The Paw Print

Welcome back to everyone's favorite newsletter, The Paw Print! May the COURSE be with you, Burke County, as we count down the days until Spring Break. This week's Paw Print is going to be FILLED with golf puns so count how many of the terms you know by the end of the Paw Print! Are you TEE-rific in golf terms or are you just sub PAR? Find out in the Paw Print!

Your Paw Print Pals hope that our students' grades remain on the green as we drive through the rest of this school year! As always, Stay #BearBuilt!

The Paw Print can be viewed every month. The newsletter features sports updates, events in the community, and fun activities for the family... so stay tuned!

The Burke County High School Pride of Burke County band was very successful in the annual Large Group Performance Evaluation. Amidst hosting 51 bands and over 2,200 student musicians over a span of three days, BCHS Concert and Symphonic Bands received overall superior rankings in their performances. When you see one of these talented individuals, please congratulate them!
The band is led under the direction of D'Wayne DuBose, II and Devon Hill.

The Burke County High School Class of 2023 Graduation Ceremony has been moved to Friday, May 26, 2023, at 6 PM and will take place on the Burke County High School Football Field. Burke County Public Schools wants all of our students and families to be able to enjoy this celebratory day without concerns of severe heat exposure.

Congratulate these seniors for making it on the GREEN... they are only ticking down the days until they complete this hole!

Burke County Public Schools will be closed for Spring Break April 3-7. Classes will resume on Monday, April 10. During this time, make sure to get a lot of rest and play a little golf in honors of Master's week!!!

"Real Women" filled the classrooms of WPS and SGA Elementary at their annual Real Women Read events. Real Women Read gives students the opportunity to see the impact reading has on their future success and establish successful, well-read role models! BCPS thanks these women for their contribution to our students and their futures!

Field day is not only for our Middle Schoolers! Burke County Public Schools Faculty brought out their inner bear at our first Staff Appreciation Day! BCPS employees spent their Friday chowing down on some hot dogs and hamburgers and participating in the BEAR WARS activities! Despite Staff Appreciation Day now being only a fun memory of the past, BCPS appreciates its employees EVERY DAY! #Proud2BeBC

Reading should not stop when school is out! Burke County Public Schools is happy to host our whole BCPS family at the Literacy Carnival to kick off summer reading! There will be games, prizes, food trucks, free books and music with the pride of BC BCHS band!

Drop in and join us Thursday, May 18 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM for this fun event!

Help is within reach! Through our Wrap-Around services, Burke County Public Schools and other community partners are here to assist you and your family with academic, financial, mental health, and any other concerns you may have.

You may click the Wrap-Around Services image above to explore our Wrap-Around Services webpage that lists all you need to know about what services are offered as well as people to reach out to if you are in need of any further assistance!

If you would like more information on the helpful resources listed by clicking on the graphic above, parents and students can contact their school counselor, parent coordinator or our school social worker, Monica Payton, at 706-554-5101.

It is not only okay to ask for help, but it is ENCOURAGED. Please take advantage of these resources!

March 30 commemorates National Chip and Dip Day, National Near Miss Day, National Puppy Day and National Tamale Day. Burke County Families can celebrate this day by hosting a night time picnic featuring all of the favorite fixin's, chips, dip and tamales, beneath a starry meteoroid shower that seems to be approximately 500,000 ft too close to Earth... the dinosaurs are quaking in their boots right now. Oh yeah, you can also invite your new puppy to the picnic to eat any tamales or dip that's too spicy!

The Word of the Day is Dogleg! Dogleg (usually followed by left or right) is a verb that gives golfers directions when the course bends to the left or right, like the hind leg of a dog. The hole doglegs to the left in 200 ft, so be sure to aim your club around the corner!

We challenge you all to use this word as many times as you can this week, extra points if you use it in the right context, EVEN MORE points if you have to explain to somebody what it means!

The Masters Tournament has been a tradition of Augusta, Georgia since 1934. The Masters has become one of four major golf tournaments internationally and is widely recognized as the most prestigious of the four by players and fans alike.

If you would like to know more about the Masters Golf Tournament, click below to view a short Youtube video that gives a brief history of the Augusta Masters!

Schools will be closed Monday, April 3rd through Friday, April 7th. Classes will resume on Monday, April 10th.

In honor of the upcoming Masters Week, your Paw Print Pals gave you the Most Tee-Rific Golf Puns we could find! :-)

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While the Paw Print has a lot of great highlights, more school and local news can be found in the local newspaper, The True Citizen!