Week of November 14

The +10 Mindset
This past week, your student took one or more 6 week assessments.  The purpose of 6 weeks assessment is two-fold.  First it is to gauge which essential skills your student mastered this past 6 weeks, and second, we want to determine how much growth your child made from the 1st 6 weeks.

Mrs. Stephens' students are creating
products based on the stories they
are reading.

In dealing with growth, each student has a +10 goal.  The goal is used to gauge student growth from last year's STAAR test and/or from the 1st six weeks assessment.  When you visit with your child about his/her performance on the 2nd 6 weeks assessment, ask these questions.

• What was your performance on your assessment?
• How much growth did you make from last 6 weeks?
• Which skills did you perform the best on and by how much?
• Which skills do you need to work on for next 6 weeks?
• What is your goal growth in the 3rd 6 weeks?
• How can I help you improve your performance?

Great conversations with students about their learning is necessary to motivate them to continue to try harder.  I hope you will take a few minutes to talk to your child about their growth on the 2nd 6 weeks assessment.  It will definitely keep them focused on reaching all of their +10 goals this year.

Upcoming Events

Is your student an engineer?
They love to count, are inquisitive and
think in numbers.

• Fri, 11/11 - HS Girls BB vs. Parish Episcopal at 5 pm AWAY
• Fri, 11/11 - Veteran’s Day Assembly at 2 pm at BRHS Gym
• Mon, 11/14 - BRISD Board Meeting at 6 p.m.
• Mon, 11/14 - JH BB vs. Dodd City at 4:30 pm HERE
• Tue, 11/15 - HS Girls BB vs. Van Alstyne at 5 pm AWAY
• Thu, 11/17 - Sat, 11/19 - Blue Ridge Basketball Tournament
• Mon, 11/21 - Fri, 11/25 - THANKSGIVING BREAK

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Additional Information
On Monday, November 7, BRISD board members and administrators participated in the CSTA (Community Schools Transformation Alliance) board training at Sunnyvale ISD with about 8 other school districts.  Below is a slide show that highlights what we learned about.

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