BRONCO BLAST
September 23, 2022

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2022 - 2023 SCHOOL YEAR - SAVE THE DATES
09/30 - Marking Period 1 (MP1) ends
10/01 - BHS Homecoming
10/11 - PSAT 8/9 - Freshmen
10/12 - PSAT/NMSQT - Juniors
10/20 - In Service Day - NO SCHOOL
10/21 - In Service Day - NO SCHOOL
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
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HOMECOMING WEEK 2022
Garden Party
All week we will be showing our school spirit with theme days, as follows:
Monday ~ "All American Day" - dress in USA themed wear!
Tuesday ~ "Celebrity Day" - dress like the paparazzi is watching!
Wednesday ~ "Through the Ages" - dress like you did in elementary school
Thursday ~ "Throwback Thursday" - dress like the 1960's
Friday ~ "Jersey Day" - wear your jersey or BHS spirit wear
Homecoming Week End Events
Fillies Football - Come cheer on the Seniors vs Juniors in the football game at 7PM
Saturday, Oct 1st:
Annual Andy Anderson pancake breakfast 8AM - 11AM
Homecoming Parade - 10:15AM leaving from the Metra train station
Bronco Football - Come cheer on our Broncos as they take on the Hoffman Estates Hawks at 1PM.
Homecoming Dance - BHS Main Gym 7PM - 10PM
Tickets to the Filly Football game, Homecoming game and to the dance must be purchased in advance. Click below to purchase.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Take a look at BHS’s new comprehensive community resources handout now easily accessible to parents/staff and students! The handout lists resources for various types of support such as counseling, mental health assessments, emergency hotlines and many other related support services. The handout has resources for not just Barrington, but surrounding communities as well. It can also be located on the District 220 website under families—>students—->mental health resources!"
National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month
From September 15 to October 15 each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the achievements, histories, traditions and cultural diversity of Hispanic/Latino/Latinx Americans whose heritage is rooted in 20 Latin American countries and territories: Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. The 2022 Hispanic Heritage Month national theme is: Unidos: Inclusivity for a Stronger Nation. The theme reinforces the need to ensure diverse voices and perspectives are welcomed in decision-making processes, thereby helping to build stronger communities and a stronger Nation.
STUDENT ABSENCE REPORTING
BHS believes that attending class, completing assigned work and contributing to the class are indispensable to success in school. Only when a student is in the classroom can he/she take full advantage of fellow classmates’ ideas, the teacher’s knowledge, expertise and counseling, and presentations of materials that enrich the class.
However, we recognizes illness, death in the immediate family, family emergencies and situations beyond the control of the student to be valid causes for missing school. If your student is too ill to come to school, please keep them at home and report the absence via the parent portal of Infinite Campus. Please be aware that attendance calls go out at 11AM each school day for unexcused absences, so it is important to submit absences via Infinite Campus in a timely manner. Attached are directions on how to utilize the parent portal, via the app or website to submit absence requests.
Parents/guardians must seriously consider whether or not the reason for the student missing valuable instructional time is sufficient to warrant the absence.

2022-2023 PTO MEETING DATES
The meeting will be held at BHS in room C271 at 9:15AM.
NOTE: visitor parking has been moved to the west parking lot, the spaces facing the tennis courts.
- October 10th
- November 14th
- December 12th
- January 23rd
- February 13th - in CRC
- March 13th
- April 10th
- May 8th - in CRC
Please check out our new BHS PTO website -- where you can find our meeting minutes, meeting dates, how to pay dues and what the PTO does:
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