BURLESON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

Our downlink on June 26th, with the International Space Station was a galactic success. Astronaut Greg Chamitoff entertained the audience as he answered questions provided by BISD students. Our downlink was covered by several news media including Channels 4, 8, and 11, radio station KRLD, the Star Telegram, the Burleson Star, the Burleson-Crowley Connection and students from Burleson High School and Hughes Middle School broadcast journalism classes. Using Region XI Education Service Center as the bridge, we broadcast the downlink to students and educators around the world to Honk Kong, Chihuahua, Mexico, New York City and numerous schools in Texas. Thanks to everyone who participated in this once-in-a-lifetime event.

The Mission BISD: All Systems Go summer science and technology camp, a week long look at science and technology with a NASA theme, ended in the stars on Friday, June 13, 2008 as students visited the portable planetarium from the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and sponsored by ProComputing Corporation.

Throughout the week students also experienced geocaching, robotics, data probes and hand-held microscopes, student response systems, digital photostories, lab experiments, and much more.

Burleson ISD fourth grade teachers at Norwood and Stribling Elementaries took their classrooms on the road to Austin with Education in Action’s “Proud to be Texan” experiential learning day program, May 22, 2008.

The Board of Trustees for the Burleson Independent School District, meeting in a special session at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 28, 2008, approved the employment of David Priddy, EdD, as Principal of Burleson High School for the 2008 -09 school year. Please read this official release for more information.

Please read the attached letter for parents regarding the tragic events involving BISD students.

Employees in the Burleson Independent School District were honored at an annual banquet held by the district on Thursday, May 15. Click here for photo highlights from the celebration!

On April 22nd Burleson ISD received an exciting email from NASA that started with these words, “Congratulations! The Teaching From Space Office at the Johnson Space Center would like to officially notify you that your proposal was selected for a live-in-flight education downlink for Expedition 17 on the International Space Station.”

We hope you will join us on June 26, 2008 at Burleson High School for this historic event. The downlink is currently scheduled in a window from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and we are planning a big day that includes science demonstrations, a question and answer time with a NASA specialist, robotics competions and much more. Come and experience it all from 9:30-2:00, June 26, 2008.

For more information please click here.

It's not too late to apply for a Substitute Teaching Position!
New Substitute Teacher Online Training is Now Available.

Anyone interested in becoming a Substitute Teacher and to learn more about our new online training is encouraged to visit the Human Resources section of our website.

Burleson ISD is offering a unique opportunity for students to learn more about science and technology through our summer camp program

June 10-13th, 2008
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Burleson High School

Please click here for more information!

The recommended Burleson ISD Credit by Examination Without Prior Instruction (examination for acceleration) dates for 2008 are:

Senate Bill 530 requires each Texas school district to administer a physical fitness assessment to all students in grades 3-12. FITNESSGRAM is a health-related fitness assessment developed by the Cooper Institute for Aerobic Research and is a research-based, standards based assessment.

This is the time of the year when we experience considerable shifts in weather patterns, some of which may affect school closings or delays in opening.

The Texas Education Agency recently released the Gold Performance Acknowledgements for districts and campuses throughout the State of Texas. The purpose of the Acknowledgements is to recognize areas of commended performance that are based upon the percentage of students attaining commended performance on TAKS.