FIVE NEBRASKA SCHOOLS NAMED 2015 NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS

Can't get enough of a good thing, right? Here is the press release from the Nebraska Department of Education.

Five Nebraska schools have been named 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student groups.

The five Nebraska schools were among 335 schools nationwide recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for demonstrating that all students can achieve to high levels.

The Nebraska schools that were honored are:
Arapahoe Elementary School, Arapahoe Public Schools, in Arapahoe
Bancroft-Rosalie Elementary School, Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools in Bancroft
Douglas County West Elementary School, Douglas County West Community Schools, in Valley
St. Robert Bellarmine School, an elementary school in Omaha
Washington Elementary School, Norfolk Public Schools, in Norfolk

“This honor recognizes your students’ accomplishments and the hard work and dedication that went into their success,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in a video message to the awardees. “Your journey has taught you collaboration, intentional instruction, and strong relationships in school and with your community. You represent excellence—in vision, in implementation, and in results—and we want to learn as much as we can from you.”

The Department will honor 285 public and 50 private schools at a recognition ceremony on Nov. 9-10 in Washington, D.C. In its 33-year history, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has bestowed this coveted award on more than 8,000 of America’s schools.

The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students either achieve very high learning standards or are making notable improvements in closing the achievement gap. The award plaque affirms the hard work of students, educators, families and communities in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging content. The award flag gracing a school’s building is a widely recognized symbol of exemplary teaching and learning.

All schools are recognized in one of two performance categories, based on all student scores, subgroup student scores and graduation rates:

·         Exemplary High Performing Schools are among their state’s highest performing schools as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests. Student subgroup performance and high school graduation rates are also at the highest levels.
·         Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing Schools are among their state’s highest performing schools in closing achievement gaps between a school’s subgroups and all students over the past five years. Student subgroup performance and high school graduation rates for each subgroup are at high levels.

The Department invites National Blue Ribbon School nominations from the top education official in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Department of Defense Education Activity and the Bureau of Indian Education. The Council for American Private Education (CAPE) nominates private schools. A total of 420 schools nationwide may be nominated, with allocations determined by the numbers of K-12 students and schools in each jurisdiction. The U.S. Secretary of Education invites nominated schools to submit an application for possible recognition as a National Blue Ribbon School.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Photographs and brief descriptions of the 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools are available at http://www.ed.gov/nationalblueribbonschools.

BR volleyball live streaming on the Cube

The broadcast crew of Austin Bruning and Jacob Cole are on the air live with BR vs Cedar Bluffs at

http://thecube.com/cube/bancroft-rosalie-comm-schools-bancroft-nebraska

Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools is a Exemplary High Performing Schools National Blue Ribbon School for 2015

Dear Superintendent Cerny:

Congratulations! U. S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan has recognized Bancroft-Rosalie Elementary School, in Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools as a Exemplary High Performing Schools National Blue Ribbon School for 2015.

The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program award recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students either achieve very high learning standards or are making notable improvements in closing the achievement gap. Since 1982, the U. S. Department of Education has sought out and celebrated great American schools. The National Blue Ribbon School award affirms the hard work of students, educators, families, and communities in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging content.

Secretary Duncan has invited two representatives (school principal and teacher or staff member) of Bancroft-Rosalie Elementary School to Washington, DC for the November 9 and 10 recognition ceremony, where they will be presented with a National Blue Ribbon School plaque and flag as official symbols of their achievement.

Beauty and The Beast

Beauty and The Beast

If you missed opening night of the Bancroft-Rosalie production of "Beauty and The Beast", there are two more public performances. The cast and crew gave a great performance last night and will be performing for the student body this afternoon.

Senior cast and crew

See Beauty and The Beast this week at B-R

Saturday Scribner-Snyder Volleyball Tournament Schedule

Blood Drive today at the school

Friday afterschool- Minecraft Club

The Minecraft Club will start tomorrow afterschool. The first day students will be in the learner world learning how to perform basic movements. The computer version will be different than the IPads. Next Wednesday and Friday Minecraft Club players will be in the BR world with a group task that will be decided on over the weekend. We are using Minecraftedu, the educational version of Minecraft. The server is set on "peaceful" mode and there will be no destruction or killing of anything. Students will work together on a construction project One idea has been to build a replica of the B-R school. Hope to see grades 3-6 in the computer lab after school tomorrow playing Minecraftedu.

Nebraska Telephone Assistance Program

Afterschool Robotics Club

Mr. Monroe has Robotics Club on Mondays afterschool.

Bancroft-Rosalie front page article in Sioux City todays Sioux City paper

Sioux City paper sold out at Rude's Mart this morning at 7:45 am. You can read the article at: http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/nebraska-s-bancroft-rosalie-makes-national-list-of-top-schools/article_bab7f32a-da8c-548c-9a3a-0749d0845953.html

School Board meeting tonight at 5:00 pm

Bancroft-Rosalie Community School Budget Hearing Agenda Monday, September 14, 2015 --- 5:00 p.m. in Bancroft 1. Call the hearing to order. 2. Roll Call 3. Board discussion on the proposed 2015-2016 Budget. 4. Request for public input on the proposed Budget. 5. Final Board discussion on the proposed Budget. 6. Adjourn. Bancroft-Rosalie Community School Tax Request Hearing Agenda Monday, September 14, 2015 --- 5:10 p.m. in Bancroft 1. Call the hearing to order. 2. Roll Call 3. Board discussion on the proposed 2015-16 tax request. 4. Request for public input on the proposed tax request. 5. Final Board discussion on the proposed tax request. 6. Adjourn. Bancroft-Rosalie Community School Regular Board of Education Meeting Agenda Monday, September 14, 2015 --- 5:20 p.m. in Bancroft 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Read and approve the minutes of the August 10, 2015 regular board meeting. 4. Treasurer’s Report A. Approve the Bills B. Financial Review C. Board Committee Reports 1. Negotiations 2. Citizenship/Instruction/ Americanism 3. Personnel 4. Buildings and Grounds. 5. Transportation. 6. Insurance. 7. Reorganization 5. Review Agenda 6. Public Hearing 7. Administrator’s Reports: A. Superintendent’s Report B. Principal’s Report 8. Old Business: A. 9. New Business: A. Approve the district budget for the 2015-2016 school year. B. Approve the district property tax request for the 2015-2016 school year. C. Purchase a used pick-up for maintenance staff D. Replacement computers E. Feasibility study with Lyons-Decatur F. Cooperative agreement for sports with Lyons-Decatur 10. Executive Session- 11. Future Planning- Next scheduled meeting- Monday, October 12, 2015. 12. Adjournment

District speech assignments

District D1-2: Dates: Mar 16, 2016 Site: Host School: Director: Schools Assigned: Bancroft-Rosalie Cedar Bluffs Humphrey Humphrey St. Francis Lyons-Decatur Northeast Mead Omaha Christian Academy Osceola Scribner-Snyder

Cuming-Burt County County Housing Demolition Program gets funded

Saturday Volleyball Tournament Bracket for Tournament at Midland University

Nebraska Nice FanFast to be Held in Railyard on September 12

If you will be in Lincoln this Saturday, you may want to stop in at the Nebraska Nice Fanfest LINCOLN, Neb. (September 8, 2015)—Fans and visitors alike are invited to attend Nebraska Tourism’s Nebraska Nice FanFest in the Railyard from 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. on September 12. Attendees will get to see live Nebraska based bands along with the Big Ten Network broadcasting live from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. and the Husker Sports pregame radio show broadcasting live from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. After the festival, the Husker football game will be playing on the cube. The event is designed to showcase the fun, friendly atmosphere of a Husker game day in Lincoln including how welcoming Husker Fans are to visiting teams. Nebraska Nice FanFest Details When: Saturday, September 12th Time: 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with the Husker football game being televised on the Cube afterwards Where: Railyard and Canopy Street Entertainment: various bands/musical guests, DJ, Big Ten Network, former Husker football players, giveaways, booths, and more Hosts: Nebraska Tourism Commission, Husker Sports Network, Big Ten Network, The Railyard and the Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau. Band schedule 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Emmett Bower Band 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Funk Trek 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.: Lemon Fresh Day 4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.: AZP 5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.: Rachel Price – Price is a Nebraska Native who rose to social media fame with her song and viral video for Little Nebraska Town. Price is currently recording new music in Nashville but comes back to perform in her home state every chance she gets. Big Ten Network and Husker Sports Network shows 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Big Ten Network broadcast - Includes interviews with former players Barrett Ruud, Matt Davison and Johnny Rogers. 2:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m.: Husker Sport Network live broadcast of their pre-game show 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.: The Bottom Line with Mike’l Severe broadcasts Giveaways 2 tickets to the September 12 Husker football game, BTN gear, Husker gear, Nebraska Nice duffle bags, backpacks and postcards, SAC Museum backpacks and more

Afterschool Clubs to begin next week

September 4, 2015 Afterschool Club Schedule Grades 3-6 Mondays- Robotics Club- Building and operating Robots with Legobot kits. Tuesdays- Game It Club- Students will learn computer programming skills using SCRATCH software to design simple computer games. Wednesdays- Makerbot Club- Students will TinkerCAD software to design 3-dimensional objects that can be produced on the 3D printer. Thursdays- Drama Club- Learning basic acting skills. Fridays- Minecraft Club- Using the educational version of Minecraft, students will Work together to design and build in a virtual world. The computers may not be ready for Makerbot and Minecraft until later in September. Until then, the students will be doing Game IT three days a week.

B-R staff selected to attend National CareerTech Vision Conference in November

"The Partnerships for Innovation Leadership Council is pleased to share that your National Conference Scholarship Application was approved!"This good news means that a team of Career and Technical Education from B-R will be traveling to New Orleans November 19-22 for the National CareerTech Vision Conference. Those attending will be Dr Jon Cerny (Administrator), Michelle Hennig (Business), Joy Nolting (Communication and Information Systems), TJ Hilsinger (Industrial Technology) and Lyons-Decatur teacher Keven Anderson (Agriculture). The purpose for attending the conference is to hear examples of how schools are linking curricula to work-based experiences to ensure students obtain the skills they need to thrive in today's economy. Career Cluster-focused sessions will address organizing high-quality CTE programs of study and collaboration between secondary and postsecondary to provide multiple pathways to college and career readiness.

Saturday volleyball schedule and Thursday volleyball results

B-R plays at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 in Pender

East Husker Conference considers Unified Sports Bowling as a future conference activity

Dr.. Jim Tenopir, Executive Director of the Nebraska School Activities Association, spoke to the East Husker Conference executive committee about changes at the NSAA. One of the proposals is for the association to start Unified Sports competitions. The first sport would be bowling and could start as soon as the next school year. Dr. Tenopir encouraged the conference to strongly consider adding Unified Bowling as a conference activity.