Hall's Corner

School will resume on Monday, February 24. Have an enjoyable and safe break!

If you have any questions about student grades, please contact your student's teacher.

Parents did you know...

parents can email the attendance office instead of calling! As an alternative to calling, email your name, the students name, grade, reason for absence, and student ID number if you know it. Email can be used for absences or early/late arrival due to appointments.

Email Brighton_HSAttendance@bcsd.org

Dear Families,

We had a great start to our second semester and third quarter. Report cards for quarter two are now live on the Parent Portal. As a reminder, we do have an academic eligibility policy for students participating in sports, clubs/activities, and the visual/performing arts. Please see attached (LINK HERE).

* Students failing 1 or more classes will have open campus privileges revoked.

* Students may also be scheduled in Student Help Times.

Please also talk to your students about our phone policy.

Thanks!

Tom Hall

February is Black History Month, a time to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions made by Black heroes throughout history. At BHS, our Black Student Union (BSU) plans our annual Black History Month Assembly. This year, BSU welcomes Rochester City Court Judge, and BHS graduate, Van White for a special presentation.

In recent years, it’s also become a time to strengthen allegiance and support with marginalized communities. Each of the school buildings in Brighton will be celebrating learning together with a variety of presentations, literature, and/or activities.

Our families and community can join in, too! Celebrate Black History Month with Smithsonian events, resources, exhibitions, and podcasts. The 2025 theme for Smithsonian is "African Americans and Labor" with a focus on the various and profound ways that work of all kinds intersects with the collective experiences of Black people.

Additionally, there are many local celebrations for both adults and children including some listed below:

· Celebrating Black History – City of Rochester

· Memorial Art Gallery - Black History Month

· Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library

Resources to learn more about Black History Month

· National Geographic for Kids

· National Museum of African American History and Culture

· PBS Kids for Parents

A team of teachers, administrators and parents are working together to gather feedback on Health Class programming in Brighton. Your answers will help to provide feedback that can be used to support continued improvements in Health classes districtwide. Please take a few minutes to share your feedback with the team via this survey.

Please join me in sending the entire cast, crew, and directors of Mama Mia, a HUGE SHOUT OUT for a tremendous show this past weekend. The show was absolutely incredible with tremendous energy, professional acting, beautiful singing, and show stopping fun.

The adult directors and student directors/volunteers taking care of costumes, lighting, sound, choreography, and props, deserve a HUGE THANK YOU as well. Without them, the show could not go on!

So proud of all of you! YOU MAKE BHS a wonderful place to work and go to school. GO BRUINS!

Juniors, Eli Gray and Matheesha Jayawardhane, led their Rochester Area science competition team to the National Ocean Bowl’s Regional Sponge Bowl online competition! They competed with two other fellow teammates from area high schools. According to Coach Kelvin Knight, “It was a virtual online mental slug fest! We won some and lost some! But, we made it to the finals after a four-way tie score. We ultimately outmatched all the other tied teams by having a higher point scored per round average! They competed all day online at U of R’s River Campus on 2/8/2025. They competed against some of the top schools from Texas to Long Island!”

KUDOS Eli and Matheesha. You make BHS PROUD!

KUDOS to the BHS Red Cross Club for sponsoring last weekend’s blood drive. They are happy to report that we collected 41 units, enough to impact 123 lives! RED CROSS CLUB, you make BHS PROUD!

As part of our commitment to your child’s online safety, our school has partnered with Qustodio, the world’s leading provider of online safety solutions. As devices play an increasing role in children’s education it is crucial that we put safeguards in place. Your child already benefits from internet filtering technology which blocks inappropriate web content on their school-owned device while at school. We are going one step further and granting every parent a free Qustodio Parental App account. Qustodio will give you important insights into your child’s online activity on their school device.

A representative from Linewize will be presenting this app at our next PTSA meeting and explaining how parents can use this to have greater control over the school-issued device at home and two other personal devices.

TEAMS LINK - Dr. Hall's Microsoft Teams Meeting Link

Juniors and freshman students will see Seminar on their schedules for spring. Seminar will not start until March; until that time the period is considered a free.

*** NEW - Junior Seminar will begin on 2/28 and conclude on 5/5.

Freshman Seminar will begin on 3/11and conclude on 4/11.

Senior newsletter 12/13/24, https://secure.smore.com/n/cweh4. Only one MCC Instant Decision Day left!

• College Rep Visits have begun. Visit the Web to see the weekly updates. https://bhs.bcsd.org/46742_3

https://secure.smore.com/n/zrwqa

Our fall athletics season newsletter is now available. The link to it is below. This is a great resource; enjoy!

https://bcsd.org/121412_2

Go Bruins!

Girls on the Run of Greater Rochester needs volunteers to help us with our upcoming 5K!

In the spring and fall every year, our trained volunteer coaches facilitate lessons that blend physical activity with life skill development for girls 3rd-8th grade.
Each season culminates with a celebratory 5K. This closing event gives program participants of all abilities a tangible sense of confidence through accomplishment.

GOTR Greater Rochester 5K
Date: Friday May 30. Run starts at 7:00pm.Volunteer commitment is 5:00-8:30 pm
Location: Monroe Community College- 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. Rochester NY 14623

We need volunteers for the following activities to ensure our event is a success: Photographers, Course Marshals, Water Stations, Finish Line Attendants, Star Power Hour activity stations such as shirt signing, photo booth, face painting, temporary tattoos, and more!

For more information, contact: Debbie Smith-Community Outreach & Volunteer Engagement Specialist
debra.smith@girlsontherun.org or visit www.gotrrochester.org

THANK YOU for your consideration! Interested students can simply email me until we get our registration link up on the website. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

With gratitude,

Debbie Smith

Community Outreach & Volunteer Engagement Specialist

Girls on the Run of Greater Rochester

1595 Moseley Rd. Victor, NY 14564

(P) 585-662-5980

https://www.gotrrochester.org/

ATTENTION BHS Families and Students Some LOCAL EXAMS have been added!

Please get the dates on your calendars!

2025 JUNE EXAM SCHEDULE

SAVE THE DATES for FINAL EXAMS

June 11 & June 17 – June 25

Students with scheduled exams are expected to be there for ALL EXAMS!

Click here for names and contact information.

can be found on the BHS Website

We would like to remind you that the link to access School Tool/Parent Portal has changed, and is now: https://monroeoneric01.schooltool.com/BCSD

For some of you who may have had the old web address bookmarked or saved to your password "keychain" on your devices, you may need to log into School Tool via this new weblink and reset SchoolTool in your devices or bookmarks/favorites to this new web address.

If you have forgotten your password, there is a password reset link right on the new login page.

The back to school summer mailing and resources can be found on the BCSD Website at Summer Mailing / BHS Summer Mailing (bcsd.org)

Course Supply List - please see Resources at the bottom of this Hall's Corner to see a printable PDF.

Military Opt- Out, Photo Opt -Out, Supplies List, OTC Forms, etc. Click Here.