Oct 9, 2020
MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL PHELPS
BCE Families,
Thank you for taking the time to respond to the most recent survey. We are hard at work re-configuring classes based on your preferences.
I know a few of you love numbers so I am going to share a few with you:
- 273 of our 518 students will be on campus beginning October 19
- 53% of our campus population will be attending school in person
- 245 students will remain in remote learning
- 47% of our campus population will continue in remote learning
- 64 students moved from remote to in person instruction
- There will be a 13% increase in the number of students on campus beginning October 19
All changes will go into effect on Monday, October 19. We are in the process of determining what adjustments will need to happen within classrooms to accommodate the new numbers. We of course would like to keep everyone with their same teacher, but with the flux in numbers, in some cases, it may be necessary for students to move in order to maintain balanced class sizes. We will communicate with any families who are impacted early next week. We have complete confidence that our teachers will help transition our students with ease.
In the meantime, teachers will be preparing report cards .As you can imagine, some of the precision of student performance reporting has been more difficult to capture these 9-weeks, but we will do our best. We hope that the upcoming parent conferences will provide a more clear understanding of how your child performed this quarter. Remember these will be via Zoom this year. Since conferences are about 2 weeks after the close of the 1st grading period, some of you may have a new teacher. Rest assured that information will be provided by the former teacher to the new teacher.
Finally, Monday, October 12 is a student holiday. We hope you have a fun and relaxing three-day weekend.
In partnership,
Tiffany Phelps
MESSAGE FROM EANES EDUCATION FOUNDATION
I spy EEF Fund a Hero Yard Signs popping up all over the place! Want to get your hands on one, too? It's easy! Donate to the Eanes Education Foundation Teacher Fund TODAY! Just click the link below. Our goal is for EVERY single BCE Family to have a HERO Sign in their yard! Make a difference in your child's education! Fund a Teacher! Fund a Hero!
https://eaneseducationfoundation.org/teacher-fund/
Big Thanks to this week's EEF Teacher Fund Donors:
The Odham Family- Brendan
The Zock Family- Anastasia
The Tang Family- Ethan
The Kumar Family- Ishika
The Creel Family- James & Reagan
The Jansen van Rensburg Family- Cerise, Emile, Marcel & Rene
The Garza Family- Oscar
The Xingwang Fang Family- Samuel & Tina
The Zhao Family- Janelle Lee
The Ayyavu Family- Ameya Vetrivel
The Taylor Family- Maya
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD
Do you have a student celebration that you would like to share with the BCE community? We'd love to hear about it! Submit here: Tell Me Something Good!
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DISTRICT NEWS
Good news . . . the Chap Store is opening! Beginning next week, the Chap Store will be open Wednesdays from 3:00 pm-6:00 pm and Fridays from 8:00 am-11:00 am.
 Join us on October 15, 6PM via Zoom to learn about the Penny Swap, also known as a Voter-Approval Tax Ratification Election (VATRE) which adds more funds to the district’s operating budget. |
 Remote learning enrichment classes in music, art, chess, minecraft, robotics and more! Register at http://eanes.augusoft.net
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COMMUNITYNEWS
Eanes for equity is excited to host Ripple Reads founder & partner, Kelli Mason and Megan Ambrose for our next event on Tuesday, October 13th at 6 pm. Ripple Reads is a newly launched subscription that curates a book and original companion magazine with family discussion guides crafted by leading university professors in the field of Race and Teaching and Curriculum. This is a useful resource if you’re looking for practical guidance to have these conversations in your own home or other content and activities to help you have meaningful conversations with your kids about race, justice, and empathy. (Information on how to register coming soon.)
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