Kindness Week Spirit Days: February 12 - February 16
February 11 through February 17 is the Virginia Department of Education's Kindness Week. Kindness Week is to recognize that simple day-to-day acts of kindness enable our schools, communities, and state to be a kinder, safer, healthier and more inclusive place to live, work, learn and play.
SALC, Acts of Random Kindness and SCA have collaborated on a school wide week of positivity to include spirit days and "kindness challenges" to promote kindness throughout our school and our community.
#VAKindnessWeek
School Resource Officer Appreciation Day: 2/15
February 15th is School Resource Officer (SRO) Appreciation Day, a special day to show our gratitude towards SROs and the impact they have on our students, schools, and communities.
We'd like to thank Officer Kristina Sheldon for her many positive contributions to Battlefield which include ensuring physical safety, building relationships with students, and educating the entire school community on safety topics and needs.
Fund-Raising for BHS 20th Anniversary Tree Planting
Battlefield is hosting a tree planting ceremony for the school’s 20th anniversary! This event will beautify our campus and bring our community together. It is tentatively scheduled for April 20th, 2024. We are currently in need of donations to purchase the trees. Please visit the Quick Pay page on the BHS Website to contribute and celebrate our love for our school and for nature! Thank you.
Cafe Corner February 2024
You are Invited to the PWCS Food and Nutrition Department’s Food Show!
Are you interested in shaping the future of school lunch at PWCS?! The Food and Nutrition Department is hosting their Annual Food Show on Thursday, March 7th, from 6-8pm at Colgan High School! Students, families and PWCS staff are encouraged to attend this free event to taste test new recipes and provide their feedback! If you are interested in attending, RSVP using the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/0ChRCBHyb7 or call 703-791-7314.
February Local Harvest of The Month: Butternut Squash
February’s Local Harvest of the Month is Butternut Squash! You may have had butternut squash roasted or in a soup, but have you ever tried it on a salad?! We are serving a new salad recipe in February featuring butternut squash combined with kale, dried cranberries, and sunflower seeds!
It will be on the menu the following dates:
High Schools: Friday, February 16th
Want to recreate this menu special at home? Here is the recipe from the PWCS Food and Nutrition Department!
Select BHS Student Leadership Students Hosted a Workshop for RRMS Ambassadors
On February 2nd, select students from Battlefield’s SALC program went to Ronald Reagan Middle School to teach middle school student ambassadors in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade levels about important characteristics of a leader. First, Gabby Vincenzes and Taylor Coffee taught 7th grade about communication. In this they had the students play a fun game where they had to work together to copy down a picture. They also emphasized the importance of learning to effectively communicate with your students and your peers in a timely manner.
Next, students Ava Parker and Avery Taylor taught the 6th graders about finding their confidence. With it, they played a beach ball game that asked the students questions about what would make them confident and why, so that they could identify what makes a person feel good about themselves. The Battlefield students then joined with the Reagan students to color “Affirmation Hearts,” where they wrote down a positive phrase about themselves like, “I am strong.”
Lastly, Alanya Young and Lleyton Arnold presented to 8th grade about collaboration. With it they reviewed how you can complete big tasks with the help of others. They spent a good amount of their time introducing aspects of BHS's Leadership Program in hopes to continue to grow the program and complete many more feats.
Battlefield’s SALC class and program is grateful to Amy Covell-Sharek for hosting the students throughout the day, and for allowing the students to come talk to the Reagan ambassadors!
BHS Hosted 54 FTC Robotics Teams for the Chesapeake District Championship
This past Saturday, Battlefield High School, in coordination with Comet Robotics Team 1885 and Metal Jackets Team 2068, hosted 54 of the best FTC robotics teams from across Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and DC for the Chesapeake District Championship. For the past 5 months, teams have been engineering like crazy to produce robots worthy of such a competition. Three teams at the event were from Battlefield High School. It was an exciting day for all who attended. It was great to see both our school board representative Jen Wall and our Superintendent Dr. LaTonya McDade in attendance and supporting our Robotics programs.
Join us in congratulating Brian Shepard, FTC Coach Extraordinaire, and Lea May, our Amazing FRC Coach and Organizational Queen. The two of them worked tirelessly to put this impressive event together. Their character and teamwork are a true representation of our tremendous Robotics program at Battlefield.
Virginia State Police Visit Battlefield Classroom
Last week, the Virginia State Police paid a visit to Mr. Shepard's engineering classroom to demonstrate their use of robotics, especially as it relates to working with bomb detection and detonation. After a brief overview of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation program and a description of how the robots work, students were encouraged to operate the robots inside the classroom.
The Battlefield Scholastic Bowl Team takes the Regional Title and is headed to States!
On Saturday, at the Regional Tournament, the Battlefield Scholastic Bowl team defeated Stafford, Colgan and Freedom South Riding, bringing home the 6B Regional Title! Congratulations to Senior Captain, Michael Day, who during the entire tournament scored a whopping 430 points! Great gameplay, teamwork and scoring by the following players: Seniors: Vedanth Subramanian, Rishabh Arun, Noble Garcia and Gabe Leal Junior: Anandya Sampath Sophomore: Jonathan "Quinn" Galvez The team is headed to the State Championship in Williamsburg on Saturday, February 24th! Great job Scholasti-Cats!!!
Tri-Ed Tutoring is Offering an SAT Prep Class for the New Digital SAT at Battlefield HS
What: 16 hours of instruction +2 full length proctored exams
When: Thursdays, 2/29-5/2/24 from 5:30-7:30 + Monday, 4/22/24, from 5:30-8:00pm
What you will gain:
- Understanding of the setup and scoring of the new digital SAT
- Review of content for all sections
- Techniques for math & combined reading and writing sections
- Improved scores
- Confidence for test day
Register by February 24, 2024 by scanning the QR code or visiting: Tri-Ed Tutoring's Website ans choose " BHS SAT Prep."
For more information about the class, please call Tri-Ed Tutoring: 703-258-3403.
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