Principal Update - BHS Families

• Upcoming Events
• 2026 Retirements
• Summer Office Hours - Please Note Adjusted Times
• Test Out Materials
• Honors/AP English Summer Reading Material Pick Up
• Remaining Senior Yard Signs/Graduation Envelopes
• 7th St. Construction Project - Tentatively Starts ASAP
• Make Up Exams
• Make Up Attendance
• Back to School Registration - Save the Date!
• Emails Deactivated (Seniors and Retirees)
• Summer School Information - Registration Now Open!
• Fall Sports and Eligibility
• Athletic Department Hiring Student Staff
• BHS PTO Meeting Information - Next Year's PTO Officers
• Future Senior Parent Meeting Info - Presentation and Additional Information Included

• Prospective New Families Newsletter

• Graduation Pictures
• Graduation Ceremony Recording
• Opportunities to Meet with BHS Administration
• BHS Counseling Department
• Superintendent's Newsletter - June 2026
• LACASA Summer Volunteer Opportunities
• Senior All Night Party - Volunteers Needed
• Previous Resources - Links Included

• Friday, June 19th - Final Grades Visible to Students/Parents in StudentConnect/ParentConnect
• Monday, August 3rd - Back to School Registration Packet Opens Online
• Wednesday, August 12th - Test Out @ 10 am (*only for students who already signed up*)
• Monday, August 31st - Back to School Registration (Juniors and Seniors, times provided below)
• Tuesday, September 1st - Back to School Registration (Freshmen and Sophomores, times provided below)
• Tuesday, September 1st - Club Fair in Aux Gym (12 pm - 3 pm)
• Thursday, September 3rd - 1st Home Football Game (Youth Night)
• Tuesday, September 8th - 1st Day of School for 2026/27 School Year (schedule to follow)
• Friday, September 11th - Senior Sunrise Breakfast @ 6:30 am in the BHS Stadium
• Tuesday, September 15th - Open House from 6 pm to 8 pm (schedule to follow)

In case you missed it, BHS had a few retirements this year. On the last day of school, we said goodbye to four fantastic educators who gave everything they had to Brighton High School and its students.

While the roles they held may vary, they shared a common thread: a genuine heart for students and an unwavering dedication to making Brighton High School a better place than they found it.

We thank them for the difference have have made and the legacy they are leaving behind. We are grateful for their years of service, for all they have accomplished, and wish them nothing but happiness, health, and fulfillment in the next chapter of their lives.

Thank you to Mrs. Kenger (English), Dr. Knittle (Science), Mrs. Lane (Media Center), and Mrs. Parry (American Sign Language)! Congratulations on their well earned retirements!

In case you need to stop by the office for anything this summer, we do have adjusted hours where the office is open and available for anything including pick ups of any needed items. The summer schedule is provided below. If you need something and these hours do not work for you, please reach out via email (evansm@brightonk12.com) and we will work with you to coordinate another option.

Between Now and Friday, August 7th:

• Monday through Thursday from 7 am to 3 pm

After Friday, August 7th:

• Monday through Friday from 7 am to 3 pm

If your student is planning on testing out of a course on August 12th and they signed up to do so, they should have already received an email to their school email address with the details about the test out and any study materials/resources. If there is a textbook for them to use as a study resource, it can be picked up during open office hours.

**For students testing out of health or PE, there are no materials to pick up. Study materials have been provided electronically.**

Summer reading materials for the following classes can be picked up in the Main Office during open office hours (7 am to 3 pm, Monday through Thursday until August 7th, and Monday through Friday after August 7th):

Honors English 9 (Incoming Freshmen)

AP Seminar (Incoming Sophomores)

AP Language and Composition (Incoming Juniors)

AP Literature and Composition (Incoming Seniors)

We still have a handful of graduation envelopes and Senior yard signs (both the one with their picture on it as well as those purchased as part of the Senior All Night Party fundraiser) that were not picked up after the graduation ceremony this year. If your student did not pick up either one of these items, they do so during the open summer office hours. As a reminder, graduation envelopes contain a number of different items, including their actual diploma and a few other personal items for them.

There will be a major construction project taking place on/around 7th St. that will last through the summer and require you to enter the parking lot differently than you may normally. It is scheduled to start ASAP (construction barrels/signs are on site, but not put out yet) For those of you who are not aware, 7th St. is the road you turn onto in order to enter the parking lot in front of the school. This will impact you or your student if either of you will be at BHS for any reason over the summer. As a result, you will need to enter the parking lot via the light next to the football field. A press release including all of the details can be found here.

For students who have not yet made up exams from the 2nd Semester, there are no additional set times in order to be able to do so. Students need to coordinate this directly with their Grade Level Principal. Failure to make up any exams may result in your student earning a 0 on their exam.

*If your student made up any exams after school finished for the year, it is possible they will not be graded until teachers return in the fall. Grade changes would be processed at that point in time. We just want you to be aware of this fact as you are reviewing your student's 2nd Semester Report Card.

Feel free to share this information with your student if they missed an exam for any reason and have not yet made it up.

**Failure to make up any required attendance time may result in your student earning a "No Credit" in any courses in which they are over the 9 allowable absences.**

• Incoming Seniors - Monday, August 31st from 8 am to 11 am
• Incoming Juniors - Monday, August 31st from 12 pm to 3 pm
• Incoming Sophomores - Tuesday, September 1st from 8 am to 11 am
• Incoming Freshmen - Tuesday, September 1st from 12 pm to 3 pm (Club Fair will also be at this point in time)

As we prepare for the end of the year, there are a few important dates to share regarding when email addresses will be shut off for our Seniors as well as our staff who are retiring. We are telling students to please make sure they are backing up/downloading all files in advance of this deactivation if there is anything you would like to save. More information for each of these groups is provided below:

• Seniors - Email addresses will be deactivated on September 1st
• Retirees - Email addresses will be deactivated 30 days from the end of the school year in case your student needs to get ahold of them for any reason

Summer School Registration is now open! The registration form for this year's summer school program can be found here.

For more information on the 2026 Summer School Program, feel free to visit the Summer School Informational Page.

• Online Michigan Virtual Essentials classes for credit recovery, taught by Michigan Virtual staff with a Brighton Area Schools Mentor and in-person computer lab support at BHS. Students will need to come into the lab to take all pre-tests and end of module tests.
  
• Online Michigan Virtual Plus classes for new credit, taught by Michigan Virtual staff with a Brighton Area Schools Mentor and in-person computer lab support at Brighton High School

All students who successfully complete their summer classes will earn a letter grade. This grade will be reflected on the student's high school transcript and is figured into their GPA.

Students can take up to 2 classes. Administrative approval is required to take additional classes.

Fall sports begin this year on Monday, August 10th! Tryout and 1st day of practice information can be found here.

*As a reminder, please complete all registration requirements in FinalForms and upload the one-page sports physical, signed and dated by the doctor on or after 4/15/26, by Friday, July 24, 2026. We only need the single page of the sports physical that is signed and dated by the doctor, please do not upload additional documents for review.*

Additional information can be found at https://godogs.org/

**Athletics Eligibility**

Remember that in order to be immediately eligible for fall sports, student athletes must have passed all 6 classes during the 2nd Semester with a minimum grade point average for the semester of 1.665. If they do not meet this requirement, they may need to take summer school or run the risk of being academically ineligible to start the season.

The Athletic Department is hiring student staff for the 2026-2027 school year. Student staff offer competitive wages and flexible hours. Work includes: setting up for events, working during events and tearing down after the events. You do not need to play a sport to work for athletics! Applications and work permits are available outside of the Athletic Office.

The next PTO Meeting will be in September. However, at May's PTO meeting, the PTO Officers were elected for the 2026-27 school year. The 2026-27 PTO Officers are provided below:

President - Deanne Ferrell

Vice President - Tracie Nord

Treasurer - Karen Nicholson

Secretary - Jessica Custer

As a reminder, BHS PTO is an active part of our students' overall high school experience. In addition to others, the BHS PTO proudly supports the following activities throughout the school year: Registration, educational student assemblies, Academic Letter and Academic Letter Lunches, the Academic Wall, Freshmen class activities, staff appreciation events, financial support for student-run after school clubs and organizations, and the Senior Picnic.

Hello Class of 2027 Students, Parents, and Guardians,

It was a pleasure to see so many of you at the Future Senior Parent Night. To ensure that everyone has access to the information shared, we’ve included a voiceover slide show and a PDF of the slideshow, as well as some other important information.

Additionally, all Class of 2027 Seniors should have heard the voiceover slide show in their English class at some point over the last two weeks of school.

Below are some important links for Senior year:

Voiceover Slide Show

PDF Slide Show (with active links)

Parchment (transcripts if not using Common App)

Common App

Senior Questionnaire (only needed if letters of recommendation are required)

We know this time can be exciting and nerve-racking. Please know that we are here to help! Mrs. Caverly will be in the office June 16th, 17th, 23rd and then will return at the beginning of August. Mr. Evans will be in the office throughout the summer.

We are excited to navigate Senior year with all of you!

Feel free to reach out with any questions.

All the Best,

Jennifer Caverly (caverlyj@brightonk12.com) and Matt Evans (evansm@brightonk12.com)

You may or may not be aware, but the enrollment and school of choice windows are now open for the 2026-27 school year! It is important to keep our enrollment steady, or even increasing to allow us to maximize our offerings for our students and set them up for future success. If you know of anyone who will be new to BHS next year or who may be considering BHS as an option for enrollment next year, we have an excellent resource you can share with them. It is provided below. Also, feel free to connect them with us if they have any questions or are looking to set up an opportunity to tour the building!

Prospective New Families Newsletter

Hello Graduates and Families!

The QR code that is attached will help you and your family receive your portraits easier and more efficiently. You must scan the QR registration code. Register by filling out all the information fields. It will ask for you/your student’s name, email address (please put a personal email, not a school email), phone number, and home address.

By providing this information, we will send a proof of any professional portraits we take, e.g.: when you cross the stage, formal portraits, along with any other portraits taken of you before, during, and after the ceremony. After filling out all of the information, it will ask to provide a selfie. We use this selfie of you/your student as a reference photo to match all of the portraits we take of you/your student. You can either take a selfie as you are filling out the form, or you can upload a selfie as long as it matches the guidelines. It is extremely important that there is NO ONE in the selfie other than you/your student.

An example of what the selfie is supposed to look like will be provided during registration. When you see the registration code appear, this means you are registered. Save this for future use.

QR Code

Congratulations, Class of 2026!

Thank you!

4K Version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Zs0SBBvdsxBHhfb9BFnd4YI9d-Ox8bq/view?usp=drive_link

1080p Version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BmiMtOktkRvEJfwPI3mneaJxPNTSjhme/view?usp=drive_link

Live streaming provided by Bigger Than A Movie Star Productions. https://www.biggerthanamoviestar.com

If you need to meet with your student's Grade Level Principal for any reason, please don't hesitate to reach out. If your student has a 504 and will be returning to BHS in the fall, you should have recently received an additional communication offering you the opportunity to have your student's support plan continue as written, or the chance to meet to address any necessary changes. If your student has a 504 and will be a Freshman this year, you should have recently received an additional communication asking you to set up a time to meet to discuss the plan in greater detail, in order to help facilitate a smooth transition to a new environment next year. To contact your student's Grade Level Principal, please see the information below:

Mr. Matt Evans (Lead Principal, Grade Level Principal for 11th Grade)

Phone: (810) 299 - 4101 (office)

(810) 852 - 9905 (evening)

Email: evansm@brightonk12.com

Schedule an Appointment Directly

Mrs. Tracie Richards (Grade Level Principal for 9th Grade)

Phone: (810) 299 - 4114

Email: richardst@brightonk12.com

Schedule an Appointment Directly

Mr. Nate Grabowski (Grade Level Principal for 12th Grade)

Phone: (810) 299 - 4103

Email: grabown@brightonk12.com

Schedule an Appointment Directly

Mrs. Jennifer Napuli (Grade Level Principal for 10th Grade)

Phone: (810) 299 - 4112

Email: napulij@brightonk12.com

Schedule an Appointment Directly

Here is our May Counseling Newsletter which contains information on:

• Summer School Information
• Grade Level Updates
• Events in the Area
• Career Development Opportunities
• Parenting Teens 101 - May is Mental Health Month

As a reminder, if you would like to meet with your student's counselor for any reason, you can reach the Counseling Office at (810) 299-4150. You can also schedule an appointment with their counselor using the following links below:

9th Grade: Mrs. Feliks - Mrs. Feliks' Appointment Calendar

10th Grade: Mrs. Petit - https://bit.ly/MrsPetit

11th Grade: Mrs. Caverly - https://bit.ly/MrsCaverly

12th Grade: Mr. Miner - https://bit.ly/MrMiner

LACASA would love to have our students volunteer with them this summer. LACASA Collection, a charity resale boutique, has a particular need for assistance with processing and sorting donations, preparing items for the resale, and even photographing items for their eBay store. No experience is required and they’re happy to provide documentation for NHS, scouting, or whatever a student may need. It’s a great setting for either individuals or groups looking to volunteer together. More information, including contact information can be found here.

We are in need of volunteers for both Senior All Night Party Board Positions and Team Leaders! A sign up for general volunteers to assist with set up and running the party will come out later this school year. Details on positions currently being sought are provided below:

• Senior All Night Party Lead (replacing Michelle Letendre)
• Senior All Night Party Board Treasurer
• Senior All Night Party General Board Member
• Senior All Night Party Spa Team Leader

• Building Calendar
• District Calendar
• Daily Announcements
• New Student Information Guide
• Prospective Student Building Tours Informational Flyer
• Building Volunteer Approval Form
• Career Chat Calendar
• BAS Wellness & Mental Health website
• Senior Questionnaire
• Student Scholarship Directory
• BHS Career and College Event Calendar
• Juniors - College and Career Planning Document
• Upcoming College Fairs
• McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act Information
• McKinney Vento Informational Flyer
• County-Wide Mental Health Network Resources

• Student Sign In/Sign Out Procedures

• Student Attendance Guidance Sheet

• AI Do's and Don't Guide

• Therapy Dog and Service Dog Information

• Fentanyl Fathers Presentation

• Suicide Prevention Resource Fair
• OK2Say Links
• Parental Guide to OK2SAY
• A Parent's Guide to Understanding Threats
• Online Resources
• Online Discussion Questions and Action Plan
• Bullying: How Parents Can Help
• Holding on to Life Toolkit

• Michigan's Public Universities Guide to Admissions
• Michigan College Guide Fall 2025
• BHS Post Secondary Planning Smore Page
• Junior Class Post Secondary Plan/Xello Presentation
• Scheduling Presentations
• Scholarships
• 2025-26 Scholarship Opportunities
• Brighton Education Association Scholarship
• Brighton Garden Club Scholarship
• Tremco's RISE Program (Construction)
• Citizens Insurance Community Scholarship Program
• American Legion Scholarships
• Livingston County Spartans Scholarship - Due March 16th
• Donald P. Pobuda Memorial Scholarship Program
• Michigan Relocation Council (MiRC) 2026 Scholarship - Due March 2nd
• Rosa Parks Scholarship Applications - Due March 1st
• 2026 LCWCC County Conservation Scholarship
• Fall Senior Class Meeting Slideshow
• LMCU's Roots in Education Grant Information
• Tall Cop Says Stop Parent Newsletter - March 2026

Website: https://bhs.brightonk12.com/
Location: Brighton High School, Brighton Road, Brighton, MI, USA
Phone: (810)299-4100
Twitter: @BrightonHS