The Sophomore Spirit
Team 2025 News and Happenings
Welcome Back Team 2025 Families and Students
This year is a big year for students as it sets the stage for the rest of high school in a lot of ways.
- Academically- Diploma types are often solidified at the end of Semester 1 depending on progress.
- Behaviorally- Students are expected to follow updated school rules and procedures.
- Socially- Students can explore clubs that have a positive impact on school culture.
- Personally- Students have a chance to set new goals and revisit old ones.
- Athletically- Student athletes will be expected to take on leadership roles.
- Musically- Performing arts students are honing their skills.
Staying Informed
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Below is a list of locations parents can visit or call to find answers to frequently asked questions.
Student Drop-off and Pick-up
There is a specific traffic pattern for BHS in the mornings and afternoons (see map below). All vehicles doing drop-offs and pick-ups must enter campus on the north side from Tilden and approach down Bulldog Blvd. This path takes you past Doors 12, 14, and 1 for student access. While the entrance off of Odell looks open, that entrance is for staff arriving for work in the morning and for staff who return to the building from meetings or from teaching in other buildings in the afternoon. When parents or students try to enter off of Odell during drop-off and pick-up hours, it creates a traffic block that affects not only that entrance, but the entire campus. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
OPEN HOUSE
DRESS CODE REMINDER
Clothing should be so constructed and worn in a manner that is not unduly revealing. Tops that may NOT be worn include tank tops, muscle shirts, tube tops, halter tops, backless shirts, tops with spaghetti straps, sheer or fishnet shirts, and cut-offs or other tops which show midriff. Plunging neck lines and excessive exposure is not acceptable. Our gauge for necklines will be 4"; the length of four fingers. All shorts, skirts, and pants should not be unduly revealing, using the fingertip rule as a guide.
Students who are in violation of our BHS dress code will be sent to the team office to put on school-assigned attire or call a parent/guardian to bring them a change of clothes.
Hats, sweatbands, and bandanas are not to be worn in the building. Students who wear hooded sweatshirts are not permitted to wear the hoods. Any new "fads" in clothing or anything specifically covered in the above guidelines, which is considered inappropriate dress shall be dealt with at the discretion of an administrator/designee.
PICTURE DAY
If your student didn't make it to any of the days, Picture retake day is schedule for September 13th, new codes for retake will be given closer to that date.
JOIN A CLUB
Interested in joining a club?, click on this link and find all the possibilities you have, and the teachers in charge, so you can contact them and be a part of one or more!
https://www.brownsburg.k12.in.us/bhs-clubsMain Topics of Interest for the 2022-2023 School Year
- PSAT Testing- In the fall
- Area 31 Applications- Instructions and Exploration begin Semester 2
- Career Planning- Theme of the year
- Indiana Graduation Pathways- Increased focus on Box 3 (Postsecondary Ready Competencies)
- Naviance- Introduced during PCC/Speech
- Indiana Graduation Pathways- Indiana's Graduation Requirements
PowerSchool and Grading
Remember:
-Only semester grades are visible on transcripts, not final exam grades or quarter grades.
-Semester grades are made-up of a 40/40/20 ratio (Quarter 1/Quarter 2/Final Exam).
-It's normal for day-to-day grades to ebb and flow.
-Teachers are the best source of information for content help and questions.
Schoology
Students can even use it to ask questions or request to see a team member through the messenging platform.
Absences and Early Pick-ups
When a student is leaving early for an appointment, please call the team office or email apatino@brownsburg.k12.in.us as early in the day as you can to let us know. We will send a pass to the student's class to be released. The student will sign out in the team office and then be allowed to leave the building.
Only a guardian may call to release a student from school, but you may have anyone pick them up. There is no need to come into the building to sign them out, students sign themselves out