Boushall Bulletin 1st Quarter 2013-2014

RICHMOND PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
CONTACT
INFORMATION
Boushall Main Office
780-5016
Principal
Widad Abed
Assistant Principal
Cynthia Kight
Jennifer Smith
Transportation
674-1234
RPS Public Info
780-7100
CALENDAR
Nov 21
Hispanic Heritage
Dance
Nov.27-29
Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec 18 at 6 pm
Winter Concert
Dec 23– Jan 3
Winter Break
Jan 20
Martin Luther King
Day
Jan 24
End 2nd 9 Weeks,
End 1st Semester
T.C. Boushall News
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www.richmond.k12.va.us
Principal Message
It’s hard to believe that first
nine weeks marking period has
arrived. I am pleased by how
hard our eagles are working,
learning and striving to be successful every day.
So many wonderful things have
happened in just a short
amount of time. Capital One
hosted our 6th grade students
at the Redskins Training Camp
for the Visa Football Challenge.
Our eighth graders participated
in the Prejudice Awareness
Summit. We have also added an
Art class in addition to a Family
and Consumer Services Class.
These are just a few of the
spectacular things happening
at Boushall.
I welcome all parents to join
the PTA and volunteer in the
school. Please continue to remind students to complete
their assignments and read
each afternoon or evening.
Encourage them to work hard,
do their best and be
“Respectful, Responsible and
Ready to Learn” so they can
focus on learning to their fullest potential. Our teachers are
gearing up for a successful
second nine weeks. It takes a
strong partnership between
home and school to elevate
student achievement.
The next nine weeks is also
filled with a number of activities that will showcase our
students’ talents. I hope each
and every one of our parents
will visit Boushall to see
firsthand what our students are
accomplishing.
Es difícil creer
que ya haya pasado las primeras
nueve semanas
de clases. Estoy
orgullosa de lo
mucho que han
trabajado los estudiantes.
Tantas cosas buenas han pasado en este poco tiempo. Capital One auspicaron una actividad en el campo de entrenamiento de los Redskins
para los alumnos de sexto
grado. El octavo grado participaron en el “Prejudice
Awareness Summit” donde
aprendieron superar perjuicios. Hemos añadidos dos
clases adicionales para los
alumnos, Arte y Economía
Domestica. Espero que todos
padres se unen a la asociación
de padres y maestros. Favor
de recordar a sus hijos de
hacer sus tareas y leer diariamente. Aconséjalos a estudiar y ser respetuoso, responsable y listos para aprender. Nuestros maestros están
preparando sus hijos para
nueve semanas más de éxitos
académicos. La cooperación
entre hogar y escuela es fundamental para aumentar los
logros académicos de nuestros
estudiantes.
Espero que todos los padres
puedan visitar a nuestra escuela y ver los logros de los
estudiantes.
Widad Abed
Check out these new books in the library!
Our media specialist Ms. Haas is pleased
to announce the arrival of dozens of
new books, including cookbooks, sets
of graphic novels/manga including
Cirque du Freak, Rave Master, Naruto,
Maximum Ride and Bone. Come by and
check out these books today.
La biblioteca ha recibido docenas de libros
nuevos. Venga hoy y vea nuestra seleccion.
New fiction books
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Girls Preparing for Success
By Jermia Matthews
Successful people
radiate self-esteem.
Personas exitosas
emiten autoestima
In the months of October
and November, Faith Baker,
an intern in the counseling
office at Boushall Middle
School conducted two girl
groups: a 7th grade girls
group on the topic of body
image and an 8th grade
girls group on the topic of
transitioning to high school,
in which I was a member
The 7th grade girls group
had discussions about how
they viewed their bod-
ies and did activities to
boost their confidence, so
they can love themselves
inside and out.
In the 8th grade girls group,
we participated in different
activities from discussing
the importance of middle
and high school classes in
preparation of our chosen
career fields to practicing interviewing techniques
and etiquette.
Miss Baker’s goal in conducting
these
girl’s
groups was to have each
girl leave their group with a
new founded outlook on
school and boost their confidence and self-esteem.
My favorite group activity
was the job interview where
we dressed up and pretended we were being interviewed for a job.
I enjoyed being in this group
and hope that this experience will help me later on in
life with a real job interview.
Algunas de las niñas participaron
en dos grupos de niñas formadas
por la Srta. Baker. La meta de estos
All Hispanics are not Mexicans
By M. Orichi
During the Hispanic Heritage
month, students and staff at
Boushall of Hispanic descent
were invited to write their
name under the Hispanic
country that indicated his or
her place of family origin. The
results show that at Boushall
Middle School approximately
125 Students and two staff
members, consider themselves
Hispanic. There are approximately 529 students in our
school, making the Hispanic
population here about 24%.
We have a diverse population
of Hispanics; they represent
10 different Spanish speaking
countries. Mexico makes up
most of our school’s Hispanic
population, with 52 students
or 42% , followed by: El
Salvador (23 Students, 18%),
Guatemala (16 Students, 13%),
Puerto Rico (12 Students,
13%), Honduras (10 Students,
8%), Dominican Republic (6
T.C.
BOUSHALL
NEWS
Students, 5%), and Spain (2
Students 2%) The smallest
number of people with Hispanic Heritage is tied between
Costa Rica and Venezuela with
one student each.
I interviewed Mrs. Passalacqua
and she stated that when she
first arrived, over twenty years
ago, to Boushall, there were
almost no Hispanic children at
our school. Now, we have a
immense group and the population is still growing.
The Hispanic population at
Boushall will likely continue to
grow in the coming years.
En nuestra escuela hay 125 alumnus y 2 adultos quienes se identificaron como hispanos., que representa una poblacion hispana en
nuestra escuela de 24%. Los paises
representados por nuestros alumnus
incluyen, Mexico 42%, El Salvador
18%, Guatemala 13%,Puerto Rico
13%, Honduras 8%, República
Dominicana 5%, España 2% y un
estudiante de Costa Rica y
Venezuela
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Michele Obama School Nutrition Initiative
By Sha’reese Johnson
Over the past three decades
children are getting more
and more overweight. Back
then, kids used to go outside, play, and eat more
food. Today’s kids are not
making better food choices
and not going outside as
much. Kids today spend
most of their time sitting
down in front of the TV,
getting on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, and other websites.
About 40% of African American and Hispanic children
are overweight or obese. If
we don’t solve this problem,
children are going to have
health problems, such as
cancer, diabetes, high blood
pressure, asthma, and heart
disease.
Michele Obama is trying to
make our community better
and has decided to have a
program called Let’s Move;
its when kids go outside to
play more and not spend as
much time on the internet.
She also made major changes in the foods that can be
served in the school cafeterias.
The milk that they are serving in our cafeteria doesn’t
taste like it did before.
That’s because the milk
must be skim or one percent fat instead of two percent or whole milk. No more
white bread, now it has to
be whole wheat. They also
have to serve more fruits
and vegetables.
We asked students at
Boushall to do a school
lunch satisfaction survey.
The survey showed that
most of the students were
unsatisfied with the taste
and variety of our school
lunches. Many of the students said the food was
tasteless
When I interviewed our
school cafeteria manager,
Mr. Adams, he said the
menus are not made at
Boushall, but at Richmond
Public Schools and they
must follow the initiative
food guidelines.
Many students, including
myself feel that for this
initiative to work for us, we
are going to need a larger
variety of tastier food.
(AP photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
The First Lady is
challenging kids to
make healthier
food choices.
Bullying Poem
By Jermia Matthews
P.A.S. Team Making a Difference
By Barbara Haas
The P.A.S. (Prejudice Awareness Team) is a group
of 8th grade students who were selected by their
teachers and administrators to serve Boushall in
eradicating factors that lead to prejudice. This
year’s team chose the topic of cyber-bullying!
Here is their symbol that tells everyone that cyberbullying is NOT cool! >:(
El grupo P.A.S. es un grupo de estudiantes de 8vo grado
seleccionado para ayudar a eliminar el perjuicio.
Didn’t want a battle
Yet you declared war
Each knock you gave
made me even
stronger than before,
I will not give up,
I will not give in;
you won’t make me
fall,
I will not let you win.
Eagle Ambassadors Doing Business for the Future
The Eagle Ambassadors heard a presentation from
Wells Fargo in the We The People Room. The regional
president engaged our ambassadors in financial activities and discussed how to use their money wisely. The
students learned a lot of helpful information that can be
utilized by them and their families in the future.
Wells Fargo presentó a nuestros embajadores discusiones y actividades
de como útilizar el dinero en una manera responsible. Los embajadores
aprendieron mucha información financiera importante que les ayudarán
a ellos y a sus familias en el futuro.
>:( >:( >:( >:(
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Our Achievements and Awards
Students of the Month
“Surround
Every month at T. C. Boushall
students that go above and beyond, not only in grades but also
in citizenship are honored. We
are proud to announce our
October and November
honorees.
October
November
6th grade
Quishara Day
7th grade
Chantal Hernandez
8th grade
Marlo McDonald
James Johnson
7th grade
Moises Caceres
8th grade
Malik Browne
6th grade
yourself with
only people
Nine Week Awards Ceremony
that are going
to lift you
higher.”
...Oprah
Rodéate sólo con
las personas que
van a elevarle a
lo más alto.
By Sha’reese Johnson
6th grade
Congratulations to our first nine week outstanding stu- Felicidades a nuestros estudiantes que
recibieron certificados de reconocimientos
dent award recipients. Among the rewards received
por sus logros académicos y cívicos.
were scholar roll, honor roll, perfect attendance and
citizenship to name a few.
… Oprah
8th grade
7th grade
6TH GRADE
SCHOLAR ROLL
Sharon Giron
Destiny Goldman
Ellie Leon
Britney Paredes
Dulce Reyes
HONOR ROLL
Johnathan Aviles
Nukiyah Benjamin
Kenyona Berry
Khaleel Bey
Iyana Brooks
Keairra Brooks
Jahvauda Cary
Racquel Dark
Angel Diaz-Soriano
Raquan Eppes
Shazelle Farrow
Bryan Garcia
Monyey Gholson
Jakyra Gray
Iliyaha Green
Mikayla Hales
Jessica Harrison
Lytia Harrison
Jayla Henderson
Jasmine Hernandez
Mekel Hudson
Chanel Jackson
Keven Lagos
Yulisa Macias
Duane Nathaniel
Jessica Perez-Solano
Troya Quarles
Daisy Ramirez
Isaiach Rogers
Arianna Scheff
Destiny Smith
Jada Trimiew
Lamar Truehart
Angelique Velasquez
Sharelle Waller
8TH GRADE
SCHOLAR ROLL
7TH GRADE
SCHOLAR ROLL
Tiana Bridy
Chantal Hernandez
Erika Olivar
Serenity Stewart
Daimond Trent
HONOR ROLL
Luis Alvarez-Solano
Moises Caceres Suihko
Alejandro Chavez
Twanasia Coleman
Jada Coxen
Jasmine Dailey
Destiny Deaver
Juan Diaz-Montealegre
Esmeralda Duran
Raymundo Esqueda
Carmone Fuller
Shaelyn Guariglia
Autumn Honeycutt
Ii’Jeana James
Kenesha Jones
Rodrigo Leon-Vitervo
Hui Lian
Kemonte’ Marks
Matthew Perez
Isaac Pinzon-Leon
Deja Pullen
Jose Ramirez
Jessica Renteria
Rocio Sanchez
Jazmyne Schott
Lachael Turner-Jefferson
Ashely Velasquez
Keshane Williams
Deja Wilson
Fernando Hicks
Nadirah Jones
Melvin Orichi-Socana
Eder Rivas
Rashad Sheppard
Shani Walker
Tayla White
HONOR ROLL
Andrea Bartelle
Rosha’ Blount
Anjil Boyd
Jarec Brown
D’Jarnae Clark
Noah Coleman
Jamiya cooper
Fai’shun crawley
Briana Dandridge
Zeciea Dorman
Vashon Eldridge
Samuel Flores
Justa Garcia
Anniqua Garner
Kiana Jbarah
Cierra Johnson
Montreal Johnson
Sha’Reese Johnson
Amiyah Jones
Ja’Navia Jones
Fernando Lopez’Montoga
Marloe McDonald
Tyerra McElroy
Diego McFail
Antone Mines
Ivy Mines
Tracey Romero
Matthew Rose
Chamar Smith
Jonecia tart
Ya’minah Taylor
Clint Terry
Jay’veon Threat
Khalilah Walker
Hakeem Whitaker
Valencia White
Dorca Williams
CIS
COMMUNITIES
IN THE
SCHOOLS
September
LOLs with Officer Gill –
Officer Gill partnering with
CIS and Ms. Haas (media
specialist) has begun the
Learning Over Lunch series
of short snapshots during
student lunches. All grade
levels receive a brief
presentation to encourage
them to be more respectful
of each other, and in so doing make for a safer learning
environment. Officer Gill
will also did follow-ups during the 5th phase classes
with the students the week
after the LOL.
CIS 6th grade Myths & Facts
Presentations for the 6th
grade students to help them
become better acclimated
to being in middle school.
Sessions were presented by
Ms. Routier (CIS), Mrs. Hurt
(school psychologist), and
Officer Gill (SRO).
October
November
Hispanic Heritage presentation
took place Oct. 1st during the student lunches. A power point
presentation along with Latino
music was presented by Ms. Haas
and CIS representing the various
Hispanic cultures at Boushall.
VCU Jump Rope to Stethoscope
presentations began through Ms.
Reives’ Business & Technology 6th
phase classes. The nurses provide
information on medical careers to
the students over the course of 5
class sessions.
Our 8th grade students participated in the Prejudice Awareness
Summit this month at VCU. The
group of 8 students chose an issue
to address at Boushall. With a
helping hand from Ms. Haas
(Media Specialist) and Ms. Randolph (CIS intern), the students
will develop a school-wide action
plan to address that particular
concern over the course of this
school year.
CarMax Leadership will be working
with our MSR students through
May.
6th graders were treated to tha
Capital One Visa Football Challenge Kick-Off event at the Redskins Training Facility. The students toured the facility and played
games based around financial literacy concepts. Thanks to Capital
One, the Richmond Raiders and the
Redskins for making this happen.
Capital One Future Leaders Forum for Young Men hosted over
100 male students on Nov. 9th.
Kudos to Vashon, Jourdon, Malik,
Diego, Jose, Ajayie, LaQuandre,
and Rashad for waking up early on
a Saturday morning to participate
in the all day event. Thanks to
Mr. Buffington for acting as their
faculty sponsor.
Fall into Learning Conference at
Oak Grove Elementary took place
on Nov. 9th. Our fabulous 6th
grade teachers presented two
workshops to elementary school
parents on the ‘Expectations of
Middle School’. Thanks to Ms. A.
Cross, Ms. K. Gaudy, Ms. S. Martin, and Ms. D. Smith
Capital One and Wells Fargo presented financial literacy presentations this month. Capital One
worked with the 6th graders in
preparing them for their financial
future. Wells Fargo presented to
our Business and Technology classes. Mr. Kelly, Regional President
of Wells Fargo provided a special
presentation to our Eagle Ambassadors last month Thanks to Ms.
Gaudy, Ms. Barbour, Ms. Reives,
Mr. J. Smith, and Ms. A. Johnson
(Guidance) for all their assistance
in making it a great day for students and guests!
Boys Basketball Preparing for another
Championship Year
Tryouts are over and the new roster has been chosen. Congratulations for the boys who
made the cut:
Jervantae Frances
Ajayie Pebbles
Steven Blackney
Ikechi Chantilou
Marloe McDonald
Maurice Bowman
Eddie Davis
Tamon Morris
Antonio Bridy
Vashon Eldridge
Montreal Penn
Jarec Brown
Anthony Gary
Hakeem Whitaker
“Those who
are happiest
are those who
do the most
for others.”
― Booker T.
Washington,
Up from
Slavery
Las personas
mas contentas
son aquellas
quienes ayudan
mas a otros.
-Booker T.
Washington,
Up from Salvery