Bright Key Heard

Bright Key Heard Welcome to Bright Key Heard's page! We will use this page to stay in touch with you and announce our parent/community meetings. What is Bright Key?

Several years ago,, the Wiregrass Foundation and Dothan City Schools began researching a concept known as “Community Schools” as a way to engage the community more within the public school system. The concept turns public schools into energized centers for services that are focused on the student, school, family and community. The program has been personalized for Dothan City Schools, and the concept is known as Bright Key – a community collaboration unlocking every child’s potential. Bright Key is uniquely designed to be a stakeholder community school program. A stakeholder community school program gives teachers, parents and community partners a proven way to make their school better. Teachers, parents and community partners are called “stakeholders” because they have a “stake” in the future of the school’s programs. Stakeholders work with each school’s Bright Key Resource Coordinator to choose programs for their school. For example, one school may need an art program while a different school may need a foreign language program. It all depends on what the stakeholders believe will make their unique school improve in areas of attendance, behavior and academic achievement. Once programs are identified and voted on by stakeholders, they work with their Bright Key Resource Coordinator to find community partners to provide the programs and services to meet their identified needs. Each Bright Key school has its own set of programs voted on by stakeholders - unique schools, unique students, unique stakeholders, unique Bright Key programs. Bright Key is a genuine partnership between the stakeholders and Dothan City Schools. All services and programs are determined entirely by the stakeholders involved with the school. They determine what they want Bright Key to be in their school. Their involvement is the “key” to Bright Key. Without their interest, decision-making and volunteering, Bright Key will not work. But with it, Bright Key can help schools achieve success like never before! Ideas are only limited by the needs of the children and our willingness to meet those needs. Dothan City Schools historically has sought the best programs and services to meet the comprehensive needs of each individual student. Bright Key takes this one step further by engaging stakeholders and community support to achieve meaningful and lasting benefits for Dothan students.

A big thank you to Ms. Smith and her students for adopting the garden pest that was eating our herbs in the garden and u...
05/02/2024

A big thank you to Ms. Smith and her students for adopting the garden pest that was eating our herbs in the garden and using him as a learning tool! 🐛🌱

This afternoon the Bright Key Technology Club learned about 3D printing and the technology behind them. 🖨️🖱️
04/25/2024

This afternoon the Bright Key Technology Club learned about 3D printing and the technology behind them. 🖨️🖱️

04/24/2024
🌟Proud Coordinator Moment🌟When the Farm to School Program was selected by Heard families and staff as one of the initial...
04/23/2024

🌟Proud Coordinator Moment🌟

When the Farm to School Program was selected by Heard families and staff as one of the initial Bright Key programs to be put in place, the goal was to expose students to agriculture in order to promote and encourage agricultural awareness, responsibility, collaboration and a sense of ownership.

Today was one of those moments when the program goal was met and came full circle.💫

In January, the Heard Bright Key 4-H club members planted seed potatoes in grow bag planters. After a few months of adding a little soil and a lot of patience, our students were able to gather their harvest yesterday.
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Today, thanks to our amazing lunchroom staff at Heard, the full circle moment came when the students enjoyed eating the potatoes they grew. 🫶🏽

Yesterday, the Heard Bright Key Farm to School 4-H Clubs (4th-6th grades) planted the vegetable plants that they started...
04/23/2024

Yesterday, the Heard Bright Key Farm to School 4-H Clubs (4th-6th grades) planted the vegetable plants that they started as seeds two months ago. 🥒 🍅 🫛 🌶️ 🫑 🥬
They also harvested the potatoes 🥔 they planted back in January.
What a great way to spend Earth Day! 🌎

04/23/2024
It's National Public Schools Volunteer Week! We couldn't do this work without the hundreds of community volunteers that ...
04/22/2024

It's National Public Schools Volunteer Week! We couldn't do this work without the hundreds of community volunteers that serve in Bright Key(R) programs in Dothan City Schools. THANK YOU!

04/08/2024

🎙️Attention Bright key stakeholders!

Our Farm to School🪴 program has a new garden shed that needs to be assembled! 🪛We are in need of two parent or community volunteers to put it together. It will require a drill and a little bit of time. ⏳
Please reply to this post, message, or email Ms. Wagner ([email protected]) if you can assist.
Heard Elementary School
Houston County Alabama 4-H

04/08/2024

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Heard Parents, our Accountability Testing/ACAP is upon us. We thank you for being a partner in our success.

Here’s just a few ways you can assist:

Please encourage our students daily to do their VERY BEST!

Get a good night’s sleep/rest.

Eat a good breakfast.

Arrive to school on time, by 7:15.

We will be successful 🤩!

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The 1st-3rd grade girls absolutely LOVE the Girl’s Inc. Literary Program that is brought to them through the Bright Key ...
03/06/2024

The 1st-3rd grade girls absolutely LOVE the Girl’s Inc. Literary Program that is brought to them through the Bright Key Academic Dream Room Program!

Another fun Farm to School Program lesson with a group of our Heard 4-H Cloverbuds!
03/06/2024

Another fun Farm to School Program lesson with a group of our Heard 4-H Cloverbuds!

Yesterday was productive in the Farm to School program! The 4th, 5th, and 6th grade 4-H Clubs took the first steps in pr...
02/28/2024

Yesterday was productive in the Farm to School program! The 4th, 5th, and 6th grade 4-H Clubs took the first steps in preparing our spring fruit and vegetable garden. Houston County Alabama 4-H coordinator, Mrs. Galloway, taught club members about the U.S. plant hardiness zones, and thus, why the seeds they sowed will start off in the greenhouse instead of the ground. Each grade also cleaned out their designated garden beds in preparation for fresh soil/compost to plant the seedlings in next month.
Heard Elementary School Houston County - Alabama Extension

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201 Daniel Circle
Dothan, AL
36301

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