08/17 - Freshmen/New Transfer Student Orientation 8:30AM to 11AM (see below)

08/22 - School Opens 1-12 grades

08/24 - Class of 2023 College Bound Program (Part 1 of 3)

08/31 - Class of 2023 College Bound Program (Part 2 of 3)

09/05 - Labor Day - NO SCHOOL

09/06 - Class of 2023 College Bound Program (Part 3 of 3)

09/07 - Live Virtual Q&A for Senior's Parents/Guardians 7PM - 8PM

09/08 - Back to School Night 7PM to 9PM

09/13 - 16 - BHS School Pictures

09/30 - Marking Period 1 (MP1) ends

10/01 - BHS Homecoming

10/11 - PSAT 8/9 - Freshmen

10/12 - PSAT/NMSQT - Juniors

10/25 - PSAT/NMSQT - Sophomores

11/03 - MP2 ends

11/03 - Parent/Teacher Conferences

11/04 - In Service Day - NO SCHOOL

11/07 - Class of 2024 College Planning Program

11/08 - Election day - NO SCHOOL

11/23 - 25 - Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL

12/22 - Last day of Semester 1

12/23 - 01/08 - Winter Break - NO SCHOOL

01/09/2023 - Semester 2 begins

As I am sure you are aware, the Lake County Department of Transportation is replacing the bridge over Flint Creek on Hart Road. The bridge replacement and road closure is scheduled through November. To help mitigate impacts from the road closure, representatives and traffic engineers from the Lake County Department of Transportation, the Village of Barrington, and Barrington 220 have worked in collaboration to improve traffic flow on and around the Barrington High School Campus. Although these efforts will help alleviate congestion at arrival and dismissal time, improved traffic flow can only go so far toward mitigating congestion.

To that end, Barrington 220 and the Village of Barrington have been consulting with Barrington Transportation to help reduce congestion near Barrington High School. We ask that all students and families consider walking, biking, or riding the bus, if possible. In fact, students that consistently walk, bike, or ride the bus on and off of campus will be entered into a drawing to win BHS spirit wear, gift cards for Airpods, Apple Watches and more.

We also sent out an email with alternative parking and drop off locations that are an option for students during the closure of hart road. Please consider utilizing these remote options to help mitigate traffic congestion at BHS.

We are excited to welcome staff back next week for our "Back to School" professional development, department meeting and district kick-off events. As we prepare for our students to return, on Monday, August 22nd, we want to let families know that we will be running a special schedule on Monday, August 22nd to kick-off the school year. We will also run a special schedule on Friday, August 26th for our Welcome Back pep assembly.

GO BRONCOS! GO FILLIES!

Our weekly Bronco Blast will be sent out every Friday that school is in session. Our focus for the "blast" is information for that is relevant for the majority of our BHS family. We will utilize Infinite Campus messaging for more targeted information. You can stay connected with us on social media: facebook, twitter and instagram.

We look forward to a productive year empowering personal excellence in every learner.

Sincerely,

Steve McWilliams

Principal