The Paw Print
Burke County Public Schools Official Newsletter
February 9, 2022
Welcome back to everyone's favorite newsletter, The Paw Print! As we're sure all of you know, Winter Break is only a day away and Valentine's Day is only 4 days away! So get all of your love notes written and your roses picked to be mailed to your crush's HOUSE (and not the school because we will NOT be accepting Valentine's Deliveries this year!)
Even though love is in the air, The Paw Print does not want any of its readers to breathe in TOO HARD because love can distract all of our amazing students from keeping those grades higher than the clouds!
As always, your friends at The Paw Print are proud of all the hard work we have seen and we want you all to Stay #BearBuilt!
The Paw Print can be viewed every 2nd and 4th Wednesday! It features district news, sports updates, and fun activities for the families. Stay in the know!
National School Counseling Week 2022, “School Counseling: Better Together"
The Burke County Public School System is joining in a nationwide celebration this week (February 7-11) to salute the efforts of school counselors. So if you see one of your trusty school counselors, stop and thank them for all that they do! Whether you know it or not, they are ALWAYS working behind the scenes to help you and your peers achieve success!
Our All-Star Team:
Front, l-r, Daisha Levy (BCHS), Mallory Doyle (BCHS), Tiffany Jackson (BCMS), Regenia Jordan (BCHS)
Back, Bobby Henley (BCLC), Sherry Mayes (BES), Rhonda Clark (BCHS), Amanda Kort (BCMS), Shironda Brown (BCMS), Lisa Daniels (SGA)
Not Pictured: Varnell Greenaway (WPS), Tammy Porter (WPS), Robert Floyd (BES)
BES BETA CLUB WINS
BCHS BETA CLUB WINS
Burke County High School Beta Club also brought home some wins at the National Beta Club State Convention. Now, the winners will be competing at the Beta Club National Convention in Tennessee this summer! They were all announced as winners of the following competitions:
Drawing Division I (Sam Gilpin): 2nd Place
Mixed Media Art Division II (Lucy Zhang): 1st Place
Drawing Division II (Nancy Daniel): 4th Place
Photography Division II (Cassidy Morris): 5th Place
Onsite Art Drawing Division II (Nancy Daniel): 5th Place
Technology (Keegan McDonald): 3rd Place
Apparel Design (Liannis Perez, Mallorie Mcafferty, Alli Osborne, Karsyn Posey and Savannah Salemi): 1st Place
Fiber Arts Division II (Kayla Wilder): 2nd Place
Speech Division II (Jada Curd): 1st Place
Click on the BCHS PROM image above for Important Prom & Ticket Information
GET CONNECTED. GET HELP.
United Way of the CSRA's 2-1-1 helpline is a FREE information and referral service.
If you need help finding assistance or available resources in the CSRA, or want to give help, dial 2-1-1 from any phone or you may dial 706-826-1495, Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Your call is completely confidential and free. Visit www.211csra.org to use the online database, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
NEW! Text your 5-digit zip code to 898211 to text directly with a referral specialist (available Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.), or for automatic referrals, text OD10 to 898211 to find resources available to you in your zip code.
Tech Support Form for Parents
BCHS Band Fundraiser
The Pride of Burke County Band is selling Krispy Kreme certificates. The certificates are $10.
The deadline to make a purchase is Thursday, February 10, 2022!
Please contact any band student, Toni Bush or Burke County High School if you are interested in supporting their fundraiser!
Each Monday, we provide a report disclosing the number of positive COVID-19 cases within our school system. This report can be easily located on the homepage of our district website, www.burkeschools.org, or by clicking on the covid report image.
BC Family YMCA Discount and Parent's Night Out
The BC Family YMCA is offering discounted memberships for families in the area as well as activity days when students are out of school!
The next YMCA 'Schools Day Out' will be held on February 11th and February 14th.
Rates are $20/members and $35/non-members.
If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Kenteira Jones, Burke Co. Family YMCA Program Director
(office) 706.426.0122
What's Happenin' in the DEN?
Ivan Arroyo Named to All CSRA Team
If you want to check out Ivan's one-on-one interview with John Hart, the link is attached to Ivan's picture above!
BEARS
C'mon Burke County! The Boys Varsity Basketball Team is currently standing at third in the region after their win against Morgan County with a score of 68-67.
Next game: Friday, February 11, JV starting at 7:30 PM at Academy of Richmond County versus the ARC Musketeers!
*Bears stats are linked to the image
LADY BEARS
Next game: Friday, February 11, starting at 6:00 at Academy of Richmond County versus the ARC Musketeers!
*Lady Bears' stats are linked to the image.
Wrestling
The BCHS Wrestling team brought home some wins at their Sectional Individual tournament! The wrestlers that place will move on to the State Tournament this Friday, Feb. 11.
Congratulations to the following:
Ruby Wade: 1st
Arlesia Davis: 1st
Aaliyah Walker: 2nd
Ivan Arroyo: 2nd
Aanyja Devine: 3rd
Imani Tolbert: 3rd
Kidz Korner
Word of the Day
We challenge you all to use this word as many times as you can this week, extra points if you use it in the right context, EVEN MORE points if you have to explain to somebody what it means!
National Day Calendar
2022-2023 School Calendar
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE BOARD MEETING?
To better accommodate school district stakeholders, the Burke County Board of Education has set its 2022 regular monthly meetings for the third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m., a week later than its previous meeting time of the second Tuesday in the month. The meetings will remain being held at the Burke County Board of Education Central Office, 789 Burke Veterans Parkway, Waynesboro, GA.
The Agenda is accessible through Simbli. To locate Simbli, go to any of our Burke County Public Schools websites and select Simbli/Meetings in the top left corner of the page. Then, select Meetings, where the agenda will be posted each month.
On the day of the Board meeting, which is the 3rd Tuesday of each month, a link to watch a live-stream of the meeting is posted on the homepage of our district website under "Recent News."
If you miss the meeting live stream, the recording is posted on our Burke County Public Schools, GA YouTube Channel the following day.
What's Ahead............
Download our free Burke County Public School App today!
Our district app is intended as an on-the-go information source for parents & families. With the BC App, all information is brought together and delivered to one platform.
One feature of the app is that those without social media can access the district’s social media posts via the News section of the app. Additional features include access to breakfast & lunch menus, individual school calendars, push notifications, sports scores, one-click email to staff via the Directory section, and much more!