FAQ Overview

Haltom Family, There is nothing more important than the safety of you and your students. I wish that we had a magic formula that we could just sprinkle to ensure that every day you come here, there is no threat of harm. There’s not. However, there are some proving strategies that we can implement as a staff to drastically increase our chances of safety making it through these emergencies than if we didn’t implement them. The district went through those strategies on August 11th. On tomorrow, August 15th we will briefly recap what was talked about on Thursday, and talk about the means of communication we will utilize to carry out that plan.  

Below are some of the tools you will need to effectively be able to implement these strategies. I can’t stress the importance of familiarizing yourselves with the below content. Some of the videos will depend on the type of device you will use (or most likely to use) during an emergency. Please view these videos and direct any questions to the bottom link. Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. All videos/presentations need to be watched/viewed by August 16th.

Anonymous Alerts Presentation

Evacuation Chair Video

NaviGate360 Mobile App

NaviGate360 Web App

ANDROID TEXT NOTIFICATION

IPHONE TEXT NOTIFICATION

STAFF REUNIFICATION - MOBILE

STAFF REUNIFICATION - WEB

Bullying Video

Exit Ticket for Videos

In addition to the bullying video, there is also a slideshow to read through.  Here it is along with a form to document that you looked at it.

Bullying Training

Completion Form 22-23

Liz Pena said that the goals are due at the end of the third week of school.  The documents should be in Eduphoria STRIVE by September 7, 2022.

You should have your SLO (Student Learning Objective) and your professional goal posted by then.  Throughout the year there are other required postings, including data referencing your progress towards your goals.  You can place you evidence/artifacts on the google drive, and then upload to STRIVE from there.

There were two T-TESS Training videos, due 8/15/2022 (Monday) during PD, which can be reviewed below:

T-TESS Video, Part 1 (24 minutes)

T-TESS Video, Part 2 (13 minutes)

T-TESS Documents for Training

Link to Eduphoria, STRIVE

Link to original can be found here.

Haltom High School Official Web Page

Haltom High School (Official) Facebook

Haltom HS PTSA (Official) Facebook

Haltom Football (Official) Facebook

Pride of Haltom (Band) Official Facebook

Here are links to the various Department Chair Meeeting Minutes

August 12, 2022

September 28, 2022

October 19, 2022

December 7, 2022

January 6, 2023

January 25, 2023

February 13, 2023

A roster of the horizonal herds, their facilitators, and the locations that they meet can be found at this link.

Follow the link to the PDF which shows how to reset students passwords in Skyward.

If you have computer problems, you can go to the Birdville ISD home page and select "For Staff".  If you scroll down on the bottom left you will find "Technology Service Request and Knowledge Base" which has excellent help resources for you.

If you just can't figure it out, you will need to login (near the top left) and select "New Ticket".

You can do that here:  https://helpdesk.birdvilleschools.net/support/home

There is a google doc written by Tiffany Jones that shows how do docuement work.

This might be used for documenting tutorials (not just any tutorials, but the EOC tutorials required for some students), or for other types of "overtime" work.  All of this kind of work needs to be approved and have some sort of budget code associated with it from which the money comes.

click below to make a copy of this document:

How to document professional services timesheet?

Now suppose you know what you're doing, but just can't find the timesheet.  

Look here! and then login

If you are requesting time off for sick leave, there is no approval needed, simply go to the birdville portal and find "Frontline (Aesop)". There you enter the date of your absence and whether a substitute is required (there usually is).  Open the drop-down menu "Absence Reason" and select "Local SICK LEAVE".  Also notify your department chair and your assistant principal via text or email that you will be out.

If you are requesting personal (non-sick) leave, you need to get approval from your principal.  Find a sub that will fill the position if you know of one, or post the absence in Frontline as normal, but without selecting a substitute.  Once a substitute picks up the job, you can submit a request.  Administration prefers if you submit multiple-day requests as separate days, rather than a single block in Frontline.  That way if subs need to cancel a day or one gets moved, it doesn't mess up the whole system.

The request form can be found on the Birdville home page under "Human Resources", "For Staff", "Leaves and Absences", "Discretionary Leave".

A copy of the form current when this FAQ was written is also here.  Fill inthe blanks, save it, and submit the form via email to the principal.

Discretionary leve equests cannot be submitted unless you already have a substitute.

There are additional procedures for taking time away from school for specific school events, such as field trips, or professional development when you are sent by the school.

This informational form is also helpful.

Make sure you have something for you kids to do in class (keeping your Canvas page up-to-date is helpful), and leave notes for your substitute.  Your department may require that you keep a "sub folder" in a place known to your department chair or neighbor-teachers, or that it be prominantly displayed in case of an unexpected absence.

Such a folder might include seating charts, behavior expectations, helpful students in each class, location of classroom materials and how the students can borrow them if needed.  Pictures of an Example Sub Folder are attached.

Link to full calendar

Link to most Athletics Calendars on Rank One Sport

• March 1, SENIORS - LAST DAY TO ORDER CAP AND GOWN
• March 1, SAT SCHOOL DAY - ALL JUNIORS ARE TAKING THE SAT
• March 2, CARNIVAL, Produced by Haltom HS, 4-5 & 7-8
• March 2, 3, 4, Softball, Denton Tournament
• March 3, Science Department Lunch
• March 3, Soccer vs Timber Creek HS (Boys/Home, Girls/Away) (HERDERS)
• March 3, Softball Tournament @ Denton (Highland Park @ 5:00pm, Denton @ 6:30pm)
• March 3, TSI Testing for BCTAL Students @ Rm A131
• March 4, Discover Birdville -  Odds & Ends + Gymnastics
• March 4, Highstepper Competition @ The Colony HS
• March 4, Softball vs Braswell HS @ Denton HS @ 12:30 PM
• March 4: Band Preview Concert @ HHS Auditorium @ 7 PM
• March 7, Herders Cake Pop Making 3:00pm, A114
• March 7, Soccer vs Eaton (Boys/Home, Girls/Away)
• March 7, Softball vs. Keller (Away - Central HS)
• March 8, ASVAB Testing 10th-12th Grade in OMNI Room
• March 8, Herders Cake Pop Selling, All Lunches
• March 9, Haltom High School Community Breakfast @ 7 AM
• March 9, Track & Field vs Aledo Meet (Away)
• March 10, End of 9-weeks, Half Day for Students
• March 10, Softball vs Keller @ HHS, 7pm
• March 10, Girls Soccer vs Keller 5:00pm *SENIOR NIGHT* + Herders
• March 10, Boys Soccer @ Keller Stadium @ 6:30pm
• March 13, Softball vs Byron Nelson (Away - Byron Neslon HS)
• March 15, Softball vs Fossil Ridge (Home - Buffalo Ridge Park)
• March 13-17, Spring Break
• March 20, Student Holiday
• March 24, Mr. Franz's Birthday
• April 1, Voice of Haltom, Where I Belong, Musica 2023, 7:00pm
• April 7, Weather Day/Makeup Day
• April 15, (Saturday) AP PHYSICS-1 MOCK EXAM
• May 1, 2023: AP Testing Begins and continues for 2 weeks
• May 22, 2023: Final Exams Begin

Here is a link to the BISD 22-23 District Assessment Calendar:  

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pYsX3fFBuXS3JnfiFpmOOBJ2NngbhATg/view#gid=0

Art and Design: Friday, May 5, 2023 (8 p.m. ET), is the deadline for AP Art and Design digital portfolios to be submitted to the AP Program. May 5 is also the last day to gather 2-D Art and Design and Drawing students to assemble physical portfolios.

Here is a link to the original counseling calendar, some of which has been pasted below.

Here is a giant list of calendars and links to calendars.

MISCELLANEOUS CALENDARS

• BISD Important Dates
• BISD District Instructional Calendar (The School Calendar)
• SENIOR CLASS of 2023 Spring Calendar of Events
• District Assessment Calendar 2022-2023

ATHLETICS CALENDARS

• Baseball (M) Varsity,  Baseball (M) JV,  Baseball (M) 9th Grade
• Gymnastics (F) Varsity
• Soccer (M) Varsity, Soccer (M) JV
• Soccer (F) Varsity, Soccer (F) JV
• Softball (F) Varsity, Softball (F) JV
• Track & Field (M), Track and Field (F)

FINE ARTS CALENDARS