August 11, 2025
Dear BCS Families,
We are so excited to welcome you to the upcoming school year at BCS! Working together, we know that we can make this an amazing year for all of our BCS students, staff and families. Below you will find news from our previous summer updates, as well as some additional information.
Aside from recent registrations, classroom assignments for all K-6 rooms have been established. If you do not know who your child’s K-6 teacher is, please feel free to call the office. Penquis and the Pre-K staff will reach out to notify their families of teacher assignments once their enrollment process is completed. Homeroom placements for grades 7 and 8 will be shared as a part of our open house and the first days of school.
Our amazing grade level teams have each provided a welcome letter and list of suggested school supplies for their students, linked here. Please remember that the school has everything your child needs, but these optional lists are provided each summer for families who prefer to purchase their own. We also have several backpacks and school supplies in the office-- please reach out (or stop by during open house) if your student is in need of a backpack!
Sports Physicals are required for all students that plan on participating in BCS extracurriculars prior to tryouts. Please take a few moments to read the Sports Physical Letter with important information on the details and requirements. The BCS Sports Physical Form must be completed by your child’s physician. In addition to the physical form, the athletic department has a registration page BCS Sports Registration where all students interested in participating in a sport must pre register on.
For planning purposes, we have listed our arrival and dismissal times for those who transport their child(ren) to and from school. Our times are staggered slightly, for safety and traffic flow purposes. We ask that you do not drop students off early, as there will not be supervision before the times listed below.
Middle School Arrival: 7:30-7:50
Elementary Arrival: 8:10-8:30
Middle School Dismissal: Pick up 1:55, Bus 1:55
Elementary Dismissal:
Grades 3 & 4 Pick up - 2:45 (main entrance/traffic circle)
Grades 1 & 2 Pick up - 2:45 (playground gate by the marquee)
K Pick up - 2:50 (playground gate by the marquee)
PK pick up 2:50 (near main entrance)
New Staff:
With great excitement, we would also like to introduce some new teachers to the BCS staff.
Annie Jewell- Kindergarten
Rebekkah Hunnewell-Dunphy - PE Ed tech II
Paige Seymour- Grade 2
Charlotte Caron- Grade 5
Cecilia Dube- Grade 3
Katelyn Heflen- Grade 6
Jennifer Goodwin- Aspire Coordinator
Julie Patterson- K-2 Resource Room
Sarah Chasse -Grade 6
Our open house is scheduled for Monday, August 25th. This is a great opportunity to tour the school, visit classrooms, and meet our awesome staff. We will do two sessions according to grade levels, so that only one group is in each wing at a time. If you have students in multiple grades, we suggest you plan to visit between 5:30-6:30.
Session 1 - 5:00-6:00 - PK, 1, 3, 5, 7
Session 2 - 6:00-7:00 - K, 2, 4, 6, 8
Finally, Cyr Bus is currently working on bus routes and we are told that those will be posted on the website- this information will also be available during open house night. We can’t wait to see all of our K-8 Students back on their first day of school, August 27th, and our Pre-K students on their first day, September 2nd!
Sincerely,
Jason Richards, Middle School Principal
Allison Kahkonen, Elementary Principal
Samantha Pangburn, Assistant Principal