Hello Parents,
Next Monday and the Monday following I’ll be meeting with the parents who replied and wanted to be a part of the Stress in Students Lives discussion. I’ll be doing a lot of listening at those meetings. I did the same last week with teachers. After Christmas break, me and other administrators will be visiting Advisories to get the student perspective. I also did this at Community Senate when the topic came there. I’ve learned a lot, and I believe there’ll be some things we can do as a community to lessen the stress in students’ lives. This four part series produced by WGBH has some food for thought if you’re interested in reading some of the things that I’m reading. It’s a complicated issue and one article does not capture all the intricacies of the problem, but reading what I’m reading will give you good insight when I roll out an action plan.
Bob
All Parents
Next week we celebrate our Computer Science Week in conjunction with National Computer Science Education Week and Hour of Code. Encourage your son/daughter to try some of the things they’ll see happening in Bulldog Corner.
The discipline consequences for vaping and/or having vape paraphernalia at school have changed. The major ideas behind the changes are keeping students in school (no suspension from school) and more education and restorative practices. When a student is found vaping or in possession of vape paraphernalia, the following procedures are now in place:
the student is sent home with a parent that day
there is a re-entry meeting with a parent the next day to establish timelines for the things below
the student and parents must attend one of the monthly BreathNH presentations here at BHS (we partnered with that organization)
the student must meet with Mrs. Bennett three times (our Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor)
the student must complete 10 hours of community service
the student must complete a reflection and meet with their assistant principal to review the reflection
we also recommend a visit to the student's pediatrician to discuss the possibility of addiction (due to the high level of nicotine in vape juice; Juul pods, for example, have the equivalent of 20 cigarettes worth of nicotine)
All details will be put into the Parent and Student Handbook over the weekend.
Parents of Seniors
If you would like to place a senior send off ad in the Yearbook, it needs to be completed by February. Details are on the Yearbook website.
Parents of Juniors
Nothing this week.
Nothing this week.
Parents of Sophomores
A representative from the Manchester School of Technology (MST) is coming to BHS on Monday, December 9th for a presentation to all sophomores during Advisory A. MST is one of the options students have as they plan their pathway through high school. At the meeting, information about MST, Career and Technical Education programming, and the field trip to MST on January 6th will be shared.
Parents of Freshmen
Nothing this week.
Bulldog of the Week: Students
Alexandra Dionne is this week’s Top Dog for a job well done. Recently Alex travelled to Kansas City to compete in the Saddlebred National Horse Show. On her horses Lordy and Iggy, Alex became National Champion! This follows on from her success in August when Alex and Lordy were crowned World Champion for her age group! Congratulations Alex for some amazing achievements.
