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Congratulations to Mrs. Ramirez' class for having the best attendance percentage (99%) the week of September 5th.
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A huge "Thank You" to @CleanHarbors for sponsoring our evening event including wonderful food, student prizes, and backpacks with supplies for every Buttonwillow Student. Thank you for helping bring our families, school, and community together! #1townschoolcommunity
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Congratulations to Ms. Andreotti's class for having 98% attendance the weeks of August 21st.
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Roady and all of the Buttonwillow Teachers are working hard to get everything ready for the return of our students tomorrow! We can't wait to see them!
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Thursday's are the best at Summer School, water games and robots. @STEMtaught @ButtonwillowUSD
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We are partnering with Kern County using expanded learning funds to keep the public library open till 7:00 pm, Monday to Friday.
Buttonwillow Branch Library to have new summer hours - https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/buttonwillow-branch-library-to-have-new-summer-hours
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Fourth quarter awards trip. A field day at Buttonwillow Park. Thanks again for all the parents and staff for their contributions to provide a great day at the park. Games and hot dogs. #1townschoolcommunity #bwrunners
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Our district should be proud of its full implementation of the new Transitional Kindergarten Grade Level. Our firdt group celebrated Friday. #1 townschoolcommunity
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Preschool end of the year celebration. What a great way to end a wonderful first year in school. Awesome to see excited parents. #1townschoolcommunity
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It has been a busy week. A lot of postings the next couple of days. Thursday featured our Color Run. Thank you parents for all your help. #1townschoolcommunity @smallschoolda
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Congratulations to Mr. Stuart Packard on his congressional recognition from US Representative David Valadao for his accomplishments at Buttonwillow School over the past 12 years.
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Our Kinder students had a great end of the year celebration. Thank you to our staff and families for a wonderful performance. #1townschoolcommunity #bwrunners @smallschoolda @nrea1
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Connecting our students with the community is important. Thanks for the community support of BW Ag Day. Students on campus heard about cotton, saw tractors of all sizes and ages, lunch by Lion's Club and enjoyed a petting zoo. #1townschoolcommunity @smallschoolda @nrea1
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Monday nifht was a great night to celebrate our high achieving 8th graders. The celebration was held at Willow Ranch Restaurant. #1townschoolcommunity #bwrunners
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Great week at Camp KEEP Bt The Sea. The students will be heading home soon. #1townschoolcommunity @smallschoolda @nrea1 @kcsos
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Thank you Ms. Erro & Miss Payne for creating a camp culture for our 6th & 7th graders who didn't attend Camp KEEP this week. The provided nature hikes on campus, making leaf prints, cooking homemade pizzas in solar ovens, singing campfire songs, cooking breakfast. @smallschoolda
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Sixth and Seventh grade got to spend the day at the tide pools at Camp Keep. Everyone is having a great time!
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It's always a pleasure to have the folks from @StemTaught on the BW campus. They bring great enthusiasm for students and the thrill of learning science. Today we focused on ocean animals and their habitat. #1townschoolcommunity @MissDPayne2 @SmallSchoolDA @nrea1 @miroyscience
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TY @MissDPayne2 for discussing the challenges and the high points of our school. You have always been valuable to our school community. TY @CalMatters for recognizing the challenges that exist are not urban only issues. These issues are rural also https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2023/05/high-poverty-schools/
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Congratulations to Mrs. O'Campo's Class. They won the coveted Best Weekly Attendance Trophy. This marks the second week in a row that the class earned the trophy. #1townschoolcommunity @smallschoolda
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