August 22, 2022
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 news and 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, which we have linked at the end of this letter, and have also posted on our website. 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 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.
Tanna Ross, K-5 Phys Ed Laura Knapp, 8th Grade Math
Sophia McCluskey, 8th Grade Writing SooZin Cha, 7th Grade Math
Ellie Caballero, Grades 3-5 Guidance Taylor Howe, Grades 3/4 Special Education
Traci Low, Kindergarten Madelyn Dichard, Grades 3/4 Special Education
Halle Reynolds, Kindergarten Scott Hatch, Middle School Special Education
With some changes in staffing, please note the following change(s): Students originally placed in Ms. Seymour’s Kindergarten classroom now have Ms. Reynolds
Our open house is scheduled for August 29th. 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.
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 soon- 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 31st, and our Pre-K students on their first day, September 6th!
Sincerely,
Jason Richards, Middle School Principal
Allison Kahkonen, Elementary Principal
Samantha Pangburn, Assistant Principal
Link to Supply Lists and Welcome Letters