Principal's Message
The school is all abuzz with activity this spring. Students and staff are at a high energy level as we begin to prepare for the end of the ’11-’12 school year. On behalf of the students and staff at the high school, I would like to thank all of the Boundary County community for supporting our high school and our school district throughout the year. As we are all aware-it does take a village to raise a child.
Our students continue to be active in classrooms and extracurricular activities; congratulations to them and to all our students for devoting their time and efforts to achieve success beyond the classroom.
Beginning this week, students will be involved in registering for their classes for next year. Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors will be meeting one on one with their counselors to discuss next years schedules. The incoming Class of 2016 will be meeting with administrators and counselors during the first couple of weeks in May to generate an options list. .
During May and June, we have a wide range of activities planned for our students and the Boundary County community. The following is a list of activities that are tentatively set for May and June. ALL activities are subject to change and are tentatively scheduled. Please contact the high school office for specifics of each event.
ALL Seniors will only be required to complete finals in their semester long classes. No exceptions will be made.
On June 7, underclassmen will be completing their 4thperiod final. The cafeteria will be providing a light lunch. Buses will be picking up students between 12:30-1:00 pm. Students who need to make up any finals will be required to schedule their own transportation home on that day.
As you can see, it is an exciting and eventful time for the high school. I hope all of our students, staff, and community have a positive and productive end of the school year.
Parents/Guardians - Starting this year the high school is using a different grading system. During the semester students grades will be based on an 80/20 system. Previously, semester grades were figured on 40%-40% 20% system. The first nine weeks grade equaled 40% of the total semester grade. Then that grade was closed. The second nine weeks would begin fresh and would then equal the next 40% of the semester grade. The subsequent Final exam would finish the semester grade by equaling 20%. 40% plus 40% plus 20% equaled 100% for the final grade.
The current system is 80% 20%. Each student’s grade is based on a running total percentage that continues from the beginning of the semester until the Final exam which equals 20% for the final grade of 100%. 80% (both nine weeks combined) plus 20% (Final exam) equals 100% for their final grade.
On the progress reports it will read S1 rather than the Q1 on the reports in times past.
By calculating grades in this manner, students will be given an opportunity to continue to improve over the semester and/or provide our students an opportunity to maintain a high level achievement.
POWERSCHOOL PARENTS
CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOM ACCOUNT
A NEW FEATURE IN POWERSCHOOL
now PowerSchool allows parents easier access to their students' academic progress. Using the new feature, parents can now combine all of their students into a single user account. This means that one user name and password will give you access to all of your currently enrolled students who are in PowerSchool. In addition, you can also now assign your own user name and password.
TO GET STARTED you will need the current user names and passwords for the students in your family. With these you can simply follow the directions in the document provided.
TO ACCESS THESE INSTRUCTIONS, SIMPLY click here.
PLEASE NOTE: All parents will need to create a new user name and password to use this school year.
Bonners Ferry High School is the hub of Boundary County. School activities are supported by the local citizens and businesses, and the school, in turn, provides many services to the community. Our gymnasium is open for use by youth and adult sport programs, our classrooms to adult education courses, and our facilities to arts and crafts fairs. Truly, BFHS represents the best that our community has to offer its citizens.
