Week of May 21 - 25

WINK’S WEEKLY WORDS

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The last week of school has arrived.  Wow, it seems like yesterday when everyone came back in August.  So much has been accomplished this year, and our students and organizations grew by leaps and bounds in academics as well as extracurricular events.  On Friday, I look forward to seeing you all as we celebrate a fantastic year, and set our sights and a summer of preparation and recuperation.  Thank you for making this a great year.

HUGE NEWS
Blue Ridge Elementary has been recognized as a School of Excellence by the Texas Beta Club.  This is a tremendous honor and we are so proud of our kids and sponsor, Missy Douglas, for doing such a great job to earn this honor.

CURRICULUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

If you have curriculum resources that need to be renewed for the 2018-2019 school year, please let your campus principal know as soon as possible.  Our goal is to have all curriculum resources ready to be used by the first week of school.

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Registration is now open for the Revolutionizing Learning Conference. It will be on July 24th and 25th at Royse
City High School. Please go to http://www.rlchat.com/ for more information or click here to register.

Interested in presenting?
Revolutionizing Learning is looking for presenters to lead engaging and exciting sessions during RL 2018. We would
love to see BRISD educators sharing their knowledge and excellence with other educators. Anyone who presents
at Revolutionizing Learning or any other professional conference will receive an additional Flex Day. If you are
interested please go to http://www.rlchat.com/ or click here to submit a session proposal. If you would like help composing
your proposal please email melissa.stiney@brisd.net

STAFF SHOUTOUT

Great job to Leslie Packard and Bob Bean for doing such a great job with our FFA this year.  Our FFA Banquet highlighted such great growth for our program and we can't thank them enough.

Greg Morrison has done an amazing job getting our kids prepared for State Tennis.  For the past 6 years, he has taken kids to the tournament and this year, he is taking 4 students. Great Job

All 4 of our track students placed at the UIL State Track Meet.  Thank you to Andrew Carlson and Terra Mathers for all of your hard work.

Thank you Jennifer Stroup for organizing our Senior Trip to Broken Bow and for making Green Saturday a great program for our kids.

Upcoming Events

• May 24 - Kindergarten Graduation at 6 p.m.
• May 24 - 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony at 7 p.m.
• May 25 - Last Day of School, Early Release Schedule & Showcase Showdown
• May 26 - Graduation at 11 a.m.
• May 29 - Staff Work Day
• May 30 - Region 10 Curriculum Training for Teachers (contact your principal if you have questions)
• May 31 - Rigor and Mastery work in Vertical Teams
• August 6 & 7 - New Teacher Orientation
• August 8 & 9 - Professional Development Day for all staff at the campus 
• August 13 - District Professional Development Day
• August 16 - Meet the Teacher Nights
• August 20 - 1st Day of School

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN

• Nathan Chaffin
• Sarah Hall
• Cole Jenkins
• Tiffani Johnson
• Bobbie Moody
• Katie Pelzel
• Stacey Flannagan
• Jarred Seamans
• Matthew Todd
• Mary Townsend

EVERY WEEK WE WILL PULL 10 NAMES.  FIND OUT HOW MANY TICKETS YOU WILL GET TO WIN THE PRIZE IS RIGHT ON
FRIDAY, MAY 25 AT 1:30 P.M.

BELOW ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE MAKING DONATIONS FOR THE END OF THE YEAR SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN. I HOPE YOU ARE
FINDING "USUAL" AND "UNUSUAL" THINGS TO "MAKE A DEAL".  

SPECIAL PROGRAMS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Blue Ridge ISD Dyslexia on FB - https://goo.gl/dPkJiE

BUSINESS OFFICE ANNOUNCEMENTS

All activity binders need to be turned into the business office by Wednesday, May 23rd. 

Media Center Announcements
Awards ceremonies and end of the year events are quickly approaching. Please make sure you send all special
printing jobs to mediacenter@brisd.net at least a week prior to the event.