It's been a great start to the 2022-2023 school year. The effort and time your students are committing to achieve academic excellence is amazing. I enjoy watching all of our students walk our hallways with BENGAL PRIDE. My charge for our students this year is for them to continue to push themselves each day and maximize their potential. Live an Identity of Excellence and take pride in our school because this is truly a great place to be with awesome students, faculty, and community members. We can build a legacy of Bengal Excellence by being 1% better each day. Thank you for all of the overwhelming support. Our campus community has been thriving thanks to our amazing staff and our awesome parents. Appreciate all that you do!

Please plan to arrive early as construction on 380 does create delays. Below you will find helpful information about purchasing tickets, parking, bag policies, pick up locations, and more.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO!

To help expedite phone calls regarding freshmen students, please call 972-347-7981.

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Test (ASVAB) helps reveal career strengths for prospective enlisted Soldiers.

The ASVAB has 8 sections: general science, arithmetic reasoning, word knowledge, paragraph comprehension, mathematics knowledge, electronics information, auto and shop information, and mechanical comprehension. For more detailed information about the ASVAB program, check out https://www.asvabprogram.com/.

For any questions, please contact Ms. Rhodes/BHS Career Counselor. THE ASVAB CEP will be offered to 10-12th graders on Thursday, October 27th. Please register here https://forms.gle/mKtXxVJfW9RedSA77

While cell phones and other electronic devices provide many benefits, they are often distractions to students during the school day.

If you need to submit a parent or a medical note you must use our NEW attendance link. We will not be taking emails or paper copies of notes. Please submit using the link below.

https://forms.dentonisd.org/Forms/absence-note

LEAVING EARLY

Please remember a parent/guardian (or emergency contact on your sign out list) must come to the office, show Identification and sign a student out of school if they are leaving campus early. Students who leave without signing out could face campus discipline or truancy reporting for leaving campus without permission. All notes for early dismissal should be submitted by the parent/guardian online through the attendance note portal on the Braswell website https://forms.dentonisd.org/Forms/absence-note

EARLY DISMISSAL If you are signing your student out of school early for any reason, please come to the office, show your identification, and the office staff will call your student out of school. Please make sure you are sending documentation for the absence to the attendance office through the online link. https://forms.dentonisd.org/Forms/absence-note All documentation should be submitted through the link as the attendance office is paperless now. The exception to this is if your student drives themselves to school. In that case, please provide a handwritten and signed note from the parent/guardian to the attendance office before the start of the day that says the students name, ID#, time needing to be released and reason needing to be released and the attendance office will provide a release note for teachers and office staff. Students will still need to sign out at the computer in the office. Remember to still submit documentation (doctors note, DPS, etc.) for the early release to the attendance online link. Please remember the office can NOT release a student via phone call or email.

LATE ARRIVAL

If a student arrives on campus late for school they must sign in on the computer in the front office upon arrival. Notes for that arrival should be submitted by the parent/guardian online through the attendance note portal on the Braswell website. https://forms.dentonisd.org/Forms/absence-note

ATTENDANCE ERRORS

If your student is marked absent in a class period that you or your student believe is an error, please email the teacher or have your student speak with the teacher who marked the absence. That teacher is the only one who can adjust an error. (The teacher of record for the class is also responsible for substitute attendance in their classroom)

ATTENDANCE NOTES

Attendance notes are coded on to a student's attendance within 72 hours of the submission online. Please be advised, attendance notes submitted without the needed documentation uploaded will be Unexcused (UNX) until documentation is received. Parent notes for absences (for an approved reason) need to be submitted within 3 school days of the absence in order for the absence to be excused. All attendance questions are addressed in the Attendance Matters section of the Braswell website. https://www.dentonisd.org/attendancematters

Plan ahead, VOEs are not available on demand. It takes 72 business hours to receive a signed VOE after request. A VOE is good for only 30 days from the date of issuance.

Conditions of a VOE: A student has

(1) met minimum attendance for class credit (90 Percent Rule) in each class

(2) received credit for all courses taken in the previous semester, OR

(3) has complied with the conditions established by the school to receive this VOE form

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