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UPCOMING EVENTS
For a complete calendar listing, please visit us here:
Winter Break - No School
Date:
Dec. 25 -
Jan. 1
8th Grade Parent Night
Date: Jan 8
Time: 5:30pm
Place: JYMS Auditorium
No School for Students
Date:
Jan. 19
District Solo
& Ensemble Festival
Date:
Feb. 24
Time:
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Place: Baraboo High School
Spring Sport Parents Meeting
Date: Feb. 26
Time: 6pm
Place: BHS Gym
Junior ACT Testing
(only Juniors report to school)
Date: Feb. 27
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Date: March 20 & 21
Spring Break - No School
Date:
March 26-30
Prom
Date: May 5
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Letter from the Principal
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December 2017
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Students will be scheduling courses for the 2018-'19 school year very soon. Students in all grades will be walked through this process for how to go about selecting courses next year during the week of January 22nd during Homeroom. In order to get a head start and to assist your student in selecting courses for the 2018-19 school year, please take some time to visit the Baraboo High School 2018-19 Course Description Book. It can be found at the Baraboo High School website at
http://www.baraboo.k12.wi.us/schools/high/
. Once there, click on Students and then "Course Description Book." We hope to see each student pushing themselves by choosing classes that stretch them and help prepare them for college and career readiness. Students will be expected to have completed the course selection process by Friday, February 2nd, 2018. More information about the course selection process will be coming out to parents and guardians early in January. As always, we continue to work as a faculty and staff to provide the students of Baraboo High School an experience that enriches their lives and prepares them for any college or career they choose.
We are also nearing the end of the first semester of the 2017-18 school year. We will not be administering final exams using a traditional exam schedule, similar to spring semester of the 2016-17 school year; instead, teachers will be administering final exams during their regularly scheduled class time. Our block schedule with 85 minute class periods lends itself nicely to this format. This format also allows flexibility to teachers who may want to give their final exams earlier than what the traditional exam schedule used to allow resulting in more timely feedback to students and opportunities for other follow up, including the administering of make-up exams.
Looking ahead, the juniors will be taking the statewide ACT Plus Writing assessment on Tuesday, February 27th and the statewide ACT WorkKeys assessment on Wednesday, February 28th.
On February 27th, freshmen, sophomores, and seniors will not report to school.
It is our hope that testing with only juniors in the building on February 27th will contribute to a distraction-free environment that will be conducive to students being able to perform at their very best on this important assessment. Juniors will be allowed to leave school for the remainder of the day at the conclusion of the ACT Plus Writing assessment which we expect to conclude around 12:45 p.m. Lunch in the cafeteria will be offered for the juniors on February 27th from 12:45-1:30 p.m., and juniors who ride the bus will be provided access to a supervised study hall in the cafeteria until the buses arrive at the conclusion of the regular school day. On Wednesday, February 28th, all students are expected to report to school at the regular starting time, 7:45 a.m. Juniors will complete the statewide ACT WorkKeys assessment in their Homerooms that morning. Freshmen and sophomores will be going on tours of workplaces throughout the Baraboo area community to learn about career pathways, and seniors will be experiencing a Reality Fair here at BHS. More information and reminders about the statewide ACT assessments and these other activities that are being planned for February 28th will be provided to families in February.
Please feel free to contact me at anytime with your questions or concerns at (608)355-3940.
Sincerely,
Glenn Bildsten
Baraboo High School Principal
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News from Student Services
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Important Upcoming Dates:
- Wednesday, January 3 at 5:30pm Scholarship/Financial Aid Presentation - BHS Cafeteria
- Thursday, January 25 - High School Registration for 2018-2019
- Friday, January 19, 9:00-3:00 - ZAP the ACT Test Prep/BHS Media Center
- Saturday, February 3, 9:30-3:00 - ACT PREP Class/UW Baraboo
- Saturday, February 10 - ACT Test offered at UW Baraboo
- Tuesday, February 27 - ACT at BHS
- Wednesday, February 28 - WorkKeys at BHS
- Saturday, April 14 - ACT Test offered at UW Baraboo
- Saturday, June 2, 9:30-3:00 - ACT PREP Class/UW Baraboo
- Saturday, June 9 - ACT Test offered at UW Baraboo
SENIORS and PARENTS of SENIORS
- if you are planning on attending a post-secondary education institution -
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Financial Aid/Scholarship Night
January 3, 2018
5:30 p.m.
BHS Cafeteria
-If your son/daughter has applied or plans to apply to college, this will be an important meeting to attend!
-If you have a son/daughter that is a BHS graduate they are also eligible to apply for any scholarships offered through BHS.
This event will cover all local scholarships and financial aid information as well as the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form.
PLEASE JOIN US AND BRING YOUR FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIP QUESTIONS!
Attention Students who took the PSAT this fall at BHS:
You can pick up your score report from Mr. Waldvogel in Student Services.
Attention Parents of current 8th grade students:
There will be an 8th Grade Parent Night held in the JYMS Auditorium on
Monday January 8th beginning at
5:30PM.
The main focus of the meeting will be to inform families on the High School course registration process using Career Cruising.
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Sports
Information
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UPCOMING ATHLETIC EVENTS
Spring Sports Practice Start Dates:
Boys & Girls Track - March 5
Softball - March 12
Girls Soccer - March 19
Baseball - March 19
Boys Tennis - March 26
Boys Golf - March 26
Spring Break - March 26-30
Spring Sport Parents Meeting
The Spring Sport Parents Meeting will be held on Monday, February 26, 2018 in the BHS Gym. The general session will begin at 6:00 p.m. Sport meetings will follow at 6:30 p.m. Parents who attended the Fall or Winter Sports Parents Meeting do not need to attend the general session. Students do not need to attend these meetings. If you need help registering your child or paying fees you should arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of the meeting. If your son or daughter was out for a fall or winter sport you
do not
need to register online again. Just sign up with the coach or Mrs. Teasdale. If your child was not out for a fall or winter sport, you will need to register your child in the
Parent Portal
, under the
HS Spring Sports Registration Link
. Fees can be paid online or with a check or cash in the high school office. If you are not sure if your son/daughter will need a physical, please contact Renee Teasdale at 355-3940, Ext. 2022.
WIAA Physicals
WIAA physicals are based on the date of April 1. Any physical dated
prior to
April 1, 2016 is no longer valid. Physicals dated April 1, 2016 or after are valid for the 2017-18 school year. Physicals dated after April 1, 2017 will be good for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years. Physicals are good for
TWO SCHOOL YEARS
, not two years from the date of the physical.
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FFA News
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The Baraboo FFA has been extremely busy during the months of November and
December.
The fruit and wreath sale occurred during these months and it is our Chapter's largest fundraiser of the year. Profits raised from the fundraiser go towards leadership activities for the chapter and other community involvement activities that the chapter participates in. The Baraboo FFA Chapter would like to thank everyone for supporting our fundraiser this year, and helping to make our Chapter successful!
As a chapter we also donated to the holiday care packages that were sent to soldiers overseas and we were able to donate $50 worth of supplies in support of the project that one of our English teachers,
Miss Lenius put together
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Next on our agenda is Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army and the District FFA District Speaking Contest in the middle of January.
Sincerely,
The Baraboo FFA Chapter.
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District Hires New School Social Worker
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Please join us in welcoming
Taylor Williams, School Social Worker
, to the School District of Baraboo. We are excited to add a School Social Worker to the many building staff who are available to help support and advocate for our students and families.
Taylor is here to...
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Help families access and utilize school and community resources or programs
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Help alleviate any concerns a family may have
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Help families communicate with school staff
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Provide additional crisis intervention
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Be an additional support in developing student plans
Most importantly,
Taylor is here to advocate for you and your family however you may need.
Yo
u can rea
ch Taylor by contacti
ng your building principal, or by contacting her directly via phone (608-355-3950 x 1535) or email (twilliams@barabooschools.net).
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Students attend Creative Writing Festival
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On Nov. 15, six Baraboo High School students attended a Creative Writing Festival at UW-Whitewater. Mr. Haseley, English teacher and co-advisor of Scrittore (Creative Writing Club) chaperoned this talented group of enthusiastic writers. The festival allows young writers to work with college instructors and/or published writers on pieces the writers submitted. This year the participants were Janee' Jackson, Carley Frey, Solveig Argo, Jordan Zirzow, MaryJane Maddox, and Teanna Konkel.
Baraboo also had two award winners in this small group:
Janee' Jackson was selected for third place in the Prose Poem/Flash Fiction category for her piece entitled "Hear MyCries."
MaryJane Maddox was selected for second place in the Short Fiction category with her story, "Pine Creek."
Impressive effort!
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| Model UN Attends Chicago Conference |
The newly formed Baraboo High School Model United Nations club recently attended a Model UN conference in Chicago, the Chicago International Model United Nations. Here, 19 high school students from BHS represented a variety of countries, from Oman to Burundi to Cyprus to Vanuatu, as well as an individual cabinet member representing Israel and a journalist representing EuroNews. The conference was four days in length, with over 20 hours of committee action and involving over one thousand students from around the world. It took place in the famous Hilton Hotel on Michigan Avenue in Downtown Chicago.
At the conference, topics of debate included a variety of subjects such as climate change, terrorism, North Korean aggression, economic sustainability, nuclear disarmament, and ongoing humanitarian efforts. Students discussed and debated with other students from as close as Madison to as far away as New Jersey, Washington D.C., Mexico, and the Cayman Islands. They learned first hand the intricacies of parliamentary procedure and, in some cases, the frustrations of rules and regulations in for the form of multiple amendments and filibusters. All students came back to BHS having had a great educational experience and newfound friends from near and far.
If you have any questions about the club or wish to donate for future conferences please contact Jake Boll at
jrboll@barabooschools.net
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Take Care of those Chromebooks!
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Updated Date for Prom 2018: May 5th
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The Baraboo High School 2017-'18 Prom will be held on May 5, 2018
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It was previously announced that the Prom would take place on April 28, 2018
, but this date causes conflicts with other events and activities. Prom has typically been held on the first Saturday
in May, and BHS will continue with that tradition.
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