Revised Midterm Exam Schedule

Good Morning,

With school cancelled today, Wednesday, the exam schedule will now be as follows:

 

                Thursday:  English and Social Studies

                Friday:  Foreign Language and Science

                Monday:  Math and Make-Ups

Normal classes will resume on Tuesday, January 28^th and it would be a Day 4.  Please be safe in our weather.

 

 

 

Braintree High School

2014 Mid-Year Exam Information Sheet

 

                                  9:30 – 11:00 AM          11:45 – 1:15 PM

 Wed, January 22          English                      Social Studies

 Thurs, January 23         Foreign Language    Science

 Fri, January 24             Mathematics              Make-up Exams

 

Additional Information

 

Bus Times                  Bus students should be at their bus stops by 8:45 AM.  Return buses will leave BHS at 1:25 PM on Wednesday, January 22.  On Thursday, January 23 and Friday, January 24 buses will leave BHS at 11:10 AM and 1:25 PM.  There will be no late bus service during Mid-Year exams. 

 

Attendance                 Students who are absent or arrive late will not be allowed to make-up/take an   examination unless they show good cause in writing from a parent.  Written approval for such a make-up must come from the student’s Housemaster.  Students who are absent on the day of an exam must have a parent/guardian call their House Office before 9:00 AM on that day.  Students who finish their exams early must remain in the exam location until the period ends.

 

Exam Locations          Will be posted throughout the school by Thursday, January 16, 2014.

 

Make-Up Exams       Any Exam - Friday, January 24 – 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM in the Media Center

                                    English - Monday, January 27 – 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM in the Media Center

                                    Math - Monday, January 27 – 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM in room 219

                                    Social Studies - Tuesday, January 28 – 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM in the Media Center

                                    Foreign Language - Tuesday, January 28 – 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM in room 307

                                    Science - Wednesday, January 29 – 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

A late bus will be available on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:20 PM

                                    A late bus will NOT be available after the second make-up exams on Monday or Tuesday (4:45 PM)

                                               

Weather                     If school is cancelled due to inclement weather on an exam day, the exams will be given on the day school resumes.

 

Food Services             Breakfast will be available Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

                                    Lunch will be available Wednesday and Thursday only

                                     

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM          
Grade 9 in the Auditorium

                                                Grade 10 in Gym Lobby
                                                Grades 11 & 12 in the Cafe

 

                                                11:20 AM – 11:40 AM           Grades 9 & 10 in the Cafe

                                                                                                Grades 11 in the Auditorium

                                                                                                Grade 12 in the Gym Lobby

 

                                   

Mid-year exams are important in grading – 10% of grade in year courses, 20% in semester courses.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving.  Couple words said every year at this time as casually as “How are you?” and “Good morning”.   Some of our neighbors and friends have no trouble identifying both tangible and intangible rewards in their lives that make them appreciative.  Things like a happy and safe family, the birth of a new child, a promotion at work, a warm house, or a shiny car.  However, there are those among us who struggle more to find such largess in their own lives and deal with circumstances less able to draw from them the gratitude that success and comfort bring. 

Regardless of which category one might fall, I like to think that we can all find some place in our lives where at least the opportunity for thankfulness resides.  Perhaps it is not the complete success or windfall where we cannot help but accept our good fortune, but instead it is found among those smaller incidents in life that augur upswing or a chance for improvement.  A job interview you didn’t think you would get, a chance meeting with an old friend, a better diagnosis than the one we were imagining, a subtle  but growing confidence in our abilities, or even a yellow-light as we are rush somewhere late.  Those opportunities for a positive moment, sometimes in the face of difficult times, hopefully can lead to some small triumph on which we can build.  If I look at my life as a whole, I have been given much.  At our school, we are fortunate to have a wonderful staff of teachers working with a group of motivated young men and women who represent this community with pride.  However, at some point, all of us confront the defeats and tribulations that life apportions frequently and dispassionately.  It is in those moments that I hope we all find the strength to seek the seemingly inconsequential gifts  that remind us of our potential happiness and contentment.  To give thanks for only the “opportunity” of our success is to recognize the inherent difficulties of our lives while refusing not to acknowledge that we have been given the chance to pursue our happiness each and every day.

Have a wonderful holiday.

Congrats Dance Team!

Congratulations to the Varsity Dance Team as they were crowned MSSAA 2013 Fall State Dance Champions last night in Hingham!


It was a great performance and an entire team effort. 

Report Cards

Good afternoon BHS parents,

We are writing to make you aware that all students received Term 1 report cards in homeroom this afternoon. Please make sure to look these over with your child this evening.  A reminder that Term 2 has now begun, and teachers will continue to make grades available via the Aspen X2 grading portal, which can be accessed at the following web address: https://ma-braintree.myfollett.com/.

Term 2 progress grades will be posted and up to date no later than December 9th.  

Financial Aid Night

This is a reminder to senior parents that the Guidance Department will be hosting our annual Financial Aid Night on Thursday November 14^th at 7:00 PM, in the auditorium.  Parents of students who will be applying for financial aid are strongly encouraged to attend.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me before Thursday.

Thank you,

Anthony Garofalo

Director of Guidance

Braintree Public Schools

(781)848-4000, Ext. 2277

Parent Teacher Conferences

Our parent-teacher conference sign up is now available on our website at http://www.gpvillage.com/bhs/home. Through this link, you can select a conference time with individual teachers on either Nov. 21^st @ 6:30-9:00pm or Nov. 25^th @ 4:00-6:30pm.

As always, you can access your child's current performance in individual classes through the Aspen portal. Grades close this Thursday and report cards will be issued shortly afterwards.  Conferences this year are not being done by alphabet, and parents are free to sign up for the date which works better for their schedules.

Thank you,
Jim Lee
Headmaster