Happy New Year, BHCS!
BHCS Website Relaunch
Check out our new website! I'd like to give a huge shoutout to Lisa Arhontes-Marshall at Beehive Development for making this happen in such a timely manner as well as Phelan Gallagher and Tracy Gandy for their hours of dedication to this project. I am really proud of what our team has put together. www.bhcs.org
Week of January 4th
As a reminder, we will be following our RED PLAN schedule for the week of January 4th. All students have their supplies including bins and iPads for learning that were sent home on 12/22. If you have any questions about the schedule for learning or materials needed, please let your child's teacher know via email. The last remote week we had in November was very successful and we had great attendance. We hope to have the same great attendance from our students this week. Thank you in advance to parents and guardians who make this great virtual attendance a priority!
Travel Guidelines:
The following travel guidelines have been adopted by our school board for the remainder of the school year:
"Upon returning to Maine and before returning to in-person school, BHCS staff and students must choose one of the following:
a) Quarantine for 14 days before returning to in-person school
OR
b) Quarantine for at least 5 days, then take an approved test. Remain in quarantine while awaiting test results. Certification of a negative COVID-19 test must be presented to the BHCS School Nurse before returning to in-person school."
Please reach out to our School Nurse, April Chapman (and your primary care provider) if you are traveling to a non-exempt state. During quarantine, students may learn remotely.
Remote Learning
We continue to offer remote learning as an option for families who are concerned about sending students to school in person. Following our last break we had an additional 40-50 students opt in to remote learning (prior to that we had around 35), and are now at just under 60 students total. This leap in numbers was honestly very overwhelming to our staff and the numbers changed daily. As we re-enter school in person on January 11th, please do your best as a family to make a commitment to either in person or remote learning that will last until at least February break. If you are planning to change from in person to remote or from remote to in person learning, I need to be notified via email by Tuesday of this week (January 5th) to ensure that teachers are preparing remote learning materials for the correct students for the following week. Thank you very much for your help and understanding with this.
Peninsula Free Health Clinic Information for January
Please see the attached information regarding clinic dates at the Peninsula Free Health Clinic for January. Free Clinic Dates
Here's to a bright and healthy 2021!
Warmly,
Shelly