Lunch Menu

10/19 – Chicken Noodle Soup 10/20– Sloppy Joe on WW bun 10/21– Chili 10/22 – WW Cheese Pizza 10/23 – Hamburger on WW bun

Salad option through homeroom teachers.

Upcoming School Board Meetings:

Wednesday, October 21 - 5:30 pm in the Community Library

Newsletter 10-14-15

UPCOMING EVENTS

10/15 & 16 - Teacher Professional Development Days No Students 10/23 - 31 - Red Ribbon Week 10/26 - K - 2 No School

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Dear Big Sky School District Community, Greetings from the superintendent's office. In this weeks newsletter, I want to talk about assessment. At BSSD, as most schools, there are many ways in which we as educators seek feedback from students to gauge their learning and calibrate our teaching and curriculum. Internally, we use classroom based assessments which are traditionally teacher created and are directly related to the curriculum and lessons taught in the classroom content areas. We are starting a new assessment this year for all of our students in grades 2 through 10. The assessment will begin next week and is called MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) testing. MAP is a test of academic progress, meaning we can give the students an assessment now, and again in the Spring, and see exactly how much they progressed. It is given on the computer in the areas of reading, language usage, and math. This assessment provides the teacher, parent and our school with good data related to growth of student skills and abilities over time. You can read more about it at https://www.nwea.org/ and we will be hosting a parent session on MAP testing once the testing session is finished and the results are available. The testing starts next week. Have a great long weekend and thanks for letting us work with your children. Dustin Shipman

School Information

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Counseling Corner:

October Character Trait- Inquire

Counseling Classroom Lessons will focus on respect and drug prevention. Don't forget, Red Ribbon Week is October 23-31st! Please talk to your children about living a drug-free life!!

Ms.Thomas is in the elementary building on Tuesdays and Thursdays and in the OMS/LPHS building on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. She may be reached via email at kthomas@bssd72.org or phone at 406-995-4281 (ask for Katy Thomas)

Original Works - Skis Please!

Be on the lookout for the 2015 Original Works order forms and artwork coming home on October 19th! Your children have created ski/snowboard-themed art images this year. This BSPTO fundraiser directly funds our winter ski program, which includes downhill and x-c ski instruction and transportation. The BSPTO spent over 19K last year on our ski days. The proceeds from ordering your child’s artwork will, in turn, fund this amazing opportunity that our children have to ski, snowboard and x-c in beautiful Big Sky! Please consider ordering for holiday pre-sents, thank you cards and unique keepsakes while also allowing the BSPTO to continue fund-ing our winter program!

BSSD Directory for 2015 - 16

Each year, a BSSD directory is compiled and distributed by email to registered families. It is sorted by classroom and includes the following: student name and birthday, all parent names, telephone numbers, email addresses, physical address and P.O. Box. Information will be emailed the week of Monday, November 2, 2015.

If you do not want this information shared with other en-rolled families, please fill out this form. The deadline for

opting out is Wednesday, October 28th.

If an opt-out is not recorded, this information will be dis-tributed via email to all BSSD families. If you have any

questions, please call 406-995-4281.

If you would like to opt-out, please click here.

Middle or High School

Call: 406-995-4281 - Ad-ministration, or email: Ad-ministration@bssd72.org

Elementary Attendance

Calls (preferred): 406-995-4281 - Elementary/#2, or email: lnell@bssd72.org

BSSD Facebook Page

Click this box to Follow BSSD for up-to-date de-tails on school events and highlights.

Lone Peak High School Yearbook

Senior Ad Order Form - Click Here. Orders are due by November 1st.

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ATHLETICS Maps to away games can be found on the school website at www.bssd72.org. Click on the schedule page for the sport and on the away team to get the map.

LPHS Volleyball Schedule 2015

10/14 - Away vs. West Yellowstone 5:30/7:00 10/15 - Away vs. Sheridan 5:30/7:00 Varsity Double Match 10/17 - Home vs. Park High 1:00/2:30 Senior Night 10/19 - Away vs. Belgrade 5:45/7:00 10/20 - Home vs. Lima 5:45/7:00 10/24 - Home vs. White Sulphur Springs 5:30/7:00 Spike for the Cure Benefit 10/29-31 - District 8C Tournament TBA @ Manhattan Christian

LPHS/OMS Football Schedule 2015

10/16 - Away @ Alberton 7:00

10/19 - Home vs. Gardner 4:00

10/24 - Home vs. Sheridan 10:00/12:50 LPHS Senior Parent Day

10/31 - 1st Round State

11/7 - 2nd Round State

11/14 - Semi Finals State

11/21 - State Championship

We will be streaming the following volleyball and football games this fall. To stream these events, we are required to use the NFHS Network. Please sign up and remember a portion of the daily/monthly/or yearly pass comes back to the school. Click the link to sign-up: http://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/

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Volleyball Dates: October 17th, 20th, & 24th Football Dates: October 24th

Ophir Girls Basketball

1. Open to any student enrolled at OMS in grades 5-8. 2. The MHSA Sports Physical is required to participate. 3. The School District Activities/Athletics Handbook has several required forms. If you completed all of the paperwork for volley-ball, there is no need to complete additional paperwork. Simply pay the $45 participation fee (this is per sport) to the front office. 4. All players and parents must read the Concussion Information and sign/return the Concussion Form (available in the office). 5. There is a $45 participation fee for MS sports. Checks can be written to Big Sky School District. 6. All participants must show proof of Health Insurance. If you do not have Health Insurance, our office has information and paperwork on options. See LaDawn or Marie. 7. All forms, paperwork, fees, insurance information should be turned in at the main office prior to October 20th. 8. Absolutely NO students will be allowed to participate in practice until the school district receives all the required forms and fees.

Big Sky Resort Tax Candidate Debate

What: Explore Big Sky editors moderating a debate for Big Sky Resort Tax Board candidates

Where: Warren Miller Performing Arts Center

When: Thursday, Oct 15 from 6-7:30 p.m.

Info: EBS Managing Editor Joseph T. O'Connor and Senior Editor Tyler Allen are hosting a debate between the five candidates running for the Big Sky Resort Area District Tax Board. 15-minute public Q-and-A to follow. Meet the candidates before ballots are mailed out on Oct. 16.

2nd Annual Great Pumpkin Giveaway at the Big Sky & Greater Yellowstone Welcome Center

Saturday, October 24, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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