THE BIS - NESS

An informational newsletter for Students, Parents and Crater Community

* Crater School of Business, Innovation and Science * facebook.com/Crater School of Business, Innovation and Science * bis.cratercomets.com

Meet Mrs. Tiffany Slaughter New BIS Principal

Dear Crater, BIS families: I am honored to introduce myself to you as your new principal of the Crater School of Business, Innovation and Science. I believe very strongly in the vision of BIS and the community of Central Point. Moreover, I believe in the work our teachers do to find the strengths in our students, teach them to communicate, work as a team and problem solve and then prepare students how to thrive in college and career settings. As a former small-school, charter high school principal, I am passionate about small schools, effective instruction and the impacts they have on kids. Crater families need to be commended for their dedication to their small schools. Research shows us that there is no better indicator of a students success than a students engagement in a classroom. Small schools and small class sizes provide us the opportunity for better engagement, healthy relationships and individual attention given to kids. Crater is doing what is best for students!

Freshman r o c k th e ir f ir s t d a y in B IS!

BIS
655 N. Third Street Central Point, OR 97502 Phone 541.494.6261 Fax 541.664.7589 Attendance 541.494.6354 Emails: bisattendance@district6.org tiffany.slaughter@district6.org

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Issue 1 - September, 2013

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Upcoming Events at Crater High!

Friday, September 13 Tuesday, Sept. 17

Dress like a Zombie BIS Student Spirit Day CLUB Day in the Courtyard See what clubs are available in BIS Auditions for A Very Undead Christmas!! Its an original musical written by Crater Alumni Tina McMurray and Jared Goode. Come dressed to sing, dance, and act on Tuesday, September 17th at 4pm sharp in the PAC lobby. DECA Meeting at Lunch in TECH CENTER All students welcome! DECA Boot Camp after school 4 7 all welcome (Tech Center) Dress like a farmer to welcome the fall harvest BIS Day at the Football Game-- BIS Students can sign in at the home game against Sheldon at 7 to win prizes and earn points toward the BIS Board end-of-year field trip. Begin sign ups for Powder Puff and He-Man with Bookkeeper No School State Inservice Homecoming Week Get Spiritied! He-Man Volleyball in the Big Gym! Sponsored by DECA Powder Puff - Frosh v. Soph Junior vs. Senior Homecoming Game Bonfire, Big Fun, Game and More Wear Crater Orange and Black for Halloween

Wednesday, Sept. 18 Wednesday, Sept. 25 Friday, October 4 Friday, October 4 Tuesday, Oct 8 Friday, Oct. 11 M F Oct 21-25 Monday, Oct 21 Wednesday, Oct 23 Friday, Oct 25 Thursday, October 31 BIS TUTOR CENTER

The BIS Tutor Center is a BIS Board-sponsored service available to BIS students of all grades. It is free and open every Wednesday of the school year at lunch in room 27. Multiple student tutors will be available to assist students in all subject areas.

More information Coming Soon BIS College Tour Information coming soon Overnight trip to U of O and OSU for Juniors and Seniors Baby Siemer! Asher gets a sibling!
FYI - PE make-up available in the gym every Tuesday at lunchtime throughout the school

year Congratulations to Becca Campbell for being recognized by the Bowmer Project for Student Playgoers with OSF As one of 12 schools recognized by this program, she was awarded tickets to The Tempest and Cocoanuts in the Spring and will be taking 30 students. They will also get backstage tours and an opportunity to talk to the actors.
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Crater FFA has an incredibly successful State Fair! Along with winning their fourth State Championship this year in Livestock Judging, they also had 7th high individual in tractor driving (Zack Allen), FFA Citizenship Award (Logan Krische), Champion medium construction (Sydney Maplesden), Champion Swine Showmanship (Claire Gladman), Champion market goat (Logan Krische), Champion market hog (Kaylee Bowen), Champion gilt (Hannah Kyzer), Champion dairy goat (Brie Swanson) Pictured on the right - !st Cali Drake 2nd Sammie Beck 3rd Jessica Juvinall 4th Cali Drake

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SeptemberTuesday 10th- Officer meeting 7:30am Friday 20th- Football gates--- 5:30pm (OD required) Thursday 19th -Set-up Harvest Fair Silent Auction-4pm Compton Arena Friday 20th-Sunday 22nd- Harvest Fair Silent Auction Fundraiser/ Harvest Fair Steer and Heifer Sale (check Expo website for schedule) Tuesday 24th Officer meeting 7:30am Wednesday 25th Administrators Night (Advisors only) October Tuesday 1st- Welcome Back FFA BBQ/ FFA Meeting/Alumni Meeting! @ 6:00pm BBQ (Committee assignments, membership, official dress, CDE sign ups, SAE sign ups) Friday 4th Spaghetti Feed and Dessert Auction- Set-up after school, Dinner and Auction starts at 6pm Tuesday 8th Officer meeting 7:30am Wednesday 9th - District Soils Tuesday 15th- State Soils-Dayton Friday 11th- Football gates- 5:30pm (OD required) Friday 11th- No School-Statewide Inservice-OVATA Fall Conference (Advisors only) Tuesday 22nd Officer meeting 7:30am Friday 25th- Football Gates 5:30pm (OD required) Monday 28th Saturday, November 2nd - National FFA Convention (team travel dates may vary) November Friday 2nd-Professional Development Day- No school Tuesday 5th- FFA Meeting/Alumni Meeting! @ 6:45pm (Committee reports, chapter speaking CDEs, and SAEs) Wednesday 6th- State Officer Tour Monday 11th Veterans Day-No School Tuesday 12th Officer meeting 7:30am Friday 15th National FFA Scholarships available- DUE Prior to 5pm, February 1, signed page postmarked February 8th Tuesday 19th Officer meeting 7:30am (switched to 3rd Tuesday b/c of conferences) Wednesday 20th- District Ag. Sales- 1:30pm @ Eagle Point High School Thursday 21st - End of 1st Trimester Friday 22nd Inservice/PD-No School Monday 25th- Wednesday 27th Parent/Teacher Conferences Thursday 28th -Friday 29th No School, Thanksgiving Break

A MESSAGE ABOUT SPORTS

Catch all Comet Sports schedules online at athletics.cratercomets.com

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PSAT
The PSAT will be administered by the State of Oregon to all sophomores at no charge to the student. Juniors are encouraged to take the test at a cost of $14. The PSAT test will take place on October 17th dur- ing 1st and 2nd periods. Juniors can pay the $14 fee and sign up in the Main Office through October 10th .

SAT

http://sat.collegeboard.org/home
$24.50 + $13

SAT Testing Fee - $51 SAT Subject Tests -

College Corner
College Night in Oregon
Thursday, November 14th

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RCC Riverside Campus in Medford, and RCC Table Rock Campus in White City. Free pizza and soda will be provided to those who register on-site from 5:45 to 6:30

ACT
http://www.actstudent.org/ ACT Testing Fee - $36.50 ACT Plus Writing - $52.50 Test Date September 21, 13 October 26, 13 December 14, 13 February 8, 14* April 12, 14 June 14, 14 Registration Deadline August 23, 2013 September 27, 2013 November 8, 2013 January 10, 2014 March 7, 2014 May 9, 2014
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(Late Fee Required) August 24September 6, 2013 September 28October 11, 2013 November 922, 2013 January 1124, 2014 March 821, 2014 May 1023, 2014

Here is a little information about me.... I grew up in Boise, Idaho and attended Kuna High School. When I was old enough to join athletics, I played volleyball, basketball, softball and tennis. I graduated college from Eastern Oregon University with a Masters in Education and a Bachelors in English. I also played volleyball and tennis for EOU. Go Mounties! My first teaching job was in a tiny town called Spray, Oregon. I was the only language arts teacher for grades 7-12, and I was also the varsity volleyball coach, varsity basketball coach, drama teacher and speech teacher. After three years in Spray, I moved to Klamath Falls and began teaching grades 9-11 language arts. Early in my career, I took an interest in project-based instruction and civic service opportunities for kids. I worked for KUHS for seven years when I finally decided it was time for something new. I put in an application to teach English in Medellin, Colombia, South America, and I applied for a Japanese Fulbright. The spring of 2007, I was offered both. I began to make plans for my departure to Japan and for my move to Colombia. However, the first day of spring break, I received a phone call from a group of people who introduced themselves as the EagleRidge High School Charter Board. They asked me to take a position as the lead teacher for a new charter high school. I had no idea what a charter school was, but I knew as long as the school was small and we were using projects and civic service to engage students, I wanted in on the action. I returned from studying k-12 schools in Japan in late October and began my adventure as a charter school teacher. After six months, I was asked to apply for my administrative license so that I could take over as the charter school director/principal. Now, almost seven years after opening EagleRidge High School, I am proud to have the opportunity to move my family to the Rogue Valley (the most beautiful place in Oregon) to continue my career with BIS and to continue promoting my love for small schools. My husband, daughter and I are proud to be Comets! Sincerely, Tiffany Slaughter Crater BIS Principal

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