Author: drbenhorner

We hope that everyone was able to stay safe during the passing of Hurricane Dorian. I pray that we don’t have anymore hurricanes come through for the remainder of the season.

Our athletic teams did not compete for most of the week due to the weather, but our football team did come up with a big win on Friday night against Atkinson County. It is the first time in a decade that BCHS started the season 2-0. Come support the boys on Friday night at home to Jeff Davis!

On Saturday our FFA hosted a very successful hog show at the Ag barn! They had a huge turnout!

Progress reports will go out on Friday!

This week at BCHS:

Monday: Softball home to Coffee – JV at 4 and Varsity at 6

Teen Maze community night – 5:00 PM

Tuesday: Softball at Tattnall – Varsity at 5:00 PM

Teen Maze for 9th graders

Wednesday: Softball at Pierce – JV at 4 and Varsity at 6

Thursday: Cross Country at Ware

JV Football vs. Jeff Davis

Friday: Progress Reports go home

Varsity football home to Jeff Davis 7:30

Letterman Jackets on sale during all three lunches

 

Reminder that we do not have school on Monday, it is Labor Day.

We have had a great week at BCHS. We had our first pep rally and the student body really enjoyed it and showed great school spirit! We also voted on the homecoming court, which will be announced in the near future.

Students grades are in full blast. Please make sure that you have access to your students Powerschool information so you can track their grades and also to our school app to receive updates from the school system. Progress reports go out this Friday! 

Our cross country team has been working hard this week to prepare for the season!

Our softball team dropped their second game of the season to Camden County this week, but they won both their region games this week! The Lady Herons are 4-0 in region play!

Our football team beat Charlton County 34-16 on Friday night for a big opening win! Our players work in the weight room really showed on Friday night!

This week at BCHS:

Monday: No School

Tuesday: Softball at home to Ware (JV at 4 and Varsity at 6)

Wednesday:

Thursday: Cross Country at Wayne 4:30

Softball at Liberty – (JV at 4 and Varsity at 6)

JV football at home to Charlton at 5:00

Friday: Varsity football at home to Atkinson County at 6:00 PM

Progress Reports go out this Friday

We have had a great week at BCHS! Our clubs are in full swing and meetings have started! I hope that all students will find a club to join this school year!

Our football team was off this week and the cross country team finished 6th out of 9 team at their first meet. Great job to our Cross Country team.

Our softball team won all three games this week with two HUGE region wins against Tattnall and Pierce! We have a busy week of sports at BCHS, please see the day to day activities below for our athletic events this week!

Our students have started their test and will be full blast in their curriculums. We hope that your students are studying and staying on top of their studies.

Please encourage your students to get to school on time and to get to class on time!

This week at BCHS:

Monday: Softball at Camden (JV at 4 and Varsity at 6)

Tuesday: Softball at Long (Varsity at 6)

Wednesday:

Thursday: Softball at Appling (JV at 4 and Varsity at 6)

JV football at Appling at 5:00

Friday: Pep rally at 2:30

Varsity football at home to Charlton County – 7:30

We had a great first full week at BCHS! Students schedules were finalized and we are getting the grove of our classwork. Please make sure that you have your students information for the new APP that links to powerschool and other events at BCHS! This will be a great way for you to receive communication from the school and to keep an eye on your students grades and attendance.

We greatly appreciate our student resource officers and their continued efforts to keep our campus safe and secure. The maintainence department is currently working to complete the entry control point building at the middle school entrance and we hope to have that complete in the next handful of weeks.

Our softball team won their games this week and played three games on Saturday, where they won 2 and dropped 1. Our football team play 6:26 on Friday night and had an impressive scoring drive before have the game cancelled due to possible lightning in the area. Our cross country team will be up and going this week and we know they will have a wonderful season!

I would like to continue to encourage your student to get involved in a club… the graduate rate is much higher for students involved in an extra curricular activity than those that are not.

We will have Junior ring deliver on Wednesday morning at BCHS! We appreciate all the efforts of Herff Jones and their associates for their continued support of our students!

Monday: Softball at home to Wayne (Jv at 4:00 and Varsity at 6:00)

Tuesday: First REGION game at home vs. Tattnall (Jv at 4:00 and Varsity at 6:00)

Junior Ring Delivery – 7:45 AM

Wednesday:

Thursday: REGION game at home vs Pierce (Jv at 4:00 and Varsity at 6:00)

Cross County at Ware – 4:30

Friday:

Saturday:

We had a great start to the school year! We were able to meet with all students and get most schedule changes fixed! Our new safety measures have been implemented and have worked wonderful throughout the first three days of school!

Our softball team had their game on Monday cancelled due to weather, but they went to Douglas on Tuesday and got a big 4-1 win against a 6A team and they won 7-0 in their home opener on Thursday against Brunswick!

Our club leaders will be starting their meetings in the near future and we highly recommend that students get involved in an extra-curricular activity. The graduation rate statewide of a students involved in an activity is 99% verse the mid 80%.

Our football team is practicing hard as well as the band for their first game on Friday night in Alma!

This week at BCHS:

Monday –

Tuesday – Softball at home to Camden County (JV at 4 and Varsity at 6)

Wednesday – School picture day

Thursday – Softball at home to Glynn (JV at 4 and Varsity at 6)

Friday – away to Bacon County (7:30)

Saturday – Softball at Crisp Tournament

Dinner with the Herons – 6:00 PM

We are excited to welcome everyone back to BCHS! We have a wonderful open house planned for our students (Monday, August 5) and parents and are looking forward to a great first day of school on Wednesday, August 7!

Please let us know if you need anything between now and the first day of school! We will be discussing new handbook topics on the first two days of school.

Just a few to highlight; students will be allowed to bring their lunch boxes to school, but we will not be allowed to bring food into the classrooms or have food delivered during lunch.

Attendance is key to a successful year at BCHS, please make sure your students is present each day!

This week at BCHS:

Monday: Softball away at Glynn

Open House – 9th graders – 5:00-6:00

10th-12th graders – 6:00-7:00

Tuesday: Softball away to Coffee

Wednesday: First day of school – start time is 7:55 – report to homeroom

Thursday: Softball home to Brunswick 6:00

Friday:

 

GO HERONS!!! Have a great school year!

Graduation Week!!! We are so proud of our seniors!

Reminder that graduation is at 7:00 PM this year!!!! 

We have a busy week, the following will be going on:

Monday: Senior Honors Night practice – 8:30 AM

Senior Honors Night – 6:30

Tuesday: Underclassmen honors day – 8:30 AM (we will send home notes with students on Monday if they are being recognized)

Wednesday: Finals for 9th- 11th graders

1st block – 1st block (final)

2nd block – 3rd block (final)

3rd block – 2nd block

4th block – 4th block

Thursday: Finals for 9th-11th graders

1st block – 2nd block (final)

2nd block – 4th block (final)

3rd block – 3rd block

4th block – 1st block

*Please note the time changes.

Friday: Half day of school

** Graduation practice 9:00 – 12:00 (mandatory)

GRADUATION – 7:00 PM

BCHS is winding down the school year… students were given their exemption forms on Thursday.

We have END OF COURSE EXAMS all this week! Please make sure your students are on time this week!

Senior finals are May 16 (Thursday).

Hoop and Holler is May 17- starting around 8:10

May 20-21- Elise Nuenke state golf

May 20- 6:30- senior honors night

May 21- 8:30- Honors day- 9-11 graders

May 22-23; finals- 9-11 graders

May 24- grad practice – 9:00 AM

Graduation at 7:00 PM

Congrats to Elise Nuenke- she has qualified for the state golf tournament!

We sent a large group of track and field athletes to the sectionals this weekend…  the rain stopped the completion, but not before Brooke Evans was able to qualify for the state completion. Others will finish up Monday.

Beta reception is Tuesday, May 7th at 6:30!

Also, please add. Graduation practice on May 24 at 9:00 AM.

Please be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram!

We are hoping to have a great prom on Saturday night!

We have had a great week at BCHS! We are excited about the final few weeks and working with our seniors to get their credits finalized!

Save the DATES: 

May 16th – Senior Finals

May 17th – Hoop and Holler – first thing in the morning 

May 20th –  Senior Honors Night practice – 8:30 AM

Senior Honors Night – 6:30 PM

May 21st. – Underclassmen awards day – 8:30 AM

May 22-23 – Underclassmen finals 

May 24 – Graduation – 7:00 PM

This week at BCHS:

*Tennis will play in the Elite Eight sometime this week, but it will not be finalized until Monday night. 

Tuesday:  FFA Banquet 6:00 PM

Golf at Glynn – 3:30

Wednesday: Baseball away to Benedictine. (1st round of playoffs) – 1:00 and 4:00

Kristin McKinney signing – 2:00 PM

Happy Secretary Day!

Thursday: FFA State Convention in Macon

Baseball (if needed, Game. 3) at Benedictine – 1:00 PM

Friday: Grad Bash

FFA state convention in Macon

Saturday: FFA state convention in Macon