Brookland High School

May 21: Semester Tests 4,5,6

May 22: Semester Test 8

May 24: Semester Test Make Up Date (Principal approval required)

May 24: Last day of School

Reminder that Mrs. Clairday is available to assist students with college applications, scholarships, financial aid, career assessments, and resumes.

If parents/seniors need assistance completing the FAFSA application please reach out to Mrs. Clairday. Once your student completes the application, they need to make sure the college they plan to attend does not need any additional documents. Typically, the college will send the student an email if additional information is needed. Students will need to review the financial aid awards given by the college. Students then will need to accept or decline the offers. If a student's financial situation has changed since completing the FAFSA then they will need to reach out to the financial aid office at the college they plan to attend, and request a meeting. If students plan to take out a loan, they will need to complete the Master Promissory Note and complete loan counseling through studentaid.gov.

Here is the link for the Brookland Financial Aid and Scholarship Link (scholarships are added each month): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tg5_9dk9-Jt9_pkUTkzoUnP67naCvDQaITgC3kh213E/edit?usp=sharing

The annual Brookland High School Summer ACT Prep course will begin the Tuesday after Memorial Day, May 28, 2024. It will last 9 days ending on June 7, the day before the June National Test Date, on Saturday, June 8. Classes begin at 12 and end at 4 pm every weekday. Students will rotate through each subject area tested being provided with strategies, tips, and lessons to help improve their scores. Every year our students that show up daily and put in the necessary work achieve higher scores after taking the prep course. A google form sign up sheet was sent to parents' email addresses of current 10th to 12th grade students on May 1. We look forward to seeing your student at the Summer ACT Prep Course!

A completer is a student who has taken three specific courses (taken in order) in a program of study. At Brookland, we currently offer completer pathways in the following areas:

• Agricultural Power Structural, and Technical Systems

• Animal Systems

• Army JROTC

• AV Technology and Film

• Family and Consumer Science-Human and Social Services

• Marketing Business Enterprise

• Nutrition Science

• Office Administration

Be on the lookout for new ones to come!!

Brookland students are also recognized who completed pathways available at the Northeast Arkansas Career and Technical Center and through Black River Technical Center.

Completers are recognized at the end of their senior year with a seal on their transcript, identified in the graduation program, and awarded a cord to wear during the graduation ceremony. Completers are also valuable in the eyes of an employer because they show they have the perseverance and determination to finish what they start. Completers whose program of study matches their chosen career, likely already have entry level skills in the field and may have better chances for employment as they will provide benefits to the employer sooner than someone without those basic skills. In many of the programs of study, being a completer provides students the opportunity to take industry certification exams, which may also increase their skill set and better their chances of employment.

The first step in being a completer is to take the Level 1 course.

Below, you will find information about each of our completer opportunities in the following format:

Program of Study

Agricultural Power Structural, and Technical Systems

Animal Systems

Army JROTC

AV Technology and Film

FACS Human and Social Services

Marketing Business Enterprise

Nutrition Science

Office Administration

NEACTC

BRTC

Starting a program in the 9th or 10th grade allows students more time to be a completer. Starting in August 2024, 8th graders can also sign up to take Survey of Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Survey of Business for credit, providing them with more time and opportunities to complete one or more programs.

This year, our CTE completers were also recognized at a banquet, where they were provided a meal, heard an encouraging message from Mr. John Campbell with HomeTronix, and were presented with certificates of completion.

Congratulations to the class of 2024!

State Festival Results for choir: Chamber Singers came home with a Superior and the Sweepstakes award (Superiors across the board from Region AND State assessment), Treble Chorus received a Superior, and Sophomore Select received an Excellent.

128 of the top choirs in the state performed at State Festival and Chamber Singers ranked in the top in not only the 5A division but out of all choirs and all divisions 1A-7A.

The highest scoring choirs, out of 300 possible points, were:

Bentonville West: 296

Brookland, Bentonville West, and Lakeside: 290

Members of the choir also had the honor of singing at Carnegie Hall this spring!

Student Council members competed at the Arkansas Association of Student Councils (AASC) State Conference in April and got first place in projects over Faculty/Student Relations, Fundraising, and Scrapbooking. Additionally, the Brookland High School Student Council was recognized as a gold status council for the many activities they participated in at the district and state levels. BHS Student Council was also selected to serve as State Reporter school, which means we are responsible for publishing a newsletter to keep schools across the state informed about events happening in AASC.

Congratulations to both jazz bands; "Jazz, Too!" and "Jazz Cats" for SUPERIOR (highest possible ranking) performances at ARJE State Jazz assessment on April 20, at Nettleton High School. See list of players below.

Also, congratulations to the following Brookland Students who were selected as OUTSTANDING SOLOISTS at ARJE State Band Festival this past weekend:

Outstanding Soloists from JAZZ, TOO!

Raelee McQuay on Tenor Saxophone

Toby Harris on Vibes

Outstanding Soloists from JAZZ CATS

Aidan Curtner on Alto Sax

Alec Wright on Tenor Sax

"Jazz, Too" performing members

"Jazz Cats" performing members

Katie Thomas has wanted to be an officer in the US Military since she was in the 7th grade. Her goal was to attend a Service Academy. Once she decided she wanted to go to the Naval Academy she had to receive 2 Congressional Nominations. One of them was Congressman Crawford and the other was Senator Boseman. She took the ACT test 10 times and scored a Composite of 29. After hearing of her wishes she was offered a full 4 year Naval ROTC Scholarship at the Citadel. She chose that path and will be starting school in the Fall.

Manning McAfee decided in early fall that he wanted to enlist in the US Navy and attempt to become a Navy SEAL. Once he enlisted he was given the opportunity to Compete for an open draft from all 6 SEAL Teams. He was given a rigorous Physical Fitness Test that an average of 15 percent of the people actually pass. He passed the test on his very first attempt and was drafted on the First look. He will attend Basic Training and then go straight to Navy Seal Selection School.

On April 20, 2024 JROTC participated in our Annual Service Learning project where the Battalion raised over $7750 in support of St Jude's hospital. The Battalion provided parking, food, and a donation bucket support for the Annual Chevy 10 truck show.

It is with great pleasure we announce that Landon Epps has made Brookland School History! He is our very first student at Brookland to be awarded through the State of Arkansas, the Seal of Biliteracy, in English and American Sign Language! Not only that, he is one of the very first to be awarded throughout the entire state of Arkansas!

This Seal of Biliteracy recognizes that students are able to read, write, as well as converse as a bilingual person at a proficient to advanced level in two or more languages.

The Brookland High school physics class recently visited ASU for a presentation by physicist and NASA propulsion engineer Dr. Les Johnson. He spoke on the Eclipse, interplanetary travel and the propulsion needed.

Congratulations to Sara Tuetken of BHS Swim for placing 3rd in the State in the 100 Y Breaststroke & 6th in the State in the 50 Y Free at the 4A-1A Swim & Dive STATE Championship in Russellville 02/24/24.

Photos by: Amy Tuetken Photography

Athletes recently competed at JHS for SO Track and Field. We took about 20 volunteers with us, along with 14 athletes from JH/HS. All of our students represented Brookland extremely well! If you see any of these students, please tell them what a great job they did! Each athlete received two medals.

Our student volunteers also represented our district well. They are interactive with our athletes, they are diligent about athlete safety, and they take pictures like a proud big brother or sister. It is truly heart-warming to know we have such an amazing group of students who want to include everyone, no matter what! Track and field is a bit chaotic and these students handled everything so gracefully and with a smile on their faces!

Jasmine Davis- gold and bronze

Jayshawn Childers- gold and gold

Chase Liles- gold and gold

Noah Warren- gold and silver

Carol Orr- gold and gold

Madison Allen- silver and gold

Jon Weston Folsom- silver and bronze

Brady Combs- gold and gold

Josh Hubbs- silver and silver

Mirabella Rogers- gold and gold

Preston Turney- gold and silver

Aubree Loggins- gold and silver

Dallas Brown- bronze and bronze

Darren Morris- gold and gold

EAST recently held their annual East Night out. They displayed the projects they have worked on throughout the year. They had a great turnout and look forward to finding new ways to partner with the community next year!

East students recently partnered with the City of Brookland to sponsor our annual Keep Brookland Beautiful clean up day. Students, teachers, administrators, and community members spent two hours cleaning up trash around the community. 700 pounds of trash were collected! Great job East!

Bearcat trap team members competed in the East regional tournaments for JR and SR divisions in Jacksonville.

JR division (7-8gr) has 2 squads advancing to the state tournament out of over 100 other squads that competed, placing 3rd and 10th.

SR division (9-12gr) also has 2 squads advancing to the state tournaments. They placed 6th and 7th, also out of over 100 other squads.

And…. Hayden Whitlock was 1 of 5 students Saturday to shoot a perfect 50/50 targets, securing him a spot in the “Champion or Champions” individual shoot off!

All in all we have 20 of 37 team members advancing to the state tournament!

17-3-4 overall record, 10-1-3 4A North Conference Champions

Advanced to the quarterfinals at state tournament

Xavier Mata led the team in goals with 15

Robert Pintor led in assists with 13

Held opponents to 13 goals in 24 games on the season

The Lady Bearcat Soccer team ended the season with a record of 15-5. They ended regular season play as conference runner ups. They ended state plays off in the quarter finals with a hard fought game against Shiloh Christian. That game went into double overtime and a PK shootout.

Abbi Brookreson lead the season with 47 goals, Grace Gary was second with 19 and Anna Hardee was 3rd with 13 goals. I did not keep up with assists later on in the season. Grace Gary lead the team with assists with Katie Blumreich and Abbi Brookreson following behind her. We had 13 games that were shut outs with Lisa Craig being our starting keeper.

17-9 Record

Conference Co-Champions

Regional Runner Up

State Qualifier

Sr. High Track was district runner-up with multiple district championships.

We broke 3 school records this year

Shot Put - Chloe Rodriguez

4x200 meter relay-

• Lillie Romines
• Kylie Duncan
• Lydia Jiles
• Kaylin Jiles

4x800 meter relay-

• Callie Curtis
• Kinley Hammett
• Emilee Coleman
• Rylee Walker

Charlie Stallings was the State Champion in the Pole Vault and went to the Meet of Champions which is the overall state track meet.

Rylee Walker won her 7th individual State Championship in the 800 meter and went to the Meet of Champions.

Bearcat Media Productions has a successful 2nd season. This year the team attended the Arkansas Scholastic Press Association Convention in Little Rock bringing home 11 awards: Alex Gallion, Broadcast Sports Journalist of the Year overall, Sports Challenge 3rd place; Jackson Mitchell, News Anchoring 2nd place overall, News Package 1st and Best of ASPA, Human Interest 2nd, commercial 1st and Best of ASPA; Logan Gilley, News Package 1st and Best of ASPA, Sports Challenge 3rd; Kalen Gurnsey, Movie Trailer 2nd overall. Jason McLain was named an ASPA Scholar Graduate.

In ASU Media Fest the team brought in 5 awards: Alex Gallion On-Camera Talent Gold, Pregame Show Silver; BMP Team Multi-Cam Live Broadcast Bronze and HM; Sarah Williams Student Life photo HM.

Outstanding Team awards presented by the community: Alex Gallion EAB Sports Network Golden Mic and Logan Gilley KAIT Most Outstanding Live Producer

Members of BMP Honored at the end of the year for outstanding service: Kamille Hutchison, Collin Butterworth, Ethan Murphy, Alex Gallion, Jason McLain, Harper Luye, Logan Gilley, Manning McAfee, Darren Morris, Stone Bracken, Jackson Mitchell, Kalen Gurnsey and Sarah Williams.

Any student wishing to apply to work for Bearcat Media Productions next school year may see Mrs. Andrews for an application. An application form has also been sent out to all students.

Congratulations to Mr. Baldwin's classes for being recognized as receiving a "Poetic Achievement Award" because over fifty percent of his students were accepted for publication.

Congratulations to our high school teacher of the year, Mrs. Charlyn George!

Congratulations to our 7-12 Special Education teacher of the year, Mrs. Kelly Harris!

Email: wmiller@bpsbearcats.com
Website: brooklandbearcats.org/o/bhs
Location: 200 West School Street, Brookland, AR, USA
Phone: (870)932-2080
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