The Bulldog Bulletin is the Principal's (Julie Markussen) weekly newsletter. Please look for all important dates, observations, announcements, good things about BHS, and more each Sunday when school is in session. You can also find the Bulldog Bulletin archive (all issues for the year as they are written) here:

Archive of 2023-2024 Bulldog Bulletins

Have an idea or something to share? Please email Julie Markussen at juliemarkussen@burbankusd.org.

You can always find an archive of the current and past editions of this year's Bulldog Bulletin on the BHS Website. Click this link: https://www.burbankusd.org/domain/1776

This Week:

December 3 International Day of Persons with Disabilities

December 6 St. Nicholas Day

December 7-15 Hanukkah

December 7, 8, & 9 VMA Show

December 8 Bodhi Day

December 10 Human Rights Day

Upcoming:

December 12 Early Release, 2:15 PM, Teacher Planning Day

December 14 Lockdown Drill, Period 5

December 15 PTSA Staff Appreciation Luncheon, Building 1, Second Floor Staff Lounge

December 16-16 IMA Holiday Show

December 16-24 Las Posadas

December 19, 20, 21 Final Exams, Early Dismissal

December 21-January 1 Yule

December 22 Pupil-Free Day (no school for students)

December 24 Christmas Eve and Nochebuena

December 25-January 5 WINTER BREAK--NO SCHOOL

December 25 Christmas Day

December 26 Kwanzaa Begins

December 31 New Year's Eve

January 1 New Year's Day

January 7 Orthodox Christmas

Please see the schedule below of this week's spirit days!

December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Human Rights Month

Learn a Foreign Language Month

This is a reminder that NO food deliveries are allowed on campus. This is not a new policy. This is a BUSD School Board policy, and we have had many issues with this in the last few weeks. We have had several instances of students and parents being rude to staff for turning food away. Please do not be rude to staff for doing their jobs and refusing all types of food deliveries.

No food deliveries includes:

1. No deliveries from food delivery services such as Uber Eats, Door Dash, Grub Hub, etc. All deliveries will be confiscated, and they will NOT be returned to students regardless if they are paid for or not.

2. No food deliveries from parents. This includes items from home and items that parents bring to students.

3. No passing food through any school gates. This applies to students passing food through for other students, as well as parents passing food through gates for students.

4. Students with no period 5 and 6 are welcome to stay on campus to eat lunch. However, they are not allowed to leave to get food and return on campus. If a student with no period 5 and 6 leaves campus at lunch, they will not be permitted to return. Some of these students have lunch passes from the time before IDs were printed indicating no period 5 or 6. These lunch passes are NOT valid for coming back on campus.

All students have access to FREE nutrition and lunch in our cafeteria. There are many different choices for students. Parents, if your child does not like the school food, please make sure they have a lunch packed in the morning BEFORE coming to school. We will not accept food that is dropped off for students, and parents should not be passing food (or any other items) through gates to students.

Thank you for your cooperation in advance. Again, this is a BUSD School Board policy. Please do not put our staff in an uncomfortable position of asking them to break School Board policy.

Parents and teachers, please have a talk with your children about not sharing food, candy, drinks, and snacks on campus. Students should never touch or ingest anything that is not their own food. Teachers and staff should also not be sharing food with students.

Students, staff, and parents should let administrators or campus supervisors know if they see anything suspicious on campus. They should avoid handling these items, but report them immediately to a supervisor. Safety is our number one priority

This puts Alex in the running for the 2023 All-American Scholar Athlete Team!

This team will consist of the top 25 Scholar Athletes from across the country. The winners will be determined by the athletes with the leading number of votes. Please don't hesitate to share with family, friends. Don't forget to tag @americanrivalry on your posts to Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook!

The voting period opens on November 15th and will close on December 14th. Voting is unlimited and open to anyone. A leaderboard will be posted on social media every week with updated scores to show how the scholar athletes rank against the other athletes across the country, so make sure you follow us to keep up with every update!

Please visit this link to vote: https://greatamericanrivalry.com/athlete/alex-quintanilla-2023/

Congratulations, again, and best of luck to our BHS Scholar Athlete!

Come and hear our nationally ranked, award winning vocalists illuminate the stage on December 8 and 9 at 7PM in the BHS Auditorium. An evening full of beautiful music, family and friendship makes this this one of our most heart warming events of the year! We will have food, drinks and the chance to win special holiday prizes!

VIP Seats: $35

General Admission: $15

Student (K-12) with ID: $10

Get your tickets before they sell out!! https://www.itsmyseat.com/bhs/

Friday, December 15th join the BHS IMA in ringing in some holiday cheer with their Winter concert: Sounds of the Seasons. Tickets available on https://events.s34t.com/burbank-high/10007/tickets/236 or at the door.

As the holidays approach we are excited as our BHS instrumental music association will be on our stage for hundreds of friends and family members to watch. At the concert we will have a program in each of those audience members' hands and we would love for you to be seen!

We are selling ad space in our program for this event! Instructions on how to pay in the link www.tinyurl.com/57m9k66j or scan the QR code. When using the QR Code to pay at the webstore, just hit START AGAIN on the page it leads you to to have access to the Webstore button"

Payment accepted: Cash, Check, or the BHS Webstore.

On December 15th the BHS PTSA is bringing some holiday cheer to our teachers and staff. Please help us make this the best lunch ever. If you can donate items or your time please click this link. Should you have any questions or need help getting items to us, please contact Jen B our staff appreciation chair at JenKBastian@aol.com.

Here is the link to sign up

https://signup.com/go/RpFuydy

Students interested in learning more about the schools or application assistance should sign up in the career center or use the Google Form, College Visits.

The LA Valley College representative will be on campus Tuesday, 12/5 during lunch. This will be the last visit this semester.

Seniors - Are you interested in speaking with her one-on-one? Sign up using the google form to receive a call slip Tuesday during 4th period to meet with her in the Career Center.

The Glendale Community College representative will be on campus during lunch Wednesday, 12/6. This will be the last visit this semester.

Be sure to join the Career Center Google Classroom, code eleq5nd, to stay up to date.

Please click on the link below for information about the CTE Dual Enrollment Spring Schedule.

https://www.burbankusd.org/cte

Students can sign up for an application workshop in the career center for next week during student lunch in the career centers.

LAVC & GCC Tuesday/Thursday at JBHS

LAVC application workshop on Friday at BHS

Space is limited so students need to sign up asap!

FAFSA/CADA (California Dream Act) is likely to open up around December 31! In the meantime, please go to FAFSA.gov and create both your student and parent ID number, that way you're prepared when the FAFSA applications open up. FAFSA is for students with a social security number, CADA is for students without a social security number. Below are English, Armenian, and Spanish links.

IG Links:

Part 1: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz3yJBELzSY/

Reviewing the new simplified process of signing up for FAFSA, what Financial Aid is, filing period (Financial Aid for Fall 2024 opens up December 2023), difference between FAFSA & CADA, CADA/AB 540 criteria for in-state tuition, common first year errors

Part 2: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz3y3UprkoJ/

Financial Aid-specific terms, how to create FAFSA ID

Part 3: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz3zf8cL-wG/

Direct Data Exchange (consent for transferring Federal Tax data to the FAFSA form), Special Circumstances (Covid, dependency-status, change in income), Federal/State Aid (and deadlines), Promises Programs (how to get tuition covered!), Aid programs/grants

Part 4: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz30BhdLrAs/

Web Grants 4 Students (how to check the status of your aid), Cal Grant Reform, Financial Aid for Dreamers, Satisfactory Academic Progress, Pell Lifetime Eligibility, Cash For College GCC Workshop! (01/20/24)

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwHi3lfMrGA

Բարի օր բոլորին:

Եթե ​​որևէ մեկին պետք է իսպաներեն կամ հայերեն տարբերակները FAFSA/Ֆինանսական օգնության շնորհանդեսի համար, մեր ներկայացումները այժմ տեղադրվել են հայերեն և իսպաներեն լեզուներով:

YouTube Link (Armenian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JohN-0N8-vo

Armenian IG Links:

Part 1 - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz6yEiDScZV/

Part 2 - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz60udIy_O4/

Part 3 - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz65AhmS7wk/

Part 4 - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz65wEKSwyz/

¡Buenas tardes a todos!

Si alguien necesita versiones en español o armenio para la presentación de FAFSA/Ayuda financiera, nuestras presentaciones ahora se han publicado en armenio y español.

YouTube Link (Spanish): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcYo0bp96ak&t=43s

Spanish IG Links:

Part 1 - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz6nYswyjuL/

Part 2 - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz6n_rryUWi/

Part 3 - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz6osLnS8GT/

Part 4 - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz6pKmsSIZy/

And a huge thank you to Michele Casas, Financial Aid rep for Glendale Community College, for leading an immensely helpful presentation, and Jessie Lopez, our BHS Counseling Department Chair, for coordinating this workshop! Please feel free to reach out to mcasas@glendale.edu for any FAFSA/Financial Aid Specific questions.

Burbank Tournament of Roses Association is in need of volunteers to help build and decorate the Rose Parade Float. Link to their website can be found in the Career Center Google Classroom, code eleq5nd.

From their website:

Everyone must have a signed Release/Code of Conduct form before working/volunteering, under 18 must have the form signed by a parent or guardian.

We cannot guarantee any openings, but please be patient and come as soon as you can. We try to take new volunteers on a first-come basis. We highly recommend coming early in the week (or before Deco Week if possible) to get yourself established.

Work Parties:

We are a year-round organization. We work almost every Saturday on the float. Stop by anytime on Saturday between 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. If you want to call first to make sure we are at the float, the float site phone number is: (818) 840-0060.

Deco Week:

Deco Week is December 26-31, 2023, 10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m., however we usually work much later. On December 31st we will typically finish decorating by second Judging and then will need volunteers after judging to help prepare the float for convoy by clearing all workspaces. If you are interested in decorating, we recommend volunteering on or before December 30th.

City of Burbank CREST Program - Spring (February-March) - Applications will be available Friday, Nov 17th - December 15th.

The CREST Program offers students ages 16 - 17 paid employment in which they receive job skills training as well as on-the-job training within a City of Burbank Department.

Mandatory training with the Youth Employment Department every Thursday afternoon (after school). See website for complete details.

https://www.burbankca.gov/web/management-services/crest-youth-employment

The first of the local scholarships (UMe Super Awesome scholarship) has been posted to the updated 2024 BUSD Scholarship Page, Click Here

There are also some regional and national scholarships posted. Students can also find some good scholarship search engines at the top of the page.

Burbank Coordinating Council - Holiday Basket Food Drive and Basket Program

Needed: volunteers to help with their upcoming food drives for the holiday basket programs.

Shifts include using your award wining personality outside a supermarket to get people to buy food (which is more fun than it sounds), sorting food and helping build baskets.

*Students must have an adult accompany them.

Sign up for shifts using the Sign Up Genius!, available in the career center google classroom, code eleq5nd..

Dates Saturday 11/18 - 12/09 - times and locations vary.

Sign UP - Volunteer

Volunteers Needed!
Burbank Y Service Club - Christmas Tree Lot
November 25th - December 19th
Hours: Monday-Thursday - 12:00pm-9:00pm; Friday-Sunday 10:00am-9:00pm
Sign up: Email Ms. Joyce, lulueymann@gmail.com

Short training required prior to volunteering, Saturdays & Sundays 10-2pm

Learn about St. Nicholas Day!

Learn more about Hanukkah below!

Find out more about the Buddhist holiday of Bodhi Day!

BHS students now have the ability to fill out digital incident reports from anywhere--the classroom, the Quad, the office, and even at home. Posters are all around the school with QR codes that students can scan. Students can also click link below or visit the BHS website to find the link to the digital incident reports. Students can also use a Chromebook in the Student Center to fill out an incident report.

***Please note that students MUST be logged into their BUSD email accounts in order to report.***

All reports are time-stamped, and administration will triage and address incident reports as soon as possible

Click here to fill out a BHS digital incident report form

Students can scan the QR code below to report theft or loss of items on the BHS campus. Reports are reviewed by administration and addressed as soon as possible.

Please check out the LA Department of Public Health's Toolkit for Parents and Guardians of Teens by clicking on the link below.

http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/pie/Education/Welcome-MentalHealthToolkit.htm