BHS Community,

As BHS begins its first week of distance learning opportunities, and as the situation continues to evolve, the PTSA will make every effort to point the community to accurate information and support the well-being of our community. Updated information from the Bellevue School District can be found here, and information from the Washington State Department of Health can be found here. Please use these sources to monitor information relevant to COVID-19. 

We realize that these are new and uncertain times for parents, teachers, and students alike, and the PTSA would like to find new ways to continue to engage and support the community. If you have any suggestions of information that would be helpful to share, or ways that The Blast can support BHS families during this time please email [email protected]  . We look forward to continuing to connect with our community during these uncertain times. 

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BHS PTSA SPRING GRANTS

WOLVERINE GUARD ACTIVITY 

Greetings from the BHS Wolverine Guard Chairs!

First and foremost - we hope that everyone is well and safe during these most unsettling times!

Given all that is going on due to Covid-19, it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to the Wolverine Guard Award Program for this year.  After lots of thought and discussion, here are the changes that we have settled on:

1. The number of hours necessary to complete Wolverine Guard for the 2019-2020  school year is now 80.

The formula that we used to come up with this number is as follows:
The usual WG requirement is 100 hours.
100 hours divided by 12 months = 8.3 hours/month.
Schools are closed for approximately 2 months. (Actually 6 weeks, but we are
being liberal.)
8.3 hours X 2 months = 16.6 hours of lost time for accumulating volunteer hours.
100 - 16.6 = 83.3 hours.

For ease, we rounded it to 80 hours.

We recognize that some students had planned to use spring break for accumulating
service hours and that the virus and the resulting needs for social distancing and travel restrictions have upended many plans. Please remember however that WG is intended to be a challenge and is expected to require going above and beyond. Also remember that the time frame for WG service included summer vacation 2019 and winter break 2019 and mid-winter break 2020. Given all of these factors, we believe that reducing the total number of required hours for WG to 80 is fair and reasonable.

2. The deadline for submitting WG paperwork for the 2019-2020 school year remains
unchanged: April 30th, 2020.

3. New this year, online submission of the WG application and time log sheets will be
allowed and is preferred.

WG applications and time logs should be emailed to
[email protected].
Exceptions to online submissions will be made on case by case basis. For that please
email [email protected].
Here are the links for the required WG paperwork:

 the WG application: http://www.bellevuehighptsa.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-%E2%80%93-2020-BHS-PTSA-Wolverine-Guard-Award-Application.pdf
 the WG volunteer time log: http://www.bellevuehighptsa.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WG-TIME-LOG.pdf

All other policies for WG 2019-2020 remain the same as always.

If you have questions, please reach out to us at [email protected].

Thank you to all students who have already completed many, many hours of community service and to those who will work creatively to come up with ways to accomplish more hours of community service in the month to come.

For the few students who have already submitted their WG applications and time logs to the BHS Counseling Office, thank you! We will coordinate with the Counseling Office to retrieve and process your applications.

Stay safe everyone!

Best,

Ady Chan and Annie Roth, Wolverine Guard co-chairs 2019-2020

PS As a reminder, the PTSA's Wolverine Guard Award is separate from the Bellevue School District's graduation requirement. However, volunteer hours that are earned to meet graduation requirements can count toward the WGA and visa versa. Students are responsible for submitting their hours to both places. Students wishing to submit volunteer hours toward meeting their BSD graduation requirement should enter those hours in x2Vol (Time to Volunteer) via Naviance as usual.  The link can be found at the bottom right of a student's Naviance homepage. WGA hours should be submitted via the WG volunteer time log forms, http://www.bellevuehighptsa.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WG-TIME-LOG.pdf.

A more detailed BHS Main Calendar is   HERE . 

The Athletics Calendar will be available at  http://www.kingcoathletics.com  Club sports will have links available here to their respective websites.  

BHS BOYS SOCCER - SENIOR ATHLETES

Colin Carter

Jackson Buck

Jed Michel

BHS BAND - SENIOR MUSICIANS

Gannon Forsberg joined Jazz Band this year as our piano player. He is a great musician, really supportive of his peers, and always ready for rehearsals.

 

Here are a couple pictures of him, and here is a link to a recording of him playing a piano solo with jazz band:

https://soundcloud.com/bellevue-high-band/crystal-silence

 

Bellevue High School has a very diverse cultural population.

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PTSA Presidents	PTSA Vice Presidents Communications	BHS Administration
Yong Chen	Jia Ling(Janet) Liu	Principal:   Vic Anderson
Amy Reller	Rebekah Brown	Asst. Prin: Katie Klug
PTSA Vice President Fundraising	PTSA  Secretary	BHS Athletics/Activities
Dana Kaefer	Stacey Morales	Director:  John Hill
		Athletic Trainer:  Ashley Lopez
PTSA Board Committee Chairs	PTSA Treasurers	BHS Main Office
link to website	Svetlana Pestava	425-456-7000
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