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April 5, 2005 |
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Student Recognitions
A complete listing of all BISD students recognized at the April Board meeting is attached to this issue of the Highlights. Boys and Girls Club Presentation Fay Beard, Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club, thanked Board members for the District’s continued support of the Club and presented the Board with a plaque containing a piece of artwork by one of the students being served by the Club’s programs. Ms. Beard reported that the Boys and Girls Club has over 500 children participating in after-school programs and assured the Board that the District’s support is making an important difference in the lives of young people in the community. BISD Education Foundation Donation Greta Luce, Representing the Brazosport Independent School District Education Foundation Gala Committee, presented the Board of Trustees with a check, in the amount of $32,500, in support of the District’s Project Teach scholarship program. In presenting the check, Mrs. Luce thanked the Board and the Brazosport community for their support. Board President, Jay Luce, accepted the check on behalf of the District and thanked the Education Foundation Board members in attendance and the Gala Committee for their hard work and dedication that made the contribution possible. The Project Teach program is a cooperative effort between the District, Brazosport College, and Sam Houston and S. F. Austin State Universities; targeting teachers in the hard-to-fill areas of bilingual education, special education, and math and science. The program offers up to a $15,000 scholarship to successful students who graduate from Brazosport or Brazoswood High School in the top half of their graduating class and who are willing to obtain a teacher certification and commit to teach in the Brazosport Independent School District for at least four years after graduation. Lighthouse Learning Center Tim Vern, Principal of the Lighthouse Learning Center Alternative Placement Center (the Center), assisted by Assistant Principal, Danny Massey, and English/Speech Teacher, Ginni Leathers, presented the Board of Trustees with a report on the Lighthouse Learning Center’s new orientation process and “Level System.” Mr. Massey stated that the Center now only receives students on Tuesdays and Thursdays and that all students assigned to the Center and their parents are required to attend two days of orientation training to familiarize themselves with the Center’s procedures, rules, and expectations. Mr. Massey also described the recently implemented Level System that measures students based on dress code compliance, class preparation, time on-task, and respectfulness. Mr. Massey reported that the following levels are assigned to students based on their compliance with the above measures:
Mr. Massey concluded by reporting
that the new Level System has been very effective in improving
student behavior and performance. Ginni Leathers described the
Center’s “Keys Essential to Your Success” (K.E.Y.S.) class, which
promotes and encourages students to develop social skills, self
concept, self control, “ways of being smart,” goal setting, and
empathy. Ms. Leathers stated that the program encourages students to
view themselves and their campus differently, and encourages staff
members to view their role in the students’ lives differently. Ms.
Leathers concluded her portion of the presentation by inviting Board
members to visit the Center. Board members thanked the presenters
for their report and for the overall success of the District’s
disciplinary alternative education program. |
