Shout out to the JV High-Q team for their win over Dixie County yesterday afternoon!
FloridaShines is excited to host Virtual College Week 10/28-10/30/19, to help prepare juniors, seniors, and parents for all the things that come with college. This 3-day FREE, live webinar series will feature presentations from experts in the are of college admissions, scholarships, financial aid, career planning, and much more. Students may register at: https://www.floridashines.org/go-to-college/make-a-plan-to-shine-in-college/virtual-college-week
SWI picture retakes will be Tuesday, October 22, 2019.
The Homecoming Parade will take place on Friday, 11/1/19 at 1:45 (line-up begins at 1:00). Homecoming parade participation forms are available in the front office. Intended parade participants must turn in the completed form, a copy of the driver's license, and a copy of the insureance card on the vehicle to the front office at or to Mrs. Libby Surrency at BHS.
Just a reminder that voting for 8th Grade Prince and Princess and Homecoming King and Queen will take place on Wednesday, 10/15.
Congratulations to our 2019 Homecoming Attendants! 6th Grade: Daylan Fouts, Connor Rodriquez
7th Grade: Abigail McGowan, Cole Rarey
8th Grade: Trevor Brogdon, Cameron Cannon, McKinnley Downing, Landon Fulwood, Tyler Hodge, Amani Salem
9th Grade: Alex Colaluca, Megan White
10th Grade: Waylen McCumber, Bertha Sutterfield
11th Grade: Melonie Piechocki, Rhett Rankin
12th Grade: Garrett Brooker, Madison Bost, Austin Carranza, Susannah Gray, Kerissa Grieves, Gabby Leffler, Clayton Morris, Presley Paulling, John Powers, Yaseen Rashid, Blake Velie, Katelyn Walker
As a reminder, the $50 deposit for senior pages is due by next Thursday, 10/17/19. A full page is $250 and a half page is $150. Balances must be paid by January 31, 2020.
Yearbooks are also on sale for $50. The yearbook price will increase to $60 on 1/1/20.
There will be no JV volleyball game or practice today.
The BHS Senior Class is selling Puravida Bracelets for $6.00 each. If you would like to support the senior class, please email Mrs. Sue Hurst at hursts@mygcsd.or or see a senior.
Any Junior or senior interested in taking the SAT on Oct 30th, please sign-up in the front office. The anticipated cost is $8 (cost is $15 if you wish to take the Writing portion). Please bring your payment to Mrs.Prill (cash or checks payable to BHS with SAT in the memo).
Any students interested in Dual Enrollment for the Spring semester please sign-up for the PERT Test on Oct. 14th. Remember you must have over a 3.0 GPA along with qualifying test scores to be eligible for Dual Enrollment. The sign-up sheet is on the counter in the front office. If you have any questions, please see Mrs. Langford in guidance.
This years Annual Dig Pink Event is tonight at 4:00 at the BHS gym and is in honor and support of two very special people who have always supported female athletes and the community as a whole, Jennifer Bohr White and Amy Scott Downing. We will be having a HUGE cake auction and all proceeds will go to Jennifer and Amy. Hope to see everyone tonight!
Seniors and parents, please follow the "Class of 2020 BHS" Facebook page for pictures and specific information related to Seniors.
The Criminal Justice Academy will host a car wash on Saturday, 10/5 in front of Bell High School from 8:00 AM-Noon. All donations go towards uniforms, activities, and state competitions. Please come out and support your local CJ Academy!
As a reminder, students are to be dropped off in the mornings behind the school at the "D." Students should not be dropped off at the front of the school. Thank you for helping us to enforce this policy.
Shout out to the BHS Hi-Q team and Miss Blakey for their win over Chiefland last night!
The College of Central Florida is hosting a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) Workshop on Wednesday, 10/2/19 from 2:00-6:00 PM. Space is limited-register at www.CF.EDU/FAFSAWORKSHOP. See flyer for required documents.
Some of our 8th grade students were awarded Friday for positive behavior as part of our Positive Behavior Support (PBS) system. PBS is our district-wide initiative which seeks to support and reinforce appropriate behavior in school and eliminate negative, problem behaviors.
Florida Gateway College will begin to accept the Board of Trustees (BOT) Scholarship applications for 2020 starting October 1! FGC is excited to award another group of amazing students this scholarship covering 12 credit hours per semester for 4 semesters. That is nearly $5,000 for 2 years of tuition at FGC! Students can visit the FGC website listed below for the FGC application, or can see Mrs. Langford (High-School Guidance Counselor) for a paper application.
https://www.fgc.edu/bot/
Bell High School's Junior Class will be having a
Car Wash tomorrow, September 28 from 9am-12pm in front of Bell High School. Come out and support the Junior Class!
