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Positive reflections from BFHS |
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December 21, 2016 |
By Principal Kevin Dinning
Warm Holiday Greetings from Bonners Ferry High
School. I would like to take this opportunity to
reflect and share.
Any position in education comes with its own
unique amount of adversity, and my position as
Principal at BFHS is no different. However, I
can’t quantify the amount of support, feedback,
and concern I have been given from this
community in a respectful and appropriate
manner. My hat is off to the students, teachers,
parents and community members for trusting me to
hear them and being patient enough to allow me
to “get it right.”
We have made some improvements to the security
of our building with some serious support from
our Superintendent, Gary Pflueger, and our
School Board Trustees.
Our Badger Family has made a very positive shift
through intentional collaboration to facilitate
ways that remind our students and our staff that
we are a school family. Badger Awesome is
showing itself through the efforts of our PBIS
(positive behavior) team by reinforcing
behaviors that promote success and a positive
school climate.
With the continued efforts of our students and
our staff at BFHS, I am confident that our
school will continue to progress and impress
those willing to come see what we are doing
here.
On the topic of impressing, I encourage all of
you to attend the next extracurricular event you
can. The band and choir Christmas concert were
both a hit. It is noteworthy to mention that
Leadership Class and FFA collected some serious
food for a couple different food drives for the
community in November and December.
Wrestling and Basketball are in full swing, and
Mrs. Nix, Leadership Class, and Mr. Garner are
working hard to find some suitable replacements
for Moose Madness, which has come to an end
based on a mutual decision between school
administration following last year’s competition
and some reflection on the original intent of
the event focusing on sportsmanship and
fundraising.
We had a good run with Moose Madness, and I am
excited to see what new traditions our students
begin while I am principal. Kudos to Mr. Knaggs
for continuing to find ways to bring our Badger
Family together; I hope they become tradition.
There are great things going on at BFHS, and I
have not listed them all. Stay tuned for more on
our academic success, our behavioral comparisons
from last school year, and our programs that
always have events coming up like Robotics, FFA,
Leadership, Drama, Choir, Band, Basketball,
Wrestling ... the list goes on, so check our
district calendar and come support our Badgers.
To all of our students and staff, and all of you
reading this, I wish you a safe and joyous
Holiday Season. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year,
and I will see you in 2017!
GO BADGERS! |
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