Recruiting Event at Chaffee Zoo

This past Saturday, we were invited to attend the Cargill Meat Solutions Company Party at the Chaffee Zoo in Fresno.

This event, led by manager John Neiman and sponsored by the Cargill leadership team, drew an estimated 2,500 people to the zoo for an evening of fun, food and entertainment.  We (BPHSF) had a wonderful location near the entrance of the zoo; therefore, we had tremendous exposure and the opportunity to talk with hundreds of families about our program that night.

Thank you for the awesome support!

Go Panthers!

Big Picture High School-Fresno

559-420-1234

jonmorse@bphsf.org

BIG PICTURE HIGH SCHOOL-FRESNO ANNOUNCES GRAND OPENING

BIG PICTURE HIGH SCHOOL-FRESNO ANNOUNCES GRAND OPENING

Fresno, CA – [October 6, 2012] – [Fresno]-based organization, Big Picture Middle &  High School-Fresno, after three years of a physical makeover of their school site will be sponsoring a community Grand Opening on Thursday, October 25, 2012, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. at BPHSF (1207 S. Trinity St. Fresno, CA).

Community dignitaries, in-kind supporters, friends and school family members will be treated to a very special evening for this event. The evening will begin with a special Flag Raising Ceremony to celebrate use of the refurbished school flag pole that was put in place in 1917.  The renovated flag pole has not been used for nearly 60 years.  The National Guard and Sounds of Freedom Army Concert Band will help kick-off the evening with a special presentation by their organizations

About Big Picture High School-Fresno

The vision of BPHSF is to help “One Kid at a Time” discover their passions and interests at an early age.  The interests of these students are then developed by intensive job shadowing and yearly internships with community business men and women who become their personal mentors.

We are hosting this event in recognition of our numerous community supporters.  Without the assistance of our support system, we would not have been able to accomplish everything we have: Fresno County Office of Education, Big Picture Schools, CA, Inc., Big Picture Learning, the Catholic Diocese of Fresno, Harris Construction, BSK Laboratories, Cargill Meat Solutions, SC Johnson Company, Avalanche Computers, USIGT Company, Fresno United Way, Fresno Regional Center, Southwest Social Security Department, St. Alphonsus Church, and many more individual supporters.

Call for more information: 559-420-1234

7th Grade Submits Awesome Projects on Animal and Plant Cells!

Way to go 7th grade! Keep the projects coming!

New Internship Helping the Fresno Community

Dear Colleagues, Friends and Family,

Two of our sophomores have been selected by the Poverello House Director of Volunteer Services to be the first Big Picture students to have an internship at their site.

The students selected, Gerardo E. and Eleazar P., both visited the Poverello House with other classmates and immediately requested to be considered for an internship position.

These young men truly represent the heart & soul of what Big Picture students can do to be a part of changing the world "One Student at a Time!!"

Go Panthers,

Jon

Jon F. Morse, Sr., M.A.
Executive Director
Big Picture High School-Fresno
559-420-1234
jonmorse@bphsf.org

New School Mural

Dear Friends, Colleagues and Supporters,

Recently, starting July 18,2012, senior Damauria Dilworth and mentor Will Portis (Portis Gallery) began working on Big Picture's very first mural for the school.  Just this past week Damauria completed his dream of being the first Big Picture student to complete a full wall mural.

This coming Tuesday, Mr. Portis will begin training Damauria on canvas portraits.  While learning this new medium Damauria is now working on designing a school logo for our school office building that will face Trinity street.

This mentor, men-tee relationship is an example of the Big Picture philosophy and how education can help students take advantage of their passions and interests while in high school.

Go Panthers,

Jon

Jon F. Morse, Sr., M.A.

Executive Director
Big Picture High School-Fresno

cell: 559.908.1714 

jonmorse@bphsf.org

Student Interns at Chaffee Zoo!

Dear colleagues, friends and family members,

I am so proud to announce to you that senior Reyna Martinez will be starting her third Internship year with the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. Reyna has been working with mentor Adrienne Castro, Director of Education at the Chaffee Zoo.

This year Reyna will be working to learn more about the animals diets, behaviors and needs. Eventually she hopes to be able to work directly with the animals after these learning experiences. Adrienne says that Reyna's future dream of working hands-on with the zoo animals is one of the highest achievements for volunteers and usually takes 5 years to move to this level.

In addition to this new possibility Reyna is going to publish a children's fictional story book complete with her drawings of certain zoo animals with her own poetry to accompany each drawing. Reyna, while working with Adrienne will have to get the approval of Adrienne's superior to move ahead on each step in her project. The completeion of this project will be the culmination of a published work through our Big Picture Publishing Company. If given the approval to sell her work she would like to donate some of the proceeds back to the zoo in appreciation for their years of support while in high school.

Reyna has become a valuable asset to our school and our Zoo and we are very proud to call her a Big Picture High School student!! She plans to go on to college next year and major in a field related to working with animals.

Best wishes and great success for the fulfillment of all your dreams!!

Jon

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Jon F. Morse, Sr., M.A.
Executive Director
Big Picture High School-Fresno
jonmorse@bphsf.org
cell: 559.908.1714

Unwrapping Standards!

To all you educators out there... This is such a great book to help unwrap your state content standards as well as the common core standards! It makes writing aims, SWBAT's, UbD's, essential questions, and lesson plans so much easier! It's on Kindle too!!!

Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism occurs when a student, with intent to deceive or with reckless disregard for proper scholarly procedures, presents any information, ideas or phrasing of another as if they were his/her own and/or does not give appropriate credit to the original source. Proper scholarly procedures require that all quoted material be identified by quotation marks or indentation on the page, and the source of information and ideas, if from another, must be identified and be attributed to that source. Students are responsible for learning proper scholarly procedures (from Duke University's Bulletin of Information & Regulations).

Plagiarism charges can be brought against you for the following offenses:

 Copying, quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing from any source without adequate documentation
 Purchasing a pre-written paper (either by mail or electronically)
 Letting someone else write a paper for you
 Paying someone else to write a paper for you
 Submitting as your own someone else's unpublished work, either with or without permission

Learn more about the importance of citing sources in Whose idea was that?, a short video created by Simone Watson (Trinity '13).

http://www.youtube.com/embed/4y_8dYGrv0k

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Now Enrolling for the 2012-2013 School Year (Grades 7-12)

Now is the time! We are currently taking applications for enrollment for the 2012-2013 school year!

We have a limited number of openings for each grade; however, we are filling up fast, so be sure to reserve a spot for your child today!

Tuition is FREE!!!

Fill out and submit the electronic Student Reservation Form to begin your application process. 

You may also call our office, email, and/or visit our school for more information.

Big Picture Middle & High School, Fresno
1207 South Trinity Street
Fresno, CA 93706
559-420-1234
jonmorse@bphsf.org

Middle School Art Class

Be sure to check out some of the artwork that our middle school students have created!

Click Here to Check Out Our Big Picture Middle School Art Students' Fall Creations

First Week at Big Picture Middle & High School 2011-2012

Hello Everyone,

This was a very exciting and eventful week for us here in Fresno.  We experienced a very smooth opening and with additional staff on our team we got off to a great start.

Our new team members consist of: Pam Lindegren & Nadia Rodriguez (Office Staff); Daryl Alexander,  Humberto Gomez, Herb Kendal, Elisha Lopez, Timothy Johnson (teachers); Lucy Piedra (Director of After School Programs) and her staff of four.

We set new highs for enrollment and attendance in Middle School & High School for the week.  We began Monday with our first new high of 142 students and by Friday we hit another new high of 151 students.  

This past Tuesday during my induction into the Cultural & Arts Rotary Club I was able to take Mariah Spenhoff and Terren Simpson (students) with me.  They got to meet a lot of new people, experience a Rotarian meeting and have, according to Terren, some fantastic chinese food.  The Rotarian Club is the only one of it's kind in the entire world.  They are very interested in working with us by assisting us with the garnering of additional instruments and possible future scholarships for our students.

On Wednesday evening at 5:30 pm our Parent Teacher Student Committee met for the first time and had their largest turnout of around 20 people.  At the meeting parents and leaders discussed the following fundraisers: our First Annual Car Show (October 15), the Tahoe Joe's Dinner (Sept. 14th) and  monthly bake sales.  

On Thursday, Timothy Johnson (Music Director) held a Pick-me-up with friends who performed an all school concert in our new patio area of the school. The energy and passion of these gentleman for music made a huge impact on our school.  Subsequently, that afternoon 23 students signed up for the After School guitar class to be taught by Tim.

On Friday all students made selections for their elective classes ranging from: music, art, technology, leadership and extra PE.

At our school site we are still in the makeover process.  We have been slowed by requirements of the City of Fresno and our new portables still have to be moved into place.  A neighbor across the street has begun the painting process of our school and will be done shortly.  Additional trees, flowers, plants and cement work must be completed.  There is a lot to do, but we continue to move forward.

Please forward this exciting information to all your social networks.  The more people know about our program the more families and students we will be able to assist.

Wishing everyone a great new school year!!!!

Jon

Jon F. Morse, Sr., M.A.

Executive Director
Big Picture High School-Fresno
jonmorse@bphsf.org
cell: 559.908.1714

ASES Grant

ASES Grant monies is commonly called After School money.  We have been granted around $88,000 for this year's After School Program.  On Thursday, August 11th from 9 am till 12 pm, each student will fill out an application for the After School Program and then pick up their class schedule for the new 2011-2012 school year.

On the first day of school each student will rotate to each After School Program being offered and then they can sign up for the classes they would like to have for the first quarter of the school year.

This will be an exciting new year with lots of choices for special programs that students will really enjoy taking.  Some of the classes that we are thinking about offering are: soccer, chorale (choir), guitar, robotics, hip hop, cheer, martial arts, and video production.to name a few.

See you soon for a great year!!!

Jon

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Jon F. Morse, Sr./Executive Director
Big Picture High School-Fresno
jonmorse@bphsf.org
cell: 559.908.1714

Save Our BPHSF Blog to Your Mobile Phone!

You can now view our blog easily on your mobile phone and keep up to date on the latest information!

 

Link: http://bigpicturefresno.blogspot.com/

Big Picture Middle & High School - Fresno

1207 South Trinity Street  Fresno, California 93706

Office: 559.420.1234

 

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time. ~ T.S. Eliot

Check Out the Panther Pipeline!

Middle School Students!

Be sure to check out Mrs. R's Panther Pipeline for the latest middle school information!

https://sites.google.com/a/bphsf.org/pantherpipeline/


Katrina D. Roubedeaux MEd
Big Picture Middle & High School - Fresno
1207 South Trinity Street Fresno, California 93706
Office: 559.420.1234
Class Website: Panther Pipeline

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time. ~ T.S. Eliot

Class Schedule Pick-up

Attention BPHSF Students:

Don't forget to pick up your 2011-2012 class schedule!

 

When:        Thursday, August 11, 2011

Time:          9:00am to 12:00pm

Location:    In the BPHSF Office

 

Applications for our new after school program will be available as well!

 

We can't wait to see you this year!

 

Katrina D. Roubedeaux MEd

Big Picture Middle & High School - Fresno

1207 South Trinity Street  Fresno, California 93706

Office: 559.420.1234

Class Website: Panther Pipeline

 

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time. ~ T.S. Eliot

  

 

Check out this video about our great school!

Enrollment spiel & concert tomorrow @ VASA 6-7pm

Enrollment spiel & concert tomorrow @ VASA 6-7pm
Big Picture Middle & High School Fresno
Open Enrollment for the 2011-2012 School Year
Be sure to reserve a spot for your student now!

Middle School: 7th & 8th Grade
High School: 9th thru 11th Grade

You are welcome to visit our school and see what we are all about!

Reserve your spot online: http://www.bphsf.org/Forms/Student_Interest_Form_2-B.htm

Big Picture Middle & High School-Fresno is a new public charter school located in Old Historic Fresno. BPHS-Fresno is a School of Choice offering a college/career prep program for all students.

Big Picture On Blast!

Students at Big Picture have been really busy this year! Be sure to check out our blog, facebook, MySpace, Twitter, or Website to keep up with our exciting projects!

BPHSF Now Accepting Applications

Big Picture Middle & High School Fresno is currently accepting applications for both middle and high school. Be sure to reserve your spot today!

Click here to reserve a spot!