Hereford BULLetin

This week is National School Counseling Week, and I want to take a minute to celebrate our fantastic School Counseling Team! The theme for the National School Counseling Week is "School Counselors Amplify Student Success," and that theme is so appropriate for our team. Our school counseling team works tirelessly to support Every Bull, Every Day. They support our students both academically and social emotionally, and they are there for our students at both their highest and lowest points of their high school careers.

Thank you to Ms. Jahries, Ms. Kovack, Ms. Sanacore, Ms. Slezak, Ms. Zegers, Ms. Bennett, and Ms. Schene for all that you do!

If you would like to give a personal shoutout to a member of our School Counseling Team, you can use the HHS Shoutout Form that is linked here or at the bottom of the BULLetin every week.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=3cPDSRs_g0GOdLONSDpa_YdYE68xmC1HkmTdTmUoiUFUNE1RT0xDM1FNSEVBN043UTM2NFI3VllDWi4u

The BCPS Climate Survey is now live, and we encourage all of our Hereford High Community members to take the survey. The survey is fairly quick to complete, but provides us great data that we use to update our School Progress Plan and make our school a better place for all students.

Click This Link Below to Start the Survey:

Participation Page Title

Attached you will find the January 2026 Edition of BULLS on Parade! Thank you to all of our staff for shouting out students, clubs, sports teams, and organizations for exhibiting the BULLS Code of Conduct. We can't wait to celebrate this group of awesome students during lunches in the coming weeks.

Students who are interested in completing an internship next school year must submit their application to Ms. Smith by February 13. This deadline will allow ample time for the students to work with Ms. Smith to get all of the paperwork ready to start the internship in the Fall. Any questions should be sent to Ms. Smith at lsmith11@bcps.org.

Students in Hereford's Private Pilot program are working on plotting a flight course as a practice grounded in private pilot fundamentals. Students use sectional charts to calculate distance between airports, and course headings. They are working towards achieving Private Pilot Ground-school certification through the FAA.

Members of our Science National Honor Society (SNHS) and Mr. Smith recently visited 7th District Elementary School for a day of science! Our students created a rotation system of stations where 7th District students completed science experiments and demonstrations. It was a really fun day for our SNHS students to share their love of science with the elementary students.

Mr. Baier and Mr. Pilius took a group of students on a career field trip to the Sheffield Institute for the Visual and Recording Arts in Phoenix, MD. The students got to tour their 20,000 sq.-ft. recording studio and learned about career pathways in Audio, Video, and AV Technology. If you are interested in your student attending other career related field trips, reach out to Mr. Baier (bbaier@bcps.org).

Bull's Blooms are preparing for their annual Valentine's Flower Sale. Valentine’s Day Flower orders placed by 2/9 will be available on Friday, February 13th. Delivery directly to students ONLY for orders placed by parents. Students placing orders should pick-up prior to homeroom on Friday 2/13 at the Bull’s Bloom table located in the main lobby.

Use the link below to place an order:

https://osp.osmsinc.com/BaltimoreCountyMD/BVModules/ProductTemplates/Bvc2013/Product.aspx?productid=EI473-245

The HHS Varsity and JV Cheer Teams had awesome winter seasons both on and off the mats. Check out the document below to learn how they are representing our school community well!

Click the link below for the latest news and updates from our world class School Counseling team!

Click the document linked below for career related updates and field trip information from Mr. Baier, Ms. Smith, and Ms. Kovack.

We made it through our first weather related virtual learning days! It might not have been perfect, but we did it! Reminder, support staff members are available during virtual learning days including school counselors, school social worker, and school psychologist. Feel free to reach out if your student needs support.

Hope Slezak (last names A-E) hslezak@bcps.org

Tanya Zegers (last names F-Le) tzegers@bcps.org

Amanda Sanacore (last names Li-R) asanacore@bcps.org

Jill Jahries (last names S-Z) jjahries@bcps.org

Kristen Kovack (College and Career) kkovack@bcps.org

Molly Esworthy (School Social Worker) mesworthy@bcps.org

Tina Wachter (School Psychologist) twachter@bcps.org

Parent University Lunch & Learn Workshop: "Service Learning in BCPS"

Friday, February 13, at 12:30 p.m.

The BCPS Office of Family and Community Engagement will lead this virtual session designed to help families understand what service learning is and why it is a BCPS graduation requirement. This session will explain how service learning connects classroom learning to real-world impact and offer practical ways families can support students in completing meaningful service-learning experiences. Registration required.

Upcoming Parent University Events: Parent U Schedule of Events Online.pdf

Monday, February 16 - Presidents' Day, Schools & Offices Closed

Tuesday, February 17 - Lunar New Year, Schools & Offices Closed

Friday, February 20 - Schools Close 3 Hours for Students

Email: rcovert@bcps.org
Website: https://herefordhs.bcps.org/
Location: 17301 York Road, Parkton, MD, USA
Phone: 443-809-1905