Good Afternoon Students, Parents, and Community Members:
We hope you had a great week this week. We are continuing to monitor our progress in our Fall Reentry Plan and will have another Virtual Town Hall next Thursday (see details below) to use as a forum to hear from students and parents about how we can improve moving forward.
Nurse Update: The following letter was sent to families on Thursday:
It is my sincere hope that this letter finds you well. I write to inform you to update you regarding our school nurse. Ms. Courville resigned on October 5th and accepted another position. Ms. Courville was able to transition with our substitute nurse, Ms. Anderson who is a certified RN (BSN). Ms. Anderson will be our nurse until further notice while we prepare and conduct a thorough search for a qualified candidate. Our procedure to contact the school nurse will remain the same. You can contact Ms. Anderson at EAnderson@bcahs.com (or subnurse@bcahs.com) if your child is sick or displaying any symptoms of COVID-19. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
Join GSA to watch Corpse Bride together on Wednesday October 28! (Virtually, of course.)
PTO Update: The Bristol Aggie Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is inviting you to our November meeting. The PTO’s activities enrich Bristol County Agricultural High School’s strong academic and vocational/technical programs. Please come join us virtually to meet new families or come join us to have an impact on what the PTO does next year!
On the high school’s website, Parent Resources page, you can find the Bristol Aggie PTO and apparel links. Please check us out https://sites.google.com/bcahs.com/bristol-aggie-pto/home
Matthew Leighton – President Bristol Aggie PTO
Meeting Details
Topic: Bristol Aggie PTO Meeting
Time: Nov 11, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Every month on the Second Wednesday
Nov 11, 2020 07:00 PM
Dec 9, 2020 07:00 PM
For the meeting link and credentials to join, please email bristolaggiemapto@gmail.com
The Bristol Aggie Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) consists of parents, teachers and school staff, all are welcome to contribute. The PTO is an independent non-profit, not affiliated with the school or school district.
FFA
Remember all students at Bristol Aggie are FFA Members! Keep your eye out for more chapter activities.
Join fellow FFA members for Halloween Trivia Night! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
You must be registered in advance by visiting this link:
This year, the National FFA Convention is virtual! In most years, advisors and students are getting ready to head to Indianapolis, IN next week along with 65,000 other FFA members from across the country. With convention being virtual, all members (all students at BA) will have access to attend the convention. Keep an eye out for your virtual invitation in your school email! Visit https://convention.ffa.org/ to explore more about what convention has to offer!
Virtual Town Hall- Prior to Parent-Teacher Conferences
Greetings Bristol Aggie Community,
We wanted to reach out to you to check in and to discuss quarter 2 in-person and virtual learning. We will be meeting on Thursday, October 29th at 5:00 pm prior to Virtual Parent-Teacher Conferences which start at 6:00 pm.
Check-ins
Student/Family Choice: Hybrid vs Full Virtual Learning Quarter 2
If you have any other topics/questions that you would like for us to discuss at this meeting as a whole group, please email Mr. Braga (KBraga@bcahs.com).
We will be hosting a Zoom meeting (see how you can access below) only. We will not be streaming FB live as we have not been exceeding our 100 guests (Zoom limit) capacity. We will be recording our zoom meeting for anyone who is not available to attend. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me (KBraga@bcahs.com).
How to use Zoom:
Go to. www.zoom.us At the top right of the screen, click "Join a Meeting"
You will need the following information to join the meeting:
Meeting ID: see email
Password: see email
You may be asked to create a username (if you do not have a Zoom account). This username is what will be displayed during our meeting.
On Thursday, starting at 4:30 pm, the “Waiting Room” will open prior to the meeting getting started to help with the transition.
You can enable/disable video when entering the meeting (see below).
Upon entry everyone’s microphone will be muted during the meeting. Please ensure you are in a quiet room free from background noise (TVs, etc).
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me:
See below for helpful links
In the Classroom:
Mr. Surdi’s A&P class took full advantage of the beautiful weather on Thursday and held class under the tent.
Math: Mr. McKee integrating technology and fun into a math review today in the library.
ELA: Our teachers today - from the eyes of a student. Although times are very different, some things are timeless - like a teacher reading to her class. A student drew this portrait of her teacher.
Picture Day on Monday and Tuesday
Parent Teacher Conferences: Conferences are now open for scheduling. See directions below
The Parent-Portal is now open for signups. We sent out an email on Wednesday (see previous email) informing you of our new process. We had originally scheduled Parent-Teacher Conferences for Thursday, October 15th (yesterday), but due to the pandemic, we had to delay the event in order to create a safe way for us to meet virtually. The new date for Parent-Teacher Conferences will be Thursday, October 29th from 6:00-8:00 pm. In order to sign up for a conference this year, it will be different from what we used the last few years. Scheduling a conference remotely is a new venture for us, but we wanted to keep this avenue of communication open for parents and teachers. Each virtual conference will still be 8 minutes in duration. Parents will need to sign up with their child’s teachers using Google Classroom & Google Calendar. Please take note this is not a PowerSchool parent portal for grades. You will need to conduct this process using your child’s bcahs.com email address and logging into your child’s Google Classroom for each teacher. If you have any questions, please let me know (KBraga@bcahs.com).
Here are the directions to sign up for parent teacher conferences:
1) Have your child login to each teacher’s Google Classroom. You will be able to find the link to register for Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, October 29th from 6:00-8:00 pm. The link will be in the stream in Google Classroom
2) Once you click on the link in the stream, you will be brought to the teacher’s calendar where you will be able to see only the available time slots available. Once you click on the time slot, it will register the name associated with the email address. Add your name to the description box to help with identification.
3) Once you make an appointment, you will receive a confirmation window box (see below). Please repeat for each teacher by logging into their Google Classroom.
Unfortunately, we are not able to fulfill all requests in one meeting. We will be hosting another Parent-Teacher conference which will be determined at a later date. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me (KBraga@bcahs.com).
Free Meals for all Students | Extended to June 25, 2021
Bristol Aggie families the USDA has extended the free breakfast and lunch program to all students until June 25, 2021 (last day serves for the year).
BCAHS | Dining Service Meals Pre-Order Form
Meals are available for Free for our students until June 25, 2021, we encourage all students who are in remote learning Monday-Friday and Hybrid students during their virtual learning days to select a Breakfast and Lunch for at home days.
Outdoor Dining: We are preparing for the fall/winter weather so we installed the heaters this week. We will load the tents with heat in the morning so when students go to dine it will be warm to eat outside. We continue to find ways to think outside of the box and adapt to our current circumstances.
Bristol Aggie Book Fair:
The best of your school library --- now available at home!
Our Junior Library Guild (JLG) book fair is underway, and we are nearly half way to our goal!
Book Fair Dates: 10/19/2020 - 10/30/2020
Update as of noontime:
Goal: $2,000.00
Total Sales: $713.60
Books Purchased: 59
Wish List Books Purchased: 32
Highlights:
Affordable selections!. Prices start as low as $5/book—and shipping is FREE for all orders over $30.
Our library receives a percentage of every book fair purchase, and we can use these funds raised to add more quality books to our collection or receive funds in cash for other needs. Your support is so appreciated!
Start browsing now at the link for our online JLG@Home Book Fair.
Thank you for supporting the Bristol Aggie Staff & Library Media Center and helping us put quality books in the hands of your readers!
MSBA Update: This week we demoed our Pole Barn. We have had so many great memories between Fall Show and Bonfire and Ice. We look forward to the next chapter in the Abor/Landscape Design and Contracting Building. Below is our future whole campus layout with the updated Reality vs Rendering taken each week.
The Week Ahead:
Monday, October 26
Freshman/Seniors In-Person
Sophomores/Juniors Virtual
Gym: Sophomores 2nd period
School picture day
Period 1: Seniors
Period 2: Freshman
Tuesday, October 27
Sophomores/Juniors In-Person
Freshman/Seniors Virtual
Gym: Freshman 2nd period
School picture day
Period 1: Juniors
Period 2: Sophomores
Wednesday, October 28
All students Virtual: We will be using this day to deep clean the campus
Gym:
Juniors 6th period
Seniors 7th period
Thursday, October 29
Freshman/Seniors In-Person
Sophomores/Juniors Virtual
Virtual Town Hall Check-in @ 5:00 pm (see information above)
Virtual Parent-Teacher Conferences 6:00-8:00 (see information above on how to sign up)
Friday, October 30
Sophomores/Juniors In-Person
Freshman/Seniors Virtual
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