Bay High School Girls Volleyball

Any 8th grade girls who will attend Bay High School next school year and are interested in playing volleyball are invited to a meeting on Thursday, May 24th in the Bay High gym at 6:30 p.m. Contact: Steven F. Cowan nawocs@gmail.com

Superintendent's Students of the Month

Angeles Moore
Springfield ES

The Bay Education Foundation

The Bay Education Foundation is proud to announce the award of 2012 Take Stock In Children Scholarships to the following Bay District Schools students. The students will be inducted into the TSIC program on May 22, 2012.

Free Summer Pre‑K Program with Bay District Schools

~ Registration for the summer Pre-K program is now underway at Tommy Smith Elementary School. Children who missed attending Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) during the school year, he or she is eligible for the free Voluntary Pre‑K Program offered by Bay District Schools during the summer. The summer program begins June 11, 2012 at Tommy Smith Elementary School and will operate Monday – Friday from 7:30 am‑ 3:30 pm and ends August 9, 2012. Free breakfast and lunch are provided. Transportation is not provided for the summer program. Children will be taught using developmentally appropriate practices with VPK Standards in an effort to prepare children for a successful, smooth entry into kindergarten. For more information call the Bay District Schools’ Pre‑K Office at 767‑4201. (full release attached)

Superintendent's Students of the Month

Jay Edward May
Southport ES

WJHG/John Lee Nissan Mazda Teachers of the Week

Donna Shipes, Kindergarten, Waller Elementary School

After more than three decades of teaching at the sameschool, Mrs. Shipes is more than a mainstay; she is a pillar for the school. “Been 35 years at this same school and whatmakes that so nice is I teach kids, I taught their parents.” Shipes wasn'tmuch older than these kindergartners when she knew she wanted to become ateacher. “I had a second grade teacher, Mrs. Boswell, who led me into thisprofession.“For the last two weeks we've been learning about bees, so today weare pretending to be nurse bees. We are feeding our baby bees. We want to makekindergarten fun because, for many of them, this is their first school learningexperience and we want them to be lifelong learners. Principal Peggy Bunch added, “Mrs. Shipes has a way of speaking with children. Theyrespond to her immediately. It doesn't take her six weeks to get to know kids,they respond to her immediately."