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Principal: DeLores Lucas
Location: 15000 Graduation Drive, Haymarket, VA, United States

Phone: 571-261-4400

Facebook: facebook.com/BattlefieldHighSchoolPWCS

Instagram: @battlefieldhighschool_bobcats

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National School Counseling Week 2024, “School Counseling: Standards-Based, Student-Focused,” sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), will be celebrated from Feb. 5–9, 2024, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems and how students are different as a result of what school counselors do. National School Counseling Week highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career.

The special week honoring school counselors provides recognition for school counselors who implement comprehensive school counseling programs, a vital part of the educational process for all students as they meet the challenges of the 21st century.

School counselors are actively engaged in helping students examine their abilities, strengths, interests and talents; work in a partnership with parents as they encounter the challenges of raising children in today’s world; focus on positive ways to enhance students’ academic, career and social/emotional development; and work with teachers and other educators to provide an educational system where students can realize their potential and set healthy, realistic and optimistic aspirations for themselves. School counselors are certified, experienced educators with a master’s degree in school counseling. The combination of their training and experience makes them an integral part of the total educational program.

Battlefield High School celebrates our school counselors: Ms. Clark, Ms. Finn, Ms. Gordon, Ms. Kostrzebski, Ms. Marsh, Ms. McCallum, Ms. Violett, Ms. Wolf, and Mr. Woodside!

I want to make our families aware that the Prince William County Department of Transportation (PDOT) and Prince William County Police Department (PWPCPD) have begun a new pilot automated traffic enforcement program. The program includes speed enforcement cameras in selected school zones, ours included.

Schools for the pilot speed camera program were selected based on traffic data collected by PDOT and PWCPD. Our school and PWCS are not involved in the enforcement of speed violations; this is a law enforcement action. We do not have access to or monitor the speed enforcement devices.

The pilot program will begin with an initial 30-day warning period at each school zone location, during which drivers speeding in an active school zone (lights flashing) will only receive a warning. After the 30-day warning period, drivers speeding in these school zones will receive a $100 fine. The citation will not impact driving records, demerit points or insurance premiums.

Click here for link to the Automated Traffic Enforcement Pilot Program (pwcva.gov)

Emails should be directed to: aepp@pwcgov.org

Parents, please talk with your student drivers about the speed enforcement initiative and to adhere to the speed limit.

We appreciate our families’ support in adhering to speed limits and staying alert to fellow motorists and pedestrians in and around our school.

DeLores M. Lucas

Principal

Second marking period report cards will be mailed on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. Grades are available in real time in ParentVUE.

Report card templates are available to help parents/guardians read and understand all of the categories on a PWCS high school report card in their preferred language:

Arabic

Chinese

Farsi

Korean

Pashto

Spanish

Urdu

Vietnamese

Join PWCS at 6:00pm on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, for a live virtual session exploring dual enrollment opportunities available to high school students. The 60-minute session will cover the various opportunities to earn credit, ways to leverage those credits, as well as eligibility and the registration process for students.

Presenters for this session are Kelly Brown, PWCS Supervisor of Advanced Academics and Specialty Programs and Lacey Faunce, Dual Enrollment Coordinator with Northern Virginia Community College.

Target Audience: High school students and families

Register for this live virtual session.

For language accommodations, please complete this request form by Sunday, February 4, 2024.

Snow date: Monday, February 12th, 6:30-8:00pm

This event is for current 9th, 10th, and 11th grade families.

Curriculum Fair 6:30-8:00pm - Commons Cafeteria

Department representatives and elective teachers will be available to answer your questions.

Dual Enrollment (DE) Opportunities – Enclosed Cafeteria

Learn how to earn college credit in English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and CTE.

Session times: 6:30-6:55; 7:00-7:25; 7:30-7:55

Advanced Placement (AP) Opportunities - Auditorium

Information about college level courses offered at BHS, AP exams, and available supports for students.

Session times: 6:30-6:55; 7:00-7:25; 7:30-7:55

Academic Advising 101 – Mini-Theatre

Speak with school counselors about the academic advising process, including available resources, deadlines, procedures, etc.

Session times: 6:30-6:55; 7:00-7:25; 7:30-7:55

It's not too late!!! Our partners at The Willing Warriors need paper towels for their retreat. You can donate 1 roll or multiple. Please use the link below to sign up:

Willing Warriors - Warrior Retreat at Bull Run: Paper Towel Donations

If you would like to make a monetary donation for other items that the Willing Warriors Retreat needs, please use the link below and look for the Willing Warriors logo.

Willing Warriors

Donations can be dropped of at the main office. Please contact Michele Ramirez at ramirema@pwcs.edu with any questions. Thank you for your generosity.

Thursday, February 8: Flex 1 - Course Fair for Underclassmen

This was Sarah’s Senior Nationals Debut after finishing 13th last season at Junior Nationals. Her Short Program score of 63.21 placed her 6th heading into the free skate. Sarah wowed the crowd with her free skate earning a personal best score of 130.16 for a total score of 193.37 which placed her in 4th place.

This past year Sarah competed at two international events. She finished 6th at Cranberry Cup International in Boston and also 6th at the Junior Grand Prix in Gdansk, Poland. Sarah won the US Eastern Sectional in November to qualify for the US Championships.

Sarah is a member of the Washington Figure Skating Club and trains locally at SkateQuest in Reston where her coaches are Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov.

Select seniors in BHS's Student Voice Committee and Student Voice Committees from each high school in PWCS attended an event this past Tuesday held at the White House. Seniors Kira Tiller and Laith Murrar attended on behalf of BHS. The invitation was extended to the students through the Close Up Foundation.

The event was moderated by actors Chris Evans and Mark Kassen, two of the co-founders of A Starting Point (ASP) whose mission is to connect young people with elected officials for a more informed electorate.

Students had an opportunity to ask questions to Mr. Evans, Mr. Kassen and senior White House officials; Energy Secretary Granholm,​ Deputy Treasury Secretary Adeyemo​ and White House Press Secretary Jean-Pierre about important topics like the environment, sustainability, and the economy.

"Overall, it was a great experience, and I really enjoyed the conversations we had. It was really cool to be able to see Captain America in The White House!," claimed student, Laith Murrar.

Second and third level students in BHS's student leadership course, SALC, have been preparing a leadership workshop for students in Reagan Middle School's ambassador program. They have prepared mini lessons, activities and discussions on topics that surround confidence, communication and collaboration.

Pictured above are students in SALC practicing a collaboration activity where students had to use both verbal and non-verbal communication to work together to untie the rope.

Select SALC students went to RRMS on Friday, February 2nd to lead the workshops with the 6th, 7th and 8th grade ambassadors.

BHS is working with Bull Run Middle School to organize dates in which our SALC students can run leadership workshops with their Ambassador program.

SALC, which is listed as "Leadership Development" in the PWCS course catalog, is a course available for any student to take. Students learn, implement and practice key leadership characteristics, plan and develop donation drives and events that benefit our school and/or community, and work on ways in which to improve school culture at BHS.

This past Saturday, 6 cadets had the opportunity to fly with the VA-102 Prince William Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol. Cadets were taken in groups of 2 and got the chance to sit in the copilot seat of the plane, as well as learning behind the scenes of flying a plane.

Fall in love with your next read! Romance, thriller, fantasy, historical fiction... we've got it all up for blind dates! Take a chance and stop in to check out one of these - selected by students and staff. 💕📚

Comet Robotics of Battlefield HS is hosting the FTC District Championship Robotics Competition tomorrow, February 3 in the main gymnasium from 7am until 5pm! All are welcome to attend! Come see Bobcats ASPIRE compete against the best FTC Robotics teams from VA, MD, and DC!

Panda Express in Gainesville and Comet Robotics have teamed up for a fundraiser on Friday, February 9! Show the attached flyer at checkout or type the code on the flyer into the app to participate! The fundraiser goes from 10 am - 10 pm.

Bobcat Community, The Battlefield Journalism students are looking to share your good news, community events, business spotlights, achievements, community heroes, and novelty stories. Send your stories worth sharing to bridgej@pwcs.edu.

• donovacm@pwcs.edu
• clarkkr@pwcs.edu
• mccalltt@pwcs.edu
• finnkl@pwcs.edu

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