December 9, 2015 Vol. 4/ No. 17

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1 December 9, 2015 Vol. 4/ No. 17 Need to request a schedule change? Please visit Bearden s School Counseling Website and complete the online request form. A link can be found on an announcement on the main school counseling page, or by clicking 48 Deadline has been extended through today, Wednesday 12/9 12/9 Biology and Chemistry EOC Exams Makeups U.S. History TCAP EOC 12/10 Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Geometry Part Two Subtest A Makeups for Biology & Chemistry 12/12 ACT 12/11 Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Geometry Part Two Subtest B 12/14 Makeups for ALL Algebra 1,2 and Geometry Tests 12/16 End of Course Exams 12/17 End of Course Exams Swimming 12/12 TBA Ray Bussard Invite Meet Bowling 12/10 4:00 pm Hardin Valley Boys Basketball 12/11 7:30 Farragut High School 12/15 7:30 Heritage High School 12/18 7:30 pm Hardin Valley High School Girls Basketball 12/11 6:00 Farragut High School 12/15 6:00 Heritage High School 12/18 6:00 pm Hardin Valley High School Wrestling 12/10 5:30 pm Halls/Powell/Hardin Valley 12/15 5:30 pm Anderson County/Maryville 12/17 5:30 pm South Doyle/Central 12/18 4:00 pm Bradley Invitational 1/02 8:00 am Bristol Brawl Girls Tournament Check out our new BHS sports website: Schedules, rosters, photos And more information! Seniors should see their individual teachers regarding exams and exam exemption policies. Contact Balfour directly regarding cap and gown information: or 6210 Anderson Avenue. BHS graduation is on Thursday, May 19 th at Thompson-Boling Arena

2 Girls Rugby Practice 2 3 days a West Hills Park For more For more information text text @go8352 to recieve to receive updates on on meetings or or mcmia1999@gmail.com Spring Semester Opening for a Tuesday Afternoon BHS Library Volunteer. Seeking a friendly, dependable, detail oriented person to help twice a month 11:45 am - 2 pm Tuesdays. Working in the library is easy! No experience is necessary! On-the-job training will be provided for the following duties: book check-in/check-out, lunch coverage at Circulation Desk, shelving/reading shelves, assisting students and staff, and special projects. Please contact the PTSO Library Volunteer Coordinator: Anita Kay, , anitakay@knology.net. Winter Concert The Bearden High School Orchestra will present a Winter Concert on Thursday, December 10 th at 7:00pm in the BHS Auditorium. This concert is FREE and open to the public. Please plan to join us for some fabulous holiday music (including a special Trans-Siberian Orchestra piece complete with drum set and electric instruments. SMAC students mentoring another class. Applications are due for 2016 on Dec. 11th - The time has come to complete mentor applications for next year. You may get your application from the East Mall office or outside Mrs. Ford's room on the foreign language side of the hallway. In addition, we are recruiting 10 new members for our executive board that meets on Monday s after school - This is a great opportunity for leadership if you are an outgoing or hard working 9th or 10th grade student. If interested you need to fill out a separate application. The fee for mentoring is $20.00; there is no fee for executive board.

3 Governor s Schools Opportunities for 10 th and 11 th grade are now available on our website 36 The charts provided list in detail in the dates, deadlines, and requirement for each Governor s School on the Quick Reference Chart. Also on this page is a link to the Bearden packet. Please follow the guidelines provided in the packet for correct format of returning the application material. Deadlines are quickly approaching for several of the opportunities. If you have questions, please Rebecca.sudduth@knoxschools.org 2016 Football Player/Parent information Meeting Tuesday, January 5 th at 6:30 pm in the Auditorium. All interested need to attend. The Bearden High School Dance Team is asking for your help in our community service project this month! This month the dance team will be helping out Tennessee School of the Deaf in their annual Christmas party. The children come from all over the state to TSD and most live there. During the year they earn tickets for doing good deeds and having good behavior. These tickets are used as money for them during the year at school and they will be able to use them at the Christmas party to buy gifts for their families back at home. The dance team is trying to supply 400 gifts for the kids by December 16th. So needless to say, we would appreciate any help we can get. The gifts can be 5 dollars or less. Some ideas can include the following: bath soaps, journals, blankets, mugs, little bracelets, gift cards, basketballs, footballs, and anything else you can think of. If you and your child would like to support us in this project, you can bring the gift to school where we have boxes out by the guidance office and the West Mall office. In addition you can also personally give your gift to a dance team member or to our sponsor, Ms. Ford, in room 326. We have a very short amount of time to accomplish what we would like to for this service project and would highly appreciate any help! Thank you and Happy Holidays :)

4 GRAD NIGHT CELEBRATION NEEDS YOUR HELP We are looking for parents, grandparents and graduated siblings to help this year with our Grad Night Celebration. We need people who are willing to help with: Planning the Event Decorating Registration Gathering and Wrapping Prizes Running Games Gathering Food Items Chaperoning And much more! We would LOVE to have their help. It takes parents from every grade to make this event a success. If you are interested, please BHSPTSO@yahoo.com NEW ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS Due to attendance policy changes approved by the Knox County School Board in September, students must now be at school for a minimum of 3 hours and 30 minutes to be counted present for the school day. This is an increase of 15 minutes to the required time present. If a student checks OUT for the day BEFORE 12:00 PM, they will be counted absent for the day. If a student checks IN to school after 12 pm, they will be counted absent for the day. Please remember that you have 5 days to send in any parent or doctor notes for absences. Art show Please attend the Second Semi- Annual Visual Art Show A visual Walk Through Time Thursday from 4-6, In the BHS library. Tennis Team Announcement The tennis team will host it s annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser on Saturday, January 23 rd at Pero s on the Hill from 8:00-10:30. Tickets will be $5 and can be purchased from any tennis player or coach. SF 1010/Learners Permit Forms Students if you need to get your driver s permit during Winter break, turn your application into the West Mall office by Friday, December 11 th.

5 Need to request a transcript? It s so easy! Go to Parchment.com, create an account. There is a link to the website on the BHS homepage, under Quick Links. The biggest mistake students make when ordering their transcript? They forget to select Bearden HS as the institution they want their transcript to be sent from BEFORE selecting the college that they want their transcript sent to. Make sure you use your full legal name when creating your account!. Questions? See Mrs. Mongeon in the College & Career Center Order your yearbook now! Available at For $90 Would you like to help create the Wednesday Weekly? Do you like to work on the computer? We are looking for a few people to help with the Weekly Wednesday this year. The basic format is a WORD document, using text boxes, inserting announcements weekly, and using your own creativity! If interested, please bhswedwkly@gmail.com! News, Announcements and Events to be included in the sent to bhswedwkly@gmail.com by noon Tuesday