Hall's Corner

We just completed our first week of Advanced Placement Testing and look forward to the final week coming up. Please click here for the complete AP EXAM Schedule: AP Exam Information / AP Exam Information (bcsd.org). Students should report promptly at 7:30am for morning exams and 11:30am for afternoon exams.

AP Exam Schedule

What students should bring to the exam - Link to AP page - https://www.bcsd.org/Domain/259

Happy Friday Bruins!

A quick correction to my previous communications. Brighton Clean Sweep and BHS Spring Clean Up Day is Saturday, May 18th, not the 11th. Teams, clubs, or individual students are welcome to come to BHS at 9:00 AM on May 18th and meet in Room 262 for breakfast and clean up assignments. We will be picking up trash on the entire BHS, TCMS, and Central Office campus from 9:30-11:00 AM. Sign up on the BHS MAIN OFFICE – free t-shirt and breakfast! The town will provide lunch at 11:30 at FRES.

May/June are also fun months full of many wonderful student events. Check out this list:

Thanks,

Tom

Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) is an annual recognition and celebration of American Jews' achievements and contributions to the United States of America during the month of May. During this month we recognize Jewish contributions to American culture, history, military, science, government, and more. To learn more about Jewish American Heritage, please check out these resources.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI Heritage Month). This month is an annual celebration that recognizes the historical and cultural contributions of individuals and groups of Asian and Pacific Islander descent to the United States. Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month began as a week-long celebration in the late 1970s that extended into a month-long celebration in 1990. The month of May was chosen in honor of the first Japanese immigrants who came to the United States and the completion of the transcontinental railroad, which both occurred during May. Today, AAPI communities speak over 100 languages in over 50 ethnic groups throughout the U.S., with ties tracing back to Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, Hawaiian and other Asian and Pacific Islander ancestries.

If interested, families can celebrate together with free admission at the Memorial Art Gallery.

In order to learn more about family experiences within Brighton, we are asking for your feedback via an online survey about school perceptions, engagement, and school environment. The survey data is collected by individual school buildings. Families can choose to take the survey multiple times for different school buildings or complete one survey for your oldest child in district.

All survey responses are confidential. No one within our district will see how you individually respond to the questions. A separate organization, Thought Exchange, will manage all data collection to ensure confidentiality.

The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete and will be an invaluable source of information for us as we work to make our school community as excellent as it can be. This summer, Building School Based Equity Teams and the District Leadership team will be reviewing the data to support building and district plans and goals for the 2024-2025 school year.

Please don’t hesitate to contact Thought Exchange at 1-800-361-9027 ext. 4 or help@thoughtexchange.com if you have any questions about the survey administration. We thank you in advance for your thoughtful responses.

https://tejoin.com/scroll/200524329

BRIGHTON CLEAN SWEEP 2024

***New Date***Saturday, May 18th from

9:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

BHS ROOM 262

The 2024 Brighton Clean Sweep/Brighton Spring Clean Up Day – Service, food, and free t-shirts!

The 2024 Brighton Clean Sweep is Saturday, May 18th and we need students, clubs, teams, music groups, volunteer/service clubs, etc. to join us! We meet in room 262 at 9:00 AM, have donuts/bagels, juice, coffee, and then get cleaning assignments for the ground of BHS, TCMS, Central Office, the creek, the stadium, turf, and athletic fields. It is wonderful 90-minute volunteer opportunity to clean up our school grounds and participate in the greater Town of Brighton’s event. LUNCH at the end at FRES!

Teams, Clubs, Individual Students, Groups, and/or Activities – SIGN UP!

talent show sign-up form

New format this year! faculty & staff acts, student acts, and mixed faculty & student acts

Sign-up using the attached form to be part of this year's talent show!

Reach out with any questions.

ATTENTION BHS Families and Students

2024 JUNE EXAM SCHEDULE

Has been Updated to Include ALGEBRA 1 Exam -June 4

SAVE THE DATES for FINAL EXAMS

June 4 – June 24

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

Click here for the full schedule!

• Food Services During Exam Weeks
• The Brighton Café is closed during exam week.
• On the 14th, 17th and 18th, 20th and 21st and 24th the snack bar is open from 7:00-11:45 a.m.
• The snack bar will be closed on the 25th.
• Students may pick up breakfast from 7 AM to 7:45 AM each day.
• Students may pick up assorted cold lunches in the snack line from 9:30 – 11:45 each day.

Congratulations to Shannon O'Sullivan and Team Skip!

At the LLS gala, held in Buffalo, SHANNON WON the 2024 Student Visionary of the Year. Shannon's amazing leadership, tenacity and resilience, as well as the support from an awesome Brighton High School Team (Team Skip) led her to this impressive victory!

This is a tough (yet rewarding) philanthropic program for a high school student to experience and Shannon and her Team SHINED. Team Skip brought in $27,000 in just 6 weeks. WAY TO GO SHANNON AND TEAM SKIP! We are all so proud of you!

In addition to Shannon winning Student Visionary of the Year. She also won the 2024 Mission Award for Policy & Advocacy. A huge congratulations also to her team member Vivian Marcus who won Team Member of the Year. What a night!! Amazing kids, doing AMAZING things.

BHS Bruins Chess Team celebrates their championship at the 2024 Rochester Interscholastic Chess League playoffs. This is the third consecutive year that the Bruins have won the title. They swept their competition 4-0 in the four rounds played during the championship. This is after finishing their regular season as the League #1 champions with an 8-1 record and also having the league's highest scoring team with a total of 467 board points.

The playoffs were held on Saturday, May 4 at Rush-Henrietta HS with a dozen area teams competing.

Top row from left to right: Advisor John Clements, Alan Jiang, and Andrew Wu

Bottom Row from left to right: Darren Lin, Austin Rao, and Hasan Sula.

Not shown but also participating in the day's matches: Team Captain David Lusignan, Tobias Rizzo, and Henry Swing

Thank you to all who participated in the RIT Mathematics Competition in March. The results of the RIT competition came in recently. Several BHS students took place. The following students are recognized for their work:

Honorable Mention:

• Noah Biedenkopf
• Sam Cohen
• John Luger
• David Yang

Credible Performance

• Vivienne Biedenkopf
• Asher Char
• Yelena Haefner-Buszo
• Hilen Lopez
• Toby Rizzo
• T. Tombs
• Andrew Wu

The BHS Red Cross Club and the American Red Cross are hosting a blood drive in the cafeteria at Brighton High School on Saturday, May 11, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Main Parking Lot- Door #20). People who donate get a coupon for free haircut by email, thanks to Sport Clips Haircuts! Plus, they also have a chance to win a VIP NASCAR experience to the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series & Xfinity Races at Darlington Raceway.

Donors can scan the QR code on the attached flyer, use the hyperlink below, go to redcrossblood.org and enter the sponsor keyword: brightonhighschoolbrighton to schedule an appointment, or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

CLICK HERE to schedule an appointment.

Are you interested in learning about a different culture and way of life? For more than 30 years, Brighton has been the only district in our area to host language interns from other countries! The World Language Department at Brighton is currently looking for three host families for our interns for the 2024-25 academic school year, and we hope you will consider!

See the attached file below to find out more!

Brighton High School is once again excited to participate in the BHS-Israeli Exchange. Even though the program is jointly sponsored by the Brighton Central School District and the Jewish Federation of Rochester, this is intended to be a strictly cultural and non-religious exchange. As such, any BHS student can participate.

See the attached file below to find out more!

May Counseling Corner https://secure.smore.com/n/kx40c

Junior Newsletter https://secure.smore.com/n/y62nj

The JBA College Scholarship Award for Excellence of $1,000 will be awarded to a senior in the top 20% of the class and demonstrate accomplishments in the arts, athletics, community service and leadership. Essay required - 500-word essay on how you plan to "Make a Difference in Our World."

For more information go to https://www.bcsd.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=2087

Mary Crelley, Keri Crowley, Elissa Maxon, Jennie Viggiani

Travis Figueroa, Holly Juliano, Courtney Stern, Lance Mitchell

Please contact Ms. Zeller directly to schedule an appointment

Seniors Final Counseling Newsletter.

https://www.smore.com/cweh4

SAT and ACT Exam Prep Boot Camp

Taught by Chariot Learning--Upstate New York’s most well-known and respected test prep organization--this SAT/ACT Boot Camp thoroughly reviews the essential reading, writing, math, and test-taking skills and strategies for the most current versions of both exams. This class meets at Brighton High School multiple times throughout the year.Complete class information, meeting dates for each session, and registration are available at brightonschools.revtrak.net. You do not have to be a BHS student to register for this class. Questions? Please contact the Community Education office at ce@bcsd.org or 585-244-5200, ext. 5595.

New York State Driver Education

This course is offered at Brighton High School (BHS four times a year – fall, winter, spring, and summer. Brighton Central School District partners with a program coordinator and instructors who are Monroe One Educational Services (BOCES) employees. Dates for the next session are posted as soon as they are provided to BHS from BOCES. BHS students are enrolled on a first-come, first-served basis. Prepare to register for this course by reading general information about the current session here (see the Student Info Sheet). Complete course details and registration information are available at brightonschools.revtrak.net. Questions? Please contact the Community Education office at ce@bcsd.org or 585-244-5200, ext. 5595.

See the notice, "Online Safety and the Qustodio Parents App" HERE.

Brighton Believes Packet

Safe School Helpline

1-800-4-1-VOICE ext. 359

1-800-418-6423 ext. 359

TEXT: 66746, TIPS

www.safeschoolhelpline.com

Website to Food Service My School Bucks and other information.

Brighton Central Schools - School Nutrition And Fitness

Click here for names and contact information.

https://www.bcsd.org/domain/111