Congratulations to Mrs. Regina Houchin for 35 years of service on the Buttonwillow School Board. Regina received her certificate at the Kern County School Board's Trustee Dinner on Monday. Regina has made children a priority. @smallschoolda @nrea1 @csba_now @kcsosbarlow @kcsos
We're excited about providing funding for the @KernCntyLibrary. We have signed an MOU to provide after school services by additional hours & days through summer, using district ELOP funding. @SmallSchoolDA @CCEECA @ACSA_info @Senator_Hurtado @KCSOS @JulieBoesch @CountyofKern
Our BW students are getting connected with programming and robotics beginning with Kinder and running through 8th grade. Thank you @StemTaught @MissDPayne2 @SmallSchoolDA @caedpartners
Our Buttonwillow Schools app keeps getting better
and better! Parents/guardians who have already created a
Rooms account can now access new app features like chat
and class streams via web and in the app.
Say “hello” to parent-teacher chat and classroom
announcements in the Buttonwillow Schools app! With the
addition of Rooms, our district app keeps getting better.
Parents/guardians check your text messages for instructions to sign
up and access new features.
Wednesday was a great day at Buttonwillow. Lauren and Raegan from @thehealthyteacher were on campus to talk to students about physical and emotional health.
Checkout this video from @caedpartners. It summarizes our great partnership that helps all students in the Buttonwillow community.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PPbn4i_SaZ4&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE
Say “hello” to parent-teacher chat in the
Buttonwillow Schools app! The same district app now offers
class streams, class announcements, and parent-teacher
chat.
Download for Android: https://bit.ly/3Sre2dr
Download for iPhone: https://apple.co/3Q86iLR
Buttonwillow School of 330 students, Preschool- 8th grade is looking for an energetic and innovative leader to serve as Principal starting August 1, 2023. See Edjoin below for job description. Salary $104,000 to $123,624.
https://www.edjoin.org/Home/Jobs?districtID=258&catID=0
The #8thGradeonTrack team is meeting in Livermore to discuss efforts around student achievement. Great to be in the same room with districts from around the state. @caedpartners @smallschoolda @AdmmomH @teachlopez123 @mrguzmanbw9 @ClaraYanez2 @Missturm Clinton Parrish #Roadster
#Roadster was spotted today at parent pick up after school. Roadster wanted to make sure everyone left school safely for the MLK Holiday weekend with no school on Monday. #Roadster
Great couple of days spent with @avid4College program leads and regional reps from CA and Hawaii. Toured TK to 8th grade classrooms. They got to meet Roady and #Roadster, and talk to both a student and teacher panel. @nrea1 @smallschoolda @kcsosstrong
Buttonwillow School District announces that Mrs. Hiedi Witcher will become the new Superintendent on July 1, 2023. She assumes the role after serving as the assistant superintendent the past 8 years. She will replace Superintendent Stuart Packard, who will retire June 30, 2023.
We hope our BW families enjoy break. It's been a busy 2 weeks. Board members sworn in for new terms, Resource Center provided 150 Christmas meals & community sponors provided 250 children with toys, Santa visited preschool, and numerous classroom activities. @smallschoolda @nrea1
Come by the office through 12/22 and vote for your favorite staff created Gingerbread House.
TY @SantaAnaUSD for hosting a @FutureReady gathering of 18 school districts. Glad to connect our BW staff with @casas_jimmy and @thomascmurray once again. #Roadster was introduced as well. @AdmmomH @Teach_Turpin_24 @stuartpackard Mrs. Rangel. #1townschoolcommunity @SmallSchoolDA
Awesome to walk into a 1st GR classroom & see both teachers working together on #countingcollections . TY @ooilove2teach & Mrs. Richardson for collaborating to improve student thinking & problem solving in math. #P3CC @meganlfranke @caedpartners @SmallSchoolDA @kshahedpartners
BW received $1.5 million from the state last week. Today the board approved JTS Modular to construct 2 new preschool/TK classrooms and a new family resource center. Old portable buildings will be replaced. Once again, the BW board does what's best for kids. #1townschoolcommunity
Our academic awards trip for the 1st quarter was held yesterday. The students were treated to a Bakersfield @Condors hockey game. Thank you to the students who earned the trip and to our staff who attended with the students. #1townschoolcommunity @SmallSchoolDA
Awesome PD opportunities. Stressing relationships, clear communication, & brain response before emotional response in classroom management. TY Estephany from @Kcsos SELPA. TY Erin Walker of @next_gen_math "You Have Data-Now What" They both met #Roadster as well. @SmallSchoolDA
