BHS Monthly Newsletter

• April 3rd - ISU Academic Signing Day at 10 am in the New Gym
• April 7th - Parent Teacher Conferences 5:00 -7:00 pm in the New Gym:
• Incoming Freshman and parent/guardian meet with their new H.S. advisory teacher in the BPAC 5:00 -6:00 pm and go over course selection.
• April 7th - Ballroom is having our end of the year showcase at 7:00 pm in the BPAC. Tickets are $5 available in advance from any dancer or at the door.
• April 10th - Mr. BHS Assembly
• April 15th - Senior Slides due
• April 15th - Indian Education Public Hearing, BHS Gymnasium at 5:30 pm. Talent Show and Concessions
• April 16th - Ballroom tryouts for next school year are from 6-9pm in the New Gym. For any NEW student wanting to try out email Mrs. Wixom at wixostef@d55.k12.id.us for more information.
• April 19th - Prom, 8:30-11:30 pm
• April 25th - Distinguished Young Woman Program

Looking Ahead:

• May 2nd & May 3rd - Blackfoot School District Pow Wow in BHS Gymnasium
• May 8th - Sr. Project Due
• May 12th-13th - BHS Awards Night 7:00 -9:00 pm
• May 20th-21st - Senior Finals
• May 22nd - Senior Walk
• May 27th - Senior Lagoon Trip
• May 29th - Last Day of School
• May 29th - Senior Graduation, 7pm

April 3 @ 10 am in the New Gym @ Blackfoot High School:

ISU Academic Signing Day is our opportunity to celebrate students and acknowledge their scholarship to Idaho State University. Similar to National Letter of Intent (NLI) signing days for student-athletes, we believe that it is equally important to recognize students for their academic achievements and intentions to pursue higher education. During the event, eligible students would sign their scholarship certificate, receive special ISU memorabilia, and be recognized at school during the day with their friends, family, faculty, staff, and peers cheering them on. Participating in the event does not mean students must commit to attending ISU, but rather acknowledges their accomplishments and celebrates them receiving their scholarship offer! We will hold this in the new gym at Blackfoot High School and would love to have parents join us for this event.

APRIL 15th is a BIG DAY!!!

- SLIDE SHOW...quotes, what you want to be, 3 pictures, and Shout Outs are due!!!

- All fees must be paid, this includes Lagoon $95, and the All Night Party $25.

- Also, your Lagoon Field Trip Release Form is due and needs to be turned in to the Bookstore.

-If you don't plan to attend either, please let the Bookstore know so that we can take these fees off of Infinite Campus to speed up the process during checkout next month.

- Submit your Senior Activities Contract

FREE breakfast...Graduation morning. The SIGN-UP SHEET is in the Bookstore.

We are now accepting Driver's Ed payments for the next school year. It is $25.00, once payment is made, your spot will be held for the next available class. Classes will begin August 25th, and they are 6-week sessions. We are able to take 32 students per class, they do fill up quickly! Your student must be 14 1/2 on the first day of the month starting the class and must be enrolled in the Blackfoot School District during that time.

If your student has taken an IDLA class or any other state-qualifying classes and failed, they will be required to pay the full amount of $250.00. Classes are at 6:45 am in room 309 here at Blackfoot High School.

If you are unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can move other students around to be sure and have a full class.

If you are a no-call, no show, you are subject to pay $25.00 again...as this only holds your spot in the class.

Our Head Drawing Art class met with our local veterans last trimester to talk with them and hear their stories, and where they served. As a tribute to their service, each student completed a portrait of a Veteran, which they are going to submit to the Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. These entries will go first to our local VFW for preliminary judging, and winners will move on to State. If they win State, they will head to the National Competition. I'll let you know more about it! Wish them luck!

Blackfoot High School's Business Professionals of America(BPA) competed at state March 3-5. Blackfoot had 21 kids who qualified for the state competition.

Klaria Barrow, McKell Chandler, Darren Harrison, Gabriel Hill, Koryn Hill, Lilian Hill, Josie Inskeep, Mikayla Jensen, Tyce Jensen, Melody Kreger, Koltyn Parsons, Alissa Randall, Tyson Satterthwaite, Nicholas Shipley, Addison Smith, Lacey Treese, Joshua VanOrden, Mattew VanOrden, Tia Whitehead, and Kamryn Williams all qualified for State competitions in many different events.

Our Presentation Team, consisting of Koryn Hill, Lilian Hill, Alissa Randall, and Kamryn Williams, took 3rd Place, and Gabriel Hill took 3rd place in Fundamental Spreadsheets. These students have qualified for Nationals in Orlando, Florida, and will be representing Blackfoot High School and the state of Idaho in their events.

Gabe Hill placed top 10 in Python Programming, and Tia Whitehead placed in the top 8 for presenting an entrepreneurship idea.

BPA is one of the biggest clubs in the state of Idaho, with over 2400 kids, and has many different events to compete in. The students can take an elective class to introduce them to BPA. They compete at a regional competition in Idaho Falls against all the area schools from 1A through 6A schools to qualify to represent Blackfoot at the state competition. We have had a great year and look forward to the National Competition in Orlando, Florida.

Our first ever Phlebotomy class at BHS. They will be NHA certified in May.

BHS has hosted a total of 30 drives, collecting 1559 units. HOSA hosts our drives twice a year. We were very successful this year! Thank you to everyone who participated!

Below are a few of the participants in our blood drive:

HOSA was able to compete in the HOSA state leadership conference the first week of March. We took eight students and four qualified for state. Of those four, two students placed 8th at state. Elias Ybarra for Prepared Speaking, and Asean’ee West for Medical Reading. Congratulations to these hard working students!