We Want to Hear from You! DVUSD Parent Survey
BCHS Wish Week is Coming February 20th-24th!
February 19th-24th there will be several percentage nights at local businesses as well as donation collecting on campus. We also donate proceeds from our February 11th Winter Formal! The week of February 20-24th will be a spirit week commencing in our Wish Week Assembly on Friday.
- Monday, February 20th- IHOP Happy Valley all day percentage day when mentioning BCHS StuGo.
- Tuesday, February 21st- Barro's percentage night 4-8pm when mentioning BCHS StuGo. We also will have our Student v. Staff basketball game from 5:30-7pm. Proceeds go to Make-A-Wish.
- Wednesday, February 22nd- BCHS Food Truck Night from 6:30-9pm. Proceeds go to Make-A-Wish!
- Thursday, February 23rd- Sam's Frozen Yogurt all day percentage day when mentioning BCHS StuGo. We also have our Dodgeball Tournament from 4-6pm. Proceeds go to Make-A-Wish!
- Friday, February 24th- Panera Bread Happy Valley percentage night 4-8pm when mentioning BCHS StuGo. We also have our Powerpuff Game from 7-9pm. Proceeds go to Make-A-Wish!
- Saturday, February 25th- Anthem Goodwill drop off percentage day 10-2pm. Donations can be dropped off directly at the Goodwill in Anthem or at the library at BCHS.
We are excited to work together as a community to make wishes come true!
Mrs. Erickson & Our Global Studies Program Made the Cover of Images Arizona!
Congratulations to our Global Studies program that was featured in Images Arizona magazine. The article captures the incredible learning our Global Studies students do while obtaining their certificate which includes gaining insight and understanding into the diverse world we live in. Global Studies students Aishah Alquaran, Alexis Hill, and Madeline Baird were featured in the article and also their advisor Mrs. Erickson. Congratulations Global Studies on making an impact in our community and the world! We are so proud of you!
You can read the article here: https://issuu.com/imagesaz/docs/01-23_iaz_a
BCHS Career & Technical Education Highly Rated for Program Quality Across the Board!
Library Technology is being Installed
Expanding Student Lunch Seating
DEC Female Athlete of the Month
Hope Leyba: Womens Soccer leads the 6A stats for goals scored, assists and overall points. Hope scored five goals against Maricopa HS.
DEC Male Athlete of the Month
2010 Baseball Team
Thank you, Baseball Team!
Ben Saunders
Thank you, Ben!
BC V. OC Women's Basketball
HAVE THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF GAME @ MILLENIUM ON 2/7 @ 7PM.
BC Men's VBall
SHOUT OUT to these boys for stepping up and making BC Athletics proud!
Women's Wrestling
Olivia Bailey and Natasha Kasprowicz took FIRST, Sophia Davidson 2nd, Brooke Ross and Emma Corley 3rd and Jaydyn Vavrina 4th in their weight classes.
Congrats ladies!
GIRLS WRESTLING TOOK 1 ST IN SECTIONALS AND 5 OF THE GIRLS ARE GOING TO STATE!
Men's Basketball
Men's Basketball is currently has a 17-5 record and ranked 7th in the 6A Division.
Keep up the hard work!
HAS A PLAYOFF GAME @ HOME ON 2/8 @ 7PM v. CANYON VIEW.
Women's Soccer
The Womens Soccer team is currently 9-1 in their conference and ranked 5th in the 6A rankings!
If you haven't caught a game yet this year, come out and show your support for them!
TOOK FIRST IN THEIR REGION! THEY ARE RANKED 2ND IN THE STATE AND THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF GAME IS ON 2/15 @ BCHS @6PM.
Men's Wrestling
Dax Monestime, Logan Wilson, Owen Weiss took 3rd for their weight classes, 5th for Trevin Mallett and 6th for Alex Ortiz!
THEY HAVE SECTIONALS ON 2/11.
Welcome Ms. Mitchell!
Rubrics Provide Clarity for Learning
Help! I see an "I" for my grade!
BCHS Grading Scale Reminder
Student success and learning is why we are at BCHS. One challenge that has affected student success is the harsh consequence of the weight of a zero or low percentage F when it is on a 100 point scale. Students struggle to improve their grade and can be adversely impacted by the grade long after they have demonstrated learning at higher levels due to the traditional grading system. While BCHS is a Phase III school in the DVUSD grading and reporting initiative, we have identified a substantial benefit and immediate need to equalize the traditional 100 point A-F grading scale. In the 2022-2023 school year, BCHS will use a 51 point scale that equalizes each letter grade percentage value. Grades that would typically be entered as a zero indicating “no evidence” will now be entered as a 49%. This adjustment will provide students hope and opportunity to improve even when they have previously struggled with content or if they missed an assignment. This also allows BCHS to better align to all of our feeder schools that have been using the equalized grading scale for some time. While the perception of this change may be “getting a grade for doing little or nothing,” it is absolutely not that. The intention is to instead provide equity amongst the five levels of learning and to ultimately provide the opportunity for our students to improve and grow. Students that are not completing work or do not meet expected levels of learning will still fail; however, students that are relearning, taking advantage of Flex Time or other learning interventions, and are reassessing to demonstrate their learning, will have a greater chance of raising their grades.
BCHS is continuing to separate academic achievement and student behavior in our grades to ensure that grades represent student learning on state standards. The following is our procedure for both late work and reassessment:
It is critical that students learn and master essential skills and standards to ensure they are prepared for next level learning, new course content, and for college and career. Because we are committed to supporting student learning, BCHS will ensure the following for our late work and reassessment procedures:
- Students may submit late work for full credit within a specified unit or module. The specified unit/module will be defined by the Level Team and will be clearly communicated to students by the teacher. Teachers may use discretion on accepting late work beyond the unit of study to help with student intervention and learning on essential skills/standards.
- Students may reassess without penalty. Level Teams will determine processes for students to request reassessment which will include a plan to show learning prior to reassessment. This process will be communicated to students and parents by the teacher.
