Due to construction BHS office's will be closed at 1:30pm on Wednesday, August 15th.

Advocate Newsletter

We are pleased to inform you that all high school students will have the option of receiving a district owned Chromebook! Here is some important information that all families should know.

• You may provide your own device. It must be the equivalent of a Chromebook, netbook, or laptop. Cell phones, tablets, iPods, gaming devices, etc. are not adequate devices for school instruction.
  
• All students must complete a digital etiquette course regardless of using their own device or a BPS Chromebook. These are skills necessary in a 21st century learning environment. BHS students must complete this course online before the first day of school.
  • Students should log into LearnBPS from the BHS homepage with their username and password. Under courses, use the drop down menu to select Digital Etiquette followed by their graduation year (i.e. Digital Etiquette Class of 2020).
• 2018-19 BPS Responsible Use of Technology

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4ZW3eBSjIy6SS1BcmxPRHB0akU/view

• 2018-19 Student Acceptable Use Policy

https://drive.google.com/a/bismarckschools.org/file/d/0B4ZW3eBSjIy6d1VRQjZOT0RGWFU/view

• All parents/guardians and students must sign a digital permission form before receiving a BPS chromebook. Please fill out this form for EACH student that will be attending BHS.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQlqzBBvl4sRb4Gm_NIibc9AlUr-0E5BKO7qU-ZazzXwC4NQ/viewform

• Chromebooks will be issued during first period on the first day of school. If your student does not have a first period class or attends the Career Academy, they can pick up their chromebook in the library.
  
  
• We also recommend purchasing a 14” protective case.

Free or Reduced Meal Applications must be renewed each year.   

Free or Reduced meal benefits DO NOT rollover from year to year you must re-apply.   If no application is received your students will be charged for their lunches until the application is received, entered, and approved.  These charges will not be reversed, and will become the parents obligation to pay.

Applications can be submitted in one of the following ways:

1. Drop it off at BHS 
2. Drop it off at the Hughes Admistrations Building at 806 N Washington St. 
3. Mail to: BPS Child Nutrition Dept., 806 N. Washington Street, Bismarck, ND 58501.  

Click on this link to open the Free or Reduced Meal Application.

Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the North Dakota Department of Health School Immunization Requirements have been updated to require a second dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4) for students entering eleventh or twelfth grade. This means your current tenth or eleventh grade student will need proof of two doses of MCV4 before returning to school in the fall.

Please schedule an appointment with your child’s health care provider or your local public health department today.

2018-19 School Immunization

You can either fax, email or drop it off at BHS. 

Fax: 701-323-4805 

Email: michelle_schmidt@bismarckschools.org

Elementary

Horizon Middle School

Simle Middle School

Wachter Middle School

You will be able to enter online Free and Reduced Meal Applications starting August 6! For more information on the application or to apply, click here.

Now - August 20: Teacher Supply Sale! 

Go to this link to learn more about the sale at Arrowhead Plaza Drug in Bismarck: http://arrowheadplazadrug.com/teacher-supplies/.

View orientation & open house list.

Each year, Bismarck Public Schools and Y93 radio team up to fill 2 school buses with new supplies and snacks for children in need. This year the drive will be on Monday, Aug. 20, 6 am to 6 pm at both Red Car Wash locations in Bismarck. Cash and online donations for school supplies & healthy snacks are also welcome! To donate online, go to https://www.bpsfoundation.com/donation-opportunities/fill-the-bus/.

If your child needs supplies, call school secretaries after Aug. 1 or school counselors closer to the first day of school, which is Thursday, Aug. 23. 

Backpacks (zipper binders for middle school students) are available to students enrolled at Bismarck Public Schools, and who are Title VI eligible.

Students are Title VI eligible if they are enrolled or have a parent or grandparent enrolled in a federally recognized tribe. Students must have a valid Title VI eligibility form (506 form) on file in the BPS Indian Education office to receive Title VI services.

Backpacks will be available at the following locations/times:

Will-Moore Elementary gym (400 East Ave E)

Monday August 20 - 12 pm to 7 pm

Tuesday August 21 - 12 pm to 7 pm

Sertoma Park Community Building (300 Riverside Park Rd)

Wednesday August 22 - 11 am to 2 pm

Please call Chadwick Kramer at 701.323.4050 to arrange a time to pick up at the Indian Education Office or to have backpack delivered to your student's school.

Aug. 20-22 are Staff Development/Teacher Work Days. School starts Thursday, Aug. 23.