Faculty 

Throughout the year, we honor the amazing BTWHSPVA staff and educators for their commitment and dedication to our scholar artists! We show our support for the 'T' in PTSA in various ways, including:

• Academic Conservatory support
• All-school productions' support
• Faculty appreciation
• Communication tools
• and more!

Attention Faculty
Please fill out the following forms so the PTSA can better support your efforts!

• Faculty favorites: You can help our faculty recognition efforts by sharing your preferences and favorite items.
• Faculty dietary restrictions/preferences: Please share any dietary restrictions and allergies with our Faculty Appreciation committee.
• Faculty project funding request: Use this online form to request funding from the PTSA.
• Faculty newsletter article: Let us know if you have information you'd like to include in an upcoming PTSA newsletter.
• Faculty scholarships: Each year, Texas PTA awards up to $500 scholarships to eligible faculty members at any school level that has a PTA/PTSA on campus. In keeping with its work in building strong family-school partnerships, Texas PTA's scholarship process focuses on an applicant's impact on his/her goals to continue education or training. You can visit the Texas PTA website for details on requirements and support for the application process.

Faculty Halloween Breakfast

The first event the PTSA hosted for year 101 was the fall faculty and staff appreciation with a Spooktacular breakfast! Our teachers and staff had a strong first nine weeks and were more than deserving of our gratitude. Tacos and pastries were served in the library on Halloween. There were costume contests and awards given for the best team costume, the most creative costume(s), and the judge's choice awards:

Most Creative

• Robot from the first robot movie in 1957, Patrick McGhee, Language and Literature

Judge's Choice

• Sophomore - Linda Gossett, Ceramics and 3D Design
• Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe - Maddie Fulton, English II and Government
• Caged Big Bird - Charlton Gavitt, Assistant Director of Theatre Conservatory
• Medieval Times - Heather Benedetto, French

Best Group
"Sesame Street" from the Theatre Conservatory

• Zoe - Guinea Bennett-Price, Theatre Conservatory Director
• Abby Cadabby - Lisa Cotie, Assistant Director of Theatre Conservatory
• Caged Big Bird - Charlton Gavitt, Assistant Director of Theatre Conservatory
• Snuffleupagus - Renee Jones, Costume Construction, Technical Theatre and Design
• Bert - Jeffery Miller, Musical Theatre, Acting, Stage Management, Pedagogy
• Ernie - Philip Vilar, Stage Design
• The Count - Maxim Overton, Technical Theatre
• Cookie Monster

Congratulations to all! We hope everyone enjoyed the Spooktacular breakfast! A special thank you to our volunteers who helped host this teacher appreciation event, especially our Faculty Advocate Chair, Alicia Schortgen.

Faculty Holiday Lunch

Thank you to all who donated gift cards and baskets to the holiday teacher luncheon. Thirty-five faculty and staff members were happy to shop the selection as raffle winners. All were very gracious with the lunch and gifts.