Welcome to the Summer

Welcome to the Summer of '16

We have unofficially closed the books on the 2015-2016 school year. There is still some annual work to be completed with the Department of Education before we can officially transition to the new school year. The completion date, or "rollover" typically occurs near the end of July. This is the moment that teachers, students, and parents can log into Aspen and see the schedule for the upcoming school year. Our custodial staff will be working on summer projects and classroom changes in preparation for September. We will send out an update in August that explains the changes that have occurred so students and parents will know where to find some of the offices that are changing.

The first day of the 2016-2017 school year for students is Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Freshmen Orientation

Save the date: Thursday, August 25 from 9 a.m. until noon. The orientation will begin in the Auditorium. The easiest way to access the Auditorium is from the 35 River Street entrance.

Summer Reading

All students are required to read just one book. Staff members at BMHS have each chosen a book to read over the summer. The attached list of those books includes a variety of genres ranging from classics to contemporary fiction and nonfiction designed to spark interest in adolescent readers. We encourage students to choose one of the books on the list to read in preparation for the first full day of school. However, students are not limited to books on the list. Regardless, in their English classes they will be expected to have read a book and have completed the attached note taking form. Students will then be expected to complete a written assessment which will count as 5% of their term 1 grade. Summer reading assignments will be assessed based on the school-wide writing rubric. Additionally, staff members will lead book discussion groups with students during an extended advisory in September. The note-taking form, list of books, and the link to sign up for a discussion group, are all available at the BMHS website: http://bmhs.billerica.k12.ma.us. Please sign up as soon as possible for your preferred discussion group.

Scheduling Update

Schedules for incoming freshmen will be released on Monday, June 27. You will receive an email update and a phone call alerting you when the system is accessible. The email will also include guidance counselor availability. Although every guidance counselor is not scheduled every day, there will be a guidance counselor available to assist students with scheduling questions.

Summer Hours

The high school will be open from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. during the summer. Please use the main entrance, which is located behind Town Hall (accessible via 1 Tom Glavine Way). The main phone number for the high school is 978-528-8700.

SUMMA Award Recipients

Seniors

Jean Goldsmith           

Jessica Harmon           

Owen Kelly    

David LaPusata          

Jillian MacEachern     

Roshan Nair   

Stephanie Perrier        

Andrea Marie Ponte

Victoria Sharaga         

Raymond Soeun         

LeeAnn Spector          

Brian Sullivan 

Summer Thurlow        

Tyler Tribou

Juniors

Christopher Comeau   

Mackenzie Conant      

Kelsey Leverone         

Nicole Morris 

Jonathan Raymond     

Victoria Scarfo           

Brooke Sorensen        

Scott Young

Sophomores

Megan Aquavella        

Vanessa Attaya           

Olivia Chiasson          

Clare Conway 

Alyssa Eakman           

Sophia Green  

Grant Milliken

Samantha Murgo        

Megan Poole   

Emily Rand    

Jacqueline Santana     

Madhumathi Sekar     

Benjamin Souza

Freshmen

Camryn Brothers        

Ian Castro-Martinez   

Philip Cataldo 

Stephanie Chavarria   

Jacqueline Crusco       

Maddison Jacques       

Ethan Knight 

Jacquelynn Schwalm   

Alie Thurlow  

Petya Todorova          

Michael Williams        

Alex Yeh

Students of the Term

Juniors

Gaurang Amonkar

Jessica Bowen

Keri Bruso

Madison DeChristoforo

Madison Ellis

Alyssa Harris

Elizabeth Jenkins

Kayla Livingston

Jeremy Mancini

Jenna Oliva

Vidhee Rana

Maya Thompson

Shannon White-Smead

Sophomores

Christopher Abrahamson

Ryan Acone

Catherine Aliperta

Megan Aquavella

Shawn Belden

Jordan Borges

Kishara Cerelus

Clare Conway

Madison Corcoran

Orion Doyle

Andrew Farmer

Kyla Gaudet

Isabelle Grise

Sydney Hall

Catherine Loguidice

Edward MacDonald

Matthew Marini

Adina Marshall

Aidan McCarthy

Gillian Menezes

Jennifer Nachatelo

Alexa Palino

Emily Rand

Kristen Riley

Jacqueline Santana

Sarah Smith

John Stanton

Matthew Young

Freshmen

Victoria Bones

Ashwin Chitoor

Jenna Hill

Sean Hinchliffe

Ryan Hoyt

Erin Kelley

Cory LaFleur

Jacob Loftin

Caitlin MacLeod

Matthew McDonnell

Bradley McMullen

Lindsay Mitchell

Laura Molina

Jessica Panaligan

Alexandra Rahill

Jenna Reed

Haley Reinhold

Alandra Rich

Firas Rimawi

Brian Sardella

Catherine Sjostedt

Savana Spellman

Duy Vo

Rachel Wagner

Vivian Wholey

Kathryn Wiggins

Building Update

The next Building Committee meeting is Tuesday, July 21 at Town Hall beginning at 6:30 p.m. There are weekly working group meetings to address various parts of the project as move through Design Development. Once Design Development is completed and approved by the MSBA, the site work will intensify as we prepare for ground breaking in early spring. Updates on the project will be available on Aspen https://ma-billerica.myfollett.com, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BMHSbuild/ and Twitter @NEWBMHS