03/24/2024 BCHS Weekly Newsletter

Enjoy your Spring Break! We look forward to welcoming everyone back on April 1st.

Increasing Opportunity

The Bear Creek High School Block Schedule Committee formed in the 22-23 school year to research new bell schedules that would create more opportunities for our students.

They have spent the past year and a half collaborating with other sites in LodiUSD as well as surrounding high schools in Northern California to create a schedule that would allow students opportunities to take more classes within the school day than the current six period day allows. After deliberating and working with staff feedback, they developed a 7 period A/B block schedule https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bURfF7ZLVnLN7j4oOCmLxei9fJRmSqjn2yMgs01e94k/edit?usp=sharing that met the state and district requirements. They presented the schedule and a Memorandum of Understanding to teachers and the vote began last Wednesday. We did not meet the 80% approval needed for this schedule to move forward at this time. The committee plans to meet and organize a revote next year. The committee and the site administration believe that a move to a block schedule will increase opportunities for all of our students to improve their college and career readiness by providing access to more classes within the school day.

Our current 6 period day schedule https://bearcreek.lodiusd.net/about-us/bell-schedule will continue with a change to rebranding the name of the block of time tutorial occurs and when it occurs in the school day. More information will be provided at a later date.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Hummel

The office will be open to the public from 8 am to 1 pm M-F

With the expectations of being closed Friday the 22nd and Monday the 25th

Bea Creek's Symphonic Band earned a unanimous superior at Delta College Band Festival.

We are so proud that you play for the Creek!

PE students received a waiver for Family Life And Sexual Health (also known as FLASH). The physical education department will be teaching this from April 1st until April 12th. If you do not wish to have your child take this curriculum please sign the waiver and return it to their PE teacher to opt-out and your child will receive different assignments in lieu of the FLASH curriculum. If you would like your child to learn about this curriculum no action is needed on your part and they will receive all of the material on Google Classroom. There is a copy of the curriculum in the office in a yellow binder if you wish to review any of the content. This is a district-wide curriculum and was not written by the Bear Creek PE department.

If you are dropping off a student before 8:00am, please use the front gate near the flagpole. It will be open and monitored by a staff member beginning at 7:15am. The gate nearest the bike rack will be open and monitored starting at 8:00am. Bear Creek appreciates your support in this as it is a safety concern.

Seniors who participate in graduation must meet Lodi USD graduation requirements and demonstrate good school behavior. Students suspended from school may be placed on a 45-day social probation. Students can also be placed on social probation for excessive tardies. This means students put on social probation within 45 school days of graduation and graduation practice will not be allowed to participate in the ceremony or other activities. We are getting close to being 45 days away from graduation, March 15th. (Board Policy 6145)

• Last day to drop without a W: June 16
• Census date (when students will receive a letter grade): June 17
• Last day to drop with a W: July 8

The steps for students to join can be found at https://deltaearlystart.com/dual-enrollment/

• Delta’s summer application for admission is open, so new students can complete Steps 1 & 2 now to get their Delta student ID #.
• We’ll begin processing summer DEP forms on March 4th. Current DEP students do not have to submit the form again.
• Open Registration for summer begins April 1st.
• Encourage students to register early as seats in the shared online classes are ‘first-come, first-served.’

• Download the RaiseRight APP – Google Play Store or Apple App Store
• Press Join a Program on the first screen of the App.
• Enter the - Enrollment Code - FZICN3HEICRZ -for you to purchase for yourself you will create an account with a PERSONAL email.
• Create an account with Name, Phone, and personal email address..
• It is that easy and you can start ordering instantly.
• On the APP go to SHOP at the bottom left or SEARCH your favorite retailers at the top.
• A personal bank account can be linked. RaiseRight partners with Plaid. This must be done before you place an order in the CART.

Go to the bottom right of the App press ACCOUNT>SETTINGS>PAYMENT OPTIONS

• If you are paying with a credit card or debit card, you will enter that at the CART when checking out.
• An eGift card when purchased will be INSTANTLY sent to your WALLET on the App.

PRIORITY REGISTRATION:, Students in Need Of Credit Recovery: FEBRUARY 1 – 29, 2024

(See your Counselor to determine if you Qualify for Priority Registration)

OPEN ENROLLMENT REGISTRATION: All students: MARCH 1 – MAY 13, 2024

• Summer School courses are limited and enrollment is subject to availability

• Lodi USD reserves the right to cancel courses with low student enrollment

• SS- Course confirmations will be communicated via the Student/Parent Portal week of May 28th

Deadline to register for Summer School is May 13, 2024.

The California State University (CSU) and UC campuses has extended the intent to register deadline for fall 2024 for new first-time, first-year admitted students to no earlier than May 15, 2024, in response to the further delays in the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) processing announced by the Department of Education. Please check the admissions page on the colleges official website for more information.

• Chaperone (Dances, Field Trips, Co-Curricular Events...)
• Fundraising
• Teacher Appreciation Events
• Special School Events (Bruin Way Awards, Block BC Awards, International Rally...)
• Athletic Events
• Office Assistance
• College & Career Center
• Classroom Assistance
• Donations
• Love BC Campus Beautification Events

Students need to show their ID card as they are entering campus. If you have lost your ID card, you can schedule an appointment to get a new ID card in the Counseling office. Cost is $5.00.

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