T-Ball, Baseball and Softball sign-ups for Warren CountyYouth Baseball and Softball Leagues are this weekend.
Saturday: 9am- 3pm
Sunday 1pm-4pm
February 28th and March 1st at the McMinnville Civic Center
McMinnville Parks and Recreation 500 Garfield St. McMinnville, TN 37110
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Alumnus Association-
We are currently trying to establish an Alumnus Association at Boyd. If you know of anyone who might be willing to spearhead this project, please do let us know at info@fcbcs.org. It does not have to be an actual graduate of Boyd. We will consider anyone who has attended Boyd. We have records of names and addresses and would love to have someone run this committee.
Thank YOU PTF
Everyone would like to say thank you to the PTF for the new vacuum cleaners and for heating repairs. We all appreciate all you do for Boyd!
Next Triple B Meeting-
The March meeting of the Triple B Athletic Club will be Thursday, March 12th at 6:30 (or after the softball game) in Boyd's Cafeteria. We hope you will comeearly and help us cheer on our Lady Broncos at their home game that night which starts at 4:30pm.
Monday, February 23, 2009
February 23
From the Superintendent
Spring Banquet
Our Spring Banquet with Gene Stallings is rapidly approaching. Please call or e-mail Terry Stubblefield or Mrs. Sullens to reserve your seats.
Please also be aware that although Mrs. Sullens is still serving as our Director of Development and Admissions, she does much of her work from home. You can always reach her via e-mail at tsullens@fcbcs.org.
Chorus to Sing at State Basketball Tournament
Our high school Chorus has been invited to sing the National Anthem at one of the State Championship Basketball Games. They will sing at the 12:00 game on Friday, February 27, at David Lipscomb University. Our chorus has done an outstanding job of representing our school in the community this year, and I am confident they will do well in this performance. Special thanks go to Mrs. Jeanne Hagar for all of her hard work in starting and developing our vocal music program.
Veterans’ Program
Our Veteran’s Program will be this Friday morning at 9:00. All Veterans, family, and friends are welcome to attend. If you know of any Veteran who will attend, please call Terry in the office and let her know. We want to provide a small gift and refreshments for them and need an accurate count of how many we need to plan for. Thank you for your support with the program.
Preparation for College
At Boyd Christian, we want to give our students the best preparation for college that we can. For us, it’s not about just graduating students from high school and getting them into college. We want them to have the best possible chance of being successful once they get to college.
Records of recent graduating classes show us one area where we can improve. The average GPA for our graduating class of 2006 was 3.54. Certainly, this is an outstanding grade point average. However, the same students in their freshman year of college in 2006-07 had an average GPA of only 2.49. Lower GPA s in the freshman year has been a matter of concern for many students in Tennessee in recent years.
Besides wanting our students to be as successful as possible, there is a financial issue involved. The HOPE Scholarship is available to students who earn a GPA of 3.00 in high school and score a 21 on the ACT. However, students must maintain their GPA once they get to college in order to keep the scholarship. To maintain the scholarship, the Tennessee legislature recently lowered the required college GPA from 3.00 to 2.75. Recent statistics show that about half of all college freshmen lose the scholarship after the first year, and about two-thirds have lost it by the end of their junior year.
We believe that our GPA should be an accurate predictor of how students will perform once they get to college. If our graduates’ GPAs decline, we want to know what we can do to help our graduating seniors to be better prepared.
One such area where we can make improvements is in the area of exams. Currently, we have a policy which allows students to be exempt from semester exams. It is entirely possible for a good student to go through four years of high school at Boyd and never take a semester exam. And we are not the only school in the area that has such a policy. As a teacher, I always wanted as many
students to be exempt as possible, because it meant much less work for me grading exams!
But the question we have to ask ourselves is this: Are we really doing the best job that we can in preparing students for college life when we let them go through high school and not make them take exams? For those students whose GPA dropped from 3.50 in the senior year in high school to 2.50 in their freshman year of college, I wonder how many of them faced semester exams for the first time in that freshman year. I wonder how many of them lost their HOPE scholarship in part because they were unprepared to deal with the rigor of college semester exams.
It is my belief that by allowing students to be exempt from exams, we are not doing the best that we can to prepare students for college. Students can expect a change in this policy beginning with the 2009-2010 school year. While this will likely be unpopular with our students in the short term, we believe that when they get to college, they will be able to face the rigors of college academics with much more confidence. As with any other issue, I would welcome your input in this area.
Upcoming Events
February 27...Chorus Performs National Anthem at State BKB Tournament
February 28...Softball Playday at Forrest
March 6...Grades K-2 Field Trip
March 6-8...Interact Convention
March 11...National Honor Society Inductions
March 13...Staff Development (No School)
March 16-20...Spring Break (No School)
March 28...Spring Banquet with Gene Stallings, McMinnville Civic Center, 6:00
April 3-9...Book Fair
April 10...Junior/Senior Banquet
April 17...Leo Club Banquet
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Lunch Menu for February 23-March 2
Tuesday...Chicken Nuggets
Wednesday…Ravioli
Thursday…Baked Potato
Friday...Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Monday...Riblets with Mashed Potatoes
Spring Banquet
Our Spring Banquet with Gene Stallings is rapidly approaching. Please call or e-mail Terry Stubblefield or Mrs. Sullens to reserve your seats.
Please also be aware that although Mrs. Sullens is still serving as our Director of Development and Admissions, she does much of her work from home. You can always reach her via e-mail at tsullens@fcbcs.org.
Chorus to Sing at State Basketball Tournament
Our high school Chorus has been invited to sing the National Anthem at one of the State Championship Basketball Games. They will sing at the 12:00 game on Friday, February 27, at David Lipscomb University. Our chorus has done an outstanding job of representing our school in the community this year, and I am confident they will do well in this performance. Special thanks go to Mrs. Jeanne Hagar for all of her hard work in starting and developing our vocal music program.
Veterans’ Program
Our Veteran’s Program will be this Friday morning at 9:00. All Veterans, family, and friends are welcome to attend. If you know of any Veteran who will attend, please call Terry in the office and let her know. We want to provide a small gift and refreshments for them and need an accurate count of how many we need to plan for. Thank you for your support with the program.
Preparation for College
At Boyd Christian, we want to give our students the best preparation for college that we can. For us, it’s not about just graduating students from high school and getting them into college. We want them to have the best possible chance of being successful once they get to college.
Records of recent graduating classes show us one area where we can improve. The average GPA for our graduating class of 2006 was 3.54. Certainly, this is an outstanding grade point average. However, the same students in their freshman year of college in 2006-07 had an average GPA of only 2.49. Lower GPA s in the freshman year has been a matter of concern for many students in Tennessee in recent years.
Besides wanting our students to be as successful as possible, there is a financial issue involved. The HOPE Scholarship is available to students who earn a GPA of 3.00 in high school and score a 21 on the ACT. However, students must maintain their GPA once they get to college in order to keep the scholarship. To maintain the scholarship, the Tennessee legislature recently lowered the required college GPA from 3.00 to 2.75. Recent statistics show that about half of all college freshmen lose the scholarship after the first year, and about two-thirds have lost it by the end of their junior year.
We believe that our GPA should be an accurate predictor of how students will perform once they get to college. If our graduates’ GPAs decline, we want to know what we can do to help our graduating seniors to be better prepared.
One such area where we can make improvements is in the area of exams. Currently, we have a policy which allows students to be exempt from semester exams. It is entirely possible for a good student to go through four years of high school at Boyd and never take a semester exam. And we are not the only school in the area that has such a policy. As a teacher, I always wanted as many
students to be exempt as possible, because it meant much less work for me grading exams!
But the question we have to ask ourselves is this: Are we really doing the best job that we can in preparing students for college life when we let them go through high school and not make them take exams? For those students whose GPA dropped from 3.50 in the senior year in high school to 2.50 in their freshman year of college, I wonder how many of them faced semester exams for the first time in that freshman year. I wonder how many of them lost their HOPE scholarship in part because they were unprepared to deal with the rigor of college semester exams.
It is my belief that by allowing students to be exempt from exams, we are not doing the best that we can to prepare students for college. Students can expect a change in this policy beginning with the 2009-2010 school year. While this will likely be unpopular with our students in the short term, we believe that when they get to college, they will be able to face the rigors of college academics with much more confidence. As with any other issue, I would welcome your input in this area.
Upcoming Events
February 27...Chorus Performs National Anthem at State BKB Tournament
February 28...Softball Playday at Forrest
March 6...Grades K-2 Field Trip
March 6-8...Interact Convention
March 11...National Honor Society Inductions
March 13...Staff Development (No School)
March 16-20...Spring Break (No School)
March 28...Spring Banquet with Gene Stallings, McMinnville Civic Center, 6:00
April 3-9...Book Fair
April 10...Junior/Senior Banquet
April 17...Leo Club Banquet
.
Lunch Menu for February 23-March 2
Tuesday...Chicken Nuggets
Wednesday…Ravioli
Thursday…Baked Potato
Friday...Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Monday...Riblets with Mashed Potatoes
Pizza Hut Fundraiser
Remember to go to Pizza Hut every WEDNESDAY this month.
Dine in , delivery, or carry out your lunch or dinner.
Last week BCS made 106.92!!!
Thank you for your support!
Pancake Breakfast
Thanks to all who helped to make theBaseball/Softball Applebee's Pancake Breakfast a success!! Once again our Boyd Christian School Athletes shined while being the most courteous, hard working group!!! A special thanks goes out to Mr. Harper who gets the award for the customer who traveled the furthest to eat delicious pancakes and sausage served by the finestservers around!!! We couldn't do this without Applebee's. Please let them know we appreciated theopportunity.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Thank You Triple B
Chris Sullens would like to thank the Triple B Athletic club for a wonderful "Coach of the Year" reception at Pizza Hut. He is so thankful for the wonderful group of athletes and their parents. "You all really went above and beyond." Sullens says that he attributes this award to "the boys who work so hard in practice and at games".
His entire family is grateful for the celebration.
Thank you very much.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Next PTF Meeting
Please plan to attend the next
PTF meeting on 02/24/09 @ 6:30PM.
We appreciate all of your support and help. Thank you!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Newsletter
From the Superintendent
Summer Reading Program
We at Boyd are always trying to improve our academic program in any way possible. One area that we are looking at is our ACT scores. While our scores have compared very favorably with the area public schools, we still believe we have room for improvement. Under the direction of our guidance counselor, Mrs. Gayle Mayfield, we have begun giving the PLAN test to ninth and tenth graders. This test is designed to predict how those students would do on the ACT test. We are able to take the results from that test and determine what areas we need to strengthen.
One of the most important keys to doing well on tests like the ACT and the SAT is having an extensive command of vocabulary. Simply doing vocabulary exercises is not sufficient to prepare students. The single greatest thing that students can do to improve vocabulary, and subsequently test scores, is to read.
We believe that it is vitally important that students are well read. Aside from having strong vocabulary skills, we want our students to be well rounded and to develop a life-long love of learning.
We are in the process of putting together summer reading lists for our students. This planning is still in the early stages. We are not yet sure what grades the program will extend to. At a minimum, it will be for students in middle school and high school. There will be an expectation that students will read a certain number of books, depending on their grade level, over the course of the summer. Students will have a list of books to select from. Students will be required to read one or two specific books, and then also will be expected to read others of their own choosing from the list. When students begin school in August, teachers will begin class with the expectation that the reading has been completed.
As I mentioned, we are still in the early stages of putting this program together. As with most new programs, we will likely have to make adjustments from time to time. While it may take quite some time before we can measure any impact, we believe that the benefits of this program can be significant. We want you to know that we are always committed to providing the best education we can for your children.
Coach Chris Sullens Named Coach of the Year
Congratulations go to Coach Chris Sullens for being named Boys Basketball Coach of the Year for District 9, Class A. Coach Sullens was selected by his fellow coaches in the district. Other schools in the district are Van Buren County, Eagleville, Cascade, Forrest, Community, and Middle Tennessee Christian.
Upcoming Events
February 21...Booster Club Pancake Breakfast
February 27...Veteran’s Day Program Grades K-8
March 3...Spring Photos
March 6...Grades K-2 Field Trip
March 6-8...Interact Convention
March 28...Spring Banquet with Gene Stallings, McMinnville Civic Center, 6:00
April 3-9...Book Fair
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Lunch Menu for February 17-23
Tuesday...Hamburger
Wednesday…Taco Salad
Thursday…Pizza
Friday...Chili Soup
Monday...Hamburger Steak w/ Mashed Potatoes
Middle School Soccer Starting at Boyd
We have had enough students sign up so that we can proceed with our middle school soccer team. The team will be coed, so both boys and girls are encouraged to play. The team is open to students in grades 5-8. If your middle school is interested and has not yet signed up, please have them come see Mrs. Terry Stubblefield in the office.
Summer Reading Program
We at Boyd are always trying to improve our academic program in any way possible. One area that we are looking at is our ACT scores. While our scores have compared very favorably with the area public schools, we still believe we have room for improvement. Under the direction of our guidance counselor, Mrs. Gayle Mayfield, we have begun giving the PLAN test to ninth and tenth graders. This test is designed to predict how those students would do on the ACT test. We are able to take the results from that test and determine what areas we need to strengthen.
One of the most important keys to doing well on tests like the ACT and the SAT is having an extensive command of vocabulary. Simply doing vocabulary exercises is not sufficient to prepare students. The single greatest thing that students can do to improve vocabulary, and subsequently test scores, is to read.
We believe that it is vitally important that students are well read. Aside from having strong vocabulary skills, we want our students to be well rounded and to develop a life-long love of learning.
We are in the process of putting together summer reading lists for our students. This planning is still in the early stages. We are not yet sure what grades the program will extend to. At a minimum, it will be for students in middle school and high school. There will be an expectation that students will read a certain number of books, depending on their grade level, over the course of the summer. Students will have a list of books to select from. Students will be required to read one or two specific books, and then also will be expected to read others of their own choosing from the list. When students begin school in August, teachers will begin class with the expectation that the reading has been completed.
As I mentioned, we are still in the early stages of putting this program together. As with most new programs, we will likely have to make adjustments from time to time. While it may take quite some time before we can measure any impact, we believe that the benefits of this program can be significant. We want you to know that we are always committed to providing the best education we can for your children.
Coach Chris Sullens Named Coach of the Year
Congratulations go to Coach Chris Sullens for being named Boys Basketball Coach of the Year for District 9, Class A. Coach Sullens was selected by his fellow coaches in the district. Other schools in the district are Van Buren County, Eagleville, Cascade, Forrest, Community, and Middle Tennessee Christian.
Upcoming Events
February 21...Booster Club Pancake Breakfast
February 27...Veteran’s Day Program Grades K-8
March 3...Spring Photos
March 6...Grades K-2 Field Trip
March 6-8...Interact Convention
March 28...Spring Banquet with Gene Stallings, McMinnville Civic Center, 6:00
April 3-9...Book Fair
.
Lunch Menu for February 17-23
Tuesday...Hamburger
Wednesday…Taco Salad
Thursday…Pizza
Friday...Chili Soup
Monday...Hamburger Steak w/ Mashed Potatoes
Middle School Soccer Starting at Boyd
We have had enough students sign up so that we can proceed with our middle school soccer team. The team will be coed, so both boys and girls are encouraged to play. The team is open to students in grades 5-8. If your middle school is interested and has not yet signed up, please have them come see Mrs. Terry Stubblefield in the office.
Friday, February 13, 2009
1.00 Email Challenge
I am challenging everyone in my addressbook
to donate 1.00 to BCS!
Think how much we can raise if you all do the same... this will spread all across the nation!
Help byforwarding my email today!
I'm raising money for
Boyd Christian School.
- please make a donation by visiting my Firstgiving page: http://www.firstgiving.com/boydchristianschoolYou can donate online with a credit card. All donations are secure and sent directlyto F C BOYD SR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL by Firstgiving, who will email you a printablerecord of your donation.Please send my page on to anyone who might like to donate!*** About donating online *** It's very easy to support tabetha online - visit:http://www.firstgiving.com/boydchristianschool to make a donation. It takes a matter of minutes, is totally secure and you can even leave a messagewith your donation.Just copy and Paste this blog post to your outgowing email.
It's Friday and you are having basketball withdrawals . . . .never fear
Don't miss the Lady Broncos playing tonight at 5:00pm in the district tournament atEagleville high school.
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and you haven't made reservations yet . . . .
never fear
Don't miss the Broncos playing tomorrow at 5:00 pm in the district tournament at
Eagleville high school.
Not sure where Eagleville High School is . . . .
never fear
Eagleville School 500 Highway 99Eagleville, TN 37060(615) 274-6336
Hope to see you all there cheering on our athletes!!!!
Go Broncos!!!!
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