Quote of the day:

“You have the good fortune to be part of a free nation with boundless possibilities – and enough challenges and diversions to make life interesting every day….Read books. Write stories. Learn history. Enjoy life.” – David S. Broder – Columnist – Washington Post, TV panelist

Joke of the Day:

Q: when is homework not homework?

A:  – When it is turned into the teacher.

Thought of the day: Try, try, try again

“The only people who never fail are those who never try.” – Ilka Chase

Many wise people have written about failure, what it means, and how to cope. Here are four more inspiring sayings:

Henry Ford: “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.”

Max Beerbohm: “Failure is more interesting than success.”

Robert Kennedy: “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”

William D. Brown: “Failure is an event, not a person.”

Today….make up your own saying about failure.

Question of the day:

Figure out what the capitalized words in Column A have in common. Then decide which one of the three lowercased words in Column B belongs with the capitalized ones.

Yesterday’s answer:

skiing; taxiing; radii
vacuum; continuum
bazaar
powwow
savvy; flivver

Word of the day:

Complacency (noun)

Pleasure, contentment, satisfied with own abilities.

The Olympic gold-medalist stopped practicing after her victory, and it was this complacency that led to her losing in the next competition.

Announcements:

IMPORTANT: School Calendar change – we WILL be having school on Friday, March 19. There WILL be a work at home day on Thursday, April 1st.

TODAY, REMIDER: Mohawk bus riders: They have an early dismissal TODAY.  Please let your parents know that you will need to be picked up at the Mohawk school in the afternoon, they will NOT be busing you to your house.

Drama Club – Spring Play – practice is today, Monday from 2:00-2:45 pm. Please meet in Mrs. Santangelo’s room, room 10.

Seniors: please remember to get your pictures in to the office for the slide show. Also please turn in your biographies and your ideas for flowers, motto, song, etc.

Reminder that there are study tables every morning beginning at 7:30 am and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons after school until 3:30 pm. Students who were unable to work during snow days are required to be at study tables to make up their time. Study tables are also for anyone who needs extra time to get ahead or if you need assistance for classes. Students who are falling behind in classes should use study tables to help get back on track. We want everyone to take advantage of this time.

Tiffin Teen Center: 162 East Perry St, phone number: 419-443-0359

Open every day: 2:45-6:00 pm (unless indicated differently)

Study tables everyday: 2:45-4:30 – free tutoring, homework help and prizes for achieving personal study goals.

This week’s lunch menu:

Wednesday: Tilapia, white rice, zucchini squash, wheat bread, fruit; Thursday: Spaghetti with Meatballs, green beans, breadstick, fruit; Friday: Lemon Baked Fish, baked Potato, veggie blend, dinner roll, and fruit.

Have a great day!!

Quote of the day:

“If you listen to anybody but yourself you are a prime sucker. Because all anybody else ever does is make mistakes. Why should you make the same ones? Make your own mistakes. They are the best fun.” – Jimmy Breslin – Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist, Author

Joke of the Day:

Q: How far did the witch fly?

A:  – ghost to ghost.

Thought of the day: Organization

“Without discipline, there’s no life at all.” – Katharine Hepburn

Is your life a big, confusing mess? Are you constantly forgetting things, losing things, breaking things? Is your room a junkyard? Are you always late? If this sounds familiar, take Florence Kennedy’s advice: “Don’t agonize. Organize.” There are many books, articles, and audio cassettes that can help. Ask your teacher or librarian for ideas. (Even if you are already organized, you could probably be better organized.)

Today….get organized in one part of my life.

Question of the day:

English words containing the letter combinationsiioruuoraaorwworvvare rare. Can you think of one of each? Don’t suggest aardvarkas the example foraa; it’s too easy.

Yesterday’s answer:

Word of the day:

Rebuke (noun)

A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand.

When Janice spilled paint on the carpet after repeated warnings to be careful, she received a sharp rebuke from her mother.

Announcements:

IMPORTANT: School Calendar change – we WILL be having school on Friday, March 19. There WILL be a work at home day on Thursday, April 1st.

Mrs. S will not be here today. Mrs. Manning will be a little late.

Mohawk bus riders: They have an early dismissal on Wednesday.  Please let you parents know that you will need to be picked up at the Mohawk school in the afternoon, they will NOT be busing you to your house.

Drama Club – Spring Play – practice is today, Monday from 2:00-2:45 pm. Please meet in Mrs. Santangelo’s room, room 10.

Seniors: please remember to get your pictures in to the office for the slide show. Also please turn in your biographies and your ideas for flowers, motto, song, etc.

Reminder that there are study tables every morning beginning at 7:30 am and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons after school until 3:30 pm. Students who were unable to work during snow days are required to be at study tables to make up their time. Study tables are also for anyone who needs extra time to get ahead or if you need assistance for classes. Students who are falling behind in classes should use study tables to help get back on track. We want everyone to take advantage of this time.

Tiffin Teen Center: 162 East Perry St, phone number: 419-443-0359

Open every day: 2:45-6:00 pm (unless indicated differently)

Study tables everyday: 2:45-4:30 – free tutoring, homework help and prizes for achieving personal study goals.

This week’s lunch menu:

Tuesday: Cheeseburger, steak fries, baked beans, fruit; Wednesday: Tilapia, white rice, zucchini squash, wheat bread, fruit; Thursday: Spaghetti with Meatballs, green beans, breadstick, fruit; Friday: Lemon Baked Fish, baked Potato, veggie blend, dinner roll, and fruit.

Have a great day!!

Quote of the day:

“I give you some advice that is now more than 2,000 years old: Love work, hate domination, and don’t get too close to the ruling class.” – Ben Bradlee – Executive Editor – Washington Post

Joke of the Day:

Q: What did the hurricane say to the island?

A:  – I’ve got my eye on you.

Thought of the day: Think big!

“A lot of people told me I was never going to be anybody. But here I am.” – Rodney A. Grant

Rodney A. Grant is a Native American actor. He played Wind in His Hair in the move Dances with Wolves. For a long time, it looked as if people were right – he never would be anybody. He was born into a troubled family. He had problems with alcohol and the law. He dropped out of high school. Today he’s a move and TV star.

Today….think of all the things you know you can do and be.

Question of the day:

Lewis Carroll figured out how to change the word nose to the word chin in six moves by changing only one letter at a time. Each time you change a letter, you get an English word. Here we give you the words for Moves 2 and 3. You have to figure out the words for Moves 1, 4, and 5.

Yesterday’s answer:

Mom, Dad, and Sis are palindromes — words that read the same both forward and backward. Bro is not a palindrome. If you read it backwards, it’s “orb.”

Extra challenge answer: Mr. Smith could be named Bob; Mrs. Smith could be named Eve or Nan. All those names are palindromes.

Word of the day:

Epiphany (noun)

An appearance or a becoming manifest. Also frequently used as a sudden idea or brainwave.

It was in the course of performing the mundane requirements of his job at the patent office that Albert had an epiphany; perhaps, he thought to himself, that time is not a constant.

Announcements:

Mrs. S will not be here today. Mrs. Manning will be a little late.

Mohawk bus riders: Please let you parents know that you will need to be picked up at the Mohawk school in the afternoon; they will NOT be busing you to your house. They have an early dismissal on Wednesday.

Drama Club – Spring Play – practice is today, Monday from 2:00-2:45 pm. Please meet in Mrs. Santangelo’s room, room 10.

Seniors: please remember to get your pictures in to the office for the slide show. Also please turn in your biographies and your ideas for flowers, motto, song, etc.

Reminder that there are study tables every morning beginning at 7:30 am and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons after school until 3:30 pm. Students who were unable to work during snow days are required to be at study tables to make up their time. Study tables are also for anyone who needs extra time to get ahead or if you need assistance for classes. Students who are falling behind in classes should use study tables to help get back on track. We want everyone to take advantage of this time.

Tiffin Teen Center: 162 East Perry St, phone number: 419-443-0359

Open every day: 2:45-6:00 pm (unless indicated differently)

Study tables everyday: 2:45-4:30 – free tutoring, homework help and prizes for achieving personal study goals.

This week’s lunch menu:

Monday: Sausage with Sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, scalloped corn, wheat bread, fruit; Tuesday: Cheeseburger, steak fries, baked beans, fruit; Wednesday: Tilapia, white rice, zucchini squash, wheat bread, fruit; Thursday: Spaghetti with Meatballs, green beans, breadstick, fruit; Friday: Lemon Baked Fish, baked Potato, veggie blend, dinner roll, and fruit.

Have a great day!!

Have a great day!!

ineffable (adj)

Indescribable, either because something cannot be expressed verbally, or because its description is limited by social or religious constraints.

Walking out into the fresh spring air, Joey was overcome with an ineffable feeling of joy, an emotion impossible to describe in words.

Have a great day!!

Quote of the day:

“Whatever you decide you really want to do with your life, take it very seriously…You find that by focusing on what you want to do with your life, it happens. And don’t let anything take you off course. Commit yourself early on.” – Michael Bolton – singer

Joke of the Day:

Q: Why did the elephant decide not to move?

A:  — because he couldn’t lift his trunk.

Thought of the day : Working hard

“I wasn’t lucky. I deserved it.”

Mrs. Thatcher was Britain’s first woman Prime Minister. For more than ten years, she was a powerful world leader. Many successful people, especially girls and women, don’t handle their success very well. When others ask them, “How did you get where you are?” they answer, “Oh, I was lucky, I guess.” As teacher Barbara Lewis says, “Luck is just another word for work.” If you’re successful, it’s not because you’re lucky. It’s because you are talented and you work hard.

Today….take credit for your success.

Question of the day :

Which letters should replace the question marks?

A

V

D

S

?

?

J

M

Yesterday’s answer :

1. Head over heels
2. I’m feeling under the weather.
3. Be there in ten minutes.
4. The broom is standing in the corner.
5. Right in the middle of everything
6. What’s in it for me?
7. Sit down beside me.
8. Don’t overstay your welcome.
9. I don’t like it in here.
10. The sky is overcast today.

Word of the day :

recalcitrant (adj)

Showing opposition.

The soccer team was mostly made up of girls who worked well together, but there were two or three resistant and recalcitrant girls who did not respect the authority of the coach.

Announcements:

• The gym will be in use all of this week. No one is allowed on the stage or in the gym. The Sisters of St. Francis are having a retreat and it needs to be absolutely quiet without interruptions. Thank you all for paying attention to this request.
• Seniors: please remember to get your pictures in to the office for the slide show. Also please turn in your biographies and your ideas for flowers, motto, song, etc.
• Reminder that there are study tables every morning beginning at 7:30 am and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons after school until 3:30 pm. Students who were unable to work during snow days are required to be at study tables to make up their time. Study tables are also for anyone who needs extra time to get ahead or if you need assistance for classes. Students who are falling behind in classes should use study tables to help get back on track. We want everyone to take advantage of this time.
• Spring Play – practice schedules are posted in classrooms .

Tiffin Teen Center : 162 East Perry St, phone number: 419-443-0359

Open everyday: 2:45-6:00 pm (unless indicated differently)

Study tables everyday: 2:45-4:30 – free tutoring, homework help and prizes for achieving personal study goals.

This week’s lunch menu :

Monday: Breaded Fish, Rice, Snap Peas, Fruit; Tuesday: Marinated Chicken, baked potato, broccoli, fruit; Wednesday: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn, fruit; Thursday: Pork Chops, oven browned potatoes, vegetable blend, fruit; Friday: Lemon Pepper Chicken, rice blend, peas & carrots, fruit

Have a great day!!

Quote of the day:

"Think positive…Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Just go do it." – Ernie Banks – Baseball Hall of Famer

Joke of the Day:

Q: "How does an ocean greet a beach?"

A:  — by waving "hello"

submitted by Ginny F.

Thought of the day : Differences

"Beethoven and all those guys had wild thoughts." – Yo-Yo Ma

Have you ever listened to a symphony by Beethoven? Or looked at a painting by Picasso? Or read a poem by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost or Gwendolyn Brooks? When you experience the work of an artist, you get a glimpse into his or her wild thoughts. And you may find yourself having some wild thoughts of you own. Many artists turn to other artists for inspiration.

Today….appreciate (or create) a work of art.

Question of the day :

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?

Yesterday’s answer :

1. b
2. r
3. a
4. i
5. n
6. y

Word of the day :

vapid (adj)

Insipid; flat; dull; unanimated.

Not wanting to sound vapid, Dierdre tried not to say "Like" and "You know" during her job interview.

Announcements:

• Upper, Mohawk, Carey, Buckeye Central, Wynford and Findlay were all delayed this morning. Please expect students coming in late.
• Please pay close attention in the next couple of days for delays and closings. Also make sure you know what you are doing if we would need to close early tomorrow. Please make sure you gather work to be able to do at home. You will be expected to work at home if we have a cancellation. Weather is calling for 6-12 inches of snow beginning tomorrow.
• Valentine dance tickets are on sale in the office. The dance is Friday, February 12, 2010.
• The National Honor Society will be selling candy for Valentines day, please see fliers around school.
• Valentine Fundraiser: From Feb. 1-9th, purchase a Sing-o-gram, carnation and valentine card for your valentine for $2.00. They will be delivered on Friday, Feb. 12th.
• Souper Bowl of Caring - uses the energy around our nation’s biggest sporting event to mobilize and inspire youth to fight hunger and poverty. Our collection will take place from now until February 7th. We will be collecting canned goods. The JOII club is in charge of the collection. Collections can be brought to Team 2’s room.
• Spring Play:
• - Rehearsals begin second semester. English or Social Studies credits available—see or email Mrs. Santangelo, if interested.
• - Performances in April. Schedule to be announced after the play is cast. Students must be available from 2:00-2:45 pm, as this will be an elective, English, or social studies credit. A project must be completed for team 4 and 5 students who undertake the project to use credits for graduation.
• - Staff (if their schedules allow) and family of Bridges Community Academy students are also welcome to participate.
• Dental Clinic Info: Randall Niederkohr will be running a Dental Clinic. Patients who need more information or wish to set up an appointment should call: 419-396-7337. The February 2010 dates of operation will be: Monday, Feb. 8; Wednesday, Feb. 10; Thursday, Feb. 11; Friday, Feb. 12. Hours will be between 8:00am -5:00 pm. This information was provided by the Seneca County Health Department. Dr. Randall is hoping that the clinic will see between 26-30 clients each day of the clinic.

Tiffin Teen Center : 162 East Perry St, phone number: 419-443-0359

Open everyday: 2:45-6:00 pm (unless indicated differently)

Study tables everyday: 2:45-4:30 – free tutoring, homework help and prizes for achieving personal study goals.

Lunch menu:

Monday: Beef Macaroni Casserole, green beans, garlic toast, fruit; Tuesday: Seasoned beans with Ham, Red onion, cooked cabbage, cornbread, fruit; Wednesday: Beef Stew, Saltines, Corn, Biscuit, Cole slaw, fruit; Thursday: Dutch Chicken, red potatoes, green beans baked roll, fruit; Friday: Pollock Almondine, white rice, lima beans, fruit.

Have a great day!!

Dona Kaufman and Judy Back are the co-founders of Bridges Community Academy established in 2004.   They have been administrators of this “gifted/individualized” charter school for the past 6 ½ years.

Dona has been in education for the past 32 years. She taught junior high students for over half of her career in teaching. After 16 years of teaching Dona worked as a Graduate Assistant for Dr. Tom Southern at BGSU and received her master’s degree in Gifted Education. She was then a Gifted Education Coordinator for North Central Ohio Educational Service Center for 5 years. She also earned her administrative licensure at Findlay University in 2002. In 2004 she became the Director of BCA.

Judy has been in education for the past 18 years. She was a Gifted Intervention Specialist for twelve years for the North Central Ohio Educational Service Center. She attended Bowling Green State University to receive her masters in Gifted Education.  Judy later became a Gifted Coordinator and attended Findlay University to work on an administrative licensure. In 2004 she became the Director of Academics at BCA.
Judy has been involved with Ohio Association of Gifted Children as a regional representative, then President-elect and President over the past 10 years. She has assisted OAGC with their involvement in the NAGC convention and was instrumental in defining OAGC’s restructuring.
Dona has served on the Executive Committee and Governing Board as 2nd Vice-President of OAGC.  She is also the author of a book about meeting the needs of gifted children, My Child is Very Special.

Together, Dona and Judy have worked together to present their knowledge to parents and educators at OAGC, COCG, NWOCCG, OCQE and OAPCS  conferences, and have also provided many district staff in-services.

Dona and Judy’s passion has always been to educate others about the needs of gifted children and to help provide appropriate educational opportunities for every individual child.   If you are reading this webpage then they hope you have learned what BCA is all about.  They are compassionate, yet strong leaders and they have had the ability to promote teamwork that has turned brainpower and a few dreams into reality. The evidence of their assets and their passions are in the accomplishments of the staff, students and families of Bridges Community Academy.