9th Grade Credit Recovery Being Offered

Credit recovery is being offered to freshman students who failed English or science for the first semester on February 20th, 22nd and 24th.  Students will have to choose between English or science if they failed both courses.  The classes will be from 8:00am-2:00pm, transportation and lunch will be the responsibility of the students who attend.  We are providing a fantastic educational service our students should take advantage of.

8th Grade Step-up Night Planned At BHS

The BHS annual "step up" night is scheduled for Thursday February 16, 2012 from 6-8pm.  Eighth grade students that are considering attending Bucksport High School will have an opportunity to learn about the following:

*Get a closer look at Bucksport High School and learn about our academic, co-curricular and athletic programs.

*Visit with teachers, administrators, coaches and students and ask questions about our school.

*Learn more about our BARR grant that was awarded to BHS and only three other high schools in the country--and how it's helping our 9th graders make a more successful transition to high school.

*Sign up for 9th grade classes, clubs and sports teams.

College Dual Enrollment Coming To BHS

Bucksport High School has solidified an agreement with Eastern Maine Community College to receive college credit while taking math classes at BHS.  Students who take and pass Honors Algebra II, AP Statistics and AP Calculus will receive credits from Eastern Maine Community College and Bucksport High School.  Math teacher Mike Cowing is teaching all three courses.  The agreement will start the 2012-2013 school year and will be open to any students that want to take these classes.  We are very excited to have this agreement in place and know students will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.  Students will be able to graduate from BHS with ten credits towards EMCC if they take all three math classes. 

Shelby Redman Named Student Of The Month

Shelby Redman has been named Student Of The Month for the month of December at Bucksport High School.  Shelby has earned a 97.0 grade point average and is ranked eighth in her class.  Shelby is captain and participates in soccer, basketball and softball.  She was the starting shortstop on the 2011 Eastern Maine Champion softball team.  Math teacher Josh Tripp comments "Shelby is a dedicated student and citizen of the high school.  Between sports and academics Shelby has a very busy schedule and is still very successful.  She is a leader and very well respected by her peers and her teachers.  I feel she is very deserving of this award."  Shelby plans to study Physical Therapy and has narrowed her college choices to Universiy of Vermont, University of New England, Springfield College, Northeastern University or Husson University.

Phil Ash Named Student Of The Month

Phil Ash has been named Student of the Month for the month of November at Bucksport High School.  Phil has a 90.45 grade point average and is a real self motivated student.  Phil is manager of the football team and baseball team and is a favorite among students, faculty and staff.  Technology teacher Joel Pelletier says "Phil is a quiet, hard working young man.  He manages the football and baseball teams.  He works hard in the classroom is polite to all he meets and loves to laugh."  Phil is undecided of next year plans.

Search Institute Visits BHS

    Four members of the Search Institute from Minneapolis, Minnesota visited Bucksport High School this week for two full days.  The objective for the visit was to see how BHS is doing overall as a school with a concentration on the freshman BARR program.  Search Institute gave BHS a four year federal grant and this is the second year of the grant.  Four high schools in the U.S. received this grant and the Search Institute conducts visits to all the grant schools twice a year.
   Verbal feedback from all four members is they are very impressed with our school's academic level, the positive energy in the school, the student centered hard working faculty/staff members and the great attitudes and manners of our students.  The academic data of our freshman for the first quarter showed steady improvement in student performance throughout the quarter.  The same Search Institute team will visit again on March 29th and 30th and Commissioner Bowen of the Maine Department of Education will also be visiting BHS at that time.
   The Search Institute visit team, superintendent Jim Boothby and principal Dan Clifford met with Commissioner Bowen in Augusta to give some background on the federal grant and to report out the progress of the freshman program at BHS.  The Commissioner seemed very impressed and had a lot of questions which leads to his visit in March and also next October when BHS hosts the other three grant schools for three days.
   

1ST Quarter Highest Honors Announced

Congratulations to the following students for their academic achievement of Highest Honors for the 1st quarter of our school year.

Grade 12                                      Grade 11                                
Silas Fitzgerald                            Cassidy Adams             
Chris Powell                                Chloe Carmichael         
Seth Raymond                             Katelyn Hanson             
Megan Smith                               Kacie Hurd                   
Kaylie Trasco                              Katy Jones                     
Jennifer Wight                             David Kelly                    
Sadie Wight                                                  
Janelle Winship

Grade 10                                      Grade 9
Kelli Alley                                   Sarra Bridges
Samantha Boothby                      Nicholas Chouinard
Anna Boyle
Danica Brassbridge
Kayla Gray
Ila Grindle
Morgan Sorey