! BJS is lucky to

have a full STEM lab

and Exxon as our

partner in education

to assist with tons of

activities for Engi-

neering month! 3

“If you can walk, you can dance!”

FALL DANCE! Like to dance? Baytown Junior

will host the first dance of the

year on Friday, October 7th! Stu-

dents may purchase tickets dur-

ing lunch:

$5 pre-sale

$10 at the door

VIP tickets available

**Students may not have any assigned

ISS days starting September 23rd**

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BAND PERFORMS DURING FOOTBALL! Our BJS band learns what it is like to be a true band student in high school by performing during the football game last Tuesday! Our band sounds amazing as they work on concert tunes as well as prepar-ing to pump up the campus during sporting events and pep-rallies!