
Hall's Corner
May 22, 2023
Dear BHS Families and Students
Panorama Family Survey
Our district values input from families, and we need to hear from you!
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, Panorama Education, 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 will be reviewing data to support building equity goals and building plans for 2023-2024.
Panorama family survey opens up this Friday, May 12.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Panorama directly at support@panoramaed.com if you have any questions about the survey administration. We thank you in advance for your thoughtful responses.
Be well,
Tom
SPRINGFEST is May 26th
Springfest is a long standing tradition at Brighton High School. It is a time to celebrate, have fun, promote school spirit, and enjoy the BRUIN culture right before final exams begin. Students will follow a shortened class schedule in the morning and meet for all 8 periods, a cycle day 4. After period 8, students will be released outside for lunch, games, sports, club booth tables, dunk tank, frisbee, spike-ball, nitro-ball, gaming, music, and more! Students may bring cash with them to purchase food and drink items sold by the PTSA and at club booths. Students will then attend a faculty staff talent show and then participate in a spring pep assembly in the BHS gym. We will move event inside if rain is an issue. School starts at 7:40 AM and ends at 2:47 PM.
See the Springfest schedule HERE.
Check out the BHS SPRING tIMELINE OF EVENTS so you can plan ahead!
End of year
End of year FINAL COURSE exams will take place from June 14 – June 22. 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 2023 and Class of 2024 webpages for more details on SENIOR BALL and JUNIOR PROM
In this week’s Hall’s Corner...
- Students in the News
- PTSA Meeting with the Principal, May 24
- Driver's Ed. registration opens 6/6 at 8p.m.
- K-12 Spring Art Show
- Brighton/Israeli Exchange information for 2023-2024, updated
- ATTENTION JUNIORS – Summer College Essay Course just for BHS JUNIORS!
- Summer Enrichment Course Offerings
- Calendar of Upcoming Events
- Students may go outside during FLEX
- BHS Open Campus Schedule
- Cell Phone Reminders
- Athletics
Students in the News, Making BHS Proud!
Brighton Crew makes grand finals in six events
The NY State High School Rowing Championships were held this last weekend at Saratoga Springs NY. There were 63 teams from across NY that participated. Brighton Crew brought 32 rowers and entered 12 events. The Brighton team made the grand finals in 6 events with 3 boats bringing home medals. They also made the petit finals in 4 more events. Congratulations to all our rowers and special HUGE SHOUT OUT TO Maya Torres-Panzer who is the NY State U17 1x CHAMPION! Maya also qualified for the US Rowing Youth NATIONAL Championships in June. The girls junior 4x finished 2nd (Maya Torres-Panzer, Viv Biedenkopf, Mollie Skolnik, and Ella Beyers), the girls varsity 4X finished 2nd (Claire Clark, Lily Coyne, Annalie Yartz, and Emma Goerlich), the boys junior 4+ finished 3rd (Gavin Ng, Henry Swing, Quentin Newcomb, Nathan Kambar, Mikhail Bagrov), and the boys varsity 4Xfinished 7th (Evan Norton, Cooper Ossont, Sam Martin, and Elijah Barnett). Huge thank you to our wonderful coaches: Lucas Ogden, DJ Civiletti, and Carol Schoenecker who got our rowers so well-prepared for the season.
Want to try rowing? Sign up for a Learn to Row summer camp or the free National Learn to Row day on June 3rd. For information email: info@brightoncrew.org or check our website: www.brightoncrew.org
American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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 at the Rochester Museum and Science Center AAPI Heritage Celebration. Check out this link to learn more: https://rmsc.org/events/aapi-celebration/
BHS PTSA Meeting with the Principal on Wednesday, May 24
Drivers Education Summer Session
TIES VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
THE BRIGHTON TIES PROGRAM- Together Including Every Student - is a volunteer organization committed to promoting the participation of students and young adults with developmental disabilities in inclusive, organized extracurricular and community activities, with the support of trained student volunteers.
TIES volunteers learn how to support our student participants according to their individual needs, gain more understanding of disabilities, diversity, and make a positive difference in a peer’s life.
TIES is looking for STUDENT VOLUNTEERS to make a difference by assisting their peers in school-based and community activities. TIES volunteers enhance the lives of their peers when they sharing their talent and friendship.
Students in grades 9– 12 are invited to join the fun and become a TIES volunteer.
We have volunteer opportunities over the summer and during the school year.
Please click on the link more information and an application: TIES INFORMATION
Or – contact Mrs. DeGoey, Brighton TIES Coordinator at: kathleen_degoey@bcsd.org
Brighton/Israeli Exchange
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.
We are offering the opportunity to all BHS students to participate as either a host family and/or as part of a BHS-chaperoned student exchange trip to Israel. The Israeli students from our sister city Modi’in will be visiting us September 26, 2023 to October 8, 2023*. Our trip to Israel will take place during our 2024 February break. If you are interested in learning more about hosting and/or traveling please contact:
Marla Taplinger
Click HERE for Pdf.
* Dates have changed from a previous post!
ATTENTION JUNIORS – Summer College Essay Course just for BHS JUNIORS!
Summer Enrichment Classes
The following summer enrichment classes are open for registration here. (Hyperlink "here" to https://brightonschools.revtrak.net)
Writing Your College Application Essay
Study Skills for High School Students
SAT/ACT Exam Prep
NYS Driver Education... another session will start in July, registration will open June 6 at 8 p.m.
Calendar of Upcoming Events at BHS
BHS Open Campus Schedule
“Open Campus” means you may leave campus if you have a free period.
“Closed Campus” means you may not leave the building, except for scheduled appointments. If weather/supervision allow, students may be allowed to go behind the school to study, play sports, or do work. Students MUST remain on campus.
Open Campus is a privilege granted to Brighton High School students and should be respected. This privilege can be revoked and/or restricted by administration and/or by parent request due to academic and/or behavioral concerns.
- Students are required to sign in and out during regular school hours at door #1.
- Students leaving for an appointment need to sign out at the Attendance Office FIRST and then leave via door #1 with a pass.
- Students cannot transport other students in their car during the school day.
- FAMILIES - if you DO NOT want your child to have OPEN CAMPUS privileges, please notify their assistant principal.
New Cell Phone Policy
Administrator and Counselor Information
Click here for names and contact information.