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Financial Aid Deadline 2012
The deadline for Billings Financial Aid Forms is Thursday, February 9, 2012 for all families.
Seventh grade student Rachel H. just earned a Silver Key in the Short Story Category for grades 7-12 in the Regional Scholastic Writing Contest. Only 10-15% of submissions receive a Silver Key, and we congratulate Rachel for achieving this high honor as one of the youngest students in her category. Last year, there were 185,000 submissions and 15,000 won one of the awards. Submissions were judged on originality, technical skill, and personal voice/vision. For more information please visit http://www.artandwriting.org/Awards
Save the Date: The Winter Performing Arts Festival will be on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at the Bathhouse Theater. Students will show off their skills by singing, playing musical instuments, and presenting their own creative compositions. These talented kids will blow you away!
The 2012 Billings Spring musical has been announced: The Sound of Music! Shows will run March 28-31. It's sure to be great!
Please join the Parent Association Thursday, November 17 to hear renowned Child and Family Specialist Darcia Tudor speak at Billings. This Night will focus on the topic of "Identity Development in Early Adolescence or Becoming You in the Tortuous Temperamental Middle School Years". Please also consider joining us before the PA event for a winetasting with Northwest Cellars. For just $5 you can taste four different wines (2 red, 2 white) that will sport a custom Billings wine label! You can order these wines by the case or bottle and they will be delivered to school by Dec. 4 - just in time for holiday celebrations!
Over the weekend Billings parents partied ti up together at the annual Dinner with Strangers event. Hosted at the home of a few Billings families, these dinners gave parents a chance to socialize in a more relaxed and personal setting than most school events allow. The parties consisted of 10-12 people living in roughly the same neighborhood - hopefully they got some ideas about carpooling! Thanks to everyone who hosted or attended a party, they were a blast!
Alex, an eighth grader at Billings Middle School, took first place in the NextVista “Made in the Cloud” contest for his video titled “Mathboarding”. Entries had to be a short (90 seconds or less) video made using online tools that teaches any concept that a student might encounter in elementary, middle, or high school. Alex demonstrated Newton’s Three Laws of Physics using wakeboarding, showing that math “is used in everyday life, for pretty much everything”. Congratulations Alex!
Billings students took FIRST PLACE in the National Wildlife Foundation Eco-School Washington contest for a rap song written and performed by 7th & 8th grade students!
Thank you to our 225 generous guests, the wonderful volunteers, donors and sponsors, who made our 2011 benefit auction and dinner show a great success! More than $140,000 was donated, including more than $60,000 dedicated to Fund-a-Dream for Financial Aid. Thank you! With gratitude, Auction co-chairs Graham & Wood Graham, and Dee Dee Dahlen
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Information Night for 3rd and 4th grade parents. Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 7pm at Billings Middle School.
Join us in the West Hall to get answers to your questions and discover "What to Expect When You're Expecting a Middle School Student."
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