We are so excited for the curtain to rise as our 5th grade drama students present Winnie the Pooh Kids. Two nights, two casts! March 6th and March 20th at 5:30 PM. #3RsBIS Funding for this event is in part provided by the Worcester County Arts Council, Maryland State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, organizations dedicated to cultivating a vibrant, cultural community where the arts thrive. We are grateful for their support.
Karyn Parsons is an American actress, author and comedian. She is best known for her role as Hilary Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from 1990 to 1996. Parsons has also published three books for children: a middle-grade novel, How High the Moon (2019), which was loosely inspired by stories of her mother's childhood in the Jim Crow South; and two Sweet Blackberry picture-book biographies about black historical figures, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie: Flying Free (2020) about pioneering aviator Bessie Coleman, and Saving the Day (2021) about inventor Garrett Morgan.
REMINDER BIS Families: The BIS After School Academy registration will open tonight, February 26th at 6pm & close Friday, March 1st at 6pm. This free program runs Monday to Thursday from 2:50-4:50, including dinner & transportation. Registration link: http://tinyurl.com/mr2ur9pe
MISA testing for 5th grade begins next week!
Our next BIS Fun Friday is March 1st 3:00 PM- 5:00 PM, including board games, a movie, and open gym. Students may bring blankets with them to sit on during the movie. Registration is now open https://forms.office.com/r/0tJWMtTSxk. Please read the registration caption in the Microsoft Form for full details.
Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", Rolling Stone twice named her as the greatest singer of all time. With global sales of over 75 million records, Franklin is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Franklin received numerous honors throughout her career. She won 18 Grammy Awards, including the first eight awards given for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (1968–1975), a Grammy Awards Living Legend honor and Lifetime Achievement Award. She was also awarded the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1987, she became the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Her other inductions include the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2012, and posthumously the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2020. In 2019, the Pulitzer Prize jury awarded her a posthumous special citation "for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades".
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Shirley Chisholm was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first Black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Throughout her career she was known for taking "a resolute stand against economic, social, and political injustices," as well as being a strong supporter of Black civil rights and women's rights.
Jackie Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. The Dodgers signing Robinson heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
BIS Families: BIS & Beyond After School Academy registration will open Monday, February 26th at 6pm & close Friday, March 1st at 6pm. This free program runs Monday to Thursday from 2:50-4:50, including diner & transportation. Registration link: http://tinyurl.com/mr2ur9pe
Our Jr. Seahawks love playing card games at lunch! We've added a basket of favorites. Feel free to donate an extra deck of your favorite card game if you can! #3RsBIS
We are a proud Professional Development School(PDS) in partnership with Salisbury University. Meet our spring 2024 interns and teacher candidates.
Ava DuVernay is an American filmmaker. She is a recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, a NAACP Image Award, a BAFTA Film Award and a BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee of an Academy Award and Golden Globe. After making her directoral debut, I Will Follow (2010), DuVernay won the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film Middle of Nowhere, becoming the first black woman to win the award.
Mrs. Upchurch’s 5th grade enrichment students engaged in a debates today. They did a great job researching and developing arguments for and against cell phones being allowed in class. #3RsBIS
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University. In 1994, he joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist and the Princeton faculty as a visiting research scientist and lecturer. In 1996, he became director of the planetarium and oversaw its $210 million reconstruction project, which was completed in 2000. Since 1996, he has been the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. The center is part of the American Museum of Natural History, where Tyson founded the Department of Astrophysics in 1997 and has been a research associate in the department since 2003.
Gracie (1st place) and Francesca (2nd place) are headed to UMES to represent BIS in the regional Spelling Bee. The winning word today was congregation. Congratulations to all of our participants and a special thanks to Mrs. Hinkle and Mrs. Hamby for your leadership in our academy! #3RsBIS
Our BIS spelling bee is underway! #3RsBIS
Our 5th grade students are studying astronomy as they prepare for MISA next month. Today they simulated Earth’s rotation. #3RsBIS
IMPORTANT BOE UPDATE: Tomorrow's special meeting of the Board of Education has been cancelled at the request of the State due to extenuating circumstances. The meeting will be rescheduled. Full details are in the image below.
Mark your calendar for our next PTO Dine Out. Thank you again to our amazing community for supporting our students and school. #3RsBIS
