The Foodservice Department is featuring a special menu on Thursdays in December which will cooked in front of the students.  See the flier for more information

 The Honor Roll for General and High Honors is published and available for viewing by CLICKING HERE

The BHS drama club presents Alice in Wonderland Thursday 11/20, Friday 11/21, and Saturday 11/22  at 7pm in the auditorium. See you there!

There's still time to sign up for the Berlin Graduation Party Casino Fundraiser.   Cost is $30.  The bus will leave at 4:30 PM and return approximately 11:30.

PRICE INCLUDES:

Round Trip Motorcoach Transportation

$10 in Gaming Vouchers

$10 Food Voucher

 

For Reservations Contact:

Deb Lojko (860) 214-2459

Wendi Zuk (860) 836-8022

Maureen Carlson (860) 829-1756

Mandy Scheyd (860) 558-4793

SORRY – NO REFUNDS

Ads for the yearbook are due by November 17th.  Please follow all directions on the mailing that was sent home to you (click on attachment if you need another form).

If you missed the evening program presented by the Berlin High School Counseling Department on November 12, 2008, please go to "Departments" then "Guidance" and find the attachments for the Power Point presentations.

Support the Class of 2012!
Redcoat drawstring athletic bags - ONLY $10
Order forms due Friday, Nov. 21
Click link to download form!

Yearbook pictures are needed for the following pages:

Berlin Fair
Spirit Week
Powderpuff
Homecoming

These are all due by NOVEMBER 25th!!!!

We are also now accepting pictures from ELEMENTARY and MIDDLE school as well as pictures from all four years of high school.  PLEASE IDENTIFY THE YEAR OF THE PICTURE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO!!!!!

https://images.jostens.com?user=1168494&pw=redcoats

For information on Factors considered for the college admissions process by college representatives....please see write up under the Guidance Dept. webpage.

Parents of students in Grades 9 and 10:

This is a reminder that the Berlin School Counseling Department is hosting their annual Grade 9 and Grade 10 Parent Program on Wednesday, November 12th from 7-9pm.  The Grade 9 Parents will be in the Auditorium and the Grade 10 Parents will be in the Media Center.  The program will go over the Comprehensive School Counseling Program, the school counseling lessons, planning for the future, and CAPT/PSAT/SAT testing.

Please join us for this great informational evening...we are working hard to communicate to our parents all the important programming we are providing for our students.

Cool In The Café

The Berlin Food Services Department will be sending out periodical emails titled “ Cool In the Cafe” about what is going on in our cafeterias.

 You can hear about new menu items, nutritional information and other exciting cafeteria news.

 If you would like to receive this exciting information, please send your name and email address to:  tprosinski@berlinschools.org

 Thank you,

Tim Prosinski

Food Services Director

Berlin Public Schools

The BHS Marching Redcoat Band was featured on 102.9 WDRC FM this morning.    In December, there will be vote to determine the best band in the area.  
Click the following link to listen to the performance.

http://www.drcfm.com/includes/news_items/3/news_items_more.php?id=178&section_id=3

Submit online to the yearbook website or give your baby picture to Mrs. Kuethman in room 233 by Tuesday, November 4th  https://images.jostens.com?user=1168494&pw=redcoats

Recently, several safety concerns have been raised regarding student pedestrian safety, emergency vehicle access, and improper parking at Berlin High School during the afternoon and early evening hours.

The Berlin Police Department would like to remind those who are picking up students from athletic team practices and events, extracurricular activities, after school clubs, and UpBeat meetings and events, to please be cognizant of the traffic laws and parking regulations listed below:

• Do not park in the marked Fire Lanes near Berlin High School's main entrance
• Do not stop, park, or block access to the entrance of Berlin High School's main driveway
• Park only in marked parking spaces
• Pick up students, whenever possible, from the student parking lot (to the left /East of the building)

The Berlin Police Departmen's Patrol Division and Belrin High School's evening security staff will be conducting extra checks for parking violations in order to ensure the safety of everyone using Berlin High School after regular school hours and in the evening.

Thank  You for your cooperation.

 

Attention Seniors:

If you have not already signed up to take the SATs on December 6, 2008  at Berlin High School - time is running out!!  You must register by November 5th for the regular deadline, after that a late fee will be required.  Please make a point to go to www.collegeboard.com and register for this test.

The senior class '09 photo will be taken THIS Thursday at 7:45 am in the soccer field on the side of the school.  We need everyone in it!!!  Be here early to win one of many raffle prizes!

Seniors:  This is a reminder, if you have applications that are due at a perspective college/university by November 1st, your applications must be to your counselor by Tuesday, October 10/28.  Please be advised that you must adhere to the Counselor Deadlines for applications as they will take about two weeks to process.

The American Counseling Association has published some powerful information on School Counseling and School Counselors and their effectiveness with student achievement.  Please read the attached article for more information.

Click Here for the full Text of the Position Statement.
The Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) is firmly opposed to lowering the legal alcohol drinking age in Connecticut. Further it is opposed to the Amethyst Initiative which is a coalition of 129 college and university presidents who are calling for an "informed and unimpeded debate on the 21-year-old drinking age.” At the heart of the initiative is the desire to reduce the minimum legal drinking age to 18.

Middle school and high school educators across Connecticut are dealing on a daily basis with the devastating results of the underage drinking that now occurs with the minimum legal drinking age of 21. There is clear and convincing evidence that, when the drinking age is lowered, the degree of teenage drinking increases and so, too, does the incidence of suicide, automobile fatalities, alcohol-related injuries, and school drop-outs.

 

According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, young drinking drivers are involved in fatal crashes at twice the rate of drivers aged 21 and older. Furthermore, research indicates that, if drinking is delayed until age 21, a child's risk of serious alcohol-related problems is decreased by 70 percent.1 Furthermore, when the minimum legal drinking age is 21, people under age 21 drink less overall and continue to do so through their early twenties.2 This is compelling testimony when one considers that the brain continues to develop into the early twenties3 and that alcohol use in adolescence has been shown to decrease executive functioning, memory, spatial operations, and attention – all of which are important to academic performance and future functioning.4

The Connecticut Association of Schools understands the challenges that college and university administrators face as a result of the underage drinking that occurs on their campuses. However, lowering the drinking age to 18 only exacerbates the problems secondary school administrators face. Our middle and high school students are at critical stages in their social, emotional, physical and intellectual development; and the degree of maturity of their population creates an even more difficult set of problems than those encountered by college-level students. It is clear that the longer we can postpone the use of alcohol by teenagers, the better opportunity we have to overcome the destructive realities that result from irresponsible alcohol consumption.

 

CAS would welcome the opportunity to participate in a dialogue on solutions to the problem of underage drinking. However, we stand firmly opposed to any “solution” that involves a reduction in the national minimum legal drinking age.