At Tuesday's meeting, the City Schools Board of Trustees, represented its president Patrick Burk, presented a series of awards.
Above, the girls swim team is recognized for the kindness they showed to a competing team near the end of the season.
From the presentation:
A cancelled Senior Night Meet at Wilson Magnet was made up at our home pool recently. Our girls, in an act of generosity, included their four seniors from Wilson Magnet within OUR senior night ceremony with gifts of flowers, candy, individualized recognition and a custom towel. The honor was unexpected by their families, but greatly appreciated.
The football team, which won a third-straight Section V title, was also honored.
Jessica Franks and Christopher Bateman – Outstanding Staff awards.
Recently, Jessica and Christopher both stepped up to help a group of students. They helped to come up with a logical solution to a problem and volunteered their time to see it through during the school day. Because of their thoughtfulness and student-first thinking, students in 8th grade Algebra were able to stay current and receive quality instruction during their teacher's absence. We would like to thank Jessica and Christopher for all their hard work and dedication to the students at BMS.
Two teachers were also honored but were not present at Tuesday's meeting:
Tammy Wiedrich – Outstanding Staff Award
Tammy Wiedrich has worked tirelessly to improve the culture at BMS. She has taken a leadership role in our P.B.I.S. system by creating valuable lessons for our students during HERO meetings. Tammy has also taken the lead to coordinate the staff donated basket raffle for the Family and Community Night, which was a huge success. Currently, she is organizing a holiday gathering for the BMS staff. We would like to thank Tammy for all her hard work and dedication to our BMS family.
Kerry McBride – Outstanding Staff Award
Kerry McBride has worked very hard to promote a culture of gratitude with our staff and students. She is an integral part of our P.B.I.S. program. She helps to organize two of our PBIS events -- "Warm The Night” and our "Giving Back" field trip in December where students make gifts during the HERO meetings for our community. Recently, she placed messages and pictures on everyone's door to make them feel appreciated. Kerry works very hard to make sure that all staff and students feel appreciated. We would like to thank Kerry for her hard work and dedication to our P.B.I.S. initiative.
Photos by Howard Owens.
