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Award for You
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In The News
Plant a
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Cell Phone Savings
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Food 4 Thought Update
Look Around BPS
Congratulations!
Excellence in Arts
Suntree has the Ticket
Jupiter is
Tops
Excellence in PE
$1.8 Million Grant
BASA Donates
Blue Ribbon Schools
Did You Know?
Free Parent Workshop
School of the Week
Celebrate the Month
Brevard Schools Foundation
Boeing Funds Available
BPS-TV
What's On
Wellness Notes
Grab Hold of Your Health
Upcoming Events
September
2008
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Cocoa High School's Food 4
Thought Challenge - I wonder which class collected the most!
Port Malabar's Growing
Collection!
As we surge forward into the first semester of school, this issue of the Brevard Notebook will feature
the 2009 Open Enrollment for Benefits titled,
Building Your Best Benefits:
Some Assembly Required.
Additionally, this issue announces an Award for You!
request for entries where you, the employee can nominate
your colleagues or other staff members who deserve
recognition for the little and big things that they do. We
also look at the Internet resource Thinkfinity, Endeavour
Elementary Plant a Tree request, cell phone
savings, a Food 4 Thought update and much
more!
I look
forward to hearing from you in our customer service survey and through your
story submission ideas. Please let us know what your school, class
or department is doing so we may feature you in upcoming publications.
Submit your
story idea and photos using link on the left below. This link may be used to submit ideas for
the electronic employee newsletter, the electronic parent newsletter, or the
district's printed publication, the Mark of Excellence.
Thank you,
Christine A. Davis, Ed.S.
Editor, Brevard Notebook
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Top Stories |
It's time again for employees and retirees to
learn about and make selections for their
benefits
programs which will be effective on January 1,
2009. Our Open Enrollment theme this year is
"Building Your Best Benefits: Some Assembly
Required." At this point, we have no major
benefits plan changes or additions for 2009, so
our goal is to provide vital information to all
employees so that they can make the best benefit
selections for themselves and their dependents
from our menu of offerings. Meetings will be
held between Tuesday, September 16 and Thursday,
October 9.
This year, meetings will be held at 10 new
locations, and employees are encouraged to
attend any one of these meetings closest to
their worksites. Wellness will offer free lab
screenings (blood glucose, cholesterol,
triglycerides, blood pressure, and percent body
fat and hip-to-waist ratio) at the morning
meetings. Additionally, information will be
provided at all meetings to help employees take
charge of their health and
well-being. Open
Enrollment for
employees starts on October 13 and ends at 11:59
p.m. on October 23,2008.
All employees must
go online and complete their selections, even if
they choose not to participate in any benefits
during calendar year 2009.
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location |
city |
date |
time |
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Space Coast Jr./Sr. High
School |
Cocoa |
9/16/08 |
7:00 a.m. |
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Gardendale Elementary |
Merritt Island |
9/16/08 |
3:30 p.m. |
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Rockledge High School |
Rockledge |
9/17/08 |
7:00 a.m. |
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Southlake Elementary |
Titusville |
9/17/08 |
5:00 p.m. |
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Central Area
Transportation |
Cocoa |
9/18/08 |
9:30 a.m. |
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Challenger 7 Elementary |
Cocoa |
9/18/08 |
3:30 p.m. |
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North Area Transportation |
Titusville |
9/19/08 |
9:30 a.m. |
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Space Coast Credit Union
20 S. Wickham Rd.
Melbourne, FL 32904 |
Melbourne |
9/22/08 |
5:00 p.m. |
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South Area Transportation |
Melbourne |
9/23/08 |
9:30 a.m. |
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Apollo Elementary |
Titusville |
9/23/08 |
3:30 p.m. |
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Sea Park Elementary |
Satellite Bch |
9/24/08 |
3:30 p.m. |
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Mid-South Transportation |
Melbourne |
9/25/08 |
9:30 a.m. |
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Meadowlane
Intermediate |
W. Melbourne |
9/25/08 |
3:30 p.m. |
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Palm Bay High School |
Palm Bay |
9/26/08 |
7:00 a.m. |
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Educational Services
Facility (ESF)
School Board Room |
Viera |
9/29/08 |
7:45 a.m. |
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Astronaut High School |
Titusville |
9/30/08 |
7:00 a.m. |
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Educational Services
Facility (ESF)
School Board Room |
Viera |
9/30/08 |
4:30 p.m. |
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Cocoa High School |
Cocoa |
10/1/08 |
7:00 a.m. |
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John F. Kennedy Middle
School |
Rockledge |
10/1/08 |
4:15 p.m. |
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Merritt Island High
School |
Merritt Island |
10/2/08 |
7:00 a.m. |
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Surfside Elementary |
Satellite Bch |
10/2/08 |
3:00 p.m. |
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Eau Gallie High School |
Melbourne |
10/3/08 |
7:00 a.m. |
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Sabal Elementary |
Melbourne |
10/6/08 |
3:30 p.m. |
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University Park
Elementary |
Melbourne |
10/7/08 |
3:30 p.m. |
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Port Malabar Elementary |
Palm Bay |
10/8/08 |
3:30 p.m. |
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Satellite High School |
Satellite Bch |
10/9/08 |
7:00 a.m. |
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Columbia Elementary |
Palm Bay |
10/9/08 |
3:30 p.m. |
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This Award is for You!
1.  While Tropical Storm Fay
rained over Brevard for four days, facilities,
maintenance and custodial staff worked tirelessly to
ensure that our schools and buildings were as dry as
possible. Then, after the rains, these dedicated
employees labored through the weekend to ensure that
schools and district operations could resume on Monday.
That is why...
THIS AWARD IS FOR ALL FACILITIES,
MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL EMPLOYEES!
Please say a
special thank you
to your facilities, maintenance, and custodial staff for
the hard work they do during difficult times and during
daily operations.
Do you know
of an employee or group of employees who deserve
recognition? Nominate them for This Award is
for You! by clicking here:
This Award is for You! Nominees will be
selected at random for recognition in upcoming Brevard
Notebook editions.
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What is Thinkfinity? (http://thinkfinity.org)
Thinkfinity is a free online portal for teachers, parents
and students to find free content rich web resources to
advance student achievement. Use Thinkfinity when planning
lessons or units on any subject at any grade level. Search
for content that is interactive or for research resources.
Find student materials, interactive learning games,
reproducibles, other web resources and online lesson plans.
Why Thinkfinity?
Thinkfinity is the portal that will take you to some of the
best sites for education. The partner sites are high quality
and trustworthy: Illuminations (National Council for
Teachers of Mathematics, Science NetLinks: American
Association for the Advancement of Science; ArtsEdge:
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, ReadWriteThink:
National Council for Teachers of English, Xpeditions:
National Geographic, Smithsonian: National Museum of
American History, Econ Link: National Council for
Economics Education and more! The content is current and up
to date from the most trusted providers in your subject
area. We would love to train teachers at your school! We
will help you learn how to find all of the wealth of
resources through Thinkfinity. We will help you
integrate the technology you need to impact your students in
the classroom. Give your students more ways to learn and
explore a concept to improve understanding and motivation.
Add these links to your Edline site, and invite parents and
students to try them at home!
Interested? Contact your area Tech Integrators to get
training. Become a certified trainer at your school and
spread the good news! Once you use Thinkfinity it
will become one of your favorite resources—we promise!
Interested in learning about a new technology?
Need some extra help with a particular program?
Who you gonna call?
Tech Integrators!
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Plant A
Tree
In 2007, Endeavour Elementary
kindergarten students planted two lemon trees in their
garden after collecting donations in order to participate in
the Global Johnny Appleseed Project. This year, the
kindergarten students at Endeavour would like to invite your
school to join in this project by raising money and
planting fruit trees at your school or nearby community
areas. The Global Johnny Appleseed project has a
mission to bring the issues of conservation and global
warming into the classrooms of the world. The number
one goal of this project is to encourage every school in the
United States or World to plant at least two apple (or
regional fruit) trees.
 The
benefits of this project include:
Beautification of the environment
Reduction of carbon dioxide
A
source of food
Learning experiences
Contribution to heritage
For more information including
a PowerPoint presentation, lesson plan ideas, background
information on both the project and Johnny Appleseed and to
register for this project please visit
www.globaljohnnyappleseedproject.org. This project
runs from September until "harvest." Last year,
Endeavour kindergarteners collected money starting on Johnny
Appleseed's September 26 birthday and throughout October.
They planted their lemon trees on November 1, 2007.
This year, they are planning to follow a similar schedule.
Please Join In!
To help Endeavour teachers
track the amount of participation in Brevard County, or for
questions or comments, please email Barbara Wilcox at
wilcox.barbara@brevardschools.org. Please submit
the date joined, money raised, number of trees planted and
interest in joining again next year. Please also share
any photos of your involvement as well.
Submitted by Endeavour's Kindergarten Team: Jessica
Holloman, Tegan Litt, Susan Harrison, Carol Post and Barbara
Wilcox
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Cell
Phone Savings
Steve
Muzzy, Assistant Superintendent for Information
Technology, has reported good news with the recent
completed wireless communications service agreement
with Sprint Solutions. As you may recall, the
board approved the agreement in the Spring of 2008.
The district moved to a centralized procurement and
management process versus the previous process in
which each school and department negotiated
individual agreements with providers. A review
of the first completed quarter under the new
consolidated agreement has resulted in a savings of
28% and is projected to produce hard dollar savings
in excess of $80,000 per year!
These
savings are being realized with the district having
33 more devices over the previous year.
Currently the district has 485 active service plans
for cellular phones and data services. We also
have an additional 95 cellular phones in a "pay as
you go" plan with a cost of $0.06 per minute.
While the
savings are tremendous, there is more good news.
There are a number of additional services and
benefits the district is receiving as a result of
this improved process. They include:
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An
allocation of $138,000 for wireless technology
enhancements to improve signal coverage in our
district facilities. The primary focus of
these enhancements are schools designated as
storm shelters. Viera High, Mims
Elementary and Sunrise Elementary will receive
these enhancements with $54,000 of upgrades for
future needs. These enhancements will
improve the cellular service to our shelter
occupants.
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Sprint has developed an employee discount
program that allows BPS employees to receive a
15% discount off of monthly access plans.
Matthew Estes is the Sprint Account
Representative assigned to BPS and can be
reached at
matthew.estes@Sprint.com for further
information.
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Transportation Services and our Maintenance
department are exploring the possibility of
using the Sprint devices to implement GPS
solutions for vehicle tracking to assist us in
our goals of improving student safety and
service dispatching. Study and testing of
these systems are ongoing at this time.
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Sprint is also offering a service called
WeatherBug Protect that allows the National
Weather Service severe weather alerts to be sent
directly to Sprint handsets that provides the
potential for immediate notification to school
and departmental staff members.
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A
district team also plans to investigate the
feasibility of utilizing text messaging for
emergency communications.
Commendations go out to Chip Harrison, Tom
Fitzgerald and Kathy Arvonio for their work in
implementing this process improvement and for
delivering cost savings and improved services to the
district. If you have any questions, please
contact Steve Muzzy at 633-1000, extension 700.
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SNEAKERS@WORK
DAY
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month. To
increase awareness of this disease, Brevard
Public Schools is having a dress-down-in your
sneakers day on Friday, Sept. 19. For a $5.00
donation, supporters will receive a fun pair of blue
shoe laces to sport in their sneakers…men and women
alike.
If you work at the School Board Building (ESF) and
would like to donate, the Brevard Schools Foundation
Office will have the
shoe laces. Any other school or worksite can
contact the Wellness program directly at 632-1770
ext. 28235 or email Sandy at
Gibbons.Sandra@brevardschools.org
and arrange to send us your donation made payable to
American Prostate Cancer Initiative (APCI) to
Wellness at Viera High to receive the blue shoe
laces.
One hundred percent (100%) of every dollar raised
through
SNEAKERS@WORK
DAY
goes directly to
American Prostate Cancer Initiative to promote
prostate Cancer awareness, patient education,
advocacy, and research programs.
The American Prostate Cancer Initiative is a 501
(c)(3) organization. The
donation may be tax-deductible, please consult your
tax preparer for information about this matter
(federal tax ID# is: 75-3193832).
Additionally, the Wellness Department will be
hosting free prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
screening tests at the School Board Building on
Friday, Sept. 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the
Retirement Conference Room in Pod 2.
Screening for prostate cancer can be performed
quickly and easily using the PSA blood test. PSA is
a protein produced by the prostate and released in
very small amounts into the bloodstream. When there
iss a problem with the prostate, such as when
prostate cancer develops and grows, more and more
PSA is released, until it reaches a level where it
can be easily detected in the blood. During a PSA
test, a small amount of blood is drawn from the arm
and the level of PSA is measured. PSA levels under 4
ng/mL are usually considered "normal," results over
10 ng/mL are usually considered "high," and results
between 4 and 10 ng/mL are usually considered
"intermediate."
If you can not attend, and would like a voucher for
the PSA screening, please contact the Wellness
Department, A voucher to take this simple
blood test at any Wuesthoff lab can be sent via
courier.
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The district Food 4
Thought Food Drive is complete! Many schools
and departments
developed creative programs for collecting the most
 donations possible. Edgewood Jr./Sr. High created
service learning projects for their students. MILA
Elementary partnered with BJ's Wholesale Club in Merritt
Island to have donation boxes set up in their stores and
Cocoa High partnered with Wal-Mart. The HR department
created "meals in a bag" and the ESF Food Service assembled
a Food 4 Thought Food Pyramid in the
cafeteria (as pictured here). Thank
you, one and all who made this drive a success!
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Look Around Brevard |
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Congratulations to
these amazing colleagues and schools!
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Saturn Elementary |
Awarded for Outstanding Staff
Development Practices |
Will be recognized on September 23 by the Florida
Association of Staff Development (FASD) at its award
luncheon in St. Petersburg. |
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Cambridge Elementary |
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Endeavour Elementary |
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Golfview Elementary |
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MILA Elementary |
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West Melbourne Elementary School for Science |
Florida Finalists for
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and
Science Teaching |
Michelle Ferro |
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Ralph Williams Jr. Elementary |
Wendy Shelden |
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Brevard Cultural Alliance Excellence in Visual Arts Award
At
the September 9 Board meeting, two schools, Quest Elementary
and Sunrise Elementary, were awarded the Brevard Cultural
Alliance Excellence in Visual Arts Award. On
hand to
 accept this honor for Quest Elementary were
Principal Elia Lea and Art Teacher Karen Monahan. For
Sunrise Elementary, Principal Barry Pichard and Art
Teacher Sheri Snow accepted the award. Since the inception
of the Brevard Cultural Alliance’s Excellence in Visual
Arts Award
in 2005, 13 programs of excellence and two programs with the
distinction of honorable mention have been awarded.
From
the Sept. 9 Board meeting, Pictured left to right are: Pablo
Remonselles, Education Program Director for the Brevard
Cultural Alliance, Linda Brandt, CEO of the Brevard Cultural
Alliance, Janice Kershaw, Barry Pichard, Sheri Snow, Elia
Lea, Karen Monahan, Superintendent Dr. Richard DiPatri.
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Suntree has the Ticket
Representatives
from Voyager Expanded Learning presented Suntree Principal
Larkin with an achievement plaque. Ninety percent of
students at Suntree using the reading technology component,
Ticket to Read logged in to the program during a one week
period and each student read at least one passage. When
schools reach this goal in the program, they are considered
Gold Star Schools and Suntree was the very first school to
achieve a Gold Star.
Pictured left to right are: Archie Pazos, Voyager
Representative; Sara Murphy, Voyager Representative; Debbie
Wood, Elementary Reading Facilitator; Ginny Gleason, K-12
Parent Involvement Resource Teacher; Lisa Larkin, Principal;
and Chris Reed, Assistant Principal
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Jupiter's Food and Nutrition is First in Florida!
At Tuesday's Sept.
9 Board meeting Jupiter Elementary was recognized for the
USDA Healthier US Challenge Award, the first school in
Florida to achieve this distinctive honor. This award
was developed in support of the President's Healthier US
Initiative as a way to recognize schools that create healthy
school environments by promoting good nutrition and physical
activity. Jupiter Elementary partnered with Food and
Nutritional Services to submit the application and is only 1
of 291 schools across the nation to have achieved either
Gold, Silver, or Bronze certification.
Pictured left to right are: Kevin Thornton, Food Service
Director, Carol McManus, Jupiter PE Teacher, Debbie
Christian, Jupiter Food and Nutrition Manager, Cynthia
Harris, Jupiter Principal, Steve Horton, Deputy Director for
Special Nutrition Programs for the USDA Food and Nutrition
Services Southeast Regional Office.
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Excellence in Physical Education Award
Apollo
Elementary, Longleaf Elementary, and MILA Elementary have
been awarded the prestigious Excellence in Physical
Education Award (EPEA) title for 2008-2011, listing them
among the best schools in the district for physical
education programs. Brevard now has six Excellence in
Physical Education Schools.
From
Sept. 9 Board meeting, Pictured left to right are: Janice
Kershaw, DeWayne Barbee, Apollo PE Teacher, Dr. Pam O'Kell,
Apollo Principal, Randy Minnihan, Apollo PE Teacher,
Superintendent Dr. Richard DiPatri.
From
Sept. 9 Board meeting, Pictured left to right are: Janice
Kershaw, Thelma Werner, Longleaf PE Teacher, Marilyn
Sylvester, Longleaf Principal, Superintendent Dr. Richard
DiPatri.
From
Sept. 9 Board meeting, Pictured left to right are: Janice
Kershaw, Sara Fernandez, MILA PE Teacher, Dr. Betsy Butler,
MILA Principal, Gary Odom, MILA PE Teacher, Superintendent
Dr. Richard DiPatri.
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$1.8 Million Grant!
Brevard Public
Schools has earned special funding for some elementary
students to explore the
space outside their classrooms. Adult and Community
Education and the School Age Child
Care Programs have received notification that BPS will
receive a state 21st Century Community Learning Centers
grant totaling $1.8 million over five years.
From
Sept. 9 Board meeting, Pictured left to right are: Jackie
Francisco, School Age Child Care Program Dev. Coordinator,
Business Partner Jake Steger, Exec, Director Titusville YMCA
Family Center, Andrea Townsend, Coquina Principal, Debi
Embry, School Age Child Care Coordinator, Nancy Nichols,
South Lake Principal, Vicki Sacco, Riverview Principal,
Barbara Clift, N. Adult/Community Ed. Resource Teacher,
Business Partner Eric Stiles, Assist. Mng. of Ed. Programs
Kennedy Space Center Visitor's Program, Delaware North Co.
Parks and Resorts at KSC, Inc., John Wigley, Adult/Community
Ed. Director, Janice Kershaw, Superintendent Dr. Richard
DiPatri.
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BASA
Donates to 3 Great Causes
 Brevard
Association of School Administrators (BASA) presented funds
to the Brevard Schools Foundation in support of three great
causes, the United Way, Food 4 Thought, and the Dr. Tom
McIntyre Scholarship Fund. Thank you BASA!
From
Sept. 9 Board meeting, Pictured left to right are:
Superintendent Dr. Richard DiPatri, Betsy Butler, BASA
President, Marjorie Ebersbach, BASA Executive Director,
Janice Kershaw.
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Congratulations Edgewood and Freedom 7
Brevard Public Schools was notified today that two district
schools were named by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret
Spellings as 2008 No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools.
Edgewood Jr./Sr. High School and Freedom 7 Elementary School
are two of 320 schools in the United States and only 16
schools (13 public and three private) in Florida to win this
honor.
The No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, a highly
coveted designation in American education, distinguishes and
honors schools for helping students achieve at very high
levels and for making significant progress in closing the
achievement gap.
In 2007, Brevard
had three Blue Ribbon Schools: Port Malabar Elementary
School, Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School of the Arts
and Suntree Elementary School. Gemini Elementary School was
recognized in 2005, and West Shore Jr./Sr. High School
earned the honor in 2004.
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FREE Workshop!
- Parenting in
Today's World
All parents want their children to succeed. Knowing how to
assist them in making the right choices and understanding
their delicate stage of development is not always easy.
HELP has arrived!!! “Parenting in Today’s World” is a
workshop designed for parents and caregivers raising
children from preschool through grade 12. Brevard Public
Schools, The Child Abuse Prevention Task Force of Brevard,
SEDNET, FDLERS and Family Involvement offices are proud to
be hosting this event.
Please reserve Saturday, October 25 from 8:00AM
to 12:30PM to learn some new parenting strategies and
trends. This FREE workshop will be held at the Educational
Services Facility located in Viera. Dr. Tony Ferretti will
be the keynote speaker and the title of his presentation
will be “Striking a Balance” Be the Best Parent You Can
Be. Dr. Ferretti is a passionate public speaker
and he is a
licensed psychologist who has been practicing for twenty
years. He is the current host of a radio show titled,
Can We
Talk? and has appeared on the “Dr. Phil Show.” Dr. Ferretti
will provide practical strategies and creative solutions to
the many difficult issues facing families today.
Other workshop topics will focus on: Setting Limits, The
Important Role of Fathers, Practical Tips for Tweens, Teens
& Peers, Knowing Your Child’s Learning Styles, Parenting
Your Child with ADHD, Why is My Bright Child Struggling with
Reading and Homework, Managing Your Child Through Conflicts,
Addressing Bullies, The Anxious Child, Protecting Your Child
from Predators, An Optimistic Approach to ADHD, How to Keep
Your Cool When Your Children Don’t and Being the Best Parent
You Can Be.
Don’t miss this opportunity
to meet and interact with many Brevard
County skilled
professionals in childhood development, behavior and
education. For more information and to register please call
Ginny Gleason @ 633-1000 ext 389.
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Florida Today School of
the Week
Florida Today
has started a new feature called the School of the Week
to take the place of the Education Theme Page that runs
every Tuesday. The first feature ran Tuesday, Sept. 2.
Florida Today
is asking schools to nominate themselves. To honor them,
schools will receive coverage (a story, photos, video of
their accomplishments) and the "School of the Week"
designation.
Here are the
rules ....
School
principals must submit a 300-word essay on why they
should be nominated as School of the Week. Mainly,
Florida Today is looking for schools that have made
great accomplishments, whether it be academically,
charity work or a particular student, administrator or
program that stands out. The essay itself can be from
the students, the principal, a class or a teacher.
Florida Today will then pick one school randomly and
write about its accomplishments.
Part of the
feature would be a one-on-one with the principal, a
photo or video gallery and a story about what makes the
school so great. Florida Today will also send the school
a certificate as a final congratulations so that they
can hang it up for all to see.
Nominations may be submitted to Florida Today writer Keilani Best:
kbest@floridatoday.com
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Celebrate the Month
Did you know that September is...
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Proud to be
an American month?
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Childhood Cancer
Awareness month?
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Florida School Breakfast
Week (Sept. 15-19)?
Did you know that October is...
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National Cyber
Security Awareness month?
The goal
of National Cyber Security Awareness Month is to
educate everyday Internet users on how to
Protect
Yourself Before You Connect Yourself,
by taking simple and effective steps. These steps
will teach Internet users how to safeguard one's
computer from the latest online threats, offer ways
to respond to potential cyber-crime incidents, and
link how each person's cyber security affects
securing our nation's critical infrastructure.
http://www.staysafeonline.info/events/index.html
Educators/Libraries/Schools Get Involved
http://www.staysafeonline.info/events/involved/schools.html
How will you develop lessons or
change your work habits to celebrate these themes?
Please submit your stories and photos by clicking here:
Celebrate the Month!
We will feature these stories in
upcoming editions of the
Brevard Notebook.
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Funds from Boeing
Principals, we
have been asked to once again submit a grant request to the
Boeing Employees Community Fund of Florida for a critical
need at your school. The Foundation will need ONE request from each
school submitted to the Brevard Schools Foundation as soon
as possible but not later than Wednesday, October 1, 2008.
Please have a representative from your school email
the following information to Lynn Clifton at clifton.lynn@brevardschools.org:
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Name of Project: A
short name for the project for which you are requesting
funding
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Project Coordinator: The name of
teacher/administrator responsible for this request
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Phone Number: A phone number where Boeing could
call to ask the project coordinator some questions if
necessary
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Project Description: A short description of what
the project is, what supplies are needed and who will
benefit
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Why this is a critical need: A short explanation
of why this is a critical need at your school. In the
past, schools have submitted requests supplemental or
what Boeing called “luxury” items. Please carefully
consider your request to determine if it is critical.
The Boeing committee tends to look for things that are
basic. Some examples include math manipulatives for
students or shelving for a teacher who has none in the
classroom.
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Total project budget: A brief budget of total
costs. Please do not itemize piece by piece. For
example, 10 accelerated reader books is sufficient and
you do not have to list the title of each book to be
purchased.
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Amount Requested: A single figure is required
here. Note: Boeing rarely grants requests of over
$1,000. Last year, the majority of grants were in the
$500 range.
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If the total amount is not being requested from
Boeing, what are your other funding sources:
In past years Boeing granted very few grants for the
full amount requested. It is important that they
know that you have a source of funds that could be used
if they decide not to fund the full amount of your
request.
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BPS-TV |
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What’s
On
The 2008 FCAT scores are in; join me on the next
Superintendent’s Forum as we discuss those scores in depth,
and the continued success of Brevard Public Schools as one
of the highest performing districts in the state.
This show will air from Sunday September 14 – September 20 at these show
times on BPS-TV, Channel 198 on Bright House Cable.
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Sunday |
12:30 and 7:00 p.m. |
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Monday |
6:30 p.m. |
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Wednesday |
11:00 p.m. |
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Thursday |
7:30 p.m. |
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Friday |
8:30 p.m. |
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Saturday |
2:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. |
For more information or
additional show listings, please visit BPS-TV at
www.bpstv.com.
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Wellness Note |
Grab Hold of Your
Health!
Coulda...Shoulda...Woulda...Some
day? If you really want to grab hold of your
health and improve your wellbeing, then get
organized about it. Pull out a notebook, look
at your calendar and make some plans that will
change your life, allow you to achieve your
goals, and who knows -- along the way -- make
you happier.
1. Organize your time so that every day there is
enough time (30 minutes at least) for physical
exercise. You should know yourself well enough
to know if you have to get it done first thing
in the morning, or if later in the day is really
when you’ll have the energy to exercise.
2. Clean out your kitchen. If it’s not healthy,
get rid of it. Chances are excellent that you
know what you need to dispose of, so do it.
3. Plan your meals -- look for healthy recipes,
find healthy restaurants, and make time in your
week for a healthy grocery shop.
4. Make time to sit and enjoy your new delicious
fare. Relax when you are eating, chew your food
thoroughly, and digest what this is really
about.
5. Give yourself a chance to shine: don’t get on
the scale every day, instead, exercise and eat
right for 14 days and then check out how your
clothes are fitting, how you look in the mirror
and what you weigh.
6. Get enough sleep. This is the most fantastic
and most under-rated fountain of youth and
weight loss-fitness tool. Shoot for eight hours
of sleep, and you’ll see be amazed with your
energy.
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Upcoming Events |
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Event |
Date |
Time |
Location |
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Florida School Breakfast Week |
Sept. 15-19 |
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Board Meeting |
Sept. 23 |
5:30 P.M. |
ESF Boardroom |
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Rosh Hashanah (New Year) |
Sept. 30-Oct. 1 |
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Yom Kippur |
Oct. 9 |
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Board Meeting |
Oct. 14 |
5:30 P.M. |
ESF Boardroom |
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Board Meeting |
Oct 28 |
5:30 P.M. |
ESF Boardroom |
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