First semester flew by very quickly. We just completed the second nine week benchmarks and I am hap-py to report our students have made significant gains. As we begin second semester, I would like to encourage all parents to take more of an active role on checking on their chil-dren’s homework and class activities. We are gearing up for the first Standards of Learning test which is the 08 Writing and Multiple Choice test in March. We want all our students to understand the importance of passing the SOL’s. Please have a conversation with your child everyday about academics. I would also like to invite all parents to our Black History program scheduled for February 27th at 6:00. Please come out for a fun filled educa-tional program. As always,

thank you for all the support you give us in educating your child and in molding them to be respectful, responsi-ble, and ready to learn students.

Que rápido paso el primer semestre. Acabamos de com-pletar los examines del segun-do period académico y estoy feliz de informarles que nues-tros estudiantes siguen pro-gresando positivamente. Ani-mo a todos los padres a veri-ficar que sus hijos hagan las tareas y otras actividades escolares. Nos estamos prepar-ando para el examen SOL de escritura para del 8vo grado. Queremos que todos nuestros estudiantes entienden la im-portancia de pasar los exam-ines SOL. Aseguresen que todos los días tengan una conversación con su hijo sobre sus metas académicas. Les quiero inviter a todos los pa-dres a disfrutar de nuestro programa de historia de la raza negra el 27 de febrero a las 6. Gracias por todo el apoyo que ustedes nos dan en moldeando su hijo para ser un ser respetable, responsible y

listo para aprender.

A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL MS. ABED

6TH GRADE

Jasmine Scott

Jasmine is friendly,

hardworking, helpful

and a team player. She

is a quick learner and is

always eager to learn.

7TH GRADE

Sha’Reese Johnson

Sherry’ is respectful,

polite, cooperative, and

a team player. Her goal

is to become a doctor.

8TH GRADE

Jessica Ramirez

As a scholar since the

6th grade Jessica has

demonstrated all the

qualities of a model

Boushall student. The

eighth grade team is

proud of Miss Ramirez.

8TH GRADE

Samantha Tate

Samantha’s very polite ,

cooperative respectful

and always cheerful.

She always treats you

with a smile. She is a

quick learner and is

eager to learn new

things.

Second Quarter 2013 B o u s h a l l M i d d l e S c h o o l N e w s l e t t e r

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Feb 5 Job Shadowing Day, 8th grade Business Information and Technology

Día de observacón professional para la clase de tecnología computarizado de 8vo grado

Feb 6 John Marshall Courts field trip, Ms. Billet’s 8th grade civics

Viaje a la corte juvenil para estudiantes de 8vo grado.

Feb 12 8th gr SOL mock writing test

Examen de práctica de escritura SOL, 8vo grado

Feb 7 MCV/VCU Medical careers field trip, 6-7th grade Middle School Re-naissance

Viaje al hospital MCV para una orientación sobre las carreras medicas. Estudiantes de 6to y 7mo grado del programa Middle School Renaissance

Feb 8 MacArthur Memorial, Norfolk Field Trip, Mr. Bowser’s 7th grade histo-ry class

Viaje al Museo de MacAurthur en Norfolk para estudiantes de historia del señor Bowser

Feb 11 Capital One Financial Literacy Field Trip, 6th grade

Viaje de apredisaje de finanzas de Capital One para estudiantes de 6to grado.

Feb 14 Valentines Day Dance for qualifying students

Baile de San Valentín para estudiantes sobre salientes

Feb 18 Presidents Day Holiday

Día feriado, Día de los Presidentes

Feb 27 Black History Month Program 6:00 pm

Programa de Historia de la raza Negra

Mar 12 Coffee with the Principal

Café con la principal

March 14-15 Parent Teacher Confer-ence Days

Días de reunión de padres y maestros

March 19 8th grade SOL writing multi-ple choice test

Examen de SOL de escritura de selleccion multiple de 8vo grado

March 21 8th grade SOL Writing Test

Examen de SOL de escritura de 8vo grado

Mar 29 Teacher Work Day No classes

No hay clases, día de trabajo de maestros

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Students at Boushall are Respectful,

Responsible & Ready to Learn

and our teachers are Caring, Committed and

Creative.

WE ARE NUMBER ONE IN THE CITY !

PAGE 2 BOUSHALL CIVIC STUDENTS ATTEND PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

Estudiantes de la clase de cívica atendieron la inauguracion presidencial

Could one of these Boushall students

be the first African American female or

Hispanic President?

¿Podrá uno de estos estudiante ser el

el primer presidente hispano o

presidenta hispana o de raza negra?

Three of our best 8th grade Eagles; Jessica Ramirez, Akiera Jones, Bryan Ruano traveled with Ms. Billet to

Washington DC to experience first hand the second inauguration ceremony for our President Barrack Obama.

Tres de nuestros mejores estudiantes de 8vo, Jessica Ramirez, Akeira Jones, Bryan Ruano viajaron a Washington, DC.

At the train station, we met up with We were interviewed by the Times Dispatch

our superintendent Dr. Yvonne Brandon and mentioned in a news article about the event.

Look who we ran into on our way to Capitol At Capitol Hill we visited the office of Virginia

Hill, Senator Tim Kaine and Anne Holton! Representative Eric Cantor and his warm staff.

Almost there, even the bitter cold couldn’t We will never forget this experience. Thank you

dampen our excitement, Dr. Beatty, Ms. Billet and everybody else who

made this memorable day possible.

BOUSHALL

CORE

VALUES

WISDOM

COURAGE

JUSTICE

COMPASSION

INTEGRITY

RESPONSIBILITY

HOPE

PAGE 3

Congratulations to our many Richmond Public School

District History Fair winners. Chadr Smith and Diego

McFail, pictured below, from Mr. Bowser’s 7th grade his-

tory class, won first and second place respectively. From

Ms. Billets 8th grade Civics class, Masake Fofana won

1st place. We are proud of the efforts and achievements

of these students.

Felicidades a nuestros ganadores de la feria de historia

del Distrito. Chadr Smith gano 1er lugar y Diego McFail,

2do lugar y son estudiantes de la clase de 7mo grado del

sr. Bowser, De la clase de civica de 8vo grado de la srta.

Billet, Masake Fofana gano 1er lugar. Estamos orgullo-

sos de los esfuerzos y logros de estos estudiantes.

RPS District History Fair Winners

Los Principios

Fundamentales

Sabiduría

Valor

Justicia

Compasión

Integridad

Responsabilidad

Esperanza

Musicians from all Richmond Middle Schools audi-tioned to play in the Richmond City Middle School band, We are proud to announced our Boushall rep-resentatives 8th grade Jessica Ramirez,1st chair flute Chablise Hammie, 6th chair flute Teniqua Davis, 1st chair clarinet Cherish Heckstall, 2nd chair clarinet Afi Messan 7th chair clarinet Miguel Hernandez, 9th chair trumpet 7th grade Laquandre Page, 7th chair clarinet 6th grade Chantel Hernandez, 8th chair flute Jose Ramirez 9th chair trumpet We all look forward to seeing them perform with the Richmond City Middle School band in April.

Eighth graders shadowed workers and profes-sionals from the Department of Corrections. Estu-

diantes de octavo grado observaron los trabajadores y profesionales del departamento de correcciones.

Student shadowed Mr. Abed and other profes-sionals at Clough Harbour and Associates, a full service engineering firm with 27 offices across the United States. Estudiantes observaron al señor Abed y los otros ingenieros de Clough harbor and Associ-ates en su trabajo diario, Tienen 27 oficinas atraves de todos los Estados Unidos.

Business Information and Technology

Job Shadowing Day

BOUSHALL MUSICIANS SELECTED TO THE

RICHMOND ALL CITY MS BAND

Our students participated in DuPont’s MLK Day Essay

Contest this year. Two of our students were selected as

winners. Congratulations Jessica Ramirez and Akiera

Jones!!! We look forward to having them share their es-

says with the Boushall family during our Black History

Month Program later this month.

EAGLE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

CISR and the Guidance Department have launched the

Eagle Ambassadors program to assist our 8th graders

with educational endeavors and career exploration. We

host a Lunch & Learn Speaker’s Bureau each month

with community partners who will speak on their educa-

tional paths and career goals. It is an awesome way to

share nuggets of wisdom with the students regarding

the career choices and to help them broaden their hori-

zons. Kudos to Ms. Harris-Lipford, Ms. Martin (both from

the AG’s office), and Ms. Harris (from CIS) for helping us

to have an awesome program launch!!

DUPONT WRITING CONTEST WINNERS

PAGE 4 HAVING FUN WHILE GAINING LIFE EXPERIENCES

MIDDLE SCHOOL RENAISSANCE PROGRAM

It has been an exciting 9 weeks. We have our part-ners working with us to expose our students to dif-ferent ideas, careers, and life experiences. Some of those partners are: Art180

FeedMore Girl Scouts

Teen Cuisine Junior Achievement

The Science Museum The Latin Ballet of Virginia Michael Taylor Design School

Girls for a Change / Camp Diva 100 Black Men of Greater Richmond

The YMCA Richmond City Health District

The students:

Attended the presentation of “Volver” at The Cultural Arts Center in Glen Allen

Traveled to Hampton University for the Empow-er Me Tour (through Wells Fargo)

Received a guided tour of MCV

Participated in a design class with Michael Tay-lor

Performed for the community in the Art 180 Open Studio event, and

Hosted/presented their project at the Girls For a Change Showcase. It has been a busy year and we are only half way done!!

Soccer tryouts are presently being

held and dozens of students have

already been selected. See Couch

Roe and Couch Sederbaum for

more information.

BOYS BASKETBALL WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP

Congratulations to Coach

Carter, Coach Lewis and Coach Hunter and the 2012/2013

Boushall Boys' Basketball Team! The Boushall family is very

proud of the team's representation of our school. On Febru-

ary 12, 2013, the team won the Richmond City Middle School

Basketball Championship at George Wythe High school

against Martin Luther King Middle School, after working their

way through an outstanding season. Sean Haskins was the

tournament MVP. The Boushall Boys basketball players in-

clude Sean Haskins, Eyahlarmar Davis, Eugene Williams, Rah-

lee Perry and Qyan’te Parham the team starters and Cequan

Francis, Eddie Davis, Tiquan Brown, Jarec Brown, Ja’Quis

Sowell, Maurice Laster and Montrell Penn.

RECOGNIZING OUR PARTNERS

BOUSHALL SOCCER TEAM TRYOUTS

Communities In Schools of Richmond is very excited about the new and continued partner-ships this year at Boushall. Higher Achieve-ment and “I have A Dream” Foundation con-tinue to support our students and the community.

Capital One/Visa treated our students with a Football Financial Literacy Kick-Off Rally with Capital One, Visa Reps, Richmond Raiders, and Mr. Helms from the Washington Redskins.

CarMax provided a fantastic Leadership Pro-gram for our MSR students.

Westhampton Junior Woman’s Club has adopted one of our Special Education classes.

Richmond Raiders are helping our boys with Project IMPACT.

Future and Upcoming Activities

2/11 Capital One/Visa Football Game at Capital One

2/13 Field Trip to Michael Taylor Design Studio & School

2/24 Eagle Ambassador Lunch & Learn Speaker’s Bureau

2/27 Boushall Black History Program

Feb-May Boushall’s Virtual Race around the world

5/6 Girls For A Change Spring Showcase at Boushall

5/18 Boushall’s SOLs and Community Carnival

June Art180 Big Show