Bismarck-Henning Rossville-Alvin Cooperative High School Daily Announcements Monday, February 14th, 2022
Announcements
- Don’t forget to bring microwave popcorn this week! Be sure to put it on the table for Mr. Rademacher’s Cubs or Mr. Campbell’s Cardinals. Who’s going to win?!
- Today’s Video Announcements
- This weekend Hunter Wilson, Evan Parish, Gracie Pattison and Gianna Ingargiola all wrestled at their respective Sectional Tournaments. Hunter Wilson earned second place and advances to state! Evan Parish earned a spot as an alternate.
- Gracie Pattison will also advance to the Girl's State Tournament! She is the first girl to advance to the IHSA Girls State Tournament in school history!
- Girls Regional Round 2 vs Oakwood at PBL - TONIGHT at 6pm.
- Track Apparel ON SALE NOW! Click here to place your order by Feb 24th!
- Yearbooks are on sale now! You can send cash/check to Mrs. Stephens for $60 or order online HERE.
- Don’t forget to turn in your senior pictures! Those are due to Mrs. Stephens March 11th. You can bring one in to her or email it to her at mstephens@bismarck.k12.il.us.
Advisory Period Meetings (Check in with your Advisory Period teacher first!)
Notes from Nurse Kelly
- When testing to return to school, only PCR tests are accepted. Rapid (antigen tests) are not valid.
- List of Covid Testing sites in Vermilion County listed at vchd.org.
- **Updated Quarantine Guidelines as of 1/7/22** - The Illinois State Board of Education has adopted the new CDC guideline for positive COVID-19 cases. The number of days a positive case must remain in isolation has been reduced from 10 days to 5 days.
- For free home COVID tests go to www.covidtests.gov The tests are expected to ship at the end of January. 1 set of 4-tests per address.
Community Service Opportunities
Additional Information:
- Reminder! If your student will not be attending school for the day, please make sure you call the office and let us know. Please call us by 9am each day your student is absent. (Students may not call themselves in, it must be a parent/guardian). You need to call us each day they are out.
- Students may not attend school if they are experiencing any of the potential COVID-19 symptoms: Fever of 100.4 or higher, NEW ONSET of a moderate or severe headache, shortness of breath, NEW cough, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, NEW loss of taste or smell, fatigue from unknown cause, and muscle or body aches from unknown cause. If the student or someone in their household is waiting on COVID-19 test results, please do NOT send them to school until results come back negative.
- Chromebook cases, styluses, and chargers for sale in the office. Styluses are $30 and chargers are $25. Cases are $20 new and $10 used.
- Athletic Passes on sale now. Individual $60 and Family $124 (includes all members of 1 household). Send cash or check to Jenny with a list of all members in the household if purchasing a family pass.
- BHRA/BHCUSD Alert Phone Numbers
- 98900 - BHRA/BHCUSD Text Alert System
- 765-371-9870 - BHRA/BHCUSD Voice Alert System number
- Download our app! It’s full of information!!!!!
Happening this Week:
- Rosters
- Monday 2/14
- Girls Basketball vs Oakwood @ PBL - 6pm
- Boys Freshman @ Salt Fork - 6pm
- Tuesday 2/15
- Boy Basketball vs Westville - SENIOR NIGHT - NEON NIGHT
- JV @ 6 - Varsity Follows
- Boy Basketball vs Westville - SENIOR NIGHT - NEON NIGHT
- Wednesday 2/16
- Freshman Boys Basketball vs Centennial - 6pm
- Thursday 2/17
- Freshman Boys Basketball vs Oakwood - 6pm
- TBD - State Wrestling Meet - State Farm Center (Urbana)
- Friday 2/18
- TBD - State Wrestling Meet - State Farm Center (Urbana)
- Saturday 2/19
- TBD - Boys Swimming - Sectionals @ Centennial High School
- TBD - Boys Basketball - Regionals @ BHRA
Announcements from Mrs. Stephens - Website
- Weekly Updates for Juniors & Seniors
- The DACC Foundation Scholarship application is now open and will close March 7th. Seniors will be meeting with Mrs. Tonya Hill from the foundation next Thursday the 13th to receive instructions for completing the application. Juniors who plan to take dual enrollment courses AT DACC next year (not at BHRA - Rhet, Calc, Western Civ where tuition is waived) or plan to graduate early and attend DACC in the spring of 2023 should also complete the application.
- A link to the application and all other scholarships can be found in the List of Scholarships Google Doc – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N0cjwPtcBrMv3XfZZcM9IJGjTR8VILuzcQjIJ3bE-b8/edit?usp=sharing
Menu - February Menu
- Monday - Chicken Nuggets, Green Beans, Pineapple, Chocolate Chip Cookie, Milk
- Tuesday - Soft Shell Taco, Mexican Rice, Corn, Applesauce Cup, Milk
- Wednesday - Pork Tenderloin/Bun, Tator Tots, Peaches, Oreo Cookie, Milk
- Thursday - Corn Dog, Tri Tator, Banana, Oatmeal Cookie, Milk
- Friday - Pizza, Lettuce Salad, Breadstick, Pears, Milk
Here’s What’s Coming:
- 02-16-22 - Early Dismissal - Professional Development - 2:05pm
- 02-17-22 - Scholastic Bowl @ Watseka - Iroquois West
- 02-21-22 - President’s Day - No School
- 02-22-22 - Scholastic Bowl vs Armstrong-Potomac - Cissna Park - Georgetown Ridge Farm
- 02-24-22 - Scholastic Bowl @ Oakwood - Schlarman
- 02-26-22 - Math Contest 9am-Noon
- 03-01-22 - Scholastic Bowl Conference Tournament @ Oakwood - 4pm
- 03-02-22 - Early Dismissal - School Improvement - 11:40am
- 03-04-22 - 03-06-22 - High School Musical in JH Gym
- 03-05-22 - Scholastic Bowl County Tournament @ Salt Fork - 8am & 2pm
- 03-11-22 - Senior Pictures due to Mrs. Stephens
- 03-11-22 to 03-13-22 - High School Musical in Jr. High Gym
- 03-16-22 - P/T Conferences - 4pm-8pm
- 03-17-22 - P/T Conferences - 4pm-8pm
- 03-17-22 - County Music Festival @ Westville High School - 6:30pm
- 03-18-22 - No School
- 03-21-22 to 03-25-22 - Spring Break - No School
- 03-28-22 - School Resumes
- 04-13-22 - Early Dismissal - Professional Development - 2:05pm
- 04-15-22 - Good Friday - No School
- 04-18-22 - Discover DACC Day
- 04-26-22 - Golden Ruler Banquet - 6:30pm
- 04-27-22 - Early Dismissal - School Improvement - 11:40am
- 04-30-22 - Prom
- 05-05-22 - Spring Concert - 5th-8th 6:00pm-6:30pm / BHRA 7:00pm-8:00pm
- 05-10-22 - Honors Night - 7:00pm - MPR
- 05-22-22 - Graduation @ 1:30pm - Payton Moss Field
- 05-26-22 - Last Student Attendance Day - 11:30am Dismissal
- 05-27-22 - Teacher’s Institute (8am-1pm)
Links:
- 21-22 Dates to Remember
- 21-22 BHRA Handbook
- BHRA School Store
- QR Code How-To Video
- College Day Absence
- 21-22 Staff Favorites
- Student Sign-In/Sign-Out (You must still check in the office before leaving).
- Schedule Change Request
Contact Us:
Office Staff - You can also call us at 217-759-7291. If we don’t answer, leave a message and someone will get back to you as soon as we can.
- Brent Rademacher - brademacher@bismarck.k12.il.us
- Phil Benjamin - pbenjamin@bismarck.k12.il.us
- Jenny Huffman - jhuffman@bismarck.k12.il.us
- Sharon Packard - spackard@bismarck.k12.il.us
Athletic Director - Tony Foster - tfoster@bismarck.k12.il.us
School Counselor - Mendy Stephens - mstephens@bismarck.k12.il.us
School Nurse - Nurse Kelly - kstrader@bismarck.k12.il.us Social Worker - Traci Wilt - wiltt@vase.k12.il.us