Buford High School

This newsletter contains some useful information to guide you and your student through this school year. Go jackets

Hey Jacket families!

It is hard to believe we just closed out the first grading period of the second semester already! Report cards will go home next Thursday, February 22nd and our Jacket PRIDE celebration will be on the 23rd! As a reminder, students qualify for Jacket PRIDE by not owing any recovery, passing all of their classes, and not having any level II or above discipline referrals for the grading period. I encourage you to talk to your child about this and congratulate them if they qualify! If they did not qualify, I encourage you to discuss action steps they can take to make sure they will be eligible for the next grading period. We have these conversations with our students on an almost daily basis but they benefit from hearing it from home as well! It takes a village and, as always, we continue to be so thankful for our BHS "village"!

We also have our spring parent-teacher conference night scheduled for Thursday, February 22nd from 5-7pm. If you would like to come speak to any of your child's teachers, you can stop in or email the teacher(s) to set up a specific time! Strong school-home relations are a big part in our students' successes!

If your child owes recovery due to absences, you will be getting a call home and your child will have received a slip of paper this week letting them know how much they owe. Our first opportunity to recover these absences is next week, Tuesday-Thursday. The schedule is attached.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Go Jackets!

Recovery will start next week. Please refer to image to view schedule.

Tuesday, February 13th

• End of R5

Friday, February 16th

• No School

Monday, February 19th

• Professional Development day - no school for students

Wednesday, February 21st

• Club Pictures

Thursday, February 22nd

• Dual Enrollment Information Session at 6 pm in the Multipurpose Building
  
• Report Cards Issued
• Parent-Teacher Conferences

Friday, February 23rd

• Jacket Pride

Wednesday, February 28th

• Progress Reports

The Stinger, our student run news site and weekly broadcast. Please Click on the image below to view this awesome site and the link to view our ON AIR EPISODES!

The Stinger on Air

Archery Schedule

Boys Soccer

Girls Soccer

Track

Softball

Varsity Baseball

JV Baseball

Wrestling Schedule

To view our Guidance Webpage, please click on Guidance above!

• Please email your school counselor to schedule a Google Meet appointment as needed.
• The School Counseling Department is open from 7:45 am to 4:15 pm by appointment only.
• Students will need to complete a request form before meeting with a counselor.

Parents,

Please be reminded to keep your student at home and notify the school nursing office if your child has a fever or has nausea/vomiting. The nursing office is required to keep track of various illnesses for the State. Right now, BHS is seeing an increase in stomach virus symptoms among students.

Per State guidelines, a student must be fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication before returning to school. A student must also be vomit free for 24 hours before coming back to school. Good communication with the nursing office will ensure you receive updated, accurate information on absences due to illness.

MD office visits and/or virtual visits are required to receive medical excuses for missed class time. Without a medical excuse, your child's time out of school will be unexcused. There will be no excuses given from the nursing office if a student comes to school and requests to go home before the start of 1st block.

Please call the nursing office with questions/concerns.

Safety is a top priority at the Lancaster County School District! New for the 2022-2023 school year… Lancaster County Schools will institute a clear bag policy for home athletic and designated events. Spectators will be permitted to carry one large clear bag. What kind of bag is appropriate? See examples below!

Dress Code

Student Corner

Powerschool - Parent and Student Portal

Cell Phone Policy

Phone: 803-286-7068

BHS Website