Bett District Update

BHS Theatre Department proudly presents Drinking Habits, a farce by Tom Smith, beginning at 7 pm on Thurs., Oct. 12 - Sat., Oct. 14 in the BHS Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available in the BHS Activities Office or ONLINE: students & seniors - $8, activities passes are accepted for students, adults - $10.

Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine to keep the convent's doors open, but Paul and Sally, reporters and former fiancees, are hot on their trail. They go undercover as a nun and priest, but their presence, combined with the addition of a new nun, spurs paranoia throughout the convent that spies have been sent from Rome to shut them down. Wine and secrets are inevitably spilled as everyone tries to preserve the convent and reconnect with lost loves.

October is National Bullying Prevention month. All BCSD schools are invited to wear blue every Monday in an effort to promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion all week long. Schools and classrooms will also be doing lessons and activities to help prevent bullying. Brainstorm ways you and your student can show kindness, acceptance and inclusion each and every day.

October is National Principals Month! Please join us in thanking our principals for their unwavering dedication, exceptional leadership, and remarkable impact on student success. #BETTerTogether #BettPride

Check out our first episode of the podcast Bett You Didn't Know featuring Ron Johnson. He's a dynamic paraeducator at Mark Twain Elementary School with a fascinating background in entertaining and traveling the world. #BETTerTogether

Informing and empowering through conversation-based podcasts

• Bett Connect with host Haleigh Hoyt, BCSD Career Readiness Coordinator
  Alumni & students talking about their school life at Bett and careers.
• Bett You Didn't Know with student hosts McKenzie Morrison & Finley Haberman
  Highlighting fun, sometimes surprising informational topics from our community.
  
• Bett Focus with student hosts Alivia Isaacson & Gwyneth Hayes
  Fun features exploring the Bett experience with students, staff, and alumni.
  
• Bett Inform with student host Lauren Ballard
  Conversations about an informative and engaging district topics and unpacking potentially complicated topics.

The Scott County Regional Authority provides grants for non-profit organizations, educational institutions and government entities benefiting the residents of Scott County, Iowa. We are fortunate to have their support on so many district initiatives over the years and recently projects at our elementaries.

Promethean Active Panels PS, K, Art, Music

The Scott Country Regional Authority awarded a grant of $55,523 to fund 13 Promethean ActivPanels for preschool, art, and music classrooms in our five elementary schools. The technology is an interactive learning tool that empowers teachers to address the needs of all students, create an environment that will facilitate student-centered learning, and actively engage students in their foundational skills learning. Lessons utilizing the Promethean ActivPanels allow teachers to create instruction that enables students to have interactive and purposeful activities.

Neil Armstrong Elementary Preschool Update

The Scott County Regional Authority awarded a $47,367 grant for a preschool classroom update at Neil Armstrong Elementary. The grant helped fund a renovation of a classroom providing additional space for the preschool program with student-centered learning environments. The new learning space allows students to engage in active learning, with an emphasis on collaboration, in an environment that is designed to meet the diverse needs of all students. The furniture and technologies in the preschool classroom focus on the flexibility needed to meet the diverse needs of all students as they explore, share, and create new ideas essential to their learning.

The district was recently awarded $572.6K of start-up grant funds to support the incredibly innovative approach to supporting students called Therapeutic Learning Classrooms (TLC).

The services include supporting staff, creating safe and inclusive environments, and

strengthening our Multi-Tiered Systems of Support to serve our highest need students and their families. The overall environmental will support all of our students. It’s not a separate classroom. It is a set of evidence-based services specifically chosen to reduce risk factors associated with mental health symptoms that interfere with school success.

Last year the Bettendorf Community School District was awarded a Therapeutic Learning Classroom Grant at Bettendorf Middle School. Finding great success and partnership with students, their families and staff through the middle school program, the district applied for the 23-24 grant to expand the program in the district!

Superintendent Michelle Morse, Social Emotional Behavioral Health Coordinator Sarah Harris and MBAEA staff presented at the Iowa Best Summit today about our work supporting students through Therapeutic Classrooms. #BettPride #BETTerTogether Learn more - https://ow.ly/XPzu50PRULH

Encourage students to unlock their true potential and achieve victory with the help of school lunch. This NSLW, join the league of 30 million kids who receive the boost of a healthy school lunch every day. #LevelUpWithSchoolLunch #BETTerTogether

The Bettendorf Community School District & Bettendorf Community Schools Foundation are launching BettConnect, an alumni platform featuring:

• CONNECT - Alumni can stay in touch with other Bettendorf graduates

• GIVE BACK - We are looking for local mentors for current students and recent graduates

• CAREER CONNECTION - Share job/career information and opportunities with current students and recent graduates

• NETWORK - Expand your professional network

• SUPPORT - Stay informed about the current work of the Bettendorf Community Schools Foundation and learn how to support current students and teachers

• KEEP IN TOUCH - Stay up to date about what's going on in Bettendorf High School and the Bettendorf Community School District

Staff, Parents, Community Are Welcome to Join
Many features are available for staff, parents and community members. Please join and let us know which categories represent you.

Business Directory - Alumni and community members are welcome to add their businesses to the BettConnect Business Directory and update with offers.

Currently enrolled high school students will eventually have access to mentorship connections through Haleigh Hoyt, BHS Career Readiness Coordinator.

Wed., Oct. 4th - Fri., Oct. 13 at 4 pm

BCSD Surplus Auction Link

Categories of items include: vehicles/grounds equipment, woodworking/machining equipment, fitness equipment, food service equipment, furniture, miscellaneous.

There's an app for that! Apple | Android

The Bettendorf Community Schools app is now available for download! Check out news, events, staff, alerts, athletic calendars, links to the district and school websites, and more. Select the option to receive school notifications by school through the app.

Get Your Bulldog Gear!

Check out the Bett Boosters Online Store! Orders will be processed every two weeks and can be picked up locally from Brand 2306 or shipped. BETTerTogether wear NOW AVAILABLE!

Bettendorf Athletic Boosters will be selling apparel and merchandise at all home football games. We have many new designs we can't wait for you to see. Go Bulldogs!

Join Our Team! Apply Online!

• Bus Drivers
• Guest Staff (teachers, paras, nurses, custodians, bus drivers, etc.)
  
• Special Ed Paraeducator (Multiple Positions)
  
• Special Education Teachers
• School Counselor

Safe+Sound Iowa is a free anonymous K-12 school safety reporting system to help prevent violence, unlawful possession of weapons, self-harm, and other forms of victimization and threatening behaviors in schools across Iowa. Students, school staff, parents, and concerned community members can report safety concerns three ways:

1. Downloading and using the free Safe+Sound Iowa app
2. Going to SafeandSoundIowa.gov, or
3. Calling 800-224-6018

Items are posted for informational purposes only. This does not imply Bettendorf Community Schools District's endorsement of them. Follow us on Facebook!

NEW THIS WEEK

• Bettendorf Parks & Rec. - Wellness Weekly Newsletter!
• BHS Cheerleading - Little Bulldog Cheerleading Clinic - Oct. 14

COMMUNITY OPPPORTUNITIES

• Bettendorf Wrestling Club (Boys & Girls K-8) - Parent Info Night - Oct. 17
• Bettendorf Youth Basketball Association (BYBA) Opportunities for 3rd - 8th Grade Boys
• Children of the CornCon Kids' Hacker Camp - Oct. 7
• Hand in Hand - November Programs - Register by Oct. 15
• QC Tutor Connection - QC United Way is uniting students with tutors for educational success
• Quest for Christ & One Eighty - After School Meetings: Neil Armstrong | Herbert Hoover - Beginning Nov. 6

District | BHS | BHS Athletics | Edison | BMS | BMS Athletics | GW | HH | MT | NA | PN

OCTOBER

National Principals Month

National Bully Prevention Month

6 - HS Football vs Davenport Central (Home)

8 - National School Lunch Week

12-14 - HS Fall Play

12 - HS Football vs Prairie (Home)

16-20 - School Bus Safety Week

17 & 24 - Elem Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-8pm

20 - HS Football vs Iowa City (Home)

23 - 31 - Red Ribbon Week

23 - Marching Band Showcase

25 - School Board Candidate Forum 6 pm - HS Performing Arts Center

27 & 30 - NO SCHOOL (27 - HS Inservice)

A puppeteer from Eulenspiegel Puppet Theater in West Liberty, IA met with elementary Extended Learning Program (ELP) students to teach them the art of scriptwriting and creating their own puppets. #BETTerTogether #BettFunLearning

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