Get up to the minute news! Butler’s Website School Calendar Sports Schedules Our Athlec Page facebook.com/butlerhs @butlerbulldawgs Butler_High_School Bulldog Blitz David W. Butler High School 1810 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd. Matthews, NC 28105 (980) 343-6300 Contact Us: [email protected]Principal John LeGrand Dean of Students Zachary Jones (also grade 9 administrator) Assistant Principals Grade 10 - Lashaunda Pankey Grade 11 - Bill Tsintzos Grade 12 - Nakia Gamble Table of Contents: Important Dates ….. 2,3 Announcements …. 4 Day of Kindness ….. 5-8 Special Olympics ….. 9 Congrats ……………. 10 Spirit Week ……... 11-13 Door Decorating …... 14 Homecoming ………. 15 Flyers ……………. 16-21 November 1, 2019
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Get up to the minute news! Butler’s Website School Calendar Sports Schedules Our Athletic Page facebook.com/butlerhs
@butlerbulldawgs
Butler_High_School
Bulldog Blitz
David W. Butler High School 1810 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd. Matthews, NC 28105 (980) 343-6300 Contact Us: [email protected] Principal John LeGrand Dean of Students Zachary Jones (also grade 9 administrator) Assistant Principals Grade 10 - Lashaunda Pankey Grade 11 - Bill Tsintzos Grade 12 - Nakia Gamble
Table of Contents: Important Dates ….. 2,3 Announcements …. 4 Day of Kindness ….. 5-8 Special Olympics ….. 9 Congrats ……………. 10 Spirit Week ……... 11-13 Door Decorating …... 14 Homecoming ………. 15 Flyers ……………. 16-21
November 2 - Special Olympic Games all day on the tennis courts, Auditorium and Cafeteria November 3 - Daylight Savings Time Ends - Special Olympic Games all day on the tennis courts, Auditorium and Cafeteria November 5 - No school November 6 - ESL Graduation 1:00 p.m. in the Auditorium - Winter Sports Parent Meeting 6:30 p.m. in the Auditorium - North Carolina Theater Conference Play Performances at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium November 7 - Volleyball Awards Night 6:30 p.m. at the Providence Hills Club House - Ask Me What’s Up! Initiative 6:00 p.m. in the Media Center for parents November 8 - NC Theater Conference Regional High School Play Festival at Spirit Square - JROTC Wreath Laying at the Sheridan Hotel 7:30 - 11:00 a.m. November 9 - NC Theater Conference Regional High School Play Festival at Spirit Square - Veterans Day Parade start time 10:00 a.m. in uptown Charlotte - Basketball Mega Scrimmage in the gym 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. November 11 - No School—Veterans Day November 12 - JROTC Promotion Board 2:30 p.m. - Lunch N’Learn for students: “Applying for a Job” in the Career Center during all student lunches
Important Dates
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November 13 - Lunch N’Learn for students: “Interviewing Lesson” in the Career Center during all student lunches - Seniors present their graduation projects 2:30—5:00 p.m. November 14 - JROTC Dan Daly Rifle Classic Best of the Best in Fort Mill 1:00 p.m. - Lunch N’Learn for students: “Resume Help” in the Career Center during all student lunches - Seniors present their graduation projects 2:30—5:00 p.m. - National Honor Society Induction 6:00 p.m. in the Auditorium November 15 - CMS All-County Chorus in the Chorus Room and Auditorium - Basketball Mega Scrimmage in the Gym 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - CMS All-County Orchestra Auditions at East Meck High School November 16 - CMS All-County Chorus in the Chorus Room and Auditorium - CMS All-County Orchestra Auditions at East Meck - Basketball Mega Scrimmage in the Gym 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Important Dates
Marching Band Grand Champs at Ashbrook
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Announcements
School Closed
There is no school on Tuesday, November 5th (teacher workday) and November 11th (Veterans Day).
Winter Sports Parent Meeting There is a parent meeting on Wednesday, November 6th at 6:30 p.m. in the Auditorium. If your student is on one of the following teams, it is mandatory that you attend this meeting:
Ask Me What’s Up! Initiative The Foundation for the Carolinas is hosting another session of the initiative called “Ask Me What’s Up!” The Foundation is asking parents for input as they identify the ways the community can better support our students at school, home, and in the community to make it easier to talk about and better address the mental health and mental wellbeing of our stu-dents. Please join us on Thursday, November 7th at 6:00 p.m. in the Media Center.
CTE Month
November is Career & Technical Education (CTE) Development Month! Jessica Memory, our career development coordinator, has planned some lunch activities in the Career Center to help your CTE students prepare for the future. Nov. 12 Lunch N’Learn: Applying for a Job Nov. 13 Lunch N’Learn: Interviewing Lesson Nov. 14 Lunch N’Learn: Resume Help Nov. 15 Dress up for your future career
NHS Induction The National Honor Society will induct new members on Thursday, November 14th at 6:00 p.m. in our Auditorium. Parents please plan to attend and stay for cake afterwards!
NTHS Induction The National Technical Honor Society will hold their induction ceremony on Monday, November 18th at 5:00 p.m. in the Auditorium.
Job Recruiting Carolina Made Job Recruiting will be here during all lunches on Tuesday, November 19th speaking with students. If interested, have your child stop by their table and speak to them about a job.
Scholarship Program Greenhouse Scholars is an education nonprofit cultivating leaders to change low-income families and communities. Their vision is to create leaders who will evolve the communities of the world. They work with the next generation of leaders and change agents and together change the trajectory of their families, communities, and broader global communities. If your child is interested in applying to the program, you can see the eligibility require-ments and application process at this link: https://greenhousescholars.org/our-scholars/become-a-scholar/
Order a Yearbook Be sure to order your yearbook at YearbookForever.com! The starting price is $85 and sales end January 24, 2020. Don’t forget!
October 29th marked the one-year anniversary of a day that left a powerful and sad memory on our Butler campus and throughout our community. We allowed our students to take the lead planning that day and decided on a “Day of Kindness” to remember all of the students impacted. The goal is to continue moving forward together in a unified and positive manner. Students had the opportunity to engage in various activities designed to promote kindness on our campus. We would like to thank the following clubs, organizations, and individuals for helping and contributing to this day: Sources of Strength Committee, DREAM Team, Butler Art Department, Key Club, PTSO, Men of Butler, Elevation Church, Community Part-ners, our teachers and staff.
Below, our DREAM Team led by Ms. Deese readying the hundreds of luminaries that will be placed in front of the school down through the carpool areas and leading to the student parking lot.
Butler Kindness Day
Thank you to Elevation Church who created
this beautiful chalk mural that welcomed
students into the school that morning. It
truly was a work of art and highlighted our
Day of Kindness theme.
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Butler Kindness Day
Our Sources of Strength Committee led by Ms. Ziegler came up with the idea of writing uplifting and encouraging messages on sticky notes and posting them all over the school. Students, teachers, and staff literally wrote thousands of messages and posted them on every locker, window, and door.
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Butler Kindness Day
Thank you to our Art Department students who recreated the Pinwheels for Peace project and wrote messages of support on each pinwheel.
Thank you to our PTSO who handed out candy to students in the morning and provided a pizza lunch for Butler staff.
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Butler Kindness Day
Students gathered around the flagpole Tuesday morning before school in remembrance of Bobby.
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Special Olympics
On October 25th, teacher Debbie Deeg’s Unified Club went to the Special Olympics to compete in soccer and bocce ball. Here are a few photos of the event.
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We are ALL Butler! Each day we start our announcements with this phrase, "Remember-- regardless of your background, ethnicity race, religion, or gender, we are all different, but we are all Butler." This year, social studies teacher Elizabeth Mosley came up with the idea of inviting our bilingual students from around the world to deliver this message in their native languages. Gabriela Hernandez is a senior. She was born in Charlotte and has lived here her whole life. Gabriela is not only bilingual in English and Spanish, but she is learning other languages, too. She loves the clubs at Butler. Once she graduates, Gabriela wants to study at CPCC and UNCC and major in nursing.
Texas Roadhouse Winner for October Our Roadhouse winner for October is new social studies teacher, Jason Valentine. He was selected by his colleagues for being a great addition to the Social Studies Department after joining us midway through the 2018-2019 school year. This year he is serving the entire school as chairman of the School Leadership Team (SLT) and brings his great sense of humor to Butler! Congratulations Mr. Valentine!
Marching Band Congratulations to our marching band for winning Grand Champion at Ashbrook on October 19th! They also won first place in their class, highest percussion of the day, and highest drum major of the day. Congratulations to Mr. Dowell and all of our marching bulldogs!
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October 21 - 25
We love Spirit Week at Butler! Both kids and staff get in on the fun! The overwhelming favorite is Cozy Out, when kids (and staff) get to wear their pajamas to school. You can find more pictures of Spirit Week & Homecoming week at this link: http://bit.ly/ButlerHoco2019
Spirit Week would not be complete without a door decorating contest in a Hawaiian Out Theme! See more photos and the winners at this link: http://bit.ly/ButlerHoco2019
Our Student Government Association (SGA) led by teachers Ms. Tomlinson and Ms. Knechtel put a tremendous amount of planning and effort into making sure all of our spirit week and homecoming festivities were fun and engaging for the whole school. Below are photos from our PowderPuff Football Game where the juniors played the senior girls, and the boys were the cheerleaders! Lots of fun and laughs. Congratulations to Yafet Habtemariam and Yasmine Lewis, our homecoming king and queen! See more photos at: http://bit.ly/ButlerHoco2019
Harris Teeter: Re-link your Harris Teeter card to the Butler PTSO (our number is 1243). You can link it at the store or online. You must re-link your card every school year. Publix: Go to Publix.com and set up an account. Publix will send a link in an email. Click on the link and it will take you to the Publix website. Above “Communication Preferences,” click on “My Settings.” In the box titled, “My Publix Partner,” click on “Select a School” and type in “Butler High School PTS - Matthews.” Select and save it. Each time you shop at Publix, be
sure to punch in your phone number so they can find your account. You need to re-enroll each school year. So, if you already have an account, be sure to reselect our school.
Amazon Smile: Go to smile.amazon.com (do not use the app or amazon.com). It’s the same products, prices, and service, but 0.5% of the purchase price comes back to the school. Log into your account and under “Your Account,” select “Your Amazon Smile.” Select “David W Butler High School PTSO” as your Charity! Every time you shop, just begin at
smile.amazon.com. Jets Pizza in Matthews: Make a purchase at Jet’s Pizza on the first Wednesday of every month when school is in session from 2:30 - 7:00 p.m., and they will donate a portion of their proceeds to the PTSO. It includes dine in, take out and delivery orders!
Pay Your Dues: Membership dues are only $6.00 per person or $20 for a family membership! You will receive a car magnet with the purchase of a family membership. To pay your dues, please go to: www.pay4schoolstuff.com. If you don’t already have an account, please sign up for one. It only takes a few minutes and 100% of the money goes back into Butler! Donate: Our PTSO is a 501(c)3 organization, so your donation is tax deductible. Any amount is appreciated. Receive a Butler duffle bag with a donation of $100 or more! Go to: www.pay4schoolstuff.com. Volunteer: Whether you are able to volunteer weekly, monthly, or just from time to time, we would love for you to be involved! Sign up at: www.pay4schoolstuff.com or during Fresh-men Orientation or Meet the Teacher Night. You can also join by emailing the PTSO at: [email protected].
