Fun-Filled Year Of Learning and More To Come at BVA!

Bulldog Virtual Academy K-8 heads downtown for 23-24.

By Nikki Cebula, Principal

During this time of the year, everyone is hopefully soaking up the sun, and enjoying a well-deserved break. It is also when schools start planning for a new school year while reflecting on the past. What a school year it has been!

Our students have shown that they have what it takes to excel in many areas. Our parents have shown that they are active partners with the school in creating confident, creative, and open-minded learners. Our teachers have worked hard to provide an environment and education that will lift our students up to their highest potential. Overall, it has been a great year!

Some of our highlights have included our island-themed family nights. Bringing our families together is always a joy to us all. We are a virtual school, and as such, we always offer a virtual option. Many of our families enjoyed our virtual field trips to islands around the world, where students learned about local traditions.

We also had a formal, Hollywood-themed dance, where the students could boogie down! This was incredible to see, and our young people were dressed up and looked amazing. Our at-home learners enjoyed their trip to Hollywood with Ms. Yutzy.

Level Up continued this year, and after surveying parents and students, it will continue next year. Our students love the many options and opportunities to interact with each other both face-to-face and virtually. The activities have included scavenger hunts, Bookits, escape rooms, virtual field trips around the world, drawing, and so much more. This year, we added a garden club, and we have a BVA community garden now!

Ms. Harland started Crystal Club and students love to learn about rocks. Our Lego clubs are doing amazing things, solving problems like water pollution. Students also love social club. This once-a-week group has provided kids with a fun and safe environment to be social, learn about each other and become friends. Our school counselor, Mrs. Crites, has also loved meeting with our students (virtually and in person) and getting to know them all. However, it never ceases to amaze me how much our kids (and parents) love to play BINGO. It has become quite competitive! Wrapping up the year, we had our BVA Beach Bash, and it was everything we wanted it to be. What a great way to say goodbye for the summer! will still be doing all the wonderful things together, our teaching and learning will only get better, and yes- we will be bringing our garden! The grand finale, though, was our 8th-grade graduation ceremony! Our kids were amazing! We are very proud of our BVA students and wish them all the best as they enter their high school years. We hope that they are going out into the world understanding to take care of themselves, each other, and the space they are in!

If you have any questions about our program, don’t hesitate to reach out to me (cebula_n@ccsdistrict. org), or call CCSD main office.