The Bedford Buccaneer
December 21, 2020
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday, December 21 - Class of 2022 Chipotle Fundraiser 4-8:00pm code ZBCZGPN
Monday, December 21 - Administrative Team Parent/Caregiver meeting 6:30PM Webinar
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 - Deadline for Seniors to order Cap and Gown
Thursday, December 24-31 Vacation
Friday, January 1 - New Year's Day (No School)
Monday, January 4 - School Back in Session
Thursday, January 7 - Junior Night with Counselors 6:30 (Zoom)
January 30 - April 9, 2021 - Term 3
April 10 - June 16, 2021 - Term 4
Greetings BHS Families,
The administrative team is looking forward to virtually meeting with our parents and caregivers this evening. It is important to check in and we appreciate your time. Slides will be posted for those that are unable to attend. The agenda and zoom link for the meeting is below:
Welcome
News for the Good of the Group
BHS Reopening Survey Results
Athletic Update-Winter Sports
Challenge Success
Advisory Committee Update
Student Supports- Interventions, parent/caregiver communication & the SST process
Collective Responsibility
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Dec 21, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: BHS Meeting
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://bedfordps-org.zoom.us/j/87638603466?pwd=MVMrN3g0czdZOFJXeFF3SUNKdzNvdz09
Passcode: 296403
Wishing our families a wonderful vacation and all the best for 2021.
Best,
Heather, Dan and Tom
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Please notify the nurse prior to traveling out of the state at any time due to the travel restrictions. For details, please use the link:
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-travel-order
The Flu Vaccine is required for all students in Massachusetts and must be completed and reported by December 31, 2020. Thank you to all parents, families, and caregivers who have already sent in the documentation that their child has received the 2020 flu vaccine. It does not matter whether your child is hybrid or remote, the requirement is for all students. The Massachusetts guidance around the vaccine requirement can be found here.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. You can forward me documentation of your student's vaccine to my email: Nancy_Thorsen@bedfordps.org
fax: 781-687-6141
Thank you,
Nancy Thorsen RN
Counseling Corner
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Upcoming Dates:
January 7 Junior Night with the Counselors
Thursday 1/7/2020 at 6:30pm
Will take place via Zoom!
Meeting link will be provided closer to 1/7
SCHOLARSHIPS - Class of 2021
Scholarship season is upon us.
The Counseling Department has created an ever evolving document with Scholarship information that can be accessed here.
Another scholarship resource is: https://studentscholarships.org/newsletter.php
Bedford Dollar for Scholars information will be coming out in early 2021.
Scholarship Transcript Requests
It is the students’ responsibility to submit transcripts for scholarship applications. We are happy to print and/or email you a copy of your transcript.
If you need an “official transcript” we will give it to you in a sealed official envelope.
You can request your transcript(s) directly with Mrs. Tobe, or send her an email at: Meredith_Tobe@Bedfordps.org
Please keep in mind that the Counseling Office is closed during Winter Break and request your transcripts beforehand.
Scholarship Letters of Recommendation
Students should reach out to the staff member who wrote the recommendation, so they can either release the recommendation to the student, or send it in on their behalf.
Financial Aid Sites and Tips
FAFSA - Federal form required by all schools when applying for Financial Aid
CSS Profile - Private form that only some schools require
MEFA - Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, free financial aid resource
Informative Articles:
Appealing Your Financial Aid Offer During COVID19 (From MEFA)
https://www.mefa.org/blog/appealing-your-financial-aid-offer-during-covid-19
Early Decision and Financial Aid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B35TR0D49QM&feature=emb_title
CSS Profile
https://ineedfinancialaid.com/video-2020-2021-css-profiles/
Net Price Calculators - What are they and are they accurate?
https://ineedfinancialaid.com/net-price-calculator-what-are-they-and-are-they-accurate/
Source: The College Funding Service (please know this is not an endorsement of this fee-based organization, just simple and helpful videos we've found).
College Guidance Network (CGN):
Episode Library: https://www.collegeguidancenetwork.com/episodes
Mental Health Webinar Resources from McLean Hospital:
McLean Hospital recognizes the need for reliable and helpful mental health resources. With this in mind, we have dedicated the time of our staff to ensure we are making free resources available for the public and professionals in hopes of promoting healthy individuals and communities.
Bedford High School Honors Lists for the first term
FIRST HONORS
Seniors ~ Class of 2021
Anisha Aggarwal, Aleeza Alvarado, Joshua Barck, Natalie Barney, Lily Barsam-Thompson, Olivia Belbute, Timothy Bennett, Ryan Boblett, Mina Bostwick, James Brosgol, An’Tavian Brown, Liam Buckley, Annanta Budhathoki, Ashley Buettgen, Vincent Canciello, Alaina Capone, Alethia Chan, Sofia Charlton, Daniel Choi, Sovanna (Kanya) Colburn, Caitlin Connors, Gustavo Coto, Brendan Coyne, Aidan Crotty, Riley Daniel, Sydney Daniels, Maitri Dedhiya, Ryan Doucette, Adam Driscoll, Maya Driscoll, Douglas Dussault, Aram Eskandarian, Aileen Espinoza, Julia Fair, Zackary Fernandez, Katherine Fhu, Nicholas Fotis, Tsoline Gevorkian, Molly Gilarde, Sophia Gitlin, Jillian Guetersloh, Hannah Hamdani, Megan Healey, Niamh Heffernan, Elizabeth Henning, Elizabeth Herzog, Isabel Hon-Anderson, Cameron Horne, August Huber, Emily Kociubes, Maxim Kovalenko, Katherine Kranz, Sonya Kupershmidt, Sophie Lance, Inho Lee, Joseph Lembo, Taylor Lewis, YiChen Li, Alexander Lin, Charlotte Livingston, Connor Loughlin, Rosalind Lowen, Rohan Manne, Shaan Manocha, Robert Marcus, Malcolm Mayanja, Taylor McDonough, Leah Methratta, Keith Miles, Amanda Miller, John Miller, Tajah Mims, Layla Moore, Matthew Mulligan, Ryujin Mullins, Jeremy Ngooi, Oliver Nosal, Michaela O’Brien, Grace O’Shaughnessy, Catherine Oordt, Jasper Paez, Paige Patterson, Tobias Pedersen, Summer Phifer, Austin Phylis, Willa Potter, Tristan Proulx, Manogna Reddy, Michael Rogers, Sebastian Sandoval, Isabella Santiago, Sarah Semy, Lindsay Shamon, Indi Shapiro, Julia Silvestrone, Samuel Speciale, Samuel Squires, Caitlyn Stephan, Elisandro Subia, Nina Sukiasyan, Greyson Synowiez, Angelique Tedesco, Bianca Tedesco, Revan Tirtohadi, Jack Venuti, Shana Wolckenhaar, Jasmine Wright, and Tomislav Zovko.
Juniors ~ Class of 2022
Max Alper, Heather Anderson, Bryan Aweh-Kisob, Grace Babington, Nikhil Bahadur, Shrey Bahadur, Lauren Barnes, Ryan Barr, Annie Bernstein, Drew Billings, Anabella Blando, Vishal Borra, Eva Boruchovich, Ja’Nya Brunson, Elischa Burchardt, Emma Cahill, William Campbell, Aidan Carrier, Catherine Chen, Kevin Chen, Leonardo Chen, Nicholas Cobosco, Lincoln Cook, Mary Couvee, Rachel Davis, Julia Dearing, Thomas Desjardins, Dylan DiGangi, Haley DiPerna, Alexander Doherty, Sofia Domene Marin, Keira Doyle, Eyva Dumlao, Amelia Dyer, Kai Etringer, Olivia Evans, William Fait, Lauren Fallon, Isabella Fernald, Collen Forsyth, Narineh Gevorkian, Peter Gillespy, Molly Goldfarb, Caleb Goldman, Matthew Goodhue, Owen Goss, Angela Gu, Lucas Guerrero, Nicholas Guetersloh, Prakhar Gupta, Elise Harfield, Lauren Harrell, Sabrina Harris, Insun Hong, Ariana Hovnanian, Amber Hurley, Joel Indipiginja, Pushti Jarecha, Tomas Juarez, Lochan Karthikeyan, Pranav Kaundinya, Matthew Kazangian, Seimoon Khan, Jake Klingenberg, Aurora Kong, Katrina Kusa, Ethan Lee, Luke Lee, Audrey Leida, Cynthia Li, Emmanuel Li, Sam Lincoln, Nathaniel Linden, Logan (Tomo) Liou, Niles Liu, Anna Luongo, Nidhi Manchikanti, Shahadah Manzer, Madison Marchionna, Madeline McAllister, Andrew McKiernan, Abigail Medrano, Audrey Mense, Gianna Mici, Jillian Mici, Eleanor Mitchell, Sophia Mola, Jake Morrison, Abigail Morrissey, Sophia Morrissey, Ariel Navon, Nikita Nemirovsky, Kaitlyn Noh, Darla Nordstrom, Ava O’Donley, Madeline O’Neil, Colin O’Toole, Sarina Oliveri-Kuhnle, Adriana Panagiotou, Preet Patel, Adam Paugh, Michael Pearson, Leilani Perez, Ana Protasowicki, George Rackey, Waleed Radi, Tyler Rauch, Sebastian Revesz, Josie Sakey, Rokibat Salako, Matthew Salazar, Cassidy Schuman, Jay Schwartz, Isabella Seldon, Grace Sepe, Jishan Shaikh, Khaleis Smalls, Abigail Smith, Kai Spencer-Peterson, James (Evan) Squire, Steven Squires, Mary Stewart, Henry Su, Harsheni Sudakar, Kathrine Surgay, Eva Szabo, Alexander (Alex) Taneja, James Tierney, Noy Toledano, Katherine Vaughan, Sophia Voss, Andrew (Drew) Watson, Brandon Wedgeworth, Ittai Weisman, Maxwell Weisz, Olivia Winter, Sasha Wintner, Sarah Wirth, Leah Wolk, Erica Wong, Madeleine Woolnough, Astrid Yerardi, Mackenzie Young, Shannon Young, Aaron Zhao, Andrew Zhou, Ani Zildjian, and Alexandra Zorn.
Sophomores ~ Class of 2023
Ansh Aggarwal, Parker Anderson-LaPorte, GeraldineJohnna Arcelay, Erica Arenas, Kelly Aweh-Kisob, Nicholas Bennett, Peter Benson, Jayden Bien-Aime, Ella Buckley, Aashutosh Budhathoki, Jacqueline Campos, Adam Capobianco, Maggie Carluccio, Julian Caro, Selima Chan, Anna Chong, Analicia Cleghorn, Mikayla Comeiro, Sydney Cox, Carolyn Crews, Olive Culhane, Jacob D’Andrea, Liam Daley, Hannah Delzingo, Shannon DeRosas, Danielle DiGangi, Samuel DiNitto, Gitalia Dogan-West, Ethan Erawan, Ariana Escamilla, Erika Falco, Hunter Fan Chan, Richard Fedele, Ryan Ferrari, Caroline Fogarty, Joelle Gaillard, Joshua Garraway, Rachel Gould, Kaylee Grace, Amelia Griffin, Ian Grove, Grace Hanegan, Bria Hanson, Seamus Harte, Kirk Haskell, Kate Heller, Liam Henning, Amelia Hill, Minseo Hong, Aidan Hwang, Brian Hwang, Maryam Jawad, Paul Jeon, Calla Kahan-Fagan, Emily Kang, Evan Karen, Nicole Karev, Devandar Kaushik, Sonja Kradjian, Aaron Kreiter, Anirudh Kumar, Sahana Kumar, Caitlin Lembo, Amy Lerra, Jessica Lin, Phillip Livingston, Stuart Livingston, Rushil Lonial, McKenna Loveless, Sally MacPhee, Kate Marino, Aidan McCarthy, Connor McClung, Elric McDowell, Luca Melfi, Shane Metcalf, Gianna Missiti, Katherine Morrow, Ella Mullins, Avaanika Nair, Matthew O’Connor, Tomas Ou, Aliki Patoucheas, Sydney Phylis, Jaylen Pitts, Lamees Radi, Alexander Recca, Abhigna Reddy, Henry Reynolds, Jaylynn Rozier, Keily Santiago, Rayhan Semy, Wynn Sheridan, Lila Signorello, Jack Smith, Kaylie Spencer, Libby Squire, Jack Staines, Lindsey Steele, Nicole Steele, Brooke Stuzynski, Shirley Sun, Elora Syed, Rebecca Synowiez, Emma Szabo, Nicholas Tatarczuk, Aditi Thonangi, Marlowe Tilney, Sarah Tonini, Pauline Tsiaras, Quinn Turner, Shanae Varghese, Mihir Vaze, Colin Vieira, Jessica Wah, Kelly (Kitty) Warhover, Norah White, Christopher Woo, Erin Xu, Anya Yajnik, Emily Zeltser, Eric Zhang, Edward Zhou, and Gabriela Zovko.
Freshmen ~ Class of 2024
Taelyn Albrecht, Andrea Alvarado-Rosado, Taylor Anderson, Gabriel Arakawa, Shae Arsenault, Kaylee Axtell, Bryan Bai, Tela Jordan Barker, Andre Bell, Daniel Bendersky, Maya Billings, Catalina Blando, Christian Brickman, Oren Brosgol, Layla Brown, Rebecca Bryan, Paul Caruso, Israel Castro, Jacob Choi, Riley Clark, Matthew Colasante, Cameron Comeau, Jacqueline Cutrona, Julia Dacayanan, Ava Derderian, Madison DiPerna, Josephina Donnelly, Emily Doucette, Charlotte Dreyfus, Lily Edens, Sawyer Elliott, Robert Etringer, Tobias Favalora, Harmoni Faye, Joseph Feigel, Arabelle Fitisemanu, Clare Fitzgerald, Lily Fonseca, Cate Galante, Arnav Garg, Jonathan Garraway, Ann Girifalco, Domenic Giusti, Jeremy Gu, Edward (Trey) Healey, Ava Hester, Grace Holland, Rachael Hsu, Adam Jordan, Ethan Kauffman, Jasleen Kaur, Julia Ke, Evan Kelly, Daniel Kenny, Courtney Klingenberg, Rebecca Kohler, Christina Kolak, Ricardo LaBoy, Yeayoung Lee, Justin Liberman, Caroline Liu, Elizabeth Lovy, Andrew Lum, Emma Mandell, Isabella Martin, Ethan Martinage, Vincent Mascia, Reyna Matrona, Hayden McAllister, Anna McEachern, Ryan McWalter, Laney Mead, Lucas Mello, Riya Methratta, Jakob Mikhaylov, Allison Miller, Madalena Mola, Cassie Morrison, Siddarth Nandakishore, Samantha Nappi, Karen Navon, James Naylor, Anthony O’Brien, Lydia O’Neil, Kaylin Ortiz, Brooke Osborne, Gianna Ostiguy, Joseph Patterson, John Pearson, Maya Pillai, Brenna Portlock, Elena Protasowicki, Anthony Randazzo, Carter Rauch, Diego Reyes, Aleksandr Ryabinkin, Harrison Sachs, Carolyn Salem, Farrah Scott, Benjamin Sedran, Kaylyn Sethakosee, Pranay Shah, Bridget Sheahan, Samantha Sheahan, Zachary Shen, Heidi Siegler, Matsen Spirn, Alexia Stathakis, Klara Stevens, Jane Stewart, Shannon Sullivan, Meghan Tassinari, Ava Tulimieri, Akira Ung, Raaga Vakamalla, Angelina Vinh, Sophia Vitti, Angelina Voong, Healy Weisman, Mackenzie White, Ezgi Yener, Jocelyn Young, Maya Young, Alex Zhang, Samuel Zhao, Cameron Zhu, and Emily Zhu.
SECOND HONORS
Seniors ~ Class of 2021
Julianna Baer, Angelica Baez-Castillo, Anastasia Barnes, Joshua Brown, Janae Daniels, Shayla Fedele, Kyle Fernandez, Niderah Jaggan, John Kapilian, Liam Laase, Linda Lewis, Nyralee Perez, Michaela Schmidt, Emily Signorello, Isabelle Suggs, Abigail Van Praagh, and Joshua Young.
Juniors ~ Class of 2022
Mairin Casserly, Nicole Deneau, Isabelle Fisher, Matthew Forman, Melanie Hubbard, Emma Jordan, Ainsley Keating, Shelbie LaFever, Kenneth Nichol, Siena Oliveri-Kuhnle, Nathan Silvanic, Logan Sullivan, and Andrew Venuti.
Sophomores ~ Class of 2023
Andrew Blunt, Owen Brazee, Jamie Buchannan, Sofia Busse, Larry Elyazar, Allen Huang, Christoph Kershaw, Kailiyah LaBoy, MalkaRae Pomerantz, Sahil Raut, Lauren Teague, Arianna Triplett, and Isabelle Wilson.
Freshmen ~ Class of 2024
Janez Applewhite, Gabriela-Angeline Arcelay, Ryan Bray, Kenneth Doucet, Segalene Gaillard, Michael Gurley, Nathan Kim, Caleb Mathew, Sean Morrison, Eshan Pandey, Francesca Pellegrino, and Zayd Qureshi.
THIRD HONORS
Seniors ~ Class of 2021
Fahad Alden, Andrew Caron, Dominic Cogliano, Gabriel Fisher, Connor Hopkins, Evan Majoros, Paola (Lizeth) Morales Gomez, Gracie Pompi, Ahmad Radi, Matthew Styles, and Leon Zeltser.
Juniors ~ Class of 2022
Brianna Attardo, Jacob Baumgartner, Bora Belir, Michael DeLia, Arek Douglas, Jaida Edey, William Fitzgerald, Thomas Gilarde, Lily Hill, Shunsuke Isobe, Rachel McDonald, Charles Naylor, Ryan Rollinson, and Madison Watts.
Sophomores ~ Class of 2023
Valentina BeLiard, Annaleigh Boblett, Que’Mya Brewster, Emily Castricum, Ji-Yeon Cohen-Bartley, Austin Cullis, Gabrielly DaSilva, India DePina, Olivia Disaronno, Maria Fontanez, Pascal Gagne, Julia Giaquinto, Evan Kenahan, Aiden Koschuk, Freeman Kyne, Camren Metcalf, Arushi Naidu, Rudra Parvate, Sydney Poor, and Sophie Shelton.
Freshmen ~ Class of 2024
Malak Alden, Thomas Barney, Chase Chapman, Benjamin Harris, Dylan Lykins, Xavier Ruiz, Adeline Silva, and Blake Stuzynski.
Looking for the perfect gift for a teacher, coach, tutor, bus driver?
Give the gift that shows you care! The BHSPA is selling Buccaneer Masks for everyone on your list! Masks come nicely wrapped in a clear bag with festive ribbons - all ready to gift!
December 2020 Promotion:
- Purchase 2 masks for $20
- Purchase 5 masks for $45
- Donate a mask to someone in need in the community - $5.00
With the new Massachusetts guidance on masks - we need them more than ever! The masks are stylish, high quality, washable and 3-ply - perfect for the fall and winter seasons. Masks can be purchased in Adult and Youth sizes and come in Bedford blue and black. Click on the link below for the image.
To order, go to https://bhspa.org/order. Masks will be delivered to your home (Bedford, Hanscom or Boston or can be picked up in school by a student) within a week of placing your order at no charge! Bulk sales are available as well for a reduced price. Please email BHSBUcsparents@gmail.com to inquire about bulk sales or if you have questions.
The class of 2023 is selling Bucs mugs for just $10!
cassie_hinz@bedfordps.org or beth_billouin@bedfordps.org
Thank you!
SENIOR UPDATES
The deadline to order cap and gown is December 23, 2020.
Hello Class of 2021, It may feel like a long way away but it is time to start thinking about Graduation and to order your cap and gown. Please click the link to Order your cap and gown .
Charlie Humphrey, MSgt (Ret), USAF
Class of 2021 Student Advisor
Email: charles_humphrey@bedfordps.org
Fall Sports Photos Needed
Mrs Santos looking for action shots of the fall season sports for the Yearbook. Any photos that you are willing to share would be much appreciated. You can send the photos directly to Mrs Santos.
Did you order your yearbook?
Our Yearbook Features ALL students in ALL grade levels. This is how you’ll remember your high school experience!
Deadline to order: January 17, 2021.
Please email karen_santos@bedfordps.org with any questions regarding yearbook.
Class of 2021 T-Shirts Order Form
If you ordered for your class of 2021 senior shirt please pick it up in room D107.
WHEN: Before first bell and after school
WHERE: D107- Band Hallway/Old Pre-school rooms
Class of 2021 T-Shirts Order Form
Order your Senior class shirt here for $15! Pay with VENMO (@classof2021-humphrey). If paying with cash, exact change is required, checks can be made payable to the Class of 2021. With the cash or check option, please place in an envelope with your full name on it. Mr. Humphrey will be collecting the payments in room D107, before first class and after last class.
Once payment is made please visit Mr. Humphrey in D107 before first class or after last class. Go Bucs!
Sizes XL and XXL are now in stock.
Support for Mrs. Pietrangelo and her family
As you may have heard, Ms. Pietrangelo was in a serious accident Thursday, September 10th. Many families have asked what they can do to help. Here are some specific ways you can help:
GoFundMe: A gofundme account has been established to help the family with expenses. If you would like to make a direct financial contribution to the family, please go to https://gf.me/u/yzjqsu
Gift Cards: the following gift cards were suggested to us by the school and her friends.
- Door Dash and Grub Hub (so her husband, Matt, can order from area restaurants)
- Arlington area restaurant gift cards (Ms. Pietrangelo lives in Arlington with her husband and two young children)
- Grocery Stores in Arlington: Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Stop & Shop
- Gas gift cards
- Amazon
Thank you all for reaching out!
Bedford High School
2020-2021 New School Hours
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 7:45am - 1:03pm
Wed: 8:05am-12:55pm
Phone: 781-275-1700
Absence Line: 781-918-4561
Fax: 781-275-6664