Bozeman Public Schools

DID YOU KNOW… February 20, 2014 Quadrant D and Common Core Clinics SMS orchestra teacher Hollie Sexton and fine arts supervisor Renée Westlake recently returned from Yakima, Washington where they presented clinics to the Washington Music Educators Association. "Music Instruction: Common Core and 21st Century Skills" was well-received in a packed session as Hollie and Renée worked with educators K-higher education on the positive impact of current research in both common core standards and 21st century skills. In addition, "Leading Educational Change: Supervising Music Teachers to Become Leadership Mentors" and "Teacher Evaluation Through Rigor, Relevance and Rich Relationships" ignited interest and new perspectives on the TPEP (Teacher and Principal Evaluation Project). Washington educators stopped Hollie and Renée throughout the conference to brainstorm, ask questions and congratulate them on Bozeman's fresh approach to current educational initiatives. (submitted by Renée Westlake)

February 7, 2014 Emily Dickinson Classes Partner with ROC Wheels First graders in Mrs. Arrington’s class and fifth graders in Ms. Bellingham’s class teamed up in January to raise money to buy ROC wheelchairs for children in an impoverished area of Mexico. Both classes learned about the similarities and differences between Montana and Mexico then used this information to design, glaze, and sell decorative trivets symbolic of each region. Fifth graders also sold rubber band bracelets as part of their fundraising efforts. With the help of ROC and parent volunteers, the two classes participated in the actual construction of two of the five chairs they were able to purchase. Thank you to our entire Emily Dickinson community to aid in our efforts to reach out to others! (submitted by Lynn Bellingham) January 31, 2014 BHS Football Will Dissly has been selected as a Parade Magazine high school football All-American. He is the first Montana high school football player ever selected for this honor. Will is one of 57 players selected from around the country. (submitted by Randy Russell)

January 29, 2014 One Class At A Time Congratulations to another One Class At A Time grant for a CJMS teacher! Megan Hambrick won a $250 grant for headsets with microphones for CJ! Great job! (submitted by Brian Ayers) January 18, 2014 Advanced Placement Civic Action As part of a civic action project this fall, AP Government students at Bozeman High participated in a wide range of civic activities including: writing letters to government officials. volunteering with community service organizations, raising money for non-profit organizations, joining special interest groups, observing trials, interviewing government officials, creating media campaigns to raise awareness of current issues, standing up for student rights, and more. In total, students contributed over 100 hours of service to local charities. (submitted by Erica Schnee January 17, 2014 One Class At A Time Suzanne Kaplin-Jones was awarded funds from One Class at a Time to purchase gym shoes for students who don't have them, or need to borrow some for Health Enhancement class. Christine Rasmussen was awarded funds from One Class at a Time to purchase bean bags for her kindergarteners to use for reading. Holly Hart, math para at Meadowlark was awarded funds from One Class at a Time to purchase math manipulatives. (submitted by Sharon Navas) Sumdog Math Contest Meadowlark students participated in Sumdog, an on-line math contest, in January. Meadowlark Elementary was the overall winner of the Southwest Montana Math Contest. (submitted by Sharon Navas) January 13, 2014 One Class At A time Kristi Crawford was recently featured on KBZK for her "One Class At A Time Award". Kristi received a $250 cash award to support the students in her 2nd grade classroom. Kristi has purchased an iPad to further support her work with all 2nd grade students in centers during Reading, Writing and Math Workshop time. Congratulations Kristi! Thank you KBZK and 1st Interstate Bank! (submitted by Randy Walthall) January 11, 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration The Bozeman community will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with two free, public events. A celebration at the Emerson Cultural Center including music, inspirational speeches (MSU President Waded Cruzado) followed by a march, will be held from 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19. It will be preceded by a reception and sign-making reception at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at Wild Joe's Coffee Shop on Main Street This community event includes many of our talented Bozeman students. The artwork was created by BHS student Sarah Budeski, senior Bobbi Anderson will emcee with local radio celeb Missy O'Malley, ALL the music (Eva Swanson, Ali Garnsey, Sarah Click, & Mus Q.) are Bozeman students, AND the artwork provided at Wild

Joe's was all produced thanks to the efforts of Beth Pfaff and the BHS Art Club.One really cool aspect of this year's celebration is that it is a collaboration between Chief Joseph's One Million Ways Club, BHS, and MSU; we are spanning the ages through a powerful icon in American history! For more details go to the MSU link below, or contact Jan "Profe" Krieger https://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/12365/bozeman-celebrates-martin-luther-king-jr-on-jan-18and-19(submitted by Jan Krieger)

January 9, 2014 Senior Project Fair and Presentation The BHS Fall Seniors would like to personally invite you, your family, your extended family and everyone else on your contact list, to Bozeman High School’s Senior Project events! Fall seniors have spent the last semester working on projects that have asked them to apply their communication skills, their critical thinking skills, and, at times, their all out grit, to see these projects realized. It is time to celebrate their efforts. The success of these events is largely dependent on community turnout. I would humbly ask that if you can, please try and get the word out so that we can pack these two events and give our seniors a real audience to present in front of. Wednesday, January 15th, beginning at 6 PM the featured presenters—as determined by their classmates—will present in a Ted Talks format at the Hager Auditorium at the Museum of the Rockies. These students were the Top Story in Thursday’s edition of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle: http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/education/article_d847558e-78cb11e3-abe5-0019bb2963f4.html Saturday, January 18th, from 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM, the fall seniors will host a project fair at the Berg Library at Bozeman High School, as well as each of their presentations from 10 to 2. Please come and meet the seniors, learn about how they made a difference in their learning, and chose from over 160 presentation topics to go and see.(submitted by Cale VanVelkinburgh) December 9, 2013 One Class At A Time Congratulations to Shelley Currie for winning the "One Class At a Time" Award courtesy of First Interstate Bank and KBZK. Shelley wrote the grant in order to use the award of $250 to buy new reading books from multiple genres for her classroom. Congratulations, Shelley!(submitted by Brian Ayers) December 9, 2013 International Human Rights Day Tuesday, Dec. 10th CJMS will celebrate (celebrated) the 4th annual International Human Rights Day. This event is sponsored by The One Million Ways Club and will be held in our school Library. It is open for teachers to bring their students and for any parents or family members that would like to attend. There will be hourly presentations on different topics related to Human Rights (see list below). Sign up is first come first served at the front desk of the library. Human Rights Day 2013 8:20 to 9:13 Walter Fleming – MSU Native American Studies 9:16 to 10:04 Genevieve Chabot – The Irqa Fund 10:07 to 10:55 Dan Lourie – Civil Rights Activist 10:58 to 11:30 Cierra Wallace ACE Language Institute(CJ/BHS alum & Teacher of International Students) 11:31 to 12:19 Bobbi Anderson – Senior at BHS President of Project X2 (CJ alum)

12:22 to 1:10 Nacer Med Chrif. Tayeb United Nations Alliance of Civilization 1:13 to 2:01 Martín Zabaleta – Basque Cultural rights 2:04 to 2:52 Mecklen –Gifted Outliers Emcee: Missy O’Malley (submitted by Jan Krieger)

December 5, 2013 National Board Certification Patti Ritter, a first and second grade teacher at Longfellow School has earned National Board Certification in the area of Early Childhood Generalist. National Board Certification, a voluntary process developed to recognize experienced educators for the quality of their practice, signifies that a teacher is accomplished, having met challenging professional standards as evidenced by performance-based assessments. Patti Ritter has been in education of 23 years, and has been teaching at Longfellow for the past 9 years. Congratulations Patti!(submitted by Randy Walthall) December 2, 2013 Model United Nations Bozeman High’s Model United Nations Club recently returned from the 48th annual Montana Model United Nations Conference. The conference was held at the University of Montana from November 25-26, 2013. It was attended by over 350 students from 17 Montana and Idaho high schools. At Model UN conferences, students participate in simulations of the United Nations sessions, debating, negotiating, caucusing, drafting, and voting on resolutions that address world problems. The Bozeman High students represented China, Armenia, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Belgium, Malawi, and Uzbekistan. The following Bozeman High students won awards: Honorable Position Paper-Maren Strand representing Zimbabwe Distinguished Position PaperClaire Titus-Ieronimo representing China Kelly Hockett representing Zimbabwe Derek Heatherington representing South Sudan Mila Loneman representing Malawi Outstanding Position Paper-Sunny Heo representing China Honorable Delegate: Claire Titus-Ieronimo representing China Rozlyn Kutsch representing Armenia Top 20 Seniors: Claire Titus-Ieronimo representing China Kelly Hockett representing Zimbabwe (submitted by Erica Schnee) November 15, 2013 SMS 8th Grade 5K On Friday, November 15, the 8A Interdisciplinary Team conducted the first annual 5K run at Sacajawea Middle School. Over 100 students participated in the run on the new athletic path west of Sacajawea and were joined by approximately 10 staff and parents. The run was a celebration of the students' on-going fitness program in their health enhancement class. Thanks to Kevin Guettler, Landon Lundy, Sheri Juroszek, Maggie Beardslee, George Scott and Pat McClellan for organizing the event.(submitted by Gordon Grissom) October 16, 2013 Montana Crunch Time

Grab a bushel of apples and join the statewide collective crunch of locally grown apples on October 24 at 2:00pm to celebrate National Food Day. All Bozeman School District schools are participating in the event by crunching apples from Blue Water Orchards in Fromberg, MT. The apples will be provided by the Bozeman Schools Food Service Department. Register your event and get your Montana Crunch Time guide at www.opi.mt.gov/Farm2School. (submitted by Sherri Pearson) October 1, 2013 Project XX and 4th annual Balloon Release On Friday Oct 4th, members of Project XX will be hosting the 4th annual Balloon Release during half time at the Bozeman Hawk vs. Capitol High FB game. Balloons will be on sale before the half time show for $1 (or more!) and all proceeds will go to help Haven --- our community domestic violence shelter and resource center. So please come out to show your support of our Hawks and Haven! No more silence. No more violence. (submitted by Sheri Blackwood) Fire Prevention/Fire Extinguisher Training On the 23rd of September, The Bozeman Fire Department provided fire prevention and fire extinguisher training to the High School Trades and Industries classes. The program began with a classroom presentation on many aspects of fire prevention and then fire extinguisher usage. Then the students went to the parking lot where they were supervised in actually using an extinguisher to put out a fire. 50 extinguishers were consumed training over 300 students during the day. The Fire Department and the T&I staff have conducted these classes annually for several years. (submitted by Jess Stovall)

September 16, 2013 A Terrific Partnership! Greater Gallatin United Way kidsLINK Afterschool is proud to continue its 13 year partnership with Bozeman School District #7. Each day, over 500 hundred students attend high quality, sitebased after school programs at each of Bozeman’s eight elementary schools and Chief Joseph Middle School. Over 1,200 students are enrolled each year. Programs provide healthy snack, time for physical activity, homework support, and enrichment activities. Research shows that quality afterschool programming supports student success in school and in life. (submitted by Marilyn King)

September 9, 2013 Biomedical Science Classes Work with AMR EMTs On Friday September 6 approximately 200 Biomedical Sciences Students worked with EMTs from ARM to learn about the career of Emergency Medical Technician. Students were able to learn EMT skills and ask questions about the profession - as well as study the career pathway. Additionally, Biomed 4 students were able to discuss effective designs of emergency rooms with the EMTs in anticipation of an upcoming project in Biomed 4. This authentic and exciting opportunity is possible thanks to a continued partnership with AMR. (submitted by Amy Washtak) September 6, 2013 Bozeman Educator Recognized by WIDA Congratulations to Christine Wagner - Jonsson, English Learner Teacher, for being selected as WIDA’s (World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment) Featured Educator for September. Here is a link to the article about her on the WIDA website: http://www.wida.us/getInvolved/featuredEducator.aspx (submitted by Marilyn King) Wellness News! The School Wellness web site for the Montana Office of Public Instruction has been revamped to include new wellness policy requirements. Bozeman's student Wellness plan has been posted as a model action plan for all to see! The link to the web site is: www.opi.mt.gov/schoolwellness ; then go to the Committee and Community Involvement Tab. Thanks to our Wellness Advisory Committee! (submitted by Marilyn King) August 13, 2013 Math Pen Pals The fifth grade classes at Emily Dickinson had an exciting opportunity this year to partner with Montana State University! Students taking M132, Math for Elementary Teachers, wrote pen pal letters to our 5th grade classes. The purpose of the pen pal letters was to develop meaningful dialogue about mathematics by giving kids a genuine reason to communicate about the math they are learning. It is a unique opportunity for both the university students learning how to teach math, as well as the 5th graders who gained experience developing their written communication skills. The 5th graders had the opportunity to ask the university students questions to help them better understand the mathematics and give them practice, explaining concepts to students. We really feel this partnership is a win-win and are looking forward to the positive potential it will bring. (submitted by Sharon Navas)