The Bellflower Beat 12.5.22

BHS Families,

Our school is gearing up for Winter Break, which means that finals are coming soon! Be sure to have your student study hard and pass all of his or her classes!

Listed below are just a few reminders:

1. Bellflower Middle/High School does not permit any drop-offs or deliveries of food or other items. Please ensure that your student is prepared for the day when coming to school in the morning with their lunch, supplies, money, etc.
2. Dress Code. Please be sure that your student follows the dress code and wears appropriate clothing and accessories. Bellflower hats are also the only school approved hat that can be worn at school. Also, students may not bring blankets to campus.
3. No returning back to campus. If a student has an early release (7th or 8th period), once the student leaves campus, they may not return to campus. Parents - please ensure that your students are going home early if they have the early release.

For a full list of student policies on attendance and dress code, please click here.

Bellflower High School is proud of the accomplishments of our Bellflower Football Team. They came in 2nd place overall in Division 11. It was a tough championship match they had against Walnut High School on Friday, November 25th. Our school has NEVER in its history made it this far! We look forward to seeing our team play again next year.

In today's newsletter, Bellflower Middle/High School wanted to highlight one of the CTE classes. Today, we take a look at our Culinary Arts Class, led by Ms. Pamela Seamster. In her culinary classes, students learn the proper techniques to handle food in the kitchen. Below are some photos taken while one of her classes were preparing a delicious pizza meal!

Bellflower Middle and High School staff and students are proud to have raised $870 to help benefit families in need within the City of Bellflower. All donations were collected just before Thanksgiving Break, and the funds were presented to Michelle Navarro, the Recreation Coordinator at the Bellflower Volunteer Center for the City of Bellflower.

The MS Choirs are putting on our Holiday Concert this Wednesday, 12/7/22, in the Cafeteria at 7pm! We will be having a great time ringing in the Holiday Season and we welcome you and your families to join us if you would like! Tickets are on sale @ASB for $5 each which will provide you with a hot beverage, a dessert, and admission to the show!

We hope to spread some Cheer and Goodwill to all who attend, and if that doesn't work, you still get some delicious treats! What's not to love?!

Hope to See You There!

Just a reminder that there is NO SCHOOL for students from Friday, December 23rd through Tuesday, January 10th in observance of Winter Break. Teachers have a Professional Development day on campus on Tuesday, January 10th.

Starting in the 2nd Semester, Mr. Harrison (Room 704) will be offering an after school enrichment opportunity for all ELD students. It will be offered on Maroon days from 3:45 to 4:30. There is no set time. Students may come for 5 minutes or 45 minutes. This opportunity is available to help ELD students with simple questions, making up missed work in ELD, help on current ELD assignments, or having a safe and quiet place to do assignments. It is completely voluntary and is a drop by, informal approach. What it is not is a hangout place to socialize or play computer games.

Hey Bellflower Bucs! Curious to know what the final exam week schedule is going to look light? Well, here it is! Finals Week will take place from December 19 through December 22. Monday will have an Anchor Day Schedule. Tuesday and Wednesday will have modified Minimum Day Schedules, and Thursday will be a modified anchor + minimum day schedule with an extended snack. No school on Friday, December 23rd.

Start planning ahead of time, work with your teachers to get your grades up, and study well! Make it a good first semester!

The California Junior Scholarship Federation club members are preparing for the annual DiGiovanna Award.

DIGIOVANNA MEMORIAL AWARD

In memory of long-time CJSF adviser / CSF-CJSF Board Member Joanna DiGiovanna, we are pleased to offer this award for CJSF students again this year.

ABOUT JOANNA DIGIOIVANNA
Mrs. DiGiovanna was a very dedicated teacher and CJSF adviser at Piute Middle School in Lancaster who was passionate about the CJSF members in her chapter as well as throughout California. She later served as a volunteer on the State Board of Directors for eight years as CJSF Vice President (South Central) and CJSF Registrar until her passing in June 2016.

• Students must write an essay
• Submissions will be accepted beginning: November 1st every year.
• Application deadline: January 13th every year.

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Veronica Reynolds

Did you know that free online tutoring is being provided by the BUSD district?

PAPER Online Tutoring isavailable for all students in 4th-12th grade through their Clever account. Students may ask tutors questions through the chat feature using the PAPER APP to get help with homework, feedback on their writing, or support with studying for assessments. The APP can be found in the Google Play and Apple APP store.

Click here to register for a free parent webinar (provided in English and Spanish). If your child needs more information about how to use PAPER, they can watch the following videos for more information:

Click here to watch the video titled "How Do Students Access 24/7 Live Help on PAPER?"

Click here to watch the video titled "How Do Students Use PAPER's Essay Review?"

Every Californian can now access free online tutoring at any hour of the day, thanks to a new initiative offering educational resources to K-12 students and adult learners. The resource is part of an investment in public libraries announced Sept. 12 by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Real-time homework help is now available "on the websites of any of the 1,130 local public libraries around the state," and here. The HelpNow pilot program currently offers help in math and language arts, in English and Spanish, at any time of the day or night. Help for "other core K-12 subjects" is available between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog, with no age limit to who can take advantage of the resource.

Support Bellflower High School on Friday, January 13! You can order at any Panda Express that permits order pick-up or delivery. All orders must go through the Panda Express website or Panda Express app; all orders must be ordered via the internet (not valid for orders placed inside the restaurant itself). Be sure to use the Online Order Code 912135

Thank you for your support! :)

Feel free to distribute the following flyer as well.

Reminder to all seniors: We ask that students use the California Colleges website to submit their FAFSA or DACA application.

All seniors should work on their 2023-2024 FAFSA application (US citizens or eligible non-citizens) or California Dream Act application (for undocumented students), both of which open in October, and whose priority deadline is March 2nd. This is how community colleges, trade schools, and four-year universities will know how much financial aid you will be able to receive. Yes, it is possible to submit the FAFSA past the application's priority deadline, but you are not guaranteed the same amount of free money that you could have received (so don't procrastinate!). Even if you are unsure about attending a college/university after high school, you should at least submit the FAFSA, to keep your options open. What if you change your mind?

To work on completing the FAFSA or CADAA application online, it is helpful if you already have the information that is listed on the attached guide:

Should you need assistance completing your FAFSA, you can go to the College & Career Center (Room 401) during the times that it is open.

In addition, should have have the time, you can also review Dr. Tehrani's 2022 College Workshops, that were presented to students in March of 2022. Click here to access a Google Folder that contains slides and a 1-hour video recording of the following workshops:

College Workshop #1: Degrees, Resources, & Dormitories

College Workshop #2: Costs, Financial Aid, & Scholarships

College Workshop #3: Internships, Safety, Study Abroad, & Jobs

Parents and Guardians: Please join us on Thursday, February 2, 2023, at 8:45am for our 3rd official ELAC Meeting for the 2022-2023 school year. The meeting will take place in Room 413 (meeting location may change). We will have a Spanish interpreter at the meeting as well. ELAC (English Learner Advisory Committee) invites any parent or guardian, but we especially would like to see parents of students who are English Language Learners.

Please click here to be redirected to the ELAC website to learn more about the committee, and to find the agenda and/or minutes of meetings as well.

Please read the following information regarding the High School Yearbook. The current cost is $85, but that will increase after Winter Break. In addition, we also sell pages in the high school yearbook as well. The costs are listed on the attached flyer, posted below, that you can download. If you have any questions regarding the high school yearbook, please contact Ms. Lisa Jass, in Room 202. If you have questions regarding payments, please contact the ASB Office.

Bellflower Middle/High School's Family Resource Center is proud to host a series of weekly workshops, starting Thursday, October, 6th through Thursday, December 15th. Different topics will be covered each week by the organization Parent Education Bridge for Student Achievement Foundation. These workshops will occur every Thursday at 9am in Spanish on campus in the Buc Family Resource Center, and 6pm in English (virtually) via a Zoom link, which is emailed out to parents. See the attached fliers below for further dates and information.

We would like to invite all of our students to participate in College Wednesdays, by wearing their favorite college t-shirts and sweaters! We want to show our support for those that have a desire to go to college.

The following information is based upon the most recent K-12 Protocols. You may view the updated protocols on the BUSD website, along with additional resources relating to COVID, which include isolation and vaccine information.

The College & Career Center (Room 401) is here to assist students with college applications, scholarships, financial aid, resumes, work permits, and other college and career information. Office hours are Monday: 10am-1pm, and Tuesday-Friday: 8:30am-11:30am.

Need assistance? Students can contact Ms. Ochoa at alejandraochoa@s.busd.k12.ca.us

Parents! We want you to get involved! Our PTSA (Parent Teacher Student Association) has done an outstanding job on helping our students and staff in the past, and we want that positive relationship to grow!

SENIOR STUDENTS! Did you know that several PTSA groups in our community offer scholarships? But, you can only qualify to receive a PTSA scholarship if you are a member! So, join today!

Click here to be redirected to TOTEM, the website that our PTSA uses for online membership payments. Or, you can also go to the front office to pick up a membership envelope as well, if you prefer to pay with cash or check.

Thank you in advance for joining our Bellflower Middle/High School PTSA!

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Website: www.bellflowerhigh.org
Location: 15301 McNab Avenue, Bellflower, CA, USA
Phone: 562-920-1801
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