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In conjunction with Red Ribbon Week each campus did lessons and awareness on bullying. Bowie ISD investigates all bullying and cyberbullying situations using the BISD Bully Checklist. This checklist can be found on the BISD Website by clicking on families in the right-hand corner and then finding the Anti-Bullying page.

This page was created to be transparent to all stakeholders on the definition, flowchart and process we use to determine bullying in our schools. We encourage you to partner with us in helping educate your children on bullying and how being kind and compassionate to others is the best way to stop bullying.

You can report bullying using our Say Something/ See Something - BOJO Tipline.

In October, BISD transportation team visited the campuses to educate students on bus safety and expectations.

To learn more about BISD bus expectations and behavior consequences check out our transportation page: https://www.bowieisd.net/page/transportation

There is also bus safety for all community members on the following website that explains school bus laws in our state.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/road-safety/school-bus-safety

Senate Bill 1225-Paper Administration of STAAR Test

▪ SB 1225 states that school districts may administer assessments in a paper format to students upon request of parent, guardian, or teacher, up to 3% of district enrollment. BISD plans on honoring requests up to 3% of the total number of students testing.

▪ Parent, guardian, or teacher can make a request.

▪ Request must be submitted to the district via the Paper Request Google Form not later than 12/1/24 for spring administration of assessments.

• Ascender Parent Portal - check grades, absences, alerts, STAAR results
• Lunch Money Now - Add money to your students account
• BISD Code of Conduct
• Discipline Matrix
• BISD Student Handbook
• STAAR Results How To
• 24-25 BISD Calendar
• BISD Library Resources

Our website is full of information. We hope you find the answers you were looking for and that it is user friendly.

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. An Evacuation would be used for a fire, mechanical failure, gas leak, or bomb threat when we need everyone to get out of the building. In the event of an Evacuation the following protocol is in place on all campuses.

EVACUATE “To a location”

Students are trained to:

• Leave stuff behind if required to
• If possible, bring their phone
• Follow instructions

• Bring roll sheet and Go Bag (unless instructed not to bring anything with them, dependent on reason for evacuation.)
• Lead students to Evacuation location
• Account for students and adults using our Navigate App

Familias de estudiantes bilingües emergentes (inglés como segundo idioma), únanse a nosotros para ver el programa en la Oficina Central de Administración de BISD, 404 East Williams Street. El servicio de extensión y capacitación familiar les brinda a los padres los servicios, actividades y capacitaciones de alfabetización para padres y familias que necesitan para mejorar sus habilidades en el idioma inglés. La capacitación se realizará en inglés y español.

Families of Emergent Bilingual students(English as a Second Language), join us for a watch party @ BISD Central Admin Office - 404 East Williams Street. Family outreach and training provide parents with the required parent and family literacy services, activities, and trainings needed to improve their English language skills. Training will be in English and Spanish.

Mentally strong kids are prepared for the challenges of the world. They’re able to tackle problems, bounce back from failure, and cope with hardships. Mental strength isn’t about acting tough or suppressing emotions. It’s also not about being unkind or acting defiant.

Instead, mentally strong kids are resilient and they have the courage and confidence to reach their full potential. Helping kids develop mental strength requires a three-pronged approach:

• Teaching them to replace negative thoughts with more realistic thoughts
• Helping them learn to control their emotions so their emotions don’t control them
• Showing them how to take positive action

TEACH SPECIFIC SKILLS. Discipline should be about teaching your kids to do better next time, not making them suffer for their mistakes.

LET YOUR CHILD MAKE MISTAKES. Teach your child that mistakes are part of the learning process so he doesn’t feel ashamed or embarrassed for getting something wrong.

ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD TO FACE FEARS HEAD-ON. If your child avoids anything scary, she’ll never gain the confidence she needs to handle feeling uncomfortable. Cheer her on, praise her efforts, and reward her for being brave and she’ll learn that she’s a capable kid who can handle stepping outside her comfort zone.

Parts taken from an article in: https://www.verywellfamily.com/tips-for-raising-mentally-strong-kids-1095020

Did you know that you can have access to the following in a click of a button through the BISD App Menu page.

Events - All BISD events are listed and if you are on the campus page it will list campus specific events on the calendar

Staff - List of staff and emails

Notifications - Quick way to read all communication that has been sent by the district

Athletic Events - Ever wanted one place to see all sporting events. You can see Lady Rabbit and Jackrabbit specific games and events on one calendar

Students and Parents - Link to Ascender so you can stay up to date on grades, attendance, report cards, and test scores

BOJO Tip Line - Link to our See Something/Say Something Form

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