Bayfield School District

Community Strategic Planning in Progress!

One of Several Task Force Discussion Groups

On Saturday, February 11, the Bayfield School District spent its second full community planning day on the School District Strategic Plan.  We had an excellent turnout with the return of most of the 50 participants from the January 28th meeting.  The entire day was spent defining vision statements and goals for each of the priority areas that had been identified on January 28th.  It was determined that our original priority area of “21st Century Skills” would be integrated throughout the other four priority areas.

Committee members were given the opportunity to align with priority areas about which they are most passionate.  Four sub-committees, or task forces, were developed to define a Vision Statement for their Priority Area.  Each task force will create goals and action steps for their Priority Area, a first draft of which will be presented at a special Board meeting on March 15, at 5:30 p.m.  At this meeting , the Board as well as the members from all task force groups will give feedback on action plans.  Each task force will utilize this information to create a final action plan to be submitted to the Board at a special Board meeting on April 12th at 5:30 p.m.

BMS Artwork to Show in New York!

Exciting news! Artwork from Bayfield Middle School was selected to be a part of a slideshow that will be shown on the Big Screen Plaza in Manhattan during the NAEA Art conference in March!

Teachers from around the world that showcase their student work on the website Artsonia  were asked to submit one piece of artwork for a slideshow.  It was impossible  to choose only one  piece of art work, but  finally it was decided that a group project on one of our murals best represented our school.

Bayfield Middle School Student Can Drive

(From left to right) Callie Jung, Kelea Damp, Kylee McCoy and Ashley Mottin take a break after counting and stacking a portion of the 2,975 cans of food collected for the canned food drive in Mr. Kuhn's classroom. We think Kelea's shirt sums it up best, "HOPE".

Ladybugs in the Classroom?

Bayfield High School is now equipped with 16 new document cameras. The Lumens DC 265 was purchased through a grant that Chantey Webbe applied for this summer. After taking a couple of graduate courses in technology, she was determined to acquire new tools for the classrooms at BHS. Due to the financial crisis, Mrs. Webbe was well aware that funding for technology was limited. After hearing about a possible eduction grant from La Plata Electric Association, she decided to take time out of her summer to apply for the grant. Fortunately, the grant was honored, giving BHS $12, 500. This amount allowed for 15 document cameras, 2 flip cameras, and hopefully one SMART board, although there currently is not enough funding left for the interactive white board.

Pinwheels For Peace Art Project

Bayfield Middle School art students have joined other schools from around the world to celebrate International Peace day by “planting” these pinwheels with messages of peace. Each student created their own pinwheel and wrote their thoughts about tolerance, war, peace, and living in harmony with others. This art installation project was started in 2005 by two art teachers in Florida, as a way for students to express their feelings about what’s going on in the world and their lives.
Last year there were over 3 million pinwheels spinning messages to the sky!
Imagine…whirld peace
In today’s world, peace needs to be more than just a word.
For more information contact: BMS art teacher, Kari Pepper or www.pinwheelsforpeace.com

School District Recycling Project

Thanks to the efforts of district maintenance supervisor Rob Morterud, 14 years of broken electronics were rounded up and packaged for recycling this week.  A vendor is removing the items free of charge and will take them to a specialized recycling center for processing.