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TAKS testing continues |
Testing dates:
Tuesday, April 8: 8th grade Mathematics
Tuesday, April 29: Mathematics (all grades)
Wednesday, April 30: Reading (all grades)
Thursday, May 1: 8th grade Science
Friday, May 2: 8th grade Social Studies
Parents,
Here are resources that you can use with your children for additional practice for the upcoming TAKS tests.
1. TAKS Math Information Book - Gr6. There are sample questions in this book that you can use..
2. TAKS Study Guides - Gr6. There are excellent sample questions in this book that you can use. |
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FREE! Learning Styles Inventory |
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Summer Camps |
Summer Opportunities (camps, etc.) for students are now being posted on the BMS Web Page. Click on the "Summer Opportunities" link on the left side of this page for more information.
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Computer Lab hours for parents |
Questions about how to get more involved with your child? Would you like to use a computer in the lab to access ParentConnect or other parenting sites?
Contact our Parent Liaison, Rita Kneisley at 832-764-7921.
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Patriot Partners |
The Patriot Partners list serve is an automated email group that will allow members of our community to easily stay in touch. Once you join a listserve, ALL messages posted to the list will be automatically sent to all members. In this way, all members of our community may benefit from the vast resource that is our community. Please join today!
 Click to join patriot_partners
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The Middle Years |
This monthly newsletter is available for your information. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader which you may download for free from www.adobe.com.
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April, 2008 |
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y en espanol, abril, 2008 |
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May, 2008 |
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en espanol, mayo, 2008 |
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How Can a Parent Help? |
The following information is paraphrased from a sidebar to the article, "Grow Up? Not So Fast" by Lev Grossman, which appeared in Time magazine, January 24, 2005, pp. 42-54. The article discusses the phenomena of adult children who seem incapable of growing up and leaving home. The sidebar offers suggestions for parents to help their children avoid this dilemma.
"How Can a Parent Help?" by Dr. Mel Levine, Time, January 24, 2005, p. 54. “Mothers and fathers can do a lot to ensure a safe landing in early adulthood for their kids. Even if a job’s starting salary seems too meager to satisfy an emerging adult’s need for rapid gratification, the transition from school to work can be less of a setback if the start-up adult is ready for the move. Here are a few measures, drawn from my book Ready or Not, Here Life Comes, that parents can take to prevent what I call “work-life unreadiness”:”
1. Help your kids figure out who they are. Start at age 11 to review their emerging strengths and weaknesses; work on building up weak areas; help them identify recurring interests that may lead to rewarding careers.
2. Talk about the future on a regular basis. Talk to them about life after college. Be sure to discuss both the good and the bad of your own career. Regularly discuss people they know (friends and relatives) and how they got where they are. Encourage your children to express their own ideas about their future. Ask them to be specific when expressing their ideas.
3. Build your kids’ work skills. Just as teachers teach students how to learn, parents teach their children how to work. Household responsibilities and meeting homework deadlines are important precursors to the world of work. Teenagers can take a part-time job. Provide practice in delaying gratification, managing time and setting priorities.
4. Place time limits on leisure activities. Encourage your child to develop a variety of skills by requiring participation in a variety of activities, both passive (video games, watching TV, listening to music) and active (sports, chores requiring physical activity).
5. Help kids develop coping strategies. Teach children to deal appropriately with setbacks, stresses and feelings of inadequacy. Discussions among family members can help children apply their new skills to solve problems and resolve conflicts.
6. Make sure that childhood is not an impossible act to follow. Don’t overindulge your children with material possessions, and don’t create “hyperinflated” egos.
For more on this topic, check out Dr. Levine’s book, Ready or Not, Here Life Comes, which examines how parents and schools can better prepare adolescents for the transition to adult life.
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Eight Steps to Parental Success |
This article from the February 21, 2005 Time offers tips for successful Parent-Teacher conferences. |
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Parent Involvement at BMS |
An exemplary school recognizes the importance of establishing effective partnerships with the larger community – our parents. BMS is committed to providing meaningful opportunities for parents to develop ownership in our school. To that end, this is an outline of ways that parents and the school can work together to provide the best education possible for the children in our community.
Parents and teachers must work together to:
- Distribute and complete surveys regarding current interests and needs related to the children’s education;
- Hold an annual meeting to determine the objectives, activities, and programs for the year;
- Involve parents in the planning and reviewing of special programs;
- Provide information about planned Title I programs;
- Present educational programs that meet student and parent needs in math and language arts; and
- Share responsibility for student achievement
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