Bobcat News

We hope you had a fantastic Veterans Day and were able enjoy time with family and friends. We also hope you were able to catch our special veterans edition newsletter honoring the Bobcat staff who have served our country, and continue to serve this community as educators. If students are considering serving in the military after graduation, those featured are a great resource to learn about the various branches of the service and all the benefits the military has to offer.

November is also a month for expressing gratitude, and we have much to be thankful for. Let's start with the many opportunities to give back to the community including the Thanksgiving Turkey Drive, the Student Council Canned Food Drive, and the PTO Ghost Pirate night that will provide funds in direct support of staff and student events, and a holiday meal for Bobcat families in need.

Mrs. Atkins environmental class working on their radish lab. The students are growing radishes to see how different amounts of water affect the growth of the plants.

Our librarian, Mrs. Gareis, was able to meet poet, educator, publisher, Emmy Award-winning producer, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of 40 books Mr. Kwame Alexander.

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Click the photo for the link to purchase. If we sell 100 tickets - 30% of sales will go to our Bobcat PTO which supports our students and staff directly.

Every year Operation Homefront awards a Military Child of the Year®. The awards are open to active duty, retired, and National Guard children. One child from each branch (7 recipients in all) receives $10,000 CASH, a laptop, other donated goodies, and a 3-day trip to Washington, DC with their families.

Anyone that knows a military child can nominate any military child. You may even nominate your own children. The program is entirely FREE and exclusive to military children.

Click the Operation Homefront MCOY button below for details.

Many community programs that help young children during the holidays are not available to high school age students. To support our Bobcat students and families in need we created the Bobcat Angel Tree. This tree is open to individuals, teams, clubs, you and your neighbors. All you have to do is take a bobcat off the tree and purchase the gift written on the angel.

Deliver all items, wrapped and ready to gift to our social worker Mrs. Olson or the front office by December 13. Gifts will be distributed to parents on December 18.

Thank you for being someone's angel.

Student Council is coordinating a Thanksgiving canned food drive that will directly benefit Bobcat students and families in need. Requested items will be divided by grade level to ensure coverage and a complete meal for all. Items include green beans, yams, carrots, corn, cranberry sauce, gravy or gravy packets, box/packet bread mixes (like jiffy cornbread), boxed macaroni and cheese, boxed stuffing, boxed mashed potatoes, powdered milk, and other shelf stable groceries.

Collection runs from November 4 - November 18.

Deliver all items to your first block. The class with the most items wins donuts!

Please see Mrs. Carter room 1037 for questions.

We had another amazing YIG conference this year. Our students conducted themselves with pride, authenticity, and did great. This is a huge undertaking, but more importantly, is transformational for the students. Bluffton high school awards are as follows:

Brendan Halas-elected to be 2025 Speaker of the House

William Zendzian-elected to be 2025 Secretary of State

House Bill 1: “An Act to Incentivize Grocery Stores to Carry More Locally Grown Products” written by Luke Hirota, Kevin Rivas, and Joseph Doan won Outstanding Bill AND were successful in overriding the governor’s veto on Saturday morning!

Warren Facenda was awarded Outstanding Statesmen in the House of Representatives

Chloe Wheeler was awarded Outstanding Lobbyist

Additionally, the following bills were passed and signed by the governor

PS 5: Tommy Cleveland and Graydon Arnold

“An Act to Implement Required Gun Safely Classes”

PH 9: Jack Marshall and Wyatt Sigg

“An Act to Require Elderly Driving Reassessment”

PH 5: Tamyra Bolden and Ellis Middleton

“The Sports Mental Wellness Assessment Act”

Upper Senate: Emma McCollum and Alexis Johns

“An Act to Ban Gender Transformative Procedures on Minors”

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Our proud Superintendent provided our Bobcat veterans with

a delicious treat in recognition of their service.

Although nicotine pouches do not contain tobacco, they do contain nicotine which is a highly addictive stimulant substance. Nicotine has negative effect on all age groups but is particularly dangerous for young people because it can cause physical changes in their still-developing brains.

The AAPPL test allows students to earn the bilingual seal of literacy. The test is ONLY for juniors and seniors who are bilingual, maintain a 3.0 average in all English classes and/or have passed (or will pass) the ACCESS test.

Testing begins Wednesday, November 12.

Registered students will receive updates in their school email.

JUNIORS NEED TO REGISTER FOR THE SPRING SAT or ACT

SAT tentative date is February 25, 2025

ACT tentative date is March 5, 2025

For junior students who have an IEP, 504, or ILLAP plan, please see your teacher/coordinator to see if you are eligible for accommodations. Accommodations are not automatically given for these tests. You must apply for them. If you have a plan with sanctioned testing accommodations, please see your teacher, your counselor, Ms. Pacifico, Ms. Taylor, or Dr. Womble immediately.

Registration links for the SAT and ACT are in the Junior's Google Classroom.

Register by January 9, 2025

Click the Exam Schedule photo below to access our "What's New" page and a copy you can download.

Details about how to support the Bobcats and various incentives for your partnership can be found in the document linked below.