Hall's Corner

Quarter 3 grades are now available on the Parent/Student Portal..

AP Exams begin Monday, May 6

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

End of year FINAL COURSE exams will take place from June 14 – June 22. Click here for the full schedule!

Some courses may have in class course exams before June 14th. Teachers will notify their students. Please review the timeline of end of year events below. Please review for details on Springfest, exam week and logistics, the last day of classes, and more!

Seniors are preparing for Senior Ball and Juniors are preparing for Junior Prom.

Check out the Class of 2024 and Class of 2025 webpages for more details on SENIOR BALL and JUNIOR PROM

We continue to follow our NEW Positive Attendance Campaign at BHS! You can read Dr. Hall's letter HERE to learn more.

Thanks,

Tom

Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream is twisted a bit sideways in this romanticized 1950's interpretation. The story starts off at The Athen's Malt Shop and Diner. Rock and Roll star, “The Duke," has returned from his latest tour. While travelling, he met and wooed the chic and sophisticated Hippolyta of the Amazons. The two have returned to town to wed. With love in the air, some of the Teenie-boppers at The Athens are also having a go at romance. However, “the path of love never did run smoothly,” so to escape the pressure of all the "squares", they escape to the magical freedom of The Woods, the local drive-in theatre, where city rules don’t apply and “The Fairies” gang runs free with mischief and mayhem. When magical love-potions are applied, romance goes awry, and hilarity ensues. Join us at 7PM April 26th and 27th at the BHS auditorium, tickets $5 (cash or check only) available at the door, to rock the night away with Shakespeare.

PTSA will be distributing Senior Lawn Signs in the BHS Bus Loop

Thursday April 25, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Saturday April 27, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

BRIGHTON CLEAN SWEEP 2024

Saturday, May 11th from

9:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

BHS ROOM 262

The Annual Brighton Clean Sweep and BHS Spring Clean Up Day is set for Saturday, May 11th.

I encourage all of you to consider helping out with this event.

Please sign up in the Main Office by May 8th if you would like to help in some capacity. Maybe your club, athletic team, group of friends, or just you!

Group Sign up Sheet to be filled out by Advisor/Coach/Student Leader

WHAT WILL SPRING CLEAN UP DAY LOOK LIKE?

- School Staff will be grouped with student volunteers and be given an area of the school community to clean, pick up trash, etc.

- All constituent groups meet at BHS at 9:00 A.M. for cleanup assignments, directions, and BREAKFAST!

- All groups go to their mapped-out areas to clean from 9:30 A.M. – 11:15 A.M. We will do the entire BHS and TCMS grounds and Buckland Creek areas.

- At the end of the clean-up, students and staff may go to FRES for lunch!

If any of the above interests you, get involved!

Check out the Timeline so you can plan ahead!

***Please note Senior Decision Day has moved to May 23rd!

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!

Brighton physics students made up the first and second place teams out of

20 teams from across New York State in the RIT High School Physics Olympiad. Sam Cohen, Evan Hoefen, and Andrew Kotalik won first place, and David Deroo-Kury, Jaedyn Lian, and Toby Rizzo finished in second place. Both teams finished well ahead of all of the other competitors. They will be honored at an awards ceremony to be held at RIT on May 4.

The Brighton High School Mock Trial team ended its season in the Monroe County finals. The team won the semifinals at Brighton Town Court to advance to the finals at the federal courthouse in Rochester.

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). Will you please post to the district socials? I’m including a flyer. Please highlight that 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!

The Transportation Department asks that guardians have their students out at their bus stop five to seven minutes before the assigned stop time. We have many sub drivers daily. Sub drivers will not know the routes as well as the normal driver and may be a few minutes early or late for the assigned stop time. Being at the stop early is the best way to make sure that kids will not miss the bus. Hopefully, the return of warmer weather will make getting outside easier. If the bus is running more than 10 minutes late for pick up, please call the Transportation Department at: 242-5200, ext 5806.

There will be no Boot Camp in April. The final Boot Camp of the school year meets Saturday, May 11 from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Complete information about the class content and registration is available here.

High School Study Skills offers tips and suggestions on useful study skills for high school students. These skills include time management, material organization, learning methods, active listening, and active reading skills - all skills students need to succeed in high school. Students who have enrolled in the class in previous years have attested to its value. The class is open to students in grades 9 - 12. You do not have to be a Brighton High School student to register.

Please contact the Community Education office at mona_zamiarski@bcsd.org if you have any questions. Financial assistance is available by contacting the BHS School Counseling office.

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

https://www.smore.com/n/gtcr9

Junior newsletter April 9-12 https://www.smore.com/n/de8pc

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

Criteria

• Nominees must live or work in the town of Brighton.
• Nominees must demonstrate the character traits of Brighton Believes in their work, school, community involvement, public service, extracurricular participation, etc.
• Anyone may submit a nomination.
• There is no deadline this year, as we’d like nominations to come in throughout the 2023-24 school year.

Process

To complete a nomination, please fill out this form (file below). You need not be limited by the lines in the form. You can submit your nomination by mail or in person to Brighton Believes Council, 2035 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618; or e-mail to Jeff_Green@bcsd.org. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jeff Green at (585) 242-5200 ext. 5535.

Recipients will be recognized at a Brighton Central School District Board of Education Meeting on a date to be determined. The recipient will be invited along with the person who submitted the nomination.

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.

Please see the important notification that Dr. McGowan sent out to families in March about our software program called Linewize. Linewize is a software platform that monitors the online work of device and network users in the district. The platform sends an alert to school and network administrators when concerning searches or text entries are made.

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

HERE.

• BHS offered a second day picture makeup day on Friday, December 1. Parents/guardians who have not ordered can place an order using the Retake Event Order Code, 84702RF at https://inter-state.com/Order. This Order Code is different from the original Event Order Code.
• Students who were absent for Picture Day and had pictures on makeup day in October, please use the Retake Order Code: 79066MF to place your order at: https://inter-state.com/Order. To see your Order History, check your Inter-State Account.

Senior Picture Guidelines

The BCSD site for yearbook with Senior Portrait info is up to date. This is the link to our page

https://www.bcsd.org/Page/6478

• ONLY one person per bathroom stall.
• No loitering or hanging out in bathrooms. If students are waiting for available stalls or urinals, they should wait in the hallway or choose another bathroom.
• Bathrooms are for urinating, defecating, and attending to personal hygiene issues. They are not for eating, socializing, or vaping. Students have a right to privacy when using the restroom and should not have to navigate through students vaping or hanging out.
• Students should get in and get out. Period.

• Nicotine Vape use/possession will result in Saturday detentions, ISS, and treatment programs for nicotine addiction.

• THC containing vapes use/possession will result in out of school suspension and treatment program referrals for substance use/abuse.

• Selling of vape devices/drugs will result in long-term suspension.

We have stepped up our cleaning schedule throughout the day and have increased security monitoring of all bathrooms at BHS. We have heard you and we need your help to make all of our bathrooms clean, safe, and welcoming.

Website to Food Service My School Bucks and other information.

Brighton Central Schools - School Nutrition And Fitness

The CDC recommends that people who have symptoms of respiratory or gastrointestinal infections, such as cough, fever, sore throat, vomiting, or diarrhea, should stay home. Testing is recommended for people with symptoms of COVID-19 as soon as possible after symptoms begin.

• If people test positive for COVID-19, they should stay home for at least 5 days and isolate.
• Isolation may end after Day 5 IF people are fever-free for 24-hours without fever-reducing medication AND their symptoms are improving.
• Day 0 being day of symptom onset or positive test.
• If symptoms are NOT improving, the CDC recommends that the person continue to isolate until symptoms improve and they are fever-free for 24-hours without fever-reducing medication.
• After the person has ended isolation and when symptoms have improved, the CDC recommends that people wear a well-fitting, high-quality mask through Day 10, OR until two rapid tests, taken 48-hours apart, are both negative.

Click here for names and contact information.

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