Bittersweet News
September 1, 2023
Parent/Guest Lunch Visits
Interested in having lunch with your child at Bittersweet? You are welcome! Please see the guidelines below for more information.
- The student is allowed one friend to join them.
- The student, the one friend and visitor are to sit at the "Visitor Table"
- Guests should keep cell phones tucked away while in the building.
- Food should come from home or the cafeteria (not a restaurant).
- Guests should not walk students back to class after lunch.
- Guests for kindergarten students are welcome to join beginning September 18.
- Guests should call the office to schedule a reservation to join a student for lunch.
PHM Safety and Security Update
We are happy to share with you the addition of safety and security personnel for the 2023-24 school year. The safety and security of our schools are a priority as we foster optimal learning environments and aim to prepare your child(ren) for college and career readiness. Three (3) certified School Resource Officers (SROs), recently retired from local police departments, have/will join us as P-H-M Safety Agents in our schools. These officers will be housed in each of our middle schools and also serve feeder elementary buildings. The new P-H-M Safety Agents collaborate with our Principals, St. Joseph County School Resource Officers, and other off-duty police officials to further enhance schools as safe learning environments, prepare for emergencies, and ensure that all schools comply with safe school plans and practices as required by law.
New Safety Agents:
Retired St. Joseph County Police - Officer Kent Wickham
Retired South Bend Police - Officer Britton Pratt
Officer TBD (will announce later this fall)
Current Safety and Security Staff:
P-H-M Director of Safety and Security - Officer Tommy Teeter (tteeter@phm.k12.in.us)
P-H-M Lead Safety Agent - Officer Antwon Jones (located at Penn HS)
St. Joseph County School Resource Officer - Officer Mike Reppert
St. Joseph County School Resource Officer - Officer Ben Wilkey
Off-Duty Police Officials: Officer Greg Howard - South Bend Police
Officer Avery Minor - Roseland Chief of Police
Officer Scott Moniz - Osceola Police
Officer Corey Calvert - South Bend Police
VSS Security (contracted service) for Hallway Monitors at Secondary Schools.
Safe School Helpline
If you see something, hear something, say something! The Safe School Helpline is a convenient, confidential way for anyone to report information about situations that might affect safety at any P-H-M school or building. You can call the number any time of the day or night to report concerns about unsafe or potentially disruptive activities or situations including drug or alcohol abuse, weapons, harassment, bullying or threats.
All calls are completely confidential.
800-418-6423 (800-4-1-VOICE, ext. 359)
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