BHS Newsletter
October 5, 2018
Upcoming Events
October 10 PSATs
October 11 Financial Aid Night – 6:00 p.m.
October 18 Senior Courtyard Picture
October 24 Senior Courtyard Picture (Rain Date)
October 24 School Committee Meeting @ Arcand Room
October 25 Step-Up Concert @ 7:00 p.m.
October 27 Senior Picture Day 2:00-8:00 pm
October 30 All School Assemblies - Substance Abuse Prevention
October 30 Substance Abuse Prevention Panel for Parents / Hidden in Plain Sight 6:30-8:00
October 31 Early Dismissal 10:45 a.m. - ½ Prof. Dev
Important Opportunity for Students - The Boston ECG Project
The ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT is excited to bring to Bellingham the BOSTON ECG PROJECT, an initiative that is highlighted in this month's edition (page 25) of the Bellingham Bulletin.
Testing (by reservation) is scheduled for Saturday, October, 20 between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm and is limited to 150 participates. If interest exceeds 150 an attempt will be made to add staff, but since there are no guarantees - REGISTER NOW!
The target audience is youth age 12 - 25 and you need not be a student-athlete to be tested.
We recently learned that the BOSTON ECG PROJECT decided to offer the BHS Community testing for FREE !!!!
Here are some statistics Boston ECG Project has shared with us:
• Sudden Cardiac Death is the #1 medical killer of young athletes
• Sudden Cardiac Death is the #2 medical cause of death among youth under age 25
• One student athlete dies every 3 days – it's the leading cause of death on school campuses
• 1 out of 200 adolescents will harbor a potential lethal undiagnosed cardiac condition.
Boston ECG Project Charitable Organization is a 501c3 non profit organization whose purpose is to save the lives of children and adolescents by preventing sudden cardiac death, and identifying underlying cardiac abnormalities and conditions, which are often missed by the usual history and physical examination.
This will be done with a screening electrocardiogram (ECG). The organization's goal is to develop an affordable model, and initiate a study, that ultimately may justify wide spread ECG screening for all of our youth.
We are thrilled that Bellingham High School will take part in what we believe will be a seminal study.
REGISTRATION LINK
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0d49aaad2fa0f49-tvlbellingham
Save the Date
We hope you can join the conversation. The panel will offer information and advice for parents with children of any age.
Doors will open at 5:30 and the panel presentation will begin at 6:30
More details to follow.
Student Grades
From the Director of Food Services
Breakfast is $1.50 and lunches are $3.00 ($.30 breakfast & $.40 lunch for qualified reduced meals). If you qualify for free meals, we hope your child takes advantage of both meals at no cost. We provide a wide variety of delicious and nutritious meals for your students to choose from!
The 2018-2019 Free & Reduced Meals application is available either in the main office or on the District website. You must reapply annually, so if you qualified last year, you must have applications submitted by October 16th to ensure your student is eligible for this school year!
You can apply throughout the school year if you need assistance.
Students are expected to pay for their meals at the time of service. Snacks and beverages are not allowed to be charged if no money is on the account. Our District charging policy has a maximum of -$3.00 at BHS. We encourage you to prepay in advance either at the register by cash, check (made payable to Bellingham School Nutrition) or myschoolbucks.com. Please take advantage of myschoolbucks.com to set up a free account that allows you to receive low balance email notifications, view meal purchases, or pay student meal accounts online by credit & debit card (for a transaction fee). To set up a new account you will need your student ID# (if you are unsure what that is, please contact the School Nutrition office).
Feel free to contact the School Nutrition Office at (508) 883-0744 if you have any questions and check us out on the District Website & our Bellingham Public Schools Nutrition & Wellness Facebook page for menus and helpful information!
What Happening in Science at BHS
SPIRIT WEEK
Each day students will participate in themed days, and on Friday we will hold our annual pep rally!
Tuesday: Class Color Day
Wednesday: USA/Country Day
Thursday: Tie Dye Day
Friday: BlackHawk Pride Day
Student Council will be tallying up spirit points throughout the week! Follow me on twitter to see pictures from the week. @meglafayette
Bellingham High School
Email: mlafayette@bpsdk12.org
Website: http://bhs.bellinghamk12.org/
Location: 60 Blackstone Street, Bellingham, MA, USA
Phone: (508) 966-3761
Twitter: @meglafayette