High School Highlights
Weekly Updates from Big Walnut High School
December 14, 2018
The end of the semester is upon us! Students will take their remaining exams next Monday-Wednesday and then begin their winter break. Please see the schedule below if you have any questions. School will resume with the beginning of third quarter on Wednesday, January 2. On behalf of all of our staff members at Big Walnut High School, we would like to wish you and your family a relaxing and joy-filled holiday season!
Please don't forget to join us for Eagle Madness this evening, with games beginning at 6:00pm.
As always, please don't hesitate to reach out to your child's teachers, school counselor or the administration if you have any questions or concerns. Feel free to contact the main office at 740-965-3766 between the hours of 7:00 and 3:15.
Semester Exam Schedule
Annual Notice for Student Directory Information
State End-of-Course Exam Retake Information
Retakes will begin right after winter break. The schedule is below:
January 3: ELA I and II
January 4: Algebra 1 and Geometry
January 7: Biology, US History, and Government
January 8-11: Make-up sessions for absent students
All students who are testing must bring their school issued chromebook charged and ready for testing.
Looking ahead, spring testing for this year will be April 15-23 and BWHS will operate on a 2-hour delay schedule. Students who are testing will report at the normal time and those who are not testing will report two-hours later. There will be no school on April 19 and April 22.
Honors Biology HeLa Walk
Honors Biology students read the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. As a culminating project for this book, they presented a HeLa Walk in our Innovation Center. See below for pictures of the students' hard work
Educational Options Night
Make one of your New Year's resolutions to help your student(s) prepare for their 2019-2020 schedule.
You can achieve this goal by attending the Thursday, January 31, 2019 Educational Options Night.
Educational Options Night Schedule:
5:00-7:00 pm: High School teaching staff will be available to share and answer questions on their courses & curriculum. (BWHS Cafeteria)
5:45-6:10 pm: Honors, AP, Ed Options/DACC/Credit Flex Presentation (BWHS Auditorium)
6:20 - 6:45 pm: Experienceships & CCP (College Credit Plus) (BWHS Auditorium)
4:00-7:30 pm: Parent Teacher Conferences--be sure to schedule appointments ahead of time. (BWHS Classrooms)
This is a great way to inform yourself about all the opportunities available to help your child prepare for their schedule and for their post secondary destination.
School Volunteer Background Checks
German Club Festivities
DACC Application for 2019-2020 Correction
BWHS Teen Driver Safety Initiative
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among teens in Delaware County.
The Delaware General Health District is conducting a survey of parents of teen drivers in Delaware County in an effort to better understand their opinions on how to keep teens safe on the roadways. Your feedback is very important! It will help guide us as we work together with community partners to develop strategies to reduce or eliminate the leading cause of death among young drivers in Delaware County.
The survey link is here https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DelCoTeenDriverParentSurvey
and should only take 15 minutes to complete. We will communicate the results to you through the school.
Updates from the School Counseling Office
DACC Application Information:
Before Thanksgiving, our sophomores visited the Delaware Area Career Center to see if it might be the right fit for them. Any interested sophomore should consider applying to the DACC for next school year. BWHS students are able to attend the DACC for the whole day or split half-day at BWHS and half-day at DACC. Transportation to and from the DACC is provided for our students. This year's priority application deadline is JANUARY 4.
PSAT Scores Available:
PSAT scores for 10th and 11th graders are available for students to see online at
https://studentscores.collegeboard.org/home. If students do not have a collegeboard account, they will need to create one. Please reach out to your student's counselor if you have any questions.
FAFSA Completion Nights:
OSU Marion will be holding a number of FAFSA Completion Nights for parents to complete their FAFSA application. These events are FREE and open to all parents regardless of high school attendance or college attendance. Parents must register prior to the event due to limited space. Click HERE to register. For more information, click HERE.
Event Dates:
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 , 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Room 227, Library/Classroom Building
9th and 10th Grade Students:
This month all 9th and 10th grade students completed career interest inventories via Naviance. Naviance is an internet based college and career readiness program. It provides information regarding determining interests and skills, careers, majors, colleges, etc. To enter the Naviance site, students will need to use their student id/ lunch number and the password "goeagles". Ask your student (s) about their career interests/ clusters today.
School Counselors:
Meghan Vituccio (A-G)
Jeanne Collett (H-O)
Tammi Jordan (P-Z)
Cindi Strahler, Administrative Assistant
740-965-2243
Upcoming Events at BWHS
December 17-19: Semester Exams
December 19: End of Second Quarter
December 20: NO SCHOOL-Start of Winter Break
January 2: School Resumes
January 3,4,7-11: State End-of-Course Exam Retakes
January 8: Grade Cards Available
January 14: Academic Boosters (PTO) Meeting @ 6:30pm
January 17: BWLSD Board of Education Meeting @ 6:30pm
January 21: NO SCHOOL-Martin Luther King Day
January 31: Parent-Teacher Conferences and Educational Options Night
Big Walnut High School
Email: firstnamelastname@bwls.net
Website: http://www.bwls.net/bigwalnuthighschool_home.aspx
Location: 555 South Old 3C Road, Sunbury, OH, United States
Phone: 740-965-3766
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigWalnutHS
Twitter: @AndyJados