Aggie Weekly
Good Afternoon Students, Parents, and Community Members:
We hope everyone weathered Hurricane Jose this past week and damage was minimal to your home and our community. It was great to see so many parents attend Parent-Teacher Conferences on Wednesday night. We heard a lot of positive feedback from parents about our staff and school community and want to thank you for your continued support. Don’t forget to check your child’s grades today on PlusPortals.
Operation Bullpen Final Results:
We would like to thank the Bristol County community for all of your contributions. Here is a final list of donations.
- Total net weight of the first trailer was 82,000lbs, which is 2x the legal limit so they have to get an additional trailer.
- Over 9000 lbs dog food
- Over 900 cans dog food
- Over 300 lbs of cat food
- Over 500 cans cat food
- Over 100 crates and cages
- 1400 leashes and collars
- 150 packages of diapers
- 215 bales of hay
- 4 Pallets of water
- They also sent a second full u-haul but do not have weight totals from that.
Bristol Aggie Education Foundation Harvest Feast: Photos courtesy of Taunton Daily Gazette and photographer Mike Gay.
The recently formed nonprofit Bristol Aggie Educational Foundation Inc. held its first major event, a “farm-to-table Harvest Feast” on Sept. 16 at the school. The Foundation aims to help provide support for students and the programs offered at Bristol Aggie. The event featured sustainably-grown Bristol Aggie produce.
Bristol Aggie Educational Foundation Farm-to-Table Harvest Feast drew a large crowd.
From left, Bristol Aggie Educational Foundation Director Joan Menard talks with President and Director John R. Mitchell and Judy Mitchell.
From left, retired Bristol Aggie Superintendent and Bristol Aggie Educational Foundation Treasurer, and Director Stephen P. Dempsey, Tom and Susan Knight, and Craig and Susan Johnson, Craig is a Bristol Aggie science teacher.
Westporter Catering’s Leia Gravelle serves State Rep. Paul Schmid, who supplied the grass- fed certified organic Angus beef, from his family River Rock Farm in Westport, used at the Farm-To-Table Harvest Feast.
Westporter Catering’s Maggie Toure, left, and Jayde Souza put out a pork entree.
Bristol Aggie junior large animal science major Katie Walorz, helps Westporter Catering’s Nicholas Lascola, set up for the Farm-to-Table Harvest Feast.
HMFH Architects Inc, architect Suni Dillard, right, has fun while talking about Bristol Aggie Project she is working on, Builders Project Manager Mel Overmoyer, left, and HMFH Architects Inc. associate Robert Williams enjoy the moment.
Bristol Aggie Educational Foundation Clerk and Director Jeff La Fleur, and his son Logan, 2, enjoy the Farm-to-Table Harvest Feast.
From left, the Rev. Robert Lawrence, Elizabeth Duffy, Julie Ramos Gagliardi, Jim Mathers, and Lisa Strattan were happy to catch up with each other at the dinner.
Charlie, an 11-month-old female black Lab service dog in training with Vet Dogs, watches as Bristol Aggie junior Flori Major from Swansea, serves Warren Biss.
Westporter Catering’s Aaron Onofrey, right, serves Madison McKenna, at the Farm-to-Table Harvest Feast
HMFH Architects, Inc. Architect, Suni Dillard, third from right, talks, with Farm-to-Table Harvest guests.
Westporter Catering’s Leia Gravelle tells Bristol Aggie Principal Kevin Braga about one of the farm fresh dishes.
From left, Nan Liard, John Hansman, Joel Altstein, Jane Metzger, Laura Wernick, and Bristol Aggie Principal Kevin Braga
In the Classroom:
- Arbor: On Thursday, the Arbor department traveled to the Southeastern Mass Tree Wardens & Arborists Assn. annual field day and equipment show. This field trip allows our students to interact with professionals in their future field and get real world exposure to the arboriculture industry. Students are able to compete in a number of competitions and win prizes. There are a number of equipment dealers there that love to showcase their business and tools to the students. This year Bill McGowan from Vermeer Northeast demonstrated Vermeer's new AX19 wood chipper. The opportunity to see how real world arboriculture equipment functions was a huge benefit for the students. They were shocked to see full sized 19' logs process through a chipper without a struggle. Many of our younger students utilized this opportunity to begin what, for some of them, will become a life long obsession; buying Arbor gear! Hard Hats were the item of the day. Buying their own PPE made for VERY happy students. After the day all of the students had a very good day and they learned a lot. Thank you to all of the sponsors and the S.E.M.T.W.A.A. for a wonderful start to the year for our program!
It’s That Time of the Year AGAIN: Our Annual Fall Mum Sale has begun:
All proceeds will support our Bristol Aggie Flori FFA Team as they prepare to travel to the 2017 National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN. For details & ordering, please contact Danielle Harootian at dharootian@bcahs.com.
Floriculture students had another wedding this week. Students created bouquets, boutonnieres, headpieces and altar pieces.
Student Services SBIRT:
Dear Bristol Aggie Families,
As a reminder, we are instituting a state mandated screening program in tenth grade related to the use of alcohol, marijuana and other substances. The Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) program screening process is part of our annual state mandated screening program. All screenings are interview based and will be conducted in confidential individual sessions by our Student Services staff. The screenings will take place on September 26th and 27th. We will utilize the CRAFFT II screening tool which is the most commonly used substance use screening tool for adolescents in Massachusetts.
If you would like to opt your child out of this screening, please provide the school with written notification. Please contact Beth Boudreau at 508-669-6744 x.163 or bboudreau@bcahs.com if you have any questions about this program. In addition, screening is voluntary and students may choose not to answer any or all of the screening questions.
We encourage all parents/guardians to talk with their child about substance use. For ideas on how to begin these conversations and other helpful information, please refer to the Substance Use Screening portion of the Student Services page on the Bristol Aggie website for references and information.
Sincerely,
Beth Boudreau, School Adjustment Counselor
PRELIMINARY SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST ADMINISTRATION (PSAT)
Sophomore and Junior students may sign up to take the PSAT beginning on September 25th. The sign up deadline is Thursday, October 5th. Students should go to the Student Services Office to sign up to take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test.
The cost to take the test is $16.00. Payment can be made via cash or a check made out to B.C.A.H.S. Students will receive a study and practice booklet upon registering for the PSAT. The PSAT will be given on Wednesday, October 11th, at 8:15 a.m. in the school auditorium. Additional information about the PSAT can be found at collegeboard.org.
Early Dismissal Calendar:
The following is a list of early dismissal days for students – 11:47 a.m. These dates will be “modified” flip schedule days, fitting in lunch periods and keeping confusion down are primary goals. All students and teachers will follow the schedule as listed below:
September 28 December 22 March 8
8:10 – 9:04 9:06 – 9:56 9:59 – 10:49 10:52 – 11:18 11:21 – 11:47
Period I Period H Period C Period D Period E
November 22 January 11 June 19 (or last day)
8:10 – 9:04 9:06 – 9:56 9:59 – 10:49 10:52 – 11:18 11:21–11:47
Period A Period B Period C Period D Period E
The lunch periods will be the same on all early release days:
- Grades 9 and 12: Lunch D Module Grades 10 and 11: Lunch E Module.
For a full list of events, please visit the BCAHS Blog
Week Ahead: B Week
- Saturday, September 23
- Board of Trustees Superintendent Public Interview: 8:30 am-Keith Hall
- Monday, September 25
- Extends: 2:30-4:00 pm (Library)
- Boys Soccer: Home vs Tri-County 3:30 pm
- Tuesday, September 26
- Assembly-Gym
- Volleyball: Home vs South Shore- 3:30 (JV) 5:00 (Varsity)
- Wednesday, September 27
- Ocean Bowl B23: 3 pm-4pm New members welcome!
- Geek Club Rm 119: 2:30 pm
- Boys Soccer: Home vs Old Colony 3:30 pm
- Thursday, September 28-Early Release-Teacher Professional Development
- Release at 11:47 am (see schedule above)
- NO Spanish Class-Cancelled due to early release
- Volleyball: Home vs Upper Cape- 3:30 (JV) 5:00 (Varsity)
- Friday, September 29
- Boys Soccer: Home vs Southeastern 3:30 pm
- Volleyball: Home vs Mt. Alvernia- 3:30 (JV) 5:00 (Varsity)
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