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

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.