We are just 5 days away from our first day of classes on Wednesday, September 6, 2023! Words cannot express my level of excitement and enthusiasm for this school year to begin. I am personally entering my 28th year in education and 12th year as BHS principal. I could not ask for a better school community to work in and we are all looking forward to 1195 BHS BRUINS walking through our days next week. Welcome Class of 2027 with 270 students, Class of 2026 with 321 students, Class of 2025 with 287 students, and our BHS SENIORS, Class of 2024 with 314 students.

BHS opens our doors at 7:00 AM on Wednesday. Students may enter through Door 1 or Door 20 from 7-7:45 AM and only Door 1 after 7:45 AM. First period starts at 7:45 AM. We will be meeting in homerooms to start our day.

Here is to our best year yet! GO BRUINS!

Thanks!

Tom

Please see the separate files below for the information listed in the table of contents:

Table Of Contents Included on this Page:

• Summer Mailing Link
• Military Opt-out Forms
• Limited Opt-Out of Use of Student Photo Form
• Bell schedule
• Cell Phone Policy
• School Pictures
• Calendar of Upcoming Events
• PTSA Calendars Available for Purchase
• PTSA Food Truck Rodeo
• Performing Arts
• Brighton Your Wardrobe Student Clothing Drive
  
• PTSA,"Hit the Ground Running!" 5K
• Host family needed for Israeli Exhange
• Resources Files

The back to school summer mailing and resources can be found on the BCSD Website at Summer Mailing / BHS Summer Mailing (bcsd.org)

Course Supply List - please see Resources at the bottom of this Hall's Corner to see a printable PDF.

Military Opt- Out, Photo Opt -Out, Supplies List, OTC Forms, etc. Click Here.

CELL PHONE POLICY – same as last year and will be enforced by faculty and staff!

Classrooms are a NO CELL PHONE zone

Students must silence their phone and put their phones away upon entering a classroom and an instructional setting. Students may be instructed by teachers to put their phones in their backpack, on a teacher’s desk, or in individual student classroom cell phone pouches. If classrooms have individual cell phone pouches, you may be asked to put your phone into the pouch for the entire class period on a daily basis.

Phones are not to be used during the class period. If students are found in violation of this NO CELL PHONE zone policy, the following steps will be taken.

1. Teacher will provide a WARNING(s), and student will place the cell phone on the teacher’s desk or in a classroom bin/pouch.

2. Teacher will communicate with student’s family for support and then assign an after school, 1-hour detention, from 3-4 PM, in the afterschool detention room.

3. The teacher will complete a disciplinary referral in SchoolTool and document past violations, interventions, and communication with the family. Admins will do the following:

a. Families will be contacted for support and collaboration.

b. Students will be provided with research on how distracting cell phones have become in classrooms and instructional settings.

c. Students may receive a 2-hour detention and be instructed to turn in their phones to the main office each day or for select periods. Students may also lose their ability to use phones in school for days, weeks, or months depending on the infractions.

4. Students may face other disciplinary consequences like detentions, etc., depending on the interactions they have with staff and/or the level of infraction. We will also work with students and families on the topic of cell phone addiction and provide strategies to combat this growing issue.

Please note that students will still be able to carry their phones and use them appropriately during passing time, FLEX, free periods, and before/after school. If you need to speak to your child during the day, you can always call the BHS Main Office at 242-5000, ext. 0.

School Pictures will be taken by Inter-State Studios this year.

Students' pictures are during their PE periods.****

Brighton High Schools are taken during the student's gym class, Picture Days are:

****Thursday, Sep. 7th, for Seniors and Juniors

****Friday, Sep. 8th, for Sophomores and Freshman

You may go online to view package options and pre-order your picture packages by going to the link and using the code below. You can pre-order up until noon on Sept 9, 2023, or you can send a check or cash order in with your student on picture day. Just follow the directions on the paper flyer.

• Students can click HERE to see the flyer containing the package options.
• Parents, please see the file resources at the bottom of this page.
• Copies of the printed flyers/order forms will be available at school on picture day.

Website: www.inter-state.com/order

Order Code: 79064KA

Please be sure to call the Inter-State Studio Office at 585-310-7781 for any questions in regard to this information.

Senior Picture Guidelines

The bcsd site for yearbook with Senior Portrait info is up to date. This is the link to our page

https://www.bcsd.org/Page/6478

Thank you to everyone who made a clothing donation to Brighton Your Wardrobe! The demand for clothing has been greater than we anticipated, so we're going to re-open the clothing drive for students from Aug. 28 through Sept. 15.

The focus of Brighton Your Wardrobe is to serve students in the Brighton school district. All donations should be new or gently used and clean. Brighton Your Wardrobe is requesting the following items:

• New/nearly new backpacks
• New socks and underwear
• Brighton spirit wear
• School appropriate clothing for students in grades K-12 (jeans, sweatpants, T-shirts, and sweatshirts)
• Gently-worn sneakers

These items will be collected at the Central Administration Building, 2035 Monroe Ave., between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Aug. 28 through Sept. 15.

The Brighton PTSA along with awesome community sponsors are hosting a Brighton Believes “Hit the Ground Running!” 5K event on September 10th at Meridian Center Park starting at 10am.

The PTSA is very proud of the work and events that are hosted in the community each year.

All proceeds will go towards PTSA sponsored actives, events, scholarships, student support funds, and many more things which enhance the student and family school experience each year.

*Deadline for registration with T-Shirt is September 24th! Registration without T-shirt is open until the day of the race. Sign up fast!

Register by Sunday, August 27 to receive a T-shirt with registration!

Volunteer

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f4eadaf2aa1f49-brighton1#/

Runner’s sign up
https://runsignup.com/Race/NY/Rochester/BrightonBelieves5KHittheGroundRunning

Sponsorship Info
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N7tFujnaGCVb... Read More

The Israeli Exchange program is in need of one host family for one of its visiting students. Students visit for the last week of September through the first week in October. If you are interested in hosting please reach out to MarlaTaplinger at Marla_Taplinger@bcsd.org.

Click here for names and contact information.

https://www.bcsd.org/domain/111