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►Seniors: visit the High School office for parking privileges
High School seniors who plan to drive cars to school this
year should stop in the High School office on the first day of
school (Sept. 4) to receive a parking spot assignment.
►Senior privilege forms available
Seniors who follow the school's student code of conduct and
maintain good academic standing are allowed to leave school
grounds during lunch and study hall periods with the written
permission of a parent or guardian. The following forms, signed
by a parent or guardian and returned to the High School office,
will enable seniors to exercise these privileges:
Senior Privileges Form
Early Dismissal Permission Form
Late Arrival Permission Form
Lunch Driving Privileges
In addition to being available on the Web site, these forms will
be available in the High School office.
►Letter sent home to parents regarding High School principal
Read the letter sent home to parents concerning the next
steps for the high school now that High School Principal Mary
Petrilli is on leave.
► Petrilli placed on paid administrative leave
After convening for executive
session Monday, the Board of Education placed High School
principal Mary Petrilli on paid administrative leave and began
the search for an acting high school principal to appoint for
the start of the school year.
READ MORE
►Fall/Winter sports schedules available
The schedules for fall and winter sports are up and will be
expanded upon as more information becomes available.
GO TO THE SCHEDULES
►Read the Back-To-School Edition of the Trailblazer
The latest edition of the Trailblazer newsletter will soon be in
the mail, but here's your chance to read it online.
READ MORE
►Transportation Department changes bus routes for better
efficiency
In an effort to save on fuel costs and more efficiently pick up
and drop off students from school, the Transportation Department
has made changes to some of this year's bus routes. Students
whose bus routes are changing will receive a postcard in the
mail detailing the new route. Parents and guardians are
encouraged to
view the new bus routes here and read them carefully for any
changes. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact
the Transportation Department at 872-1126.
►Full 2008-2009 school calendar now available; weekly
listings to begin
You can now access the full
2008-2009 BKW School District calendar of events online.
Simply click on the link below the "Mark Your Calendar" button
on the district homepage. In an effort to better keep the
community updated on upcoming events,
www.bkwschools.org
will begin listing weekly events on the homepage in addition to
the monthly events listing under
"Mark Your Calendar." To stay even more connected, be sure
to sign up for BKW School News Notifier by clicking on the
SNN icon on the district homepage.
►BKW students take part in WAMC Student Town Meeting
English teacher Gregory Speck’s Communications class recently
participated in "Student Town Meetings," a program sponsored by WAMC Northeast Public Radio. This program allows high
school-aged students to discuss social and political issues on a
live radio broadcast. On this particular broadcast, Speck’s
students talked about " why discrimination based on body image
has remained socially acceptable in the United States."
Listen to the broadcast here!
If you do not have Windows Media Player,
go to this site to download it. Or, go to
www.wamcstudenttownmeetings.org and click on "Listen Now." BKW's
meeting is the third item on the list.
►Award-winning
author visits
BKW High School
►Bowling
teams take league, sectional championships
►Middle/high
school library has new books to check out
►Freshmen
boys basketball team ends successful season
►Town
of Berne offers summer jobs for students
►BKW
Musical Troupe performs The Music Man
►Bands of Hope on sale
►BKW
choral student selected for Melodies Concert
►The things that trip
teens up academically
►BKW
students win seatbelt challenge
►BKW
student cooks competition at Skills USA
►BKW
Mock Trial finishes 2nd in county finals
►JV
Masterminds finishes first place
►JV
Girls Basketball ends season on high note
►Cheating
Teens
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