It has been wonderful to welcome everyone back to school and to observe such a great start to the year. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed seeing you and your children, and it has been particularly exciting to see everyone happy and engaged during my daily visits to classrooms.
During the last few days, technology teacher Maureen Tumenas has asked her students to collaborate on google docs and express what the tagline- “where you belong” means to them, and why they belong at BCD. The wordle image above presents an amalgam of all of the responses, giving greater prominence to the words that appeared more frequently in the students’ work. Click on it to see a larger view of the image.
There was a great deal of buzz about the recent New York Times article by Benedict Carey entitled “Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits”, the article can be found on-line at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/health/views/07mind.html?_r=1&src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB
Also, earlier this week, Parents’ Association co-chairs Wendi Hauck and Sarah Novak posted a message for all parents. Please remember to send in a completed volunteer form as soon as possible.
