BC News & Highlights ~ September 2018 Edition
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Superintendent's Message: Ohio School Report Card Released
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The State Report Cards were released late last week on all 608 Ohio School Districts. Congratulations to the BCLSD for a job well done!
Below is a chart breaking down the distribution of letter grades for school districts across Ohio:
“A” – 28 school districts
“B” – 191 school districts
(includes the BCLSD)
“C” – 253 school districts
“D” – 122 school districts
“F” – 14 school districts
Unfortunately, Ohio’s current report card system does not accurately reflect all the good things being done in the BCLSD and all the other districts across the state. For the most part, the report card is a snapshot of how students test on one particular day. However, there is important data included in the report that we can use to help with planning and instructional adjustments, as necessary.
Again, congratulations to our students and staff!
Shawn Haughn
Superintendent
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Video: "Behind the Scenes ~ The BC Support Staff"
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We want to take the time to share with you how valuable our support staff members are to our school district. Our support staff members play an important role in ensuring students are learning in a safe and supportive environment, and include a variety of individuals working together to provide several important and specialized services.
Too often, their work is underappreciated and unnoticed. We want our community to understand the appreciation we have for our support staff and the critical role they play in providing the best educational experience possible for our students and instructional staff.
We hope you take a moment to view this video highlighting the behind the scenes look at the BCLSD support staff.
Click here to view video.
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National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist Announced
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Bloom-Carroll High School is proud to announce that Senior Matt Stoner has been named National Merit Scholar semifinalist. This national distinction places him in the top one percent of high school seniors in the U.S.
The National Merit Scholarship Program recognizes students who demonstrate exceptional academic ability based on their performance on the PSAT taken during the junior year. About 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered this year's National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) as the first screen of program entrants.
Matt is a part of 16,000 national semifinalists who have an opportunity to continue in the competition for 7,500 scholarships worth $33 million that will be offered next spring. In February, around 15,000 Semifinalists in the nation are notified that they have advanced to Finalist standing. Finalist are chosen based on semifinalist's academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment and honors and awards received.
Bloom-Carroll Schools is committed to providing the advanced, rigorous coursework and highly skilled teachers, students need to earn this recognition. Congratulations to Matt and his family on this tremendous accomplishment.
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Invention Convention National Finalist
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Every year students at Bloom-Carroll Middle School participate in the Invention Convention Program.
The Invention Convention event provides a live, in-person opportunity for youth inventors and entrepreneurs in grades 3-12 to display their critical thinking skills through inventing, innovating, and entrepreneurial activities.
Two students from BCMS, Jordyn Adams and Danielle Jackson, recently won first place
in the Ohio State Invention Convention for their 7th grade invention titled “Sight for Safety.” Their invention is a device that helps drivers be more aware of potential risks involved with driving. They have been invited to participate in the National Invention Convention in May of 2019! Congratulations to these students and the many other students who participated in this event!
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#WhatLiftsYou Art Project at BCIS
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During the first week of school, Mrs. Sony kicked off art class at BCIS looking at the work of street artist Kelsey Montague. Montague does the interactive wing murals all over the country to promote positivity in the world through social media. #whatliftsyou
Each student in Mrs. Sony's class created a feather of their own design and wrote something on the back of the feather that inspired them (school subject, sport, person, etc.) The BCIS wing mural is one display in the hallway at the intermediate. During this project, the students were able to witness a real world street artist in Lithopolis painting a building for the local Honeyfest event. The students were excited about the real world connection. Such a fun project to kick off the year!!!
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Character Education Assembly with Jim Basketball Jones
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Kindness is so important in our schools today. Jim Basketball Jones once again delivered a powerful message to our K-4 students on ways they can help spread kindness in our schools by doing something.
Knowing what it takes to be kind is great, but when we apply kindness and take action - then we truly make a difference in our lives and the ones around us.
To be the best versions of ourselves we have to take responsibility for our effort and for the choices that we make. "Good Choice, Bad Choice, My Choice", our character is a reflection of our choices and this assembly teaches students to "Do the right thing, the right time, the right way."
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Athletics Department: Mid-Season Updates
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- The BC Lady’s Golf team is undefeated in league play and well on their way to clinch the first ever MSL Girls Golf Title!!! Sophia Horn broke a school record by shooting a 36 at Pine Hill last week! All the Lady Dawgs are fighting hard to make school history!
- Football is rocking it at every level! Our Varsity is 3-1, JV is 2-1, Freshmen are 1-0, 8th grade is steady at 3-1 and the 7th grade team is working hard to improve their 1-2 record.
- Our Girls Soccer team is well on their way to a possible league championship! They are 7-0 overall and 3-0 in league play. The Lady Dawgs have scored 24 goals to their opponents 2!!
- Varsity Boys Soccer are steady at 3-3-2 hoping to continue to improve as the season goes on.
- Volleyball is holding steady this season. The 7thgrade team is 5-3 and 8th grade team is 6-2!! Way to go, Lady Dawgs!! The JV is 1-6 and the Varsity is fighting for the league with a 7-5 overall record and 3-3 in the MSL.
- The BC Lady Tennis Dawgs are 6-4 on the season and 4-3 in the MSL. Stephanie Graham is 9-0 in First Singles and Alex Bedsole is 9-0 in Second Singles! Great, job girls and keep at it!
- Cross Country is running like crazy! The Boys’ team record is 37-12 against opponents and the Girls are 30-17! Keep up the hard work!
The Bulldogs are fighting hard this fall and our community support has been amazing! Good luck the rest of the season!
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Substitute Bus Drivers Needed
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The Bloom-Carroll Local School District is currently hiring substitute bus drivers for the 2018-2019 school year.
If you are interested in becoming a substitute bus driver or learning more, please contact the Toni Stadler, Administrative Assistant, or Carmen Spelman, Transportation Supervisor at 614-834-6706 or email the BCLSD Transportation Department at
[email protected].
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September is Attendance Month
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With the new school year underway across Ohio, it’s more important than ever that our students be in class every day ready to learn. Missing too much school has long-term, negative effects on students, such as lower achievement and graduation rates. A student is chronically absent if he or she misses as few as two days of school a month. September is Attendance Awareness Month across the country and in Ohio.
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Third Grade Reading Guarantee Parent Meeting
Thursday, September 20th
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Bloom-Carroll Intermediate School will be hosting a Third Grade Parent Meeting on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 6:30 in the gymnasium. The purpose of the meeting is to
provide a brief overview of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee. Ms. Ellen Kraner, BCIS Reading Specialist, will be providing information and reading strategies that you can use with your child at home to help with reading. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions.
If you plan to attend, please complete the
RSVP form
and return to your child’s teacher by Wednesday, September 19, 2018.
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Elementary Building Community Design Meeting
Wednesday, September 26th
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The new elementary school design phase officially kicked off in late August. Over the next several months, we will work through the four phase design process which includes the programming stage, schematic design, design development, and construction documents development. During each phase, the BCLSD will hold a community meeting to share information from the design process and to listen to input from our community.
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Our first community meeting will take place in the BCMS Geoffrey Anderson Auditorium on Wednesday, September 26
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at 6:00 p.m.
Discussion will focus on and help shape the functional and programming needs and services we provide to our K-5 elementary students.
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OUR STUDENTS
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THEIR FUTURES
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OUR FOCUS
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Questions: Contact Jodi Ranegar, Curriculum Director/Communications Coordinator
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