Next Week at a Glance

Monday 10/3

Blocks 1-4

8:30 a.m. Start, 3:00 p.m. Release

Tuesday 10/4

Blocks 5-7 and Everybody Reads

9:00 a.m. Start, 2:45 p.m. Release + Office Hours Optional until 3:15 p.m.

Wednesday 10/5

Straight 7 Schedule

8:30 a.m. Start, 3:05 p.m. Release

Thursday 10/6

Blocks 1-3

9:00 a.m. Start, 2:45 p.m. Release + Office Hours Optional until 3:15 p.m.

Friday 10/7

Blocks 4-7

8:30 a.m. Start, 3:00 p.m. Release

Important Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, October 5th - Paying for College Parent Knight in the Fraser Library from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, October 12th -

• No School For Freshmen
• PSAT for Sophomores and Juniors
• College Blitz and Tux and Drape Photos for Seniors

Tuesday, October 18th - Speech and Debate Judges Training at 6:30 PM in the Fraser Library

Wednesday, October 19th - Fall Music Concert at 7:00 PM in the Reg

Thursday, October 20th - All School Mass Honoring Grandparents 

October 26th and 27th - Student Progress Conferences

Friday, October 28th - No School, Teacher Inservice

October 27th - 30th - Bishop Kelly Fall Play, Ghostlight

School Calendars Can Be Found Here

Bell Schedules Can be Found Here

Fall 2022 Athletic Schedules Can be Found Here

Important Information For the 2022-2023 School Year Can be Found Here

Dear BK Community,

Early this morning BK Parents received a very important email from BK asking you to complete a survey for our accreditation process, which takes place every six years. Please help us to complete our self-study by providing your inputs via this Parent Survey. Your input is incredibly valuable in helping us reflect on our data and determine our strengths and areas of growth. We know that this is a long survey, but your feedback is critical to our continued improvement.

This has been a great week to be a Bishop Kelly Knight! Bishop Kelly’s 59th Homecoming week celebrations have been epic, with our students, faculty and staff, alumni, parents, and even future Knights getting in on the fun! Shoutout to the Pep Club officers who worked to make Homecoming happen this year: Jane Teuber, Maggie Avey, Claire Laity, Claire Wimer, Juliana Puzio, Ava Burnett and Lucy Glynn. And big thanks to Pep Club advisors Gina Shanahan and Yasone Krakau, Vice Principal Cheryl Hutchinson, and Alumni Director Denise Brennan for their leadership and long hours this week as well. 

Pictures and videos are worth a thousand words, so we’ll keep this short and let these images from around campus and around town tell the story of #BKHoco2022.

Worship Wednesday Hoco Edition - Click Here

Homecoming Parade!

Alumknight and Friends Golf Scramble!

Powder Puff!

Visits to Partner Schools

Good luck to our Varsity Football team tonight, and happy Homecoming to all the BK students attending the dance tomorrow.  Make good choices and great memories.

Once a Knight, Always a Knight

Each week Bishop Kelly faculty and staff nominate students, and students nominate faculty and staff, who have demonstrated the BK Way attributes of Faith, Safe and Caring Place, Academic Excellence, Activities, Honor, Generosity, Community, and Partnership.

Congratulations to this week's Knights of the Week!

This week were are recognizing the members of the BK Rodeo Team. BK is the largest Rodeo Team in the area. This year we sent four students onto the State Rodeo Finals, and two students to Nationals! 

Rodeo completes year round with a competition this weekend in Kuna at Crooked 8 Events located at 1882 E. King Road. Come out and support these incredible athletes. 

Henry Gale

Community

Henry has faced many obstacles this semester, but he has persevered and done so with grace and joy.  Henry is a model to others of participation in class and striving to be your best self even through the injury.  Henry is friendly to all.

Zoe Kane

Activities

Zoe is a friendly, positive, and outgoing student who has been great leader as one of the Band's two drum majors.

Ella Dembowski

Academic Excellence

Ella has been a rockstar lately! She is putting forth so much effort, especially in math, and it shows.  She is an awesome person all around...she is kind, considerate and looks out for others.  Way to go, Ella!

John Dennin

Academic Excellence

John is a superstar!  He is committed to his studies and his effort is really paying off.  John is not only doing great academically, he is also one of the nicest kids around.  He is always helping out, even without being asked.  Thanks, John!

BK Staff of the Week

Mrs. Gina Shanahan and Mrs. Yasone Krakau

Activities

Mrs. Shanahan and Mrs. Krakau worked tirelessly to ensure that students had a fun and memorable homecoming week with such events as dress up week, hall decorating, establishing homecoming court, buff puff, and powderpuff. Thank you Mrs. Shanahan and Mrs. Krakau for leading this fun-filled week!

On Wednesday, October 12th, all sophomores and juniors will be taking the PSAT here at school. Students should arrive by 8:15 and testing will begin at 8:30. They need to bring two #2 pencils (no mechanical pencils) and a calculator. They may also bring a water bottle and a snack. Cell phones and smart watches will not be allowed in testing rooms so they should be left in cars or at home! Testing should be completed by 12:00.

PSAT Study Guides are available in the Counseling Office (Room 412).

• October 12th is a NO SCHOOL Day for Freshmen

• Seniors will be doing the College Blitz and Tux and Drape photos.

The Worldwide and Unicef clubs are hosting a  First Aid Drive for Ukraine. Needed items include: Bandaids, First aid kits, Gauze, Pain relief medicine (like Advil or Tylenol), Antihistamines (like Zyrtec, Benadryl, or Claritin), Dramamine Antacids (like Tums or Pepto-Bismol). Please drop off medications to Nurse Cunningham's Office in the front of the school, and all other donated items can be placed into boxes in front of RM 313, Mr. Harris' classroom. Anything helps, and your support is greatly appreciated.

We Need Your Donations for the Silent Auction!

Thank you to those of you who responded to our requests for donations in last week's BK Alive. We received some great items from the  Amazon Wish List this past week. There are still plenty of things to choose from if you are interested in donating to our Silent Auction. We would also appreciate donations of gift cards for our Mystery Wine where the real mystery is in the gift card! A big THANK YOU TO Hedges Family Estates for donating the wine to go along with the mystery gift cards. (You can find their Red Blend at your local Costco!) Donations of sporting tickets, concert tickets; and show tickets are also needed and go a long way in helping to provide a great selection of offerings in our Silent and Silent Premier auctions. And don't forget vacation homes! Finally, if you have a business you own and a product or service you would like to showcase, this is the perfect venue to highlight your company and support Bishop Kelly High School. No donation is too small! Thank you in advance for your support.

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT OUR AMAZON WISHLIST

Click here to view the 2022 Sponsorship Opportunities

and/or Sign up to be a Sponsor 

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE YOUR GOLDEN TICKET

Click Here for Auction Details

Click Here To Purchase Auction Tickets

College Blitz

Could you use a little help on your Common Application, Apply Idaho, FAFSA or any of those other applications out there?  Then do we have a deal for you! On October 12, your BK counselors as well as English teachers will be available to help you with your applications and essays. Bring your computers and join us in the cafeteria anytime between 9 and 11am and let us help you reduce your stress level! As a bonus, College Admission Counselors from Idaho colleges will be attending!  Questions - see Ms. Klover.

Herff Jones Grad Orders on October 3rd

Herff Jones will be at BK during lunch to help seniors order graduation announcements, class rings, and other seniors items should you wish to purchase those items. They can also be purchased online at herffjones.com

Tux and Drape Photos

All seniors will be individually photographed at Bishop Kelly by Parker Portraits on October 12, 2022 from 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.. This is a day with no scheduled classes. 

SIGN UP FOR TUX AND DRAPE PHOTOS HERE

Students must sign up by October 3rd. Time slots will be given to students in advance, and they will be determined by the order in which people are signed up.

There is no cost to the families for these photos. The only cost will be if you choose to order prints. Parker Portraits will submit the picture directly to Bishop Kelly. If for some reason your student can’t attend this day, there will be an additional makeup day offered in November. More details to come on that date.

Parker Portraits will be taking tux/drape photos for the yearbook and class composite. Additionally, you can choose to have your student photographed in a graduation gown. You will just need to indicate on the same Google form if you would like this picture. The cost for a graduation gown photo is a $15 sitting fee. Please note that this additional gown picture option is only available during the October date.

A few weeks after the sitting, you will receive information with a link to access the proofs. If you had a gown photo taken, you will also be able to view those, and can choose to order those photos at that time. The only additional cost is if you decide to order photos.

Remember that all this information and more can be found

on the Senior Dashboard on BK.org!  

Picture retakes will be on Tuesday, October 11th from 7:45 a.m.-9:00 a.m. This is a late start day for students.

We had originally planned for Wednesday, but with the testing day and potentially difficult transportation for freshmen, we asked Parker Portraits to do those on campus on Tuesday. Students will still need to sign up on THIS GOOGLE FORM if they plan to do retakes, or if they didn't have a photo on Registration Day. If you've already signed up, you don't need to complete the form again.

Senior Tux/Drape photos are still scheduled for Wednesday, October 12th, so no change with those.

Parents of Bishop Kelly Students, 

My seasonal flu vaccine has arrived. Please print out, read, and complete THIS CONSENT FORM and return it to school in order for your child(ren) to be vaccinated. 

I have a limited number of nasal vaccines available, as well as the injectable type. Please indicate on the form the type of vaccine your student would prefer. Vaccines will be given as completed consent forms are received in the Nurse's office. There is no cost to you for this vaccine. 

Please click here for the VIS Information Sheets for the two types of vaccine:

Nasal Vaccine VIS Information Sheet

Injectable Vaccine VIS Information Sheet

Please contact me if you have any questions.

SENIOR PARENTS - please be sure to check with your student’s provider to make sure they have received their second Meningitis vaccine. If not, they need to have it done. This is now one of the state required immunizations for school children in Idaho.

MaryLou Cunningham, RN, BSN, NBCSN, MHS

Coordinator, School Health Program

Saint Alphonsus Health System

1055 N. Curtis Road, Boise, ID 83706

Office; (208) 375-6010 MaryLou.Cunningham@saintalphonsus.org

Lost and found is overflowing! Please look at the photos and come to the front office to claim anything you recognize. Everything left at the end of the day on Friday October 7th will be DONATED.

October 20 is a very special day at Bishop Kelly, as will be Honoring Grandparents at our All School Mass! Please sign up to help with the Reception for them following Mass.

CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER AT THE RECEPTION FOLLOWING

MASS ON OCTOBER 20TH

The BK Spirit Store will be selling PINK OUT t-shirts this Monday, Thursday and Friday outside of the Cafeteria. The PINK OUT game is Friday 10/7/22. The Cost of the shirts is $15. The Spirit Store will also be open at Friday night's Football game at Nick Ysursa Field.

For 2022 - 2023 Educational Travel Opportunities for BK Students, please see THIS JUST IN TIME BLOG POST.

Bishop Kelly is now accepting applications for Substitute Teachers for the 2022-23 school year. This is on an as needed basis. Some experience preferred but not required. To apply, complete this General Employment Application and send to Amy Eisele at aeisele@bk.org.

Our website at www.bk.org is a wealth of information for parents and students alike! Including this page of Important Information for Fall 2022.

Check out some of the cool tools that are just a few clicks away:

Faculty and Staff Directory and Contact Information

Weekly Cafeteria Menus and Access to Student Lunch Accounts

Dress Code Policies

Counseling and College Preparation

Athletic Team Pages

Archived BK Alive Newsletters

BK Calendars

Verification of Compliance

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