Bismarck-Henning Rossville-Alvin Cooperative High School Daily Announcements Thursday, February 17th, 2022
Announcements
No track workouts today!
Don’t forget to bring microwave popcorn tomorrow! Be sure to put it on the table for Mr. Rademacher’s Cubs or Mr. Campbell’s Cardinals. Who’s going to win?!
CURRENT COUNT - Mr. Rademacher’s Cubs 687 vs Mr. Campbell’s Cardinals 681
Hunter Wilson will be wrestling today between 12pm and 2:15pm. You can stream it LIVE on NFHS Network if you aren’t able to make it to the tournament.
Good luck to Ned Hill who will be swimming in Sectionals Saturday morning!
Congratulations to the Scholastic Bowl team for beating Chrisman & Milford last night!!
National FFA Week is next week - February 22-25! Dress up days for the week: Tuesday - America Day, Wednesday - Anything But a Bookbag Day, Thursday - Truck & Tractor Day, Friday - Blue & Gold Day. We will have games each day during advisory period, so be sure to sign up with your class sponsor! The winning class for the games will get ice cream!
**For anything but a bookbag day - remember to keep it reasonable. Items must be school appropriate and be able to be easily maneuvered throughout the school. If you have any questions on whether an item is acceptable, see Mrs. DeGolyer, Mr. Benjamin, or Mr. Rademacher. We reserve the right to refuse items for that dress up day!**
If you are planning on driving anything other than a standard pickup truck next Thursday for Truck & Tractor Day - see Mrs. DeGolyer for a permission form. Permission forms & a copy of your driver's license are due by 3pm on Tuesday!
If you need reference letters, please fill out the reference letter request form and give a copy to the teachers that you asked for a letter. You can find the form here. The link can also be found in the LINKS section below.
Boys basketball - Round 1 Regionals - Saturday, February 19th vs Hoopeston @ BHRA. 6pm Tipoff.
The Spanish Club is selling Candy Grams this week. They can be purchased from any Spanish Club officer, or in 6th hour lunch from Layla or Keeley. Also, they can stop by Senora Frerichs classroom anytime to purchase one.
Softball open gym Sunday @ 11:30am.
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
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
6pm - Boys Basketball - Regionals vs Westville @ BHRA
Announcements from Mrs. Stephens - Website
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
Thursday - No Meal
Friday - Pizza, Lettuce Salad, Breadstick, Pears, Milk
Here’s What’s Coming:
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:
Student Sign-In/Sign-Out (You must still check in the office before leaving).
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