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• 9/26 & 27: Modified Bell Schedule
  
• 9/27: Half Day Student Attendance Day - HS 8:30 - 11:15
• 9/27: MP1 Closes **
  
• 9/27: Filly Football
  
• 9:28: Homecoming Parade/Game/Dance
• 9/30-10/3: School Photos
• 10/1: YHFL Screening
• 10/4: Senior Photo Walk - In Day #1 7-3 **
  
• 10/9 - 23: College Application Workshops for Seniors **
  
• 10/15: PSAT - Freshmen 8:30 - 1:00 buses depart by 1:45 **
  
• 10/15: PSAT/NMSQT: Sophomores & Juniors 8:30 - 1:00 buses depart by 1:45 **
  
• 10/15: No attendance for Seniors **
  
• 10/16: BHS High School Career Expo - during lunch hours in the Main Gym **
  
• 10/17 & 18: No School Conferences **
  
• 10/25: Senior Photo Walk - In Day #2 7-3**
• 11/1: No School In Service Day **
  
• 11/4: No School In Service Day **
  
• 11/5: No School Election Day **
  
• 11/7: Photo Re-takes and Make-ups **
  
• 11/27-29: Thanksgiving Break No School **

As many know, this Friday is our first HOME football game of the school year!

Please read this letter for all the details regarding your Chuck Wagon purchases starting today.

Between 9/30 and 10/3, students will take their school portrait during their English class. Teachers will set aside a small portion of class time to escort students to C271 to take their photos and then will proceed with instructional time. Any freshman-junior student absent during their English class’ designated day can take their picture on Thursday 11/7 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. during any open period. Senior walk-in portraits will still occur on 10/4 & 10/25 from 7 am - 3 pm in C271.

The Second annual PTO sponsored Dodgeball Tournament is open to all BHS students grades 9-12. Get your team together today! Teams of 6-8 (only six players on the court at a time) $10 per person. Tournament style play will start at 7:00 pm on September 24. Winners will receive a t-shirt and have their names put on the tournament trophy to be displayed at the high school.

All proceeds will go to the Barrington High School PTO.

For more information, please contact:

On Tuesday, October 15th, 2024 Barrington High School will be holding our annual Fall Testing Day for all 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students. This day helps us gather data to support course placement for students for the next school year, helps students practice for the school accountability tests in the Spring, and can help 11th-grade students qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Detailed Testing Day Information.

During the first half of 2024, more than 2,500 community members collaborated on a plan to continue to improve Barrington 220's aging school buildings. The final $64M community-driven plan will go to you, the voter, for approval as a referendum question on this November 5 election ballot. If successful, the referendum will:

• Increase Safety & Security throughout Barrington 220
• Build a New Community Auditorium at Barrington High School
• Enhance STEAM and Instructional Spaces for Students

Join us at one of our upcoming community meetings to learn more about the referendum, tour current spaces, and see why these improvements are needed:

• 6pm Monday, Sept. 9 at Barrington High School
• 6pm Wednesday, Sept. 18 at Station Campus
• 6pm Thursday, Sept. 19 at Barbara B. Rose Elementary
• Noon Saturday, Sept. 28 at Barrington High School (immediately following the homecoming parade)

Due to a change in school code by the Illinois State Board of Education, this school year a medical note is required for parents/guardians who select the: “MEDUE: Medical/Dental Appointment” excuse option for their student in Infinite Campus or call their student out of school for a medical/dental appointment.

The revised school code defines "valid cause" for absence as the following: Illness, including the mental or behavioral health of the student; attendance at a verified medical or therapeutic appointment; appointment with a victim services provider. Please note that the student’s absence will be marked unexcused in Infinite Campus until a medical note is provided.

We understand this is a change in practice from previous years. Please know that our front office is here to help answer any questions or concerns you may have.

Young Hearts for Life® (YH4L) is pleased to offer all Barrington High School students a free, potentially life-saving ECG screening on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. Parent/Guardian pre-authorization is necessary for a student to be screened. Student ID # is needed for registration!

Register here
YH4L, the largest ECG screening program in the United States, will provide a FREE heart screening called an electrocardiogram (ECG) to identify young adults (age 12-24) at risk for Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD). More than 60 young adults die each week in the United States from SCD. Since 2006, YH4L has screened over 320,000 students and has identified more than 3,400 with previously undiagnosed heart conditions. Please be aware that repeat ECG testing is recommended every two (2) years.

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Volunteers are needed to help provide ECG screenings to the students. More than 150 volunteers are needed for this event!

Sign up for training here

NEED A SHIRT?
Celebrate your last year at BHS with an official Senior Class of 2025 t-shirt. Order your
class shirt to display your pride in your accomplishments and excitement for graduation.
As an added benefit, profits from this sale help pay for senior celebration events, like
the senior boat cruise, this spring.
Cost: $20 (additional cost for 2XL & 3XL sizes)
Click Here to Order.

ALREADY ORDERED A SHIRT?
Shirts can be picked up September 18-20 during lunch periods (11am – 1:30pm) at the
entrance to the Cafeteria.

WANT TO VOLUNTEER?
Are you interested in volunteering to help handout Senior T-Shirts? Sign up here.
For more information, please contact the BHS PTO at

barringtonhspto@gmail.com.

Join us for the SECOND PTO MEETING OF THE YEAR ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, at 9:15 am.

Park in the Visitor's Parking section (Main Street entrance), and enter at the main entrance (to the left of the new atrium).

For more information Please visit our webpage:

https://bhs.barrington220.org/families/pto

Website: https://bhs.barrington220.org/
Location: 616 W Main St, Barrington, IL, USA
Phone: 847-381-1400
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BHS220/
Twitter: @BarringtonHS220