BHS Family News and Updates
Week of January 13, 2020
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We believe ALL students will graduate prepared for, confident in, and excited about the future they choose.
Upcoming Events
January 14th, Financial Aid Planning Night, 6:00-7:30, BHS Library
January 20th, NO SCHOOL: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 21st, Coffee with Principal Erwin, 9:00-10:00
January 21st, BFAN (boosters), 7:00-8:00 pm, BHS Community Room
January 22nd, Latino Family Night, 6:00-8:00, BHS Student Center
January 27th, NO SCHOOL: Grading day
Cheer Excels
Congratulations!!
Inclement weather info
https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/departments/public-safety/inclement-weather-information
Ballet Folkorico coming to BHS
Plans are underway to bring Ballet Folklorico to BHS. A Success Fund Culture Grant will provide a trained teacher for after school sessions. More details to come and interested students can contact Maria Copelan. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students as we continue to explore ways to broaden the traditions at BHS.
Final exam tips
Final exams will be here soon and this is a great time for students to prepare themselves for that week (January 21, 22, 23, 24). Here are a few ways you can help:
- Please try to avoid scheduling appointments on these days.
- Encourage students to review their grades and be sure that they complete as much work as possible between now and the end of the term.
- Remind students that they have time to get organized for studying now (gather notes, complete readings, form study groups with classmates).
- Reinforce productive use of Beaver Lodge. Students have three hours every week of dedicated academic or teacher access time. Good use of this time can make a tremendous difference.
- Encourage good sleep habits (8 hours/night).
- Offer frequent positive encouragement and encourage students to work on staying focused and calm as they prepare.
- We all expect excellence in whatever our students do and support them in achieving those high standards. We also support a healthy and mindful attitude toward the academic demands on students. We can all remind students we want them to do their best and give every endeavor their best effort.
- Students are expected to remain in class the entire final exam period. Please do NOT call in to excuse students if they finish the final before the end of the period. This is very disruptive to the testing environment.
Report Cards are PAPERLESS now
The Beaverton School District will no longer send paper copies of progress reports or semester report cards. Those are all available only through ParentVue. Through ParentVue families can access curre grades, report cards, attendance, and other important information. Currently we have families who have yet to set up a ParentVue account. The link below will help parents/families set up one.
https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/departments/information-technology/parentvue-studentvue
Project Second Home
"Second Home is a local nonprofit organization that partners with the Beaverton School District and the Beaverton Center for Mediation and Dialogue to provide long-term, stable housing for unaccompanied high school students. In 2019, there were over 350 unaccompanied students in the Beaverton School District, many of whom attended Beaverton High School. The program recruits volunteer home providers to provide housing for students attending school and working toward graduation. We currently need homes for two Beaverton High School students. If you are interested in being a home provider, please contact Second Home director, Jenny Pratt, at jpratt@emoregon.org. Learn more about Second Home at emo-secondhome.org."
Class of 2020 Grad Night Info
Attention Families of the Class of 2020:
Grad Night Party early bird pricing is extended through January - find all the information on the Grad Night Website: grad-night-party.html While you are there registering be sure to check out the details for our March 7th Poker/Bunco Fundraiser. If you are interested in helping to plan either of these events we will be meeting next Wednesday, January 22 at 6:30 in the Community Room right behind the student center at BHS. If you have any questions, contact the Grad Night Planning Committee at Beavertongrad@gmail.com.
You can also follow us on Facebook at Parents of the Beaverton High School Class of 2020 and Instagram at Beavertongrad
Beaver Den and main office requests
Below is a link to an Amazon wishlist for items for our Beaver Den. Thanks for any help you can send our way.
Student transfers
There are two ways students who are already in a BSD school can ask to go to a different school.
- Administrative Student Transfers are based on hardship (see the form for a list). A student can apply at any time for the current school year (forms for the next year are usually available in late February). Admin transfers are submitted to the home school and must be approved every year by the principals of both schools involved in the transfer.
- Open Enrollment allows students to request admission to another school in the district. The district determines Open Enrollment schools and the number of openings at each school, based on student enrollment. If the number of forms submitted exceeds the number of openings a lottery is held. Open Enrollment transfer lasts the rest of the student's time at that school, i.e., it doesn't have to be renewed every year like admin transfers. For Open Enrollment there is a limited window to turn in forms.
Applications for Open Enrollment are available at the district website:
https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/departments/enrollment/open-enrollment
Contact Ann Skaugset in the BHS main office with any questions. Please feel free to share this information with anyone you know who may be interested.
District Community Event--Conversations About Race
Come join the conversation! Southridge High School is hosting a community-wide event on Wednesday, January 29, 2020. Starting with a schoolwide "conversation about race" earlier in the day, the school is then opening its doors to all students, families, staff, community members, and partners to engage in community-wide conversations about race from 3:30-6:00 p.m. There will be student, staff, and community-led breakout sessions on various topics from 3:30-4:10 and 5:05-5:45, with a keynote student panel from 4:15-5:00. The goal of this event is to increase individual racial literacy by participating in meaningful and purposeful learning and conversation. Registration information will be coming soon!
Connecting with us
Connecting with staff Our staff members are listed on the Staff Directory. on the BHS website Information about how to connect with staff is in the Contact Us tab.
Connecting with Dr. Erwin
Clicking the Contact Us button on the page for this message, goes to a general mailbox. Drop me an email or call 503-356-2833
Email: first_last@beaverton.k12.or.us
Website: https://bhs.beaverton.k12.or.us
Location: 13000 Southwest 2nd Street
Phone: (503) 356-2830
Facebook: facebook.com/BeavertonHigh
Twitter: @BeavertonHigh