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:

February 27 Early Release, 2:15 PM (Teacher Planning--no meetings)

February 29 Critical Care Meeting (Counseling, etc.). 11:00 AM-12:30 PM, BHS Library

February 29 Open House (details to follow)

March 1 Early Release, 2:15 PM

March 1 Maintenance Workers Appreciation Day

March 1 Maintenance Workers' Appreciation Day

March 1-2 VMA Burbank Blast

Upcoming:

March 5 ILT/Department Chair Meeting, 3:40 PM, Room 1142

March 7 Lockdown Drill during Passing Period (Further instructions to follow for teachers)

March 7 Cultural Mosaic Expo, 5-8 PM

March 8-9 Speech and Debate Tournament at BHS

March 8 International Women's Day

March 8 International Social-Emotional Learning Day

March 10 Ramadan begins at sundown (through April 9)

March 12 Early Release, Teacher Planning (2:15-3:30) and Faculty Meeting (3:30-4:30, Cafeteria)

March 14 School Site Council, 4:00-5:30 PM, BHS Library

March 17 St. Patrick's Day

March 18-22 SPRING BREAK--NO SCHOOL

Lunar New Year

Black History Month

CTE Month

Women's History Month

Youth Art Month

National Nutrition Month

Music in Our Schools Month

Come join us at our annual BHS Open House this Thursday, February 29! See schedule of events below.

And, a reminder: Early Dismissal will be both on Tuesday, Feb. 27 AND Friday, March 1, at 2:15 PM both days.

Angel City Sports is looking for volunteers for their Youth Weekend, March 23-24.

Event Location - Harvard Westlake School, 3700 Coldwater Canyon Rd, LA, CA 91604.

See website link for volunteer slots available and to sign up. https://angel-city-sports.vomo.org/opportunity/2024-youth-weekend

Links can also be found in the Career Center Google Classroom, code eleq5nd.

See Flyer attachment below for details.

Scorekeeper Training - Fridays, Feb 23-Mar 15, 6:30-8:30

Youth Umpire Training - Wednesday, March 27, 6:30-8:30pm; On-Field Training Saturday, March 30, 8:30am-1pm

See flyer and website for details. Links can be found in the Career Center google classroom, code eleq5nd.

The Glendale Community College ECAP (Early College Acceptance Program) sign-up is available now.

There will be an ECAP workshop on Wednesday, 2/28 from 1:30-2:30 in the computer lab. Seniors interested in the workshop can sign up in the Career Center, or email Mrs. Marando,

ShannonMarando@burbankusd.org.

A representative from GCC will be here to assist in the process.

ECAP assists graduating high school seniors with completing the necessary steps for priority registration.

Sign up early, space is limited.

$400 bookstore gift card for all students who complete ECAP process & Summer Bridge.

Sign up in the Career Center or use the Google form for a reminder about the workshop, and required information needed.

Attention Seniors!!! Get ready to do your FAFSA application.

The 2024–25 FAFSA® form (for the school year that runs from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025) became available on Dec. 31, 2023. Learn how to prepare for and stay informed about the FAFSA launch. Check out the website for helpful tips to prepare to apply.

Scholarships are being added to the BUSD Scholarship page on a weekly basis. Be sure to check out the Career Center Google Classroom, code eleq5nd, for links and updated information.

Check out the Scholarship page for additional information, Scholarships.

See Mrs. Marando for any local Scholaship applications.

Now is a great time to start applying. All links can be found in the Career Center Google Classroom, code eleq5nd.

Are you or have your been and ESL student? This scholarship is for you.

The Diane Chase Masterani Memorial Scholarship

Deadline - March 8, 2024 3:30pm

Up to $1,000 will be awarded to a graduating Senior from Burbank or John Burroughs High School who began her/his education in the BUSD as an ESL student and who plans to continue her/his education at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university.

See application attachment below for details. Copies available on the Classwork tab or in the career center.

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.

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.

Each year hundreds of tiny kittens are turned in at the Burbank Animal Shelter, but the shelter simply does not have room to house them all. The VBAS started our Kitten Foster Program (KFP) back in 2001 to house and care for these kittens, and each year we foster ~300 kittens. Without the Kitten Foster Program these kittens would be euthanized.

KFP fostered 385 kittens in 2023 (it was a very busy year), and we're getting ready to do it again in 2024. The kitten season goes from March until October/November with May/June/July traditionally being the busiest months. We are * very* much in need of more foster homes, especially in the May-August timeframe. With this in mind, we are reaching out to local high schools in Burbank to spread the word and recruit more fosters.

Fosters must be 18 years of age, so students' parents need to be involved and onboarded as well, but it's a great family activity, it is extremely rewarding, and it saves so many lives. Hours spent fostering can be used for community service, so it really can be a win-win for all involved.

Fostering is a bit of work, but it's a LOT of fun. The program supplies training, all supplies and medical care. The foster families provide a warm safe and loving home for a month or two, and they get to play with little kittens. (Yes, it is as good as it sounds).

Click on the link below, and check out some pictures of our amazing rescues and fosters!

Just like most schools across the country, BUSD schools, including BHS, have caught students vaping. Daily, our administrators and campus supervisors sweep student restrooms for those who are vaping. However, it is impossible to be present in all student restrooms all the time--particularly due to student privacy laws and laws against unreasonable searches. Unlike other schools, the vapes at BHS are primarily nicotine vapes. Occasionally, we do find marijuana vapes, but most are not.

We do the best we can, and the following consequences are in place:

1. For marijuana vapes: Students are suspended.

2. For nicotine vapes: First offense: Saturday school and anti-vaping class

Additional offenses: Saturday school; parent conference; possible referral to

counseling and a different school placement.

3. Any students caught selling vapes of any kind are subject to suspension and expulsion.

Students may NOT vape at all while on campus. This includes the front steps of the schools, parking garage, football field, restrooms, and any other place considered to be on campus.

Please see the following resources below for additional information. You can contact BHS if you or your child need support with quitting vaping.

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