Bismarck-Henning Rossville-Alvin Cooperative High School Daily Announcements Thursday, April 14th, 2022
Announcements
Soccer meeting today (Thursday) during Advisory Period in the cafeteria.
Please dismiss the boys and girls track teams at the beginning of Advisory Period for their track meet at Watseka. Team, make sure to check into Advisory before you get ready for the meet!
BHJH Booster Club is hosting a Spaghetti Dinner on April 23rd in the cafeteria. Food, Trivia, Raffle Baskets, 50/50, and a cake walk! Come have some fun and support the BHJH Booster Club. You can order tickets by filling out this form and sending it into the office! https://5il.co/18c6x
There will be a food truck at prom this year. Click here to check out the menu!
Students and Staff-The Library will be closed WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY for Testing.
Food drive for Bismarck Blessings is extended through this week. Please bring food to donate. Granola bars and fruit snacks are the most needed items.
Music Boosters meeting changed to Wednesday, April 20th at 6:30pm in the cafeteria.
POST PROM INFORMATION! Post Prom is being planned by a group of Junior Parents as it is not a school sponsored event. Post prom is open to all Juniors & Seniors (whether you go to prom or not), their dates, and prom pages. It will be held at Elevate in Champaign. See Post Prom flier here! Keep reading!
Students need to arrive at the Wilcox entrance by 11:45pm after the prom. The bus(es) will leave at midnight. Students will not be allowed to leave Post Prom. The Bus(es) will return to BHRA at approximately 6am. - Students are required to ride the bus, they may not drive themselves to Post Prom.
The first 15 students that sign-up will have their name entered in the big prize drawings TWICE! Sign-up in the office!
In order to go, students need to turn in to the office (paper copies are outside the office for anyone that can’t print them) by April 27th:
Elevate Waiver - Paper Copy or you may do it Electronically
The annual Cubs trip is back! Blue Devil Pride card holders may sign up to attend here. We have limited spots and priority will be given to upperclassmen and blue card holders, but don't let that prevent you from signing up. We will leave school around noon on May 3rd and arrive back late at 1 am. Last day to sign up is THURSDAY!
The BHRA Library is having their annual BOOK SALE!! Come take advantage of retired books at the great price of 25cents or less! There are great titles and authors to choose from. The Sale will begin Thursday April 7th and run through Friday, April 15th.
Reminder - April 27th is a normal dismissal day. We will not be dismissing at 11:40 as previously scheduled.
Extra graduation announcements available in the office while supplies last. $1.50/each or 25/$35.
#BHRAStudents4Ukraine are 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.
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.
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
Friday 4/15
Baseball vs Westville - 4:30pm
Softball vs Westville - 4:30pm
Announcements from Mrs. Stephens - Website
Menu - April Menu
Thursday 4/14 - Pork Tenderloin/Bun, Tri Tator, Grapes, *Apple Nutrigrain Bar*, Milk
Friday 4/15 - No School
Monday 4/18 - Chef Salad, Cottage Cheese, Pineapple, Breadstick, Milk
Tuesday 4/19 - Loaded Nachos, Refried Beans, Carrots/Dip, Applesauce Cup, Milk
Wednesday 4/20 - Hot Dog/Bun, Doritos, Mixed Fruit Cup, Chocolate Chip Cookie, Milk
Thursday 4/21 - Pizza, Lettuce Salad, Breadstick, Peas, Milk
Friday - 4/22 - Fish/Bun, Potato Salad, Banana, Teddy Grahams, Milk
Here’s What’s Coming:
04-15-22 - Good Friday - No School
04-18-22 - Discover DACC Day
04-20-22 - Music Booster Meeting in the Cafeteria
04-22-22 - IPA Student Recognition
04-27-22 - Calendar Change - Regular Dismissal Day
04-30-22 - Prom
05-03-22 - Cubs Trip!
05-05-22 - FFA Incentive Trip
05-05-22 - Spring Concert - 5th-8th 6:00pm-7:00pm / BHRA 7:00pm-8:00pm
05-10-22 - Honors Night & NHS Induction Ceremony - 7:00pm - MPR
05-12-22 - School Picnic
05-16-22 - 05-19-22 - DACC Exams
05-17-22 - 05-18-22 - Senior Exams
05-20-22 - Graduation Practice / Pictures
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