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CTE Month takes place during the month of February to honor students who have chosen to pursue career and technical education to acquire real-world skills to compete in the workforce. At the school board meeting, the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees hereby recognize February as CTE Month and extend sincere best wishes to all the talented young students who have chosen career and technical education as a way to achieve their long-term professional goals. Stay tuned for pictures of what CTE looks like in our BJH and BHS classrooms in the March Newsletter.

National School Counseling Week 2025 is Feb. 3-7, 2025, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling Week highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. BISD wants to thank our counselors:

Heidi Hamilton

Stephanie West

Heather Duncan

Steffani Cornelison

along with our Student Success Coordinators:

Darla Hakanson

Christy Baker

and our CCMR Coordinator

Emma Halfmann

Our school has adopted The “I Love U Guys” Foundation’s Standard Response Protocol (SRP). This month we would like to explain one of the 5 protocols we have in BISD.

SECURE

The Secure Action is called when there is a threat or hazard outside of the school building. Whether it’s due to violence or criminal activity in the immediate neighborhood, or a dangerous animal on the playground. Secure uses the security of the physical facility to act as protection.

In the event of a SECURE the following protocol is in place on all campuses.

“Get Inside. lock outside doors”

Students are trained to:

• Return to inside of building

• Do business as usual

Adults and staff are trained to:

• Bring everyone indoors

• Lock the outside doors

• Increase situational awareness

• Account for students and adults

• Do business as usual

State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) Assessments are online assessments and align to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The results of the MOCK testing will help educators monitor student progress and predict student performance on STAAR.

BISD participates in all STAAR/EOC subjects and grade-levels. It is important that our testing environment mimic the actual STAAR day's processes so students have a quiet, safe, and productive space. We ask that parents make all efforts to have your child at school on these days so students have this experience and we get the most accurate results possible from the students. We use the results of the MOCK assessment to plan for intervention, tutoring, and test prep/strategies at each campus. Please play close attention to your child's school calendar to prepare for these assessments. You can find STAAR information on our BISD testing page and dates on the 24-25 Testing Calendar.

TEA designed the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) to assess the progress that limited English proficient (LEP) students. Check out this site for more information and resources to help your child at home.

Who?

Students in grades K–12 who have been identified as an EB, Emergent Bilingual.

What?

TELPAS is an assessment program for students in Texas public schools who are learning the English language. The letters in TELPAS stand for the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System.

When?

TELPAS tests are given in the spring. February 17-March 20, 2025

Where?

TELPAS tests are given to students at their own school, in regular classrooms that have been cleared and set up to make it easy to focus on the test. If students have certain special needs and require special accommodations, they may be tested in a different area of the school.

Why?

TELPAS tests are designed to measure the progress that each EB makes in becoming proficient in the use of academic English.

How?

TELPAS tests are offered in an online format.

Have you set up alerts for your student’s attendance and grades in Bowie ISD? It’s quick and easy! With just a few clicks, you can receive text or email notifications whenever your student is absent or when specific grade updates are available.

1. Login to your Ascender Parent Portal
2. Scroll down in the left Gray Column to Alerts and click.
3. Click on Set Alerts
4. Choose your Notification Type (email or text)
5. Choose the Attendance Alerts that you would like to receive
6. Choose the specific Class Average and Assignment Grade Alerts you would like to receive.

(If you have more than one student in Bowie ISD, you will need to set the specific alerts for that

This is all you have to do to stay informed and connected to your student’s progress!

We celebrate Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Week from February 17th to February 20th. It's a celebration of all the ways we can become a positive influence in each other's lives. Each campus will be doing activities to encourage and model kindness.

2025 BISD RAK Week Theme Days

Our Calendar Committee will meet on February 24, 2025 to give feedback on the 24-25 instructional calendar and have discussion about the 25-26 school year. The committee is looking for additional feedback from all stakeholders. Please complete survey by February 11, 2025 . https://forms.gle/2dSxiJ6C6E9uMW6M8

Stop, Collaborate, and Listen! Getting to Know Your Teen: A Parent and Family Engagement event is free and open to all parents and caregivers of teens grades 6-12 at our Region 9 Service Center in Wichita Falls!

This session March 1, 2025, from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM will focus on learning about issues your teen is facing in today's challenging and ever-changing world. Sessions will feature mental health, bullying, life after high school, laws related to teens, substance use, and much more.

To register, please scan the QR code on the flyer or visit https://bit.ly/412cGg4. Child care will be provided, if needed.

📢 Healthy Choices, Stronger Bodies! 🥦🍎🥪

Through our Student Health Advisory Committee audit, we found opportunities to better encourage healthy eating choices. In response, all four campuses now feature new posters in serving lines, promoting balanced meals and nutritious options! 🌟

Small changes make a big impact—let’s fuel our bodies the right way! 💪 #HealthyChoices #BowieIBuilt #FuelForSuccess

Students in Mrs. Hunt and Coach McCoy's room studied about the "Butterfly Project" for their the Holocaust Remembrance Week project.

Using history’s darkest time to teach students about hope, resilience, and kindness, helping them develop the courage to stand up to injustice in today’s world.

The Butterfly Project’s programming is a gentle approach to teaching a difficult topic. It focuses on the power one person has to make a difference in today’s challenging world. Sharing personal stories from Holocaust Survivors and families, painting ceramic butterflies to honor the 1.5 million children killed in the Holocaust, and creating art installations as reminders for courage, justice, remembrance, and hope. Why the butterfly? The Butterfly Project pays tribute to the poem, “The Butterfly,” written by a young prisoner at the Terezin concentration camp. Butterflies are beautiful, fragile and resilient and represent transformation and freedom.

In Mrs. Word's theater class they have been busy doing scarwax, fake burns, wounds, costume challenges and newscasts. This classroom is full of engagement and hands on learning. Follow her on Facebook @ Mrs. Word's Theater Class

In 5th grade, Mrs. Farr's class, students made sundials. The student is expected to demonstrate that Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours and explain how that causes the day/night cycle and the appearance of the Sun moving across the sky, resulting in changes in shadow positions and shapes.

📢 Bowie ISD is Hiring Substitutes! 🍎

Are you looking for a rewarding way to make a difference in our schools? Bowie ISD is seeking substitute teachers to support our students and staff!

📅 Next Training: February 11th

📝 Apply Here: https://www.bowieisd.net/page/substitute-teachers

Our schools and community have been hit hard, and many are under the weather—whether it’s a virus, the flu, or just a seasonal bug. Let’s work together to keep our community strong!

Wash hands frequently – Good hand hygiene is a game-changer!

Cover coughs & sneezes – Elbow bumps over handshakes!

Stay home when sick – Rest up & recover while keeping others safe.

We’ve also taken extra steps daily to keep our campuses clean and safe!

Daily Clorox 360 system spraying in every building

Buses sanitized daily for safer transportation

HVAC ionizers in place to reduce airborne germs

Bowie ISD has been working hard to sanitize our schools and buses daily. Let’s all do our part to stay healthy and use the 3 day weekend to rest and recover! #Bowiebuilt