BHS Updates!
Hello, BHS students, families, and staff.
We have just 11 days of instruction left before the Regents Exam period begins! Stay focused and, as always, please let us know if we can support your student and their success at BHS in any way.
Go Blue!
Michael Pincelli
Principal
Brockport High School
Ph: (585) 637-1877
Fax: (585) 637-1867
Student Cell Phone/Social Media Seminar
Dear BHS students and families,
On May 25th, 2023, Youth & Education Advisor for the Center for Humane Technology Max Stossel hosted a student seminar at BHS titled “We’ve Been Sneaking Into Your Brains,” illustrating specific ways technology is designed to be addictive & distracting. In his seminar, he also provided tools to help combat these designs, and opened a much-needed discussion in our school community about the impact of cell phones & social media on our student’s overall health and well-being as well as their focus on school. Max was a media strategist with an extensive background in social media, running platforms for multinational brands, and later working for a social media company where he designed some of the notification structures to distract people about which he now raises awareness. Over the past six years, he has spoken with 100,000+ students, parents, and educators around the world about social media's impact on our lives and creating resources to help manage that impact.
In follow up to this seminar, I want to share with you the resource linked here to support the discussion of these topics with your student: https://www.socialawakening.org/s/Education-In-The-Age-Of-Distraction-Follow-Up-SA.pdf
Our BHS Behavior Team has been investigating this topic over the course of the year and we are working toward a building-wide Cell Phone Policy for implementation at BHS in the 2023-24 school year. Following Max’s recommendation, we have been reviewing resources provided by AwayForTheDay.org to inform our work, which I have linked here for your review as well. If you would like to discuss these topics with me or to be a part of the conversation in shaping this policy, please reach out to me at the email address or phone number below.
Thank you, and I look forward to our collaboration and continued discussion on this topic.
Michael Pincelli
Principal
Brockport High School
Ph: (585) 637-1877
Fax: (585) 637-1867
Contact Information
Brockport High School: (585) 637-1870
Principal: (585) 637-1877
Assistant Principal Benzan: (585) 637-1870
Assistant Principal Bourne: (585) 637-1870
Assistant Principal Iacchetta: (585) 637-1870
Attendance Office: (585) 637-1871
Attendance Office email: att.high@bcs1.org
Counseling Office: (585) 637-1873
School Nurse: (585) 637-1872
Email: michael.pincelli@bcs1.org
Website: http://bhs.bcs1.org
Location: 40 Allen Street, Brockport, NY, USA
Phone: 585-637-1877
Twitter: @BrockportHS