Brookland Junior High

Brookland Public Schools will be dismissing at 1:30 today, (Wednesday), as well as tomorrow, Thursday, August 24. This reason for this early dismissal is the extreme heat indexes over the next 2 days. Your student's safety and health are important to us. CAT Club will be in session. Thank you for your patience and help with this.

Tonight's Jr High Football game has been moved from 7pm to 8pm due to the current heat advisory.

We know accidents may happen! We encourage all students to have insurance. For example, a replacement screen is $70.00 each time a screen is broken. If you purchase the insurance, it is only $26.00 for the whole year no matter how many times the Chromebook breaks! https://smarttechinsurance.com/organization/brookland-public-schools/ See the BPS District Handbook for more details. Please remember that this insurance covers your student's assigned Chromebook and does not include any loaner devices your student may check out. Smart Tech is the only outside repair source we allow for our Chromebooks, as per the BPS District Handbook. Any devices repaired by other companies outside of BPS IT or Smart Tech Insurance will be subjected to replacement fees.

Hopefully, school traffic should continue to improve this week. We appreciate everyone for their continued patience. If needed, please review the following traffic routes and parking reminders: #bearcatproud

This year all yearbook orders must be placed online. We will not be accepting any through the school. The first campaign began this morning and will run through September 1st. It offers a $20 savings and free icons with purchase of personalization.

Brookland Public Schools has implemented a new communication tool called "Rooms". This unified communication system is for parents and guardians to communicate with their student's teachers. Rooms is accessible through the Brookland School District app. The following link will provide more information: https://www.brooklandbearcats.org/o/bps/page/brooklandrooms

BJHS Weekly Event Calendar: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RF1mZt_yI6QKPCQKvgRIurpnBqGwsv0B05aGbCetVTk/edit?usp=sharing

Coach Frost's STEM Challenge from earlier this week. And Mrs. Hicks class is also focused on doing some science work!

Information that was shared with students this week...new faculty, lunch and bus info, etc. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ac7o429Zyyt5dvV_cdaDEtPfR1otTTsgOaCzePZaYC8/edit?usp=sharing

...and the pics just keep coming! #bearcatproud

Even more first week pics! #bearcatproud

More first week pics! #bearcatproud

**Your child's ASPIRE scores from last spring are being sent home with the students today. Thank you to everyone for being patient with the difficulties that come along with the first week of school! Traffic is improving each day and the students are already back in their routine.

Here is the link to the bell schedule for grades 7-12 https://docs.google.com/document/d/15mgd20uAmu2K1gNFb6tb0j_hTdWAdouXDzXxudaynb4/edit

Thank you Nothing Bundt Cakes for supporting and celebrating our staff's birthdays by providing a sweet treat!! Happy Birthday to the Bearcats #1 fan, Susan Groves!!!

A reminder from the nurses: The nurses have been reviewing vaccination records and noticed that a lot of students are missing t dap and mcv4, which are given at 11 year wellness/ check ups. If you already know that your child will need these please begin the process of getting your child vaccinated or if you wish to apply for exemption. And please let the JH nurses know as soon as possible if you are starting either process or if you are unsure if your child is up to date, the nurses will be able to look it up. The JH/HS nurses' office can be reached at 870-336-6585.

We would like to thank everyone for their contributions in helping make the first day of school amazing! Traffic was somewhat congested as expected but the line was finished in record time in regards to the first day of school! For safety reasons, please do not allow your child to unload in the left lane. Thank you. #bearcatproud #bearcatsunited

Traffic flow and parking:

August-September Breakfast and Lunch Menus

Welcome Back! As the first day of school approaches, we would like to send out some information and reminders: -If you are dropping your child off, you may want to leave early because of traffic congestion -All 7th, 8th, & 9th grade students will report to the auditorium. All 10th, 11th, & 12th grade students will report to the Arena. -If you need your class schedule, it will be available in the high school gym. There will be tables set up with grade level signs to let you know which table has your schedule.