Happy Administrative Professional’s Day!

We want to wish a Happy Administrative Professional’s Day to our wonderful staff!

Jennifer Owens is our Administrative Assistant and has worked at BSO for seven years.  What she loves most about her job is “I absolutely love supporting anyone who may need my assistance.”

Family: My husband, Jay. My son, Walker. My daughter, Grace.

Pets: Sarge is my miniature schnauzer. He thinks that he is human and wants to be held like a baby all the time.

Favorite Treat: I love brownies and ice cold milk.

Favorite Sport: Baseball

Favorite Vacation: I love going to Mexico with my whole family.

Bucket List Item: I would love to go to Italy with my family.

Lori Green is our Assistant Business Manager and has worked at the Branson School and then BSO for twenty-one years.  What she loves most about her job is “Not sure that I can say just one thing - I love my job. It can be very rewarding.”

Family: My husband Craig - we have been married 37 years. I am the proud Aunt of 6 wonderful nieces and nephews.

Pets: Jenny - our Airedale Terrier. She is such a smart dog and so much fun!

Favorite Treat: Popcorn and Pepsi

Favorite Sport: Colorado Rockies Baseball

Favorite Vacation: Our whole family went to the PRCA finals in Las Vegas when my nephew competed in steer wrestling.

Fun Fact: I was born and raised here in Branson. I graduated from Branson High School - I am proud to work for Branson School District.

Letha Martinez is our Admissions Coordinator and has worked for BSO for two years. What she loves about her job is, “It's very nice to have the same schedule as my four teenage boys who attend the BAM. It makes it easy to be around for all the activities they participate in. I also love that the people I work with (including the BSO families) and the atmosphere I work in are so laid back.”

Family: Noah (who will graduate from Branson High School this year), Elijah (a junior at the BAM), Carter (my nephew and a freshman at the BAM), and Isaiah (an 8th grader at the BAM).

Pets: We have a miniature Chihuahua named Brutus. He may be small, but he has a lion's heart!

Favorite Treat: I LOVE nachos. I would eat them for every meal if I could. I also love Rainier cherries. I would also eat those at every meal if they weren't so expensive...and if they were in season all year round.

Favorite Sport: I love softball and play every summer. I bounce around and pitch, catch, and play 1st and 2nd base. When it comes to watching sports, I prefer football over everything else. I am a die hard Branson Bearcats and Seattle Seahawks fan!!!

Favorite Vacation: The beach...any beach...hands down.

Bucket List Item: I would love to visit Israel. I have always been fascinated by the culture and history of that area.

Marlene Brown is our Business Manager and has worked for BSO has worked at the Branson School and then BSO for seventeen years. What she loves about her job is, “Working with the teachers and students.”

Family:  My husband, Henry 2 daughters and 11 grandchildren

Pets: 4 Corgi dogs Pennie, Tippy, Ranger and Spot

Favorite Treat: Yogurt

Favorite Sport: Basketball

Favorite Vacation: Mt Princeton

April Feature Teacher

Branson School Online is home to the most talented and dedicated teaching staff in Colorado! 

Each month we introduce you to one of our incredible Branson School Online teachers. 

Our Feature Teacher for the month of April is:

DelRae Holt

Ms. Holt is the 7th and 8th grade language arts teacher for Branson School Online. Read on to learn more about this talented BSO teacher! 

Name: Ms. DelRae Holt

Years Teaching: 5 

Years with BSO: 1

Favorite food: Mexican food (especially green chile chicken enchiladas)

Favorite color: purple and blue

Pets: no

Hobbies: Crossfit, fantasy football, reading, Zumba, computer gaming

What do you love about teaching? Getting know the kids. I love watching them find their potential and learn to believe in themselves.

What do you love about teaching with Branson? Flexibility and my teammates

Favorite season?  I LOVE fall because of all the awesome pumpkin spice goodies!

Favorite place you have traveled to? I haven't traveled much. I would have to say San Diego.

# 1 item on your bucket list: Travel and give my kids family vacations

Favorite book/author: Can't pick just one

Favorite sport: football (GO Broncos!) or softball/baseball

Spring InterestEd

InterestEd 2016/2017 wrapped up on April 6th with many wonderful topics! Students had the opportunity to choose from several different sessions including Zumba, Internet Safety, Kitchen Cupboard Science, Baking and more!

Scroll down to check out the pictures of students and teachers participating in several of the different sessions.

Circus 1903

BSO families recently attended Circus 1903. Thanks to Mrs. Wollert for planning this exciting and unique opportunity!

Scroll down to see pictures of the event and read some of the feedback from the families who attended.

The most memorable part of the Circus 1903 experience was:

"My son absolutely loved the juggling but it was an amazing show! We had a wonderful time and really appreciate the opportunity to go. Interacting with the cast was also a really special thing." 

"We loved everything! We had different age span a 4 year old, a 12 year old, and me we all loved the show!"

"We all enjoyed the whole show. The juggler was amazing we all marveled at his ability to juggle between his legs and run in a circle." 

March Feature Teacher

Branson School Online is home to the most talented and dedicated teaching staff in Colorado! 

Each month we introduce you to one of our incredible Branson School Online teachers. 

Our Feature Teacher for the month of March is:

Jennifer Lyon

Ms. Lyon is a counselor for Branson School Online. Read on to learn more about this talented BSO counselor.

Name: Jennifer Lyon

Years Teaching: 11

Years with BSO: 8

Favorite food: Pizza

Favorite color: Red

Pets: 4 fish; I'm thinking about getting a dog this summer.

Hobbies: I like to read, play golf, and take my 2 sons to do anything fun outside!

What do you love about teaching? I like that I get to work with children and make a difference in the lives of our future planet. 

What do you love about teaching with Branson? I love the students at Branson, they are all so unique and fun to get to know on a deeper level than just through a computer screen. 

Favorite season? I like fall because of the clean, fresh Colorado air.

Favorite place you have traveled to? I love to visit Seattle. 

Favorite book/author: I don't have a favorite, I like to read anything. Right now I am reading "The Wangs Vs. The World" by Jade Chang and I just finished John Grisham's newest book "The Whistler"

Favorite sport: I like watching football and I like playing golf.

Anything else you’d like to share:  Just that I am here and happy help all students in the areas of academic achievement, personal/social development and career development.  I love hearing from my students and parents so call or email me, even just to say hello!  

Amazing Art

Branson School Online is home to some incredible artists! Scroll through the images below to see examples of art work from our middle and high school art classes.

Student Spotlight: Kelsey E.

This week's Student Spotlight is BSO 7th grader Kelsey E.!

Read on to learn more about Kelsey, her activities and her experience with Branson School Online.

"It is been awesome having our daughter Kelsey in your school program this year. It is giving her great confidence to know that she can do anything that she puts her mind to. Kelsey races cars, the same cars the NASCAR and Indy car drivers started in. She started racing when she was just 11 years old. She was invited to get into a race car just to see what she would do. The president and a couple of other members of the southern Colorado Quarter Midget Racing Association were there and saw how great she was doing.  They were so impressed that they gave her a full ride sponsorship to use a car until she could afford one.  Her first year, she finished 5th in points out of 19 cars.  This winter series, she is going into this weekend's championship race also 5th in points out of 12 cars.  Racing has taught her a lot about life including the great times and how to deal with the bad times.  Kelsey is also scheduled to race in Arizona, Indianapolis, and Las Vegas this year.  She also went from one car to three and will be competing in multiple divisions this year.  She is also a brown belt in karate and volunteers to teach kids at her local church.  Congrats and good luck Kelsey."

                                                                                                                             -Kelsey's Dad, Ray E. 

BSO is so proud of you and can't wait to hear all about your upcoming races Kelsey!