Buljan Middle School Blog

Good Afternoon Bulldog Families, We are currently midway through the 2nd trimester.  We encourage you to sit down with your child and navigate Otus with them. Have your child share with you their grades and assignments in Otus to see how they're currently progressing in their classes. Students completing a Tangram Challenge in Mrs. Barrett's class. In an effort to provide access to real-time information on grades, assignments, and scores, parents/guardians can access the Otus Family account online, or through the Otus App.  Parents are also able to view student scores on their iReady Diagnostic assessment in Language Arts and Math.  Please see the guides below that give step-by-step instructions on how to use the website, app, and view data reports.  At the end of each guide is a video that helps explain the steps. Navigating the Gradebook on the Otus Website The website takes more clicks to see information but does have more details. Navigating the Gradebook on the...

The Bulldog Water Bowl Hello Buljan Families, From the entire staff here at George Buljan Middle School, we wish your family a wonderful holiday season and an exciting New Year!  Our staff will be enjoying family and friends as they take a well deserved break.  We are all looking forward to some time to recharge so that we can continue to successfully serve our students, families, and community into the new year. When we welcome our students back in 2022, our staff will hit the ground running by reviewing site and classroom behavior expectations.  We expect our Bulldogs to Be Safe, Accountable, Respectful, and Kind (B.A.R.K.)  We are confident that our students will continue to meet the B.A.R.K. challenge into the new year. George Buljan Middle School’s purpose is education, and safety will always be our top priority.  Thank you for partnering with us in preparing and encouraging our students to be their very best. Go ‘Dogs, Greg White George Buljan Middle Scho...

The Bulldog Water Bowl ~ Messages from your Principal Mr. White Hello Buljan Community, With the 1st trimester of the 2021/22 school year behind us, it is a great time to reflect on a successful fall.   iReady diagnostics: assessment results guided instruction and was used to create school wide goals. Building relationships: Staff and students were focused on the importance of building strong community in the classroom.   Teaching expected behaviors: Students were taught the behavior expectation of Being Safe, Accountable, Respectful, and Kind or B.A.R.K.! Social Emotional Learning: Second Step curriculum was used to foster a successful and supportive learning environment. There is an important part of the 1st trimester that is not mentioned above.  The contribution of our Buljan Families.  You prepare your students on a daily basis to give their best during the school day.  From getting them safely to school, to maintaining open communication with the...

Hello Bulldog Families, Please enjoy a few slides with student Soundtrap audio creations from 3rd Period Music Production, Happy Thanksgiving! Click HERE to listen.  Last week we had a successful Career Fair with 340 students completing the scavenger hunt through careers. Thank you to everyone that came to share their career with our students.  Here is a reminder about absences, in the event that your student is absent from school.  Attendance  1. Students are expected to be in school each day unless it is absolutely necessary that they be absent.  Students with excessive absences will be assigned a behavior contract, parent/guardian conference or referred to SARB.   2. When a student is absent, a parent/guardian or guardian should call the school (916) 771-1720 each day of the absence.  Please state the date, state and spell the student's name, your name, your relationship to the student, and the reason for absence.  If this is not pos...