The BHCS Student Council has set up the change tower in the lobby to collect change for UNICEF relief in Haiti. Pictured here are Jordon Soper, Emma Richardson, Marygrace Connolly, and Will Ricker making donations this week. Many thanks to all who have donated... but there is still room for more!

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Judy Cole
Blue Hill Consolidated School
60 High Street
Blue Hill, Maine 04614
judycole@bhcs.org

Hello Parents,

  Thank you so much for your patience this season!  With the snow day yesterday we have had to make some adjustments to the schedule in order to make sure that all necessary games are played before the tournaments.  Please be advised of the changes for this week and next week.

1.  The B Team will not be playing Orland tomorrow.  The game was originally scheduled for tomorrow and the coach changed it last week to yesterday.  With the snow day yesterday, we cancelled the game and are looking at playing it in February, perhaps.  We will keep you posted.

2.  The A Girls and A Boys Teams missed their game with PenBrook yesterday as well, due to the snow.  Because we are running out of available time before the A Team Tournament held at GSA the first weekend in February, the A Teams are going to each play two games tomorrow.  The A Girls team will play PenBrook in Brooksville tomorrow @ 4pm and the A Boys team will play PenBrook at home tomorrow at 4pm. 

3.  The B Team will not be playing Deer Isle on Tuesday.  Because there are older, less advanced players on the Deer Isle team we decided to not play it and instead substitute that game with one with the Castine team.  The Castine team is younger and more on our level which should make for fun games for all.  The B Team will play Castine on Wednesday the 27th at 3:45.

4.  With the snow this week came the cancelling of the 8th grade open house at GSA.  The open house has been rescheduled for Thursday, the 28th.  Because the home game for the A Team  is with a team that is not in our league, we have decided to cancel the game.  This will allow the 8th graders plenty of time to finish homework and make it to the open house on time. 

Due to the weather, there will be no school or after-school activities today.

This includes basketball practice, cheerleading practice, jazzband, afterschool study hall, the staff meeting, EDU 520, and the Union 93 board meeting.

Although the basketball season is winding down, there are a few very important things that both parents and students need to remember:

1.   If you would like your child to stay after school for study hall prior to a game, your child must arrive with work to complete or a book to read.  Some students are repeatedly arriving at study hall with no work and no book.  It has been made very clear that study hall time during the week is for academics.  On a Friday afternoon, study hall can be just a place to relax, but during the week students are expected to arrive prepared to work quietly.

2.   There has been some confusion about basketball players wanting to go to Merrill and Hinckleys after school this week.  The school provides a study hall for students between the end of school and the beginning of a game or practice in an effort to support the academic programs here at school.  If players do not wish to stay at the study hall, students must go home.  Parents may also give their child permission in writing to leave school grounds after school to go to M&H, the public library, a downtown shop, etc. if they choose.  In this case, players are expected to report directly to their coach only in time for the game.  Players may not leave and then return to hang out at the gym or roam around the halls at school.  The coaches need the time between the end of school and the game to prepare for the game.  I am monitoring the study hall, so I can't also supervise students at the gym.  Please be advised that if you give your child permission to leave school grounds, there is no adult keeping track of their whereabouts until they return for the game.

Thanks to everyone who helped! We had a great turnout and a great time!

Augusta - Two teams from BHCS competed along with 48 other teams at the 10th Annual Maine FIRST LEGO Championship on Saturday. Team Lego my Eggo (top, with coaches Anita Black and Cathy Snow) won the Team Spirit Award for best attitude and sportsmanship, while the Purple Gizmo Cows (bottom, with Coach Bill O'Connell) placed second overall in the Table Top Performance category. Since this is our school's first year fielding LEGO teams, both teams far exceeded anyone's expectations! Great job!

The coaches show some team spirit, while "Eye of the Tiger" Ben Politte puts on his game face. In the top right is Lego my Eggo's robot, and at bottom left is the Purple Gizmo Cow's robot. Great job everyone!