Sadie Wight Named October Student Of The Month

Sadie Wight has been named Student of the Month for the month of October.  Sadie currently holds an amazing 101.32 grade point average for her high school career.  She has narrowed her college choices to Boston University, Northeastern University, University of New Hampshire and the University of Maine to study Biology. 

Sadie is a member of the BHS Outing Club and Math Team.  She also participates in soccer where she is a two year captain and member of the All-PVC Team, a two year captain in basketball and was Big East 2nd team as a junior and member of the 2011 Softball Eastern Maine Champions team where she played second base and was named as the PVC Most Outstanding Player Award as a junior.  Sadie has great leadership qualities and has a will to achieve in the classroom and in competition.  Congratulations Sadie.

BARR Grant Schools Meeting In Hemet, California

The four high schools in the United States that received the Building Assets Reducing Risks grant for our freshman St. Louis Park High School (Minnesota), Sanford High School (Maine),  English teacher and site coordinator Maryanne Mytar, English teacher Matt Morrison, math teacher Michelle Grindle and Principal Dan Clifford will meet at Hemet High School November 5-9 to report out how the freshman program is going so far.  Hemet High School has a population of 2400 students, St. Louis Park has 1200 students and Sanford High School had 1200 students.  The workshop will give each high school an opportunity to share experiences and help each other with issues they have dealt with.  A workshop in the spring is also planned at St. Louis Park High School to report out information on the first year of the grant and plans for next year.  The grant pays for all expenses while traveling and BHS has the grant for the next three years.

Chris Powell Named September Student Of The Month

Chris Powell has been named Student of the Month for the month of September.  Chris is ranked number ten in the senior class with a grade point average of 96.03.  Chris is a member of the BHS National Honor Society, Student Council and Outing Club.  Chris plays football and was a state champion in wrestling last year.  Chris possesses great leadership skills, is self motivated, always respectful, is responsible and seems to always be smiling.  Chris is interested in attending the University of Maine, Husson University, University of New Hampshire or Plymouth State College.  Great job Chris and well deserved.

BHS ART STUDENTS RECOGNIZED

Adrian Appleby, Terra Ashworth, Tristan Crawley, Katy Jones, Schyler Phillips, Brandon Snow, Ashleigh West and Sadie Wight will be honored on September 27th at the Blaine House in Augusta.  The Maine Department of Education is hosting a celebration to recognize the artists whose work is currently exhibited at the Department of Education offices.  Thank you to our art teacher Mrs. Bertrand for submitting our student's work.  Great job and congratulations BHS students!

BHS FALL OPEN HOUSE

Our Fall Open House is scheduled for Wednesday September 21st.  The annual freshman dinner is from 5:00-6:30 in the gymnasium.  Mr. Cloutier's special spagetti will be on the menu.  The grades 9-12 Open House will be from 6:30-8:30.  Parents/guardians will have ten minutes in each of their child's class to meet teachers and go over expectations for the course.  We hope to have a great turnout.

COMMUNITY SERVICE-NOW A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT

Forty hours of community service as a BHS graduation requirement passed through the school board on Tuesday August 16th.  The new graduation requirement will start with this years freshman only, the class of 2015. 

Through community service Bucksport High School students will be given opportunities to become contributing citizens by helping others while learning responsible citizenship and fostering growth.  Our students will learn at an early age how important it is to be an active citizen in the community they live.  Students will complete 40 hours of community service throughout their high school career, an average of ten hours per year.  The 40 hour requirement will be prorated for students entering Bucksport High School after their freshman year which would be equivalent to ten hours per year.

Community service activities are those students perform to benefit at least one other unrelated person and for which they receive no compensation or academic credit.  Community service may be performed at any time during a student's high school career, from the first day of school their freshman year to the last day of school their senior year.  This includes non-school times during the week, weekends and vacations within the freshman-to-senior time frame.  We hope this new graduation requirement will add to the overall educational experience at BHS.

NEW SPANISH TEACHER HIRED

Sarah Vigneault has been hired as the new Spanish teacher at Bucksport High School to replace Johanna Bridges who accepted a teaching position at Bangor High School.  Ms. Vigneault comes to us with a deep background in the Spanish language and traditions.  She is a graduate of St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire where she was a Spanish major.  Ms. Vigneault also studied abroad for a year attending Universidad de Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain.  This will be her first year of teaching high school and we are looking forward to her great attitude and enthusiasm to be at BHS.