The Crucible
Red Bird Productions presents The Crucible by Arthur Miler next week November 11-13. Ticket information will be available on our website next week.

The curtain will go up each evening at 6:30 pm.
Personal Graduation Plans
Bellaire Counselors are meeting with 9th-11th grade students to initiate the Personal Graduation Plan (PGP.) The PGP is a required electronic document for all public high school students in Texas. The purpose is to track the completion of high school requirements, endorsement plan selection, document course work, grades, and post-secondary planning. After the student initiates their PGP in the HISD Student Portal, parents have a step to complete as well. Parents will go into the HISD Connect parent portal to verify the information inputted by the students and electronically sign. A PGP is not considered complete until the parent completes this step.
 
Counselors will meet with students on the following dates:
9th grade- World Geography classes, October 18-22
10th grade- World History classes, November 1-5
11th grade- English 3 classes, November 15-19
 
The Parent’s Guide to the Personal Graduation Plan is linked here. If you have questions about your student's PGP, please contact their counselor. Click here to access their contact information.

If assistance is needed to log into the HISD Parent Portal, please contact Alex Brown, Counselor’s clerk, for a copy of the parent portal letter at: [email protected].
 
PTO Parent Coffee!
BHS Parents – Please join us for coffee at Betsy's at Evelyn's Park (4400 Bellaire Blvd.) on Wed., Nov. 17th at 8:45am. Parents across all grades are welcome!
JOIN THE PTO – Let’s reach 300 members - 10% family participation rate! 
Be a part of the “Feather the Nest to Keep Bellaire the Best” campaign to support and enhance the educational experience of our children. Your tax-deductible donation directly benefits all students and funds innovation and activities at Bellaire.  Join the PTO to stay involved and informed. Learn more here.   


BECOME A CORPORATE SPONSOR 
BHS PTO is seeking corporate sponsors to partner with us to meet the needs at our new campus. Your tax-deductible contribution will make a positive impact on the lives of Bellaire students, and in return your business will be recognized throughout the year.  Learn more here. 
Accelerated Committee Meetings per HB4545 - 9th Grade Students
9th Grade students identified for Accelerated Learning for one or more of the reasons below received an invitation to meet to review student STAAR/BOY scores and discuss tutorial times and days. Invitations have been sent via email to students' HISD email addresses and to parent email addresses on file per HISD Connect.

Reasons a student might be on Bellaire High School's Accelerated Learning list:

  • Student took the STAAR exam for all subject areas last school year but did not meet the “Approaches” score for one or more of those subject areas; 8th Grade Reading, 8th Grade Math, Algebra 1 or Biology
  • Student did not take the STAAR exam, but took the Beginning of the Year (BOY) STAAR and did not meet the passing threshold; or
  • Student did not take the STAAR exam for one or more subjects last year and did not take the BOY assessments this year.
December STAAR Testing - Tutorials!

Students that did not pass an end of course STAAR exam in Algebra 1, Biology, English 1, English 2 or US History will retest in early December. We are holding tutorials for students in all of these classes. For information about before, after school and Saturday tutorials contact:
Ms. Wallace for Algebra 1
Ms. C Vu for Biology
Ms. Tellez for English 1 or 2
Ms. Lawrence for US History
ASVAB - Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Test
Below is the information for the ASVAB test that will be given to students who have pre-registered:

Wednesday, 10 November 2021
LGI#2
0830-1200
Only 10th, 11th, & 12th graders are eligible.



If you pre-register; report to the LGI promptly at 8:30am on 11/10/21!
Study Abroad
If you missed our Study Abroad Night last week, you can find out more about all of the scholarships available to Bellaire students by reviewing the slide deck. Please email Ms. Chapman with any questions or to receive help in applying.

Spring Break in Greece
We're headed back in time to the Acropolis, the Ancient Olympic stadium, and the Temple of Poseidon on our Spring Break adventure to Greece! The final deadline to sign up is Sunday, November 14.

Learn more about the trip here!
Food Drive
INHS and FFH are organizing a Food Drive for the Houston Food Bank from next week until November 13.
We will be collecting canned food items in the white bins that you can request by emailing me. 
INHS and FFH members and officers will also ask you and deliver the white bins to your class.
We also have a fundraiser for the Houston Food Bank, that you can access here.
Exchange Student from Spain Looking for a Host Family
One of our exchange students from Spain is looking for a host family to share his culture with! Please email Ms. Chapman at [email protected] if you might be interested in opening your home to him.
Freedom From Period Poverty Drive
The Italian National Honor Society has posted on Donors Choose a project to provide girls attending Bellaire High School with feminine hygiene products in the restrooms. Period poverty - the lack of access to education about menstruation or menstrual products - is an issue that faces an alarming number of students in the United States.

The pads, tampons, and baskets that will be places in the school's restrooms will allow students who face period poverty to access these resources freely. This will improve girls' attendance, since they would not to have to miss school for lack of resources when they have their period, and it will help them to focus on their academic work.

A study conducted by Think and PERIOD found that 23% of students in the U.S. experience period poverty. Additionally, an overwhelming majority of students felt that period products should be available to them in their school bathrooms.

Help us reach our goal for this project by donating on tinyurl.com/INHSperiod2021.
Class of 2022 Yard Signs and #CardinalProud Spirit Signs Available
The Bellaire PTO has signs available for purchase. Please email [email protected]
COVID-19 Notification Changes
We wanted to update you regarding the manner in which we will share notifications with families and the larger community. We will continue to follow the protocols shared in the Houston ISD Ready, Set, Go plan when a student is in close contact with a confirmed and/or presumed positive case. However, the district has shared that we should no longer share the general announcement with the entire school community, and instead only communicate with those directly impacted. The Houston ISD COVID-19 Dashboard remains updated on a regular basis and can be accessed at this link.
Remind Messaging App
All parents and students are encouraged to join their BHS Class Remind Group. Remind is a communication tool that will deliver important communications through text message or email. You can download Remind for IOS here and Android here. Once you download the app, simply text the class code you belong to above to the number 81010.

Remind can also be accessed by clicking on the links below to join a group.





In addition to the class codes above, students will have the opportunity to receive communication and correspond with their teachers through the Remind App.
It Takes A Village...
"Bellaire Share" is new this year. Please help us collect important information and get student and staff accomplishments out to our school community. Share with us Bellaire HS activities and student achievements. You can upload your pictures of any event easily. Together we can accomplish a lot. You can submit information anytime on the homepage on the right side of the page or bookmark this link.
Thank you to the Bellaire PTO Corporate Sponsors for 2021-2022