The Pursuit of Perfection . . .
The Pursuit of Perfection is something we often
hear or read about. It is certainly something we strive for in education, both
personally as an educator, and for our students.
One of the blog writers I follow, Randy Gravitt,
recently posted about a near perfect football offensive lineman named Walter
Jones, who played his entire career in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks,
making the Pro Bowl 9 times (the same number of holding penalties he had in his
13 year career!), and recently inducted in the Football Hall of Fame.
When asked about his offensive left tackle,
Seahawks coach, Mike Holmgren, said, “Walter is the best offensive player I have ever
coached.” Taking into consideration that Holmgren coached players
such as Jerry Rice, Joe Montana, Steve Young, and Brett Farve, this is an
incredible statement. While most of us have heard of the last four names
(I apologize to all non football fans!), I bet very few of us, if any, have
heard of Walter Jones. Jones was content being in the background,
supporting his team in the invisible position of offensive lineman.
I relay this story to you for this reason:
Every organization has “hidden players”, those folks that we couldn’t do
business without, yet no one notices or gives appreciation to. We have
many of these folks at Buffalo Grove High School, but I want to highlight one
such group. The security staff at Buffalo Grove High School. These
individuals work every day to ensure the safety of every child at BG. Led
by our terrific deans, Steve Kolodziej and Kevin Schrammel, these men and women
are active eyes and ears in the building, but so much more than that.
They are confidants, friends, and bring stability to students who have a
clear structure in which to operate. Ask your student who their favorite
security guard is, I bet they have one! Thank you BG security staff!!
Daily Announcements Link
Buffalo Grove High School provides daily
announcements to the students to keep them informed of current and upcoming
events. To provide you with more information, the Student Announcements are now
online. The announcements will be online for 10 days.
Friday Focus - Special
Communication to Parents
BGPA is now enrolled in the
GFS Fun Funds program at the Palatine store on Rand Road. Just mention BGPA at
checkout and 5% of your purchases will go to our organization. This includes
Market Day items. Proceeds will help subsidize a fun-filled Post Prom!
BGPA Communication and Link
*** NEWS
BULLETIN ***
Just announced, BGPA will host Post Prom 2015 at PINSTRIPES.
After researching many different venue options and taking the students'
interests into account, the BGPA has decided to support a Post Prom at
Pinstripes in Northbrook. Per the BGPA Co-President: "We wanted to
give our students a variety of venues junior and senior year, and are very
excited to roll out Pinstripes as our venue in 2015.” BGPA will be
subsidizing the Post Prom event again this year, so the costs will remain only
$35 per student. Students will have the opportunity to continue their
Prom experience while listening to a DJ, hanging with friends by the outdoor
fire pits, playing bocce or going bowling along with other fun activities.
There will be food/drinks served throughout the evening along with some
additional culinary specialties. This is a great option for students and
parents to have a fun, safe, and drug and alcohol free post prom experience!
Upcoming Dates/ Big Events
Semester 1
October 21 Career
Night-Health/Natural Resources, Prospect High School, Registration 6:00 pm,
Program 6:30 pm
October 23 Kevin
Pearce, Former Pro Snowboarder, Speaks at B.G.H.S. on Traumatic Brain Injury
Awareness, 6:00 pm, Theater
October 24 End
of 1st Quarter, 1:50 pm Dismissal
November 8 Placement
Test for Class of 2019 (current 8th graders), 7:45 am-12:00 noon
November 18 Parent
Information Evening, BGHS welcomes Dr. Devorah Heitner. Dr. Heitner offers insights on growing up in a connected world. 7:00 pm, Theater.
Back Those Bison - Varsity
Home Sports and Fine Arts for the coming week
October 17 Boys
Varsity Soccer, 5pm, Stadium
October 17 Steele
Magnolias, 7:30pm, Theater
October 18 Steele
Magnolias, 7:30pm, Theater
October 21 Girls
Swimming, 4:30pm, Pool
October 21 Boys
Soccer, 4:30pm Stadium
October 23 Girls
Volleyball, 7:00pm, Gymnasium
For underlevel and away sporting events and the
most current information for B.G. activities, please go to: http://il.8to18.com/buffalogrove/calendar
Staff member/ student of
the week
2.
What department do
you teach in/ what courses do you teach? Math/Science General Biology, LEP General Biology and AP
Biology
3.
How long have you
been teaching at BG? This is my 30th year!!!
4.
Where did you go to
high school? Melrose High School in
central MN (small farming town of about 3000 people - 185 students in my senior
class)
5.
What part of teaching
to you find the most rewarding?
Absolutely working with the
students and seeing them excited about a lesson, a topic or an accomplishment.
I also think I work in the best department in the district with many
wonderful colleagues who challenge me every day to be the best teacher I can
be.
6.
What is something
unique about you? I have been to all 50
states and worked for the NCAA for one year where I traveled to about 40
colleges helping student-athletes run a "big brother/big sister" type
program that matched college athletes with junior high students. This is
how my husband (a Hersey grad) and I met.
7.
What
activities or clubs do you coach/ sponsor? I work the table at almost every boys and girls
volleyball and basketball games, work track meets, Saturday School, Lit Lab
tutor after school. I try to help out wherever I can.
