Welcome back to school and the second semester. We return to school on January 2, 2024. Students will report to their advisory teacher to pick up their schedule on Tuesday morning. We will only be in advisory for a few minutes and will have advisory during flex time Tuesday.
Students who missed an exam prior to break need to contact their teacher to make up the exam.
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Reminder for parents to send in notes for any day you student did not attend school that the bus did not run. We need to code these absences correctly to avoid truancy. These days also do not count against students for the semester exam exemption.
Students who have missed 9 or more days of school must take their exams. All absences count towards the 9 days whether excused or unexcused. The only exception would be for a bus not running the assigned route.
B-UHS Families: Don’t forget about the Next Steps Night from 5:30-7:30 pm tonight! Stop by anytime! Dinner will be served from 5:30-7:15 pm.
Reminder: Next Steps Night will be held at B-UHS on Wednesday, November 15 from 5:30-7:30 pm. This is an opportunity for students and families to plan for their futures, and topics covered will include colleges/technical schools, FAFSA/scholarships, the military, vocational services and other community resources. Dinner will be provided for families all evening, so come find out what is available at B-UHS, like dual-credit options, CTE (career and technical programs at B-HS), careers and social/health services.
Save the Date! B-UHS students and families are invited to attend our Next Steps Night. This will
be held on Wednesday, November 15 from 5:30-7:30 pm at B-UHS. Dinner will be provided. This night will provide the opportunity to learn about the CTE programs within our building, Fred Eberle Technical School, Dual-Credit, and AP courses for our students. There will be technical schools, WV Division of Rehabilitation Services, colleges, military, social, emotional and health/wellness booths set up and so much more. There will be information about FAFSA, SAT/ACT prep and scholarships.
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Today we had a report of some bugs and mice in our school. We contacted our pest management company as required per policy and reported what was found. They are following federal guidelines for pest management in a public school. At no point did we have an infestation. The Health Department also came and checked the school and reported no infestation. The pest management company serviced the school/classrooms, extra cleaning will be completed in the classrooms where the bugs were found, and the pest management company will follow up in a few days. There are several things we can do as a school to help manage pests in the building.
1. Keep all areas clean and free of clutter. Especially cardboard and food/crumbs.
2. Leave unnecessary items at home like blankets and pillows. These items carry the bugs to and from school.
3. Report bugs seen in the school to a custodian or administrator with a description and location.
All these steps will reduce the available food source, limit transfer from one place to another, and allow us to properly manage the pests in the building.
Attention Senior Parents:
the first Project Graduation meeting will be held Monday, October 30th @6PM in the B-UHS Commons area. Please plan to attend and make Project graduation a success.
Good morning, just a reminder about parent teacher conferences tonight from 4 - 7 at BUHS. Come and see your child's teachers. If you are unable to attend, please contact the teacher or teachers you want to talk with to set up a conference time. We look forward to seeing you this evening.
Parent teacher conferences will be held at BUHS on October 18 from 4 - 7. Come see your child's teacher to check on their progress.
Senior Work Release
Today we distributed forms for work release for seniors. Students need to submit the completed forms ASAP. Students are only eligible for work release for 4th block.
1. Students must have all their credits for graduation completed or scheduled.
2. We are not changing schedules so students can leave for work release this semester. 3. Students must attend until 1:48 each day.
4. Students must come to school on time, stay for advisory, and maintain passing grades to be eligible for this privilege.
Forms are available in student service for students in need of work release.
Attention DC students:
Remember to complete your forms and submit to student services once all signatures are completed. We will let you know when your schedule is updated to reflect the location change for your class(es). Remember you need to have good attendance, report to advisory, make sure you do not miss announcements made through advisory, and sign in or out each day. Failure to meet these expectations may result in loss of the privilege to sign out.
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Attention all seniors We will be painting parking spots on 9/30 we will start at 8:00. Rain date will be 10/7 same time. If you want to paint a parking spot you need to have submitted a drawing to Mrs. Thompson.
Good morning, The survey link would not allow access outside office 365. This link should allow all to participate. Thanks for taking the time to support our school.
https://forms.office.com/r/gdzVRHKNUU
Bus 91 will not be completing their AM run today September 20, 2023. If you are not able to bring your child to school please send a note with them tomorrow saying the school bus did not run.
Fall Survey
We are asking students and parents to complete a short survey. Please click on the link in this message to complete the survey. Thank you in advance for you participation as we work to improve our school.
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Special Announcement:
Change to Exam Exemption. Students who earn as A or B and are not on the chronically absent list will be exempt from semester exams. Students who are exempt can take the exam to try and improve their grades. The exam grade will only count if the students grade improves.
Thursday, Sept 21
Homecoming Coronation for
B-UHS students only @1:30 pm. Announcement of King and Queen.
Dress up: Dress Your Best for Coronation
Friday, Sept 22
Homecoming Football Game
B-UHS vs Morgantown
@ 7:30 pm Homecoming Court will be announced at half time.
Dress up: Blue and White
Saturday, Sept 23
Homecoming Dance 7-10 pm
B-UHS Gymnasium
Concession Stand Sales will be open.
Once you leave the dance, you may not re-enter.
B-UHS 2023 Homecoming Week
Monday, Sept.18: All Guest Forms are due.
Dress up: Cosmic Day: Dress in Neon Colors
Tuesday, Sept 19: Dance Ticket Sales during lunch $15
Dress up: Cowboys vs Aliens
Wednesday, Sept 20: Homecoming Parade @ 6:00 pm. Starts at Gibson Library, to Main St, turns at First Community Bank, turns at Wendy’s and ends at Jawbone Park.
Homecoming Pep Rally following parade. Fall sports teams will be announced, band, drum line, cheerleaders and majorettes will perform. Float winners will be announced.
Dress up: Teacher/ Student Swap
Starting Monday, September 18th, B-UHS will have a new parent pick-up traffic pattern.. You will now pull in the parking lot and stay to the left. Follow around the driver's ed course to the tower in parking lot. Students will meet you at the tower at the end of the day. To exit, take a right past the tower and down through the lot where you entered. Thank you.
Dear Boosters,
The meeting with the WVDE on Tuesday evening brought about further discussion regarding items related to the establishment of non-profit groups outside of the schools in West Virginia. I have had a deeper conversation regarding some items I was not aware of when those groups became established, including what happens to the funds you have already spent countless hours raising for the support of our students. I now understand what we are asking, would not permit those funds to be transferred to your group and this is not fair to the hours you have spent or those who have donated to support your organization. Because of this we are going to stop our efforts to remove the booster groups from the school. I take full responsibility for this turnaround in my decision. The schools and counties I have served in were ones where these groups operated outside of the school, and I was moving towards that based on my previous experience. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you as we attempt to implement county policies to keep the system in good standing financially.
If your group has already asked for permission to operate as a separate booster group outside of the school, please know we will still seek approval to operate in that manner.
Sincerely,
Christy Miller, Superintendent