Bismarck-Henning Rossville-Alvin Cooperative High School Daily Announcements Friday, April 1st, 2022
Announcements
Reminder - April 27th is a normal dismissal day. We will not be dismissing at 11:40 as previously scheduled.
Bake sale TODAY during lunch hours - Items are $1/each! Support the #BHRAStudents4Ukraine Project!
Extra graduation announcements available in the office while supplies last. $1.50/each or 25/$35.
Student Council Food Drive - April 4th-8th. Bring any non-perishable food item to your first-hour class. The class that collects the most items will receive donuts & milk! Some ideas of needed items: granola bars, fruit snacks, and milk. See the flyer here!
#BHRAStudents4Ukraine are selling blue and yellow bracelets and raffling off a blanket. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. Winner will be drawn on April 18th!
Prom is just around the corner! It is being held at the Crooked Creek Whitetails Estate in Fairmont, IL, on Saturday, 30 April 2022, from 8pm-11pm. Starting next week (Monday, 4 April 2022), tickets will be available from Mrs. Gray and Mr. Beukelman. Tickets are $20 each, and BHRACHS Seniors get in free! If you are bringing someone from outside of the school, please get your Date Request Forms on the table outside the office or (Date Request Form Link). Date Request Forms must be returned back to the office no later than Wednesday, 27 April 2022.
Seniors who plan to attend DACC next year need to turn in their permission slip for DACC Registration Day by TODAY. (Print here). Paper copies on the table outside the office.
Music Boosters meeting, Wednesday, April 13th at 6pm in the cafeteria. If you have a student in our music department, please make plans to attend.
If you are interested in being a Leadership Intern for Bismarck’s Camp Invention June 27th-July 1st this summer, please see or email Mrs. Carpenter ASAP for more information. This is a super fun, high energy, hands-on STEM camp for 1st-6th graders. Leadership Interns are the right-hand-man for the instructors (Mrs. Heinrichs and Mrs. Powell) and receive 40 hours of documented community service hours for working with the younger students. Interviews for the positions will start at the end of April.
Cheer Try-Outs for 22-23 will be held on Saturday, April 9th at 10am. Practices will be Tuesday, April 5th & Thursday, April 7th from 6:30pm-8:00pm. Informational meeting during advisory period on Wednesday, March 30th. You can print your packet here or find them outside the office.
All juniors will be taking the SAT test on Wednesday April 13th. To help prepare for the SAT, we are offering an SAT Test Prep course. This course will consist of 4 sessions offered on the following dates.
Monday April 4th – Math Review Session 2 5-7 PM
Students will be able to take a practice test, go over sample questions and get helpful hints on test taking.
Payment of $35.00 is due Monday March 7th. Make checks out to BHRA. If you would like to sign up to attend, please complete this google form - SAT Test Prep Sign Up
Yearbooks are on sale now! You can send cash/check to Mrs. Stephens for $60 or order online HERE.
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
Baseball
Boys Track
Girls Track
Saturday 4/2
Baseball Varsity vs Tri-County - 10:00am
Announcements from Mrs. Stephens - Website
Menu - March Menu - April Menu
Friday - Chicken Wrap, Peas, Apple Slices, Oreo, Milk
Here’s What’s Coming:
04-03-22 - Senior Citizens Dinner - Cafeteria - 12:30pm
04-05-22 - Cheer Tryouts Practice # 1 - 6:30pm-8:00pm
04-07-22 - Cheer Tryouts Practice # 2 - 6:30pm-8:00pm
04-09-22 - Cheer Tryouts for 22-23 @ 10am @ Wilcox Gym
04-13-22 - PSAT 8/9, PSAT 10 and SAT Testing
04-13-22 - Early Dismissal - Professional Development - 2:05pm
04-13-22 - Music Boosters Meeting - Cafeteria - 6:00pm
04-15-22 - Good Friday - No School
04-18-22 - Discover DACC Day
04-26-22 - Golden Ruler Banquet - 6:30pm
04-27-22 - Calendar Change - Regular Dismissal Day
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
05-17-22 - 05-18-22 - Senior Exams
05-22-22 - Graduation @ 1:30pm - Payton Moss Field
05-23-22 - 05-25-22 - Freshmen-Junior Final Exams
05-26-22 - Last Student Attendance Day - 11:30am Dismissal
05-26-22 - Carle Sports Physicals - 8:30am-11:00am - MPR
05-27-22 - Teacher’s Institute (8am-1pm)
06-20-22 - 06-24-22 - Basketball Camp (9am-12pm)
09-15-22 - SMILE Dentist - Register Here
09-16-22 - SMILE Dentist - Register Here
09-23-22 - Patriot Day at BHRA
10-07-22 - Homecoming Football Game
10-08-22 - Homecoming Dance
10-14-22 - Fall Sports Senior Night
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