BIS Families: BIS & Beyond After School Academy registration will open Monday, February 26th at 6pm & close Friday, March 1st at 6pm. This free program runs Monday to Thursday from 2:50-4:50, including diner & transportation. Registration link: http://tinyurl.com/mr2ur9pe
Mrs. Upchurch’s 5th grade enrichment students engaged in a debates today. They did a great job researching and developing arguments for and against cell phones being allowed in class. #3RsBIS
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University. In 1994, he joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist and the Princeton faculty as a visiting research scientist and lecturer. In 1996, he became director of the planetarium and oversaw its $210 million reconstruction project, which was completed in 2000. Since 1996, he has been the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. The center is part of the American Museum of Natural History, where Tyson founded the Department of Astrophysics in 1997 and has been a research associate in the department since 2003.
Gracie (1st place) and Francesca (2nd place) are headed to UMES to represent BIS in the regional Spelling Bee. The winning word today was congregation. Congratulations to all of our participants and a special thanks to Mrs. Hinkle and Mrs. Hamby for your leadership in our academy! #3RsBIS
Our BIS spelling bee is underway! #3RsBIS
Our 5th grade students are studying astronomy as they prepare for MISA next month. Today they simulated Earth’s rotation. #3RsBIS
IMPORTANT BOE UPDATE: Tomorrow's special meeting of the Board of Education has been cancelled at the request of the State due to extenuating circumstances. The meeting will be rescheduled. Full details are in the image below.
Mark your calendar for our next PTO Dine Out. Thank you again to our amazing community for supporting our students and school. #3RsBIS
Oprah Winfrey is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African-American of the 20th century and was once the world's only black billionaire. By 2007, she was often ranked as the most influential woman in the world.
Always Anonymous, Always Available. There are many ways you can submit an anonymous tip to Safe Schools Maryland. Save this phone number and/or download the app to keep this information readily available. #WeAreWorcester #PartnershipsInAction
BREAKING: The Worcester County Board of Education has adopted the 2024-2025 school system calendar. View the presentation at http://tinyurl.com/2425CalPres. The new calendar will be added to the website this week.
Our 5th graders are experimenting with Earth's rotation and daily shadows. #3RsBIS
In honor of Black History Month, 6th grade 2D art students are learning to draw self portraits in the style of New York artist, Kenhinde Wiley. #3RsBIS
Congratulations to our Jr. Seahawks who placed in the Elks Lodge Americanism 🇺🇸💙🤍Essay Contest...Renna 3rd, Hayla 2nd, Aylin 1st. #3RsBIS
Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL, commonly known as UNIA).
Rosa Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks rejected bus driver James F. Blake's order to vacate a row of four seats in the "colored" section in favor of a white passenger, once the "white" section was filled. Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation, but the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) believed that she was the best candidate for seeing through a court challenge after her arrest for civil disobedience. Parks helped inspire the Black community to boycott the Montgomery buses for over a year. The case became bogged down in the state courts, but the federal Montgomery bus lawsuit Browder v. Gayle resulted in a November 1956 decision that bus segregation is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
No school today due to President's Day! We will see you tomorrow!
Help increase school attendance by developing the skill of time management. You can help both younger and older students by trying the tips below! #schooleveryday
Ola Joseph is a Nigerian-born speaker, author, trainer, and consultant. He delivers over 50 speeches a year to audiences numbering from 100 to 2500. He inspires his audiences in the areas of Communication, Personal Growth, Self-Improvement, and Empowerment. Born on an island village of less than 600 inhabitants, Ola arrived in the United States a few years ago with less than $100 in his pocket believing that the most important ingredient to success is courage. Ola is a United States Navy veteran.
Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman rescued approximately 70 enslaved people on 13 different mission, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrage.
