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9GC: Congratulations to Ms. Yeldell for being voted August Teacher of the Month by the students.
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Bixby 9GC would like to welcome Coach Nelson back to Bixby! Coach Nelson is a Bixby graduate and is in his 3rd year of teaching. He is teaching Special Education for us as well as coaching Football. Coach Nelson graduated from Missouri Southern! He has a 5 month old Baby Boy and loves lifting, fishing, and sports in general. We are excited to have Coach Nelson join our staff!
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BPS needs your input as we begin our strategic planning process! Join us for a community forum on any of the dates listed. The content will not be site specific.
See here for details & a message from Supt. Miller: http://www.bixbyps.org/article/133199?org=bixby-public-schools
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Check out this handy “cheat sheet” of the most popular vaping devices. There are many e-cigarette devices on the market and every day seems to bring something new to look for. It is important to keep up!
See here for parent resources: http://bit.ly/vapingresources
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New Teacher spotlight today is Ms. Tiffany Shepherd! Ms. Shepherd attended Temple University and competed on their gymnastics team. She then went to Indiana State. She has a masters from OSU. This is her first year to teach and she is teaching Algebra and Geometry. “I am so excited to be working at Bixby, there is so much excitement and school spirit.” Welcome Ms. Shepherd to Bixby!!
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Half time
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Thank you to Josten’s for providing Ms. Phenicie her Teacher of the Year ring, which was presented by Mr. Miller during PLC today.
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Game Day!! A few of our Freshman dressed and ready for Western Theme for the Football game tonight at Jenks. Great Looking group showing School Spirit!! Good luck Spartans!!
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Ms. Yeldell's students practiced the process of the scientific method using packages of skittles. Every group was responsible for figuring out which color is more common and if Skittles packages really do have the mass and quantity the company claims to have.
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We are excited to announce Coach Tim Holt as one of our new Teachers. Coach Holt is teaching History for us at the 9GC. He has been married for 38 years, has 2 kids and 4 grandchildren. He has been in Education for 24 years. Welcome to Bixby Coach Holt!
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9GC - September Counseling Newsletter
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New Teacher Spotlight for the day is Mrs. Annie Coffey! Annie comes to us from Northeast Infermediate and we are extremely lucky to have her here at the 9GC. Mrs. Coffey is teaching Algebra and Geometry as well as coaching Freshman Basketball. She is married and has 3 kids, her favorite thing to do is to attend sporting events and spend time with her family. Welcome to Bixby Mrs. Coffey!!!
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Today’s new teacher spotlight is Trinity Snider. Mrs Snider is teaching Spanish for us this year. She has been teaching for 3 years, and She graduated from Texas Tech. She has been married for 10 years and has a 5 year old son. Trinity loves watching football, basketball and coloring with her son. We are lucky to have her here at the 9GC. Welcome Mrs. Snider to Bixby!
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Don't forget, we have an awesome new BPS Child Nutrition platform! Visit the link below to sign up for automatic emails or download the app! September Menus for all sites can also be found here: https://www.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/index.php?sid=1565026514811&page=menus.
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A Huge Thank you to the 9th Grade Center Parents, Chick-Fil-A, and McDonalds for the amazing breakfast provided for the Staff this morning. You guys are AWESOME, thank you for a great start to our Friday!
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The 9GC welcomes Spencer Vandolah to our building! Spencer says “I’m thrilled to be a part of the 9GC crew and look forward to a great school year.” This is Spencer’s 10th year in education. In his spare time he enjoys going to concerts, watching sports, and spending time with his wife Libby and daughter Sloane. “I am several inches shorter than most of my 9th grade students, but what can you do”-Spencer! We are thrilled to have him on staff as well
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Students in Mrs. Snider's Spanish I class learned basic body parts in Spanish. Then, they created a monster and described their monster in complete sentences.
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BPS Reminder: Early release begins today! Elementary & Intermediate sites dismiss at 2:05. Secondary sites dismiss at 2:50. We wish everyone a safe and fun Labor Day Weekend!
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Students in Mr. VanDolah's English classes represented themselves as unique and special individuals with their Individuali-sheet collages. It gave the students an opportunity to be creative and to get to know one another in the process.
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Tomorrow, Friday 8/30 is our first early release of the year! Elementary and Intermediate sites will dismiss at 2:05. Secondary sites will dismiss at 2:50.
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