Parents,
Cookie dough fund raiser money is due tomorrow, Sept 10. Thanks for your assistance.
At this time today’s football game is still scheduled. Game on!
Sincerely,
Jeff Russell
Parents of 8th Grade Students:
Please read this introduction before proceeding to the link that follows from the SMS web-site. Eighth grade students who are self-disciplined, self-motivated and who are ready for the challenge of high school level work have the opportunity to take some high school courses via BISD’s Off Campus Online Instruction (OCOI). These courses include:
- Health (also offered on our campus) which fulfills the one-half credit required for high school graduation;
- Foundations of Personal Fitness which fulfills one-half of the 1.5 credits for high school graduation (all of which can be met with three years of band, two years of athletics, or any two-to-three credit course in the Career and Technology Department); and
- BCIS I and BCIS II which together fulfill the one credit required in the area of Technology Applications (which can be met by Tech Systems [full year course] in the middle school as well as by numerous course offerings at the high school).
Registration for these online courses will take place before September 22nd, exact dates to be announced. The courses begin on September 22nd and end on January 9th. All work and communications are done online: no campus/face-to-face instruction will be provided.
These courses are being offered to allow students to accrue credits outside of the school setting, opening more class sections for those who might need it. These students might include those with a combination of athletics, fine arts, and/or career and technology courses. Again, these courses are at the high school level and are meant for only those students serious about working hard.
If your student is interested, please email Mr. Sparkman (Byron_Sparkman@birdville.k12.tx.us). He will:
· Check your student’s schedule to ensure that they are not already scheduled to take health here at Smithfield;
· Answer your questions about the appropriateness of this program in meeting your student’s academic goals;
· Notify you when the registration process is ready; and
· Register your student for the course. Payment will be due at registration. Please note that a student may withdraw from the course within fifteen days of registering and receive a refund minus $25.00 (administration fee). A student who fails to make online contact with the instructor within the first fifteen days will be withdrawn from the program without a refund.
For further information click- http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/schools/046a/index.html and Scroll to update II
Sincerely,
Byron Sparkman