B-R Boys game mved to Monday at 6:00 pm in North Bend

Attached are the updated 2nd round Girls and Boys EHC basketball tournament brackets. The 2nd round girls contests will still be held on Monday, February 1st. Start times for Girls games are: 4:00pm @ North Bend Central (#2 NBC v. #10 HLHF @ Tiger Gym) and (#3 Howells-Dodge v. #6 Stanton @ Aux Gym) 5:00pm @ West Point-Beemer (#1 West Point-Beemer v. #9 Tekamah-Herman) (#4 Oakland-Craig v. #5 Pender – to follow) 2nd round boys contests will be moved to Monday, February 1st as well. Start times for Boys games will be: approx….6:00pm @ North Bend Central (#1 NBC v. #9 Bancroft-Rosalie @ Tiger Gym) (#13 Clarkson-Leigh v. #5 LDNE @ Aux Gym) 4:00pm @ Twin River (Genoa) (#2 Twin River v. #10 Howells-Dodge) (#3 Stanton v. #6 HLHF – to follow)

Bancroft-Rosalie selected as Pilot school for Blended Learning

I received notice yesterday that our school has been selected as one of the 27 pilot schools in Nebraska for implementing Blended Learning. Blended learning involves using online resources for instruction. Bancroft-Rosalie School already utilizes blended learning in several ways, including the Discovery Education Techbook for elementary science, Odysseyware online classes as an option for high school students, course materials on Canvas (our learning management system that all 7-12 teachers and students utilize, Project Para education certification at the high school, and IXL for math and reading in the elementary. What the pilot program would involve is the development of an action plan for the school with the assistance of the Highlander Institute, a nationally recognized consulting form working under a contract through the Nebraska Department of Education. We will be organizing a Blended Learning planning team of school staff to work with the Highlander Institute and Nebraska ESU staff developers beginning later than spring.

Words of Wisdom

At http://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/ there is the first video of the Bell Award winners on the right hand side of the page. Click on 2015 Terrell Bell Awardees: Introductions to see it. My short introduction is about 2/3's of the way through. I addressed the problem of students transferring in that are not at the same performance level as our students. Several of the students have come from schools on the reservation, but some transfer from other Nebraska schools or from other states. We have a great system in place to accelerate students in the curriculum. "Words of Wisdom As part of the application process, all National Blue Ribbon Schools are invited to nominate their principal for the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding Leadership. While attending the Annual National Blue Ribbon Ceremony last fall, the seven 2015 Terrel H. Bell Awardees took some time out to talk about their work. This first video, introducing the seven principals and the primary challenges facing their schools, is part of a series of five Conversations. Future videos will cover: Defining Leadership, Leadership Challenges, My “Aha” Moment, and Advice to a New Principal."

Conference Basketball Brackets

Girls play Friday at Oakland against Pender. Boys play Saturday at West Point.

North Bend Speech results

NORTH BEND SPEECH
Humorous
Anna Currier--5th
Austin Bruning--1st

Entertainment
Varsity--Teagan Steinmeyer--2nd

Extemporaneous
JV--Zach Bridges--4th
Varsity--Justice Johnson--5th

Varsity OID--
Zoe Sjuts, Kennedy Schuttler, Vanessa Madrid, Kariden Briggs, & Teagan Steinmeyer--5th
Miguel Madrid, Wyatt Hennig, Tess Nottlemann, Chase Bonsall, & Austin Bruning--3rd

Varsity Duet Acting
Joe Loewolf & Zach Bridges--5th

Informative
JV--Kariden Briggs--1st
Varsity--Tess Nottlemann--6th

Poetry
Kylee Cole--6th

Junior High Girls Basketball Tournament Saturday in Bancroft

Sophomore Josh Wilson selected to attend Youth Summit in Lincoln.

Nebraska State Senator Ken Haar announced that B-R sophomore Josh Wilson has been selected to attend the Nebraska Youth Summit on Climate Change.  The summit will take place on Thursday, January 28th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln.

The Youth Summit will provide training in the legislative process, on community organizing, communicating with state senators, the press and more. The day will culminate with a press conference in the Capitol Rotunda.