Bristol County Agricultural High School: Aggie Weekly- November 12th

Good Afternoon Students, Parents, and Community Members:

We wanted to remind students and parents that report cards were sent out today, so please check your email as well as PowerSchool for updated information. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our veterans in our Bristol Aggie Community

Honoring Veterans Day

Veteran Appreciation: On Friday, Ellie and Karolina surprised Mr. Braga with a card signed by students and staff in recognition of his Navy service. #BAPRIDE

We would like to thank the Veterans from Bristol Aggie:

Mr. Daniel Bence, United States Marine Corps

- Mr. Randy Groves, United States Army

This week’s HIGH 5 CLUB Student of Week- CASITY BRUN

TeachMrBraga- Floriculture- Planting w/ Charleigh Doehler

Parent-Teacher Conferences-Thursday, November 18th:

Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Thursday, November 18th and we are using a new software called SignUP for our conferences. Based on the feedback we received from parents in September, we are resuming the day and night option for parent conferences and both in-person and virtual conferences. The first session will be Virtual ONLY from 12:30-3:00 and the second session will be in-person ONLY from 6:00-8:00 pm. Please have your student schedule with teacher names available so you can book your appointments. All appointments are 8 minutes in duration. Please do not book appointments back to back since you need to leave time for you to travel from room to room and please ensure that you give yourself enough time to travel from the north campus (CSE and Student Commons) to the south campus (Gilbert Hall, Flori, Ag Mech, etc).

Student Submission- Hope LaPlante

Here are a few tips to consider when signing up for parent teacher conferences:

Ensure that you have your child’s schedule with you before you sign up for conferences:

Try to schedule conferences on south campus then north campus if possible
Give yourself time to travel from class to class (especially between north and south campus)
The format is as follows on Thursday, November 18th

12:30-3:00 pm: Virtual ONLY through a Google meet that will be sent after you register for the conference. The teacher will have to individually send out the Google Meet once you are registered. If you do not have a GMail account, please use your child’s email when registering so the teacher can send you the link.
6:00-8:00 pm : In-Person ONLY. These will be conducted as typical parent conferences where parents/guardians will go to each teacher’s classroom.
Resources

Click here to access the links for each teacher through SignUp

Find your teacher
Click the link to the right (SignUP Link)
Schedule your conference
Repeat for as many teachers as you would like to schedule
Reminder: if you are signing up for a virtual meeting (12:30-3:00) you will need a gmail email account. If you do not have one, please use your child’s BA Gmail account.

Unfortunately, we are not able to fulfill all requests in two sessions. If at any time you would like to meet with a teacher, counselor, or administrator, please do not hesitate to contact them directly. If you have any questions or concerns regarding using SignUP, please do not hesitate to contact me (KBraga@bcahs.com).

In the Classroom:

Equine: In Ms. Gagne’s Senior Equine class, Zach Carey, Bristol Aggie Large Animal Science major, alumni class of 2016- full-time apprentice with Ron Fasolo's Horse Shoeing owned by Ron Fasolo, Bristol Aggie Large Animal Science alumni, class of 1985 came by today to demo to equine students how it is done. #BAPride

Arbor: On Wednesday, Mrs. Duffy’s Junior Arbor students transplanted the Japanese Maple from in front of Gilbert Hall to the rear of the building next to the climbing lab.

Student Council:

Thanksgiving food drive is underway!

We have already collected some food items & we appreciate everyone’s generosity! Keep the donations coming!

Student Council will be coming around next Wednesday to collect food items from your donation boxes. If you have a box that it overflowing, you’re welcome to drop it off to Mrs. Mills in 1301 in Gilbert Hall.

Attention Rochester Families:

Online Book Fair:

Our Online Book Fair starts Monday November 15th.

This is a great way to shop for books and help our school!

LINK:

https://athomebookfairs.com/home?bfstring=0DnBQFrP

https://athomebookfairs.com

Find Your Book Fair: 02715

Homecoming!

We hope that everyone had a great time at homecoming last Friday! It was great to see everyone dressed up! Thanks to everyone who came out to help set up and take down -- these events wouldn’t be possible without your help!

Yearbooks are on sale at Balfour.com! The cost is $40, but personalizations and accessories may be purchased for an additional cost.

Families and friends of seniors may also purchase Ad Space to leave a special message for their student. You have the option of a ¼ page ad at $20, a ⅛ page ad at $10, or a shout-out ad for $3. See the online store for more details. Please note that this is only for seniors. The deadline to purchase an Ad Space is December 17, 2021.

Contact Ms. Reilly with any questions!

Senior Photos: Below is a copy of the email that was sent out to seniors earlier this year.

Hello Seniors!

It's time to start thinking about senior photos! All senior photos and baby pictures are due by November 24, 2021. That is the last day of school before Thanksgiving! Please email all photos to me at kreilly@bcahs.com. Only digital copies of photos will be accepted.

Some guidelines:

All photos must be school appropriate and meet the standards laid out in the student handbook.
Be as creative as you would like. It doesn't need to be a posed portrait taken by a professional photographer. You can send in a candid shot taken on your phone. You are welcome to include pets, cars, etc.
Make sure that your photo is in portrait, not landscape, orientation. If you send me a photo in landscape, it will be cropped to fit in the portrait templates in the yearbook.
Make sure to leave a little extra space around the edges of the photo so that it can be cropped if necessary.

If you have any questions or concerns about your photos, please let Ms. Reilly know as soon as possible.

The AFROTC and USAFA are leading sources in commissioning Space Force Officers. Attached is a flyer about an amazing opportunity to learn more about the youngest branch in the United States military-United States Space Force.

Topic: Space Force- Youngest Branch of the United States Military

Thursday, 18 November at 10:00am CT (11:00am EST)

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1606940325?pwd=MFFlNGNVN2pIYndpd3QwTnRYSGlwZz09

Passcode: 325941

November 12th 10:35am-11:30am: https://zoom.us/j/93070074200?pwd=TmhseUoyM1RFdWY4RkV5MEpKOEpYZz09
November 17th 1:36pm-2:15pm: https://zoom.us/j/97055460723?pwd=NE5BTzVIUnVkaHF3YllEZm8rL0V5dz09
November 19th 11:40am-12:20pm: https://zoom.us/j/99502926216?pwd=c0t1R3o3dUY4MmFFTkxIb1dQaXlyQT09

Staff vs Students Soccer Game: On Wednesday the staff played the students for the end of the year match. We had so much fun cheering them both on as they competed for bragging rights! Well done everyone! Since it was a 5-5 tie after regulation, we went to penalty kicks to determine the winner! Click here to see the PK’s