Brighton High School
Weekly Parent Updates
24-25 Weekly Parent Updates
- August 12, 2024
- August 19, 2024
- August 26, 2024
- September 2, 2024
- September 9, 2024
- September 12, 2024 (mid week update)
- September 16, 2024
- September 23, 2024
- September 25, 2024 (mid week)
- September 30, 2024
- October 7, 2024
August 12, 2024
August 12, 2024
Good Afternoon Wonderful Bulldog Parents/Caregivers,
This is your BHS principal, Dr. C, with a some weekly updates which will be posted on our school Instagram and Facebook Pages, also:
Student Picture Day - you can get our Fall photo dates and order information HERE
Is your student interested in orchestra? Local area instruction is available and for more information click HERE
Denver International Airport is holding information sessions for HS students interested in being pilots, air traffic controllers, and so on. For more information click HERE
Here is a reminder about new City of Brighton parking restrictions for non-residents parking on neighborhood streets around BHS. For the city’s letter and information click HERE. While we need to be respectful of immediate neighbors we still do need to safely drop off and collect our students from BHS. If you have any related concerns, you can take those to the City of Brighton.
If you have a student interested in playing a fall sport, please reach out to our Athletics Secretary: bmilianazzo@sd27j.net. Note registration for some sports closed today.
Please encourage your student to arrive to school on time and remind them that while there is limited time to talk with friends in passing between classes it is essential that our students are in class on time for bell-to-bell instruction.
You can access our 2024-25 Student Handbook HERE.
Note you can access regular updates on our school Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/[
Our school Facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/[
And our BHS website: https://brighton.sd27j.org/
Folks, thank you for your ongoing support of our great school and of course: Go Bulldogs!
Dr. Kerry Chisnall
Principal
kchisnall@sd27j.net
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Brighton High School | 270 S. Eighth Ave., Brighton, CO 80601 | 303-655-4200
August 19, 2024
August 19, 2024
Dear Wonderful BHS Parents/Caregivers;
This is your principal, Dr. C, with some important weekly updates:
You can support BHS’ unified students and Principal Chisnall who will be attempting to pull a plane 12ft on Saturday, August 24. You can support the Burly Built Bulldogs and their goal to raise $2500 and donate to the CO Special Olympics via this link:
https://p2p.onecause.com/[
Athletics Updates: Our JV and Varsity Softball teams have home games this Wednesday against Dakota Ridge HS. Our JV and Varsity Mens’ soccer teams have home games on Thursday against Poudre HS and finally our football men host Erie HS for our opening Friday night game of the season here at BHS! Come out and support our bulldog athletes! Entry is $5 for students and seniors and $6 for adults.
We will be having a fire drill on Wednesday so I don’t want any families to be unnecessarily alarmed.
Due to an influx of new CLD/ESL and Special Education students, many schedules had to be changed late last week. Some students' schedules may be impacted because of these changes. Please make sure to check your students’ schedules in Infinite Campus to see if any changes have been made.
We continue to educate our students on the importance of getting to class on time in the morning and during class transitions throughout the day. Lost instructional time is not helpful for our scholars. We will be transitioning to a system soon where students that refuse to walk to class with a sense of purpose and are tardy will have escalating consequences for each reoccurrence - these will include warnings initially, then after-school detention, and so on. Your child’s safety and education are of the utmost importance to us.
Thank you to the families and community members that came out last Friday evening to support our football team’s Corn Hole fundraiser.
Folks, as always, thanks for your ongoing support of our great school and staff and of course: Go Bulldogs!
Dr. Kerry Chisnall
BHS Principal
kchisnall@sd27j.net
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Brighton High School | 270 S. Eighth Ave., Brighton, CO 80601 | 303-655-4200
August 26, 2024
August 26, 2024
Dear Wonderful BHS Parents/Caregivers;
This is Dr. C, with my weekly principal updates:
School Spirit: I was so impressed with the crowd turnout, school spirit and behavior of our BHS students at last Friday night’s home football game. Our students are to be commended for their positive energy and conduct!
Credit Recovery Program: Ms. Jones shares: “For the 24-25 school year, 27J has adopted a new Credit Recovery platform. We have encountered some unforeseen challenges with this platform, prompting us to pause and reassess our processes and practices across all schools utilizing the 27J Credit Recovery system. This will ensure equity and rigor for all students needing to recover credits for graduation. We apologize for the delay in providing this service. We will work through these challenges as a team and will get the platform ready as quickly as we can. Please be patient as we work to create a program that best supports all students who utilize it. Students who have questions are still welcome to see me in my Lab (S145).”
BHS Student Community Service Opportunity: Students can earn Community Service hours every 2nd Saturday (weather permitting) starting in September. Meet by our student parking lot at the corner of 10th and Skeel at 9 am to help clean up our community. No need to sign up- just show up and earn your hours! If you have any questions, please email: BrightonCommunityCleanup@
Athletics: Our volleyball teams host Monarch, 5:30pm-8:30pm on Aug. 27. Our soccer teams host Arvada West, 5pm-9pm on Aug. 29. Our volleyball teams host Vista Peak, 5pm-8:30pm on Aug. 29. Our non-varsity football teams host Douglas Co. on Saturday, 8am-1pm. Our softball teams host Legacy on Saturday, 11am-3pm. Come out and support our bulldog athletes! Entry is $5 for students and seniors and $6 for adults.
Supporting BHS & Unified Sports: Our staff, students and parents pulled a plane 12ft in a few seconds on Saturday, August 24. We still need your support of the Burly Built Bulldogs and their goal to raise $2500 - we need just $375.00 more to reach the target and BHS will get half the total back for our school’s Unified Sports Program and the remainder goes to the CO Special Olympics.
https://p2p.onecause.com/[
Student Tardies: We have continued to educate our students on the importance of getting to class on time in the morning and during class transitions throughout the day. Lost instructional time is not helpful for our scholars. However, many students continue to be tardy and this week we will transition to implementing leveled consequences which you can access HERE. Please make sure your child is dropped off at BHS before 8:30am. Students may enter the building at 8:10am.
Safety Check Systems: Our students will soon receive short introductory lessons, via their Advisory classes, on the new weapons detection systems we have in our 27J high schools. We intend to trial the safety check systems later in the fall and implement daily when we return for the second semester.
These announcements will be posted on our school’s Instagram and Facebook pages, also.
Folks, as always, thanks for your ongoing support of our great school and staff and of course: Go Bulldogs!
Dr. Kerry Chisnall (BHS Principal)
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Brighton High School | 270 S. Eighth Ave., Brighton, CO 80601 | 303-655-4200
September 2, 2024
September 9, 2024
Dear Wonderful BHS Parents/Caregivers;
This is Dr. C, with my weekly principal updates. These announcements will be posted on our school’s Instagram and Facebook pages, also.
- Homecoming Celebrations: We are so excited about the homecoming events that are quickly approaching. THANK YOU to SD27J Schools that are allowing us to proceed with key events while having to balance required instructional hours for our kiddos. We have found a solution and will share more detailed information very soon as our staff finalize the details. The key takeaway in the interim is that online live instruction will be provided on the float preparation day and in-person as necessary. We are looking at a 2pm parade on Sept. 27, a bonfire (granting of permit pending) the evening of Sept 26, our Homecoming football game on Sept. 27 and Homecoming Dance on Sept. 28 (minimum 90% attendance rate required for each student being able to attend). More details will be sent to students and families in a mid-week update this week.
- State Test Results-Notice to Families: Please see the important documents with my email update and posted newsletter. Information can be found HERE
- Athletics: Our volleyball teams host Fairview, 5:30pm-8:30pm on Sept. 12. Our soccer teams host Northridge, 5pm-9pm on Sept 12. Our softball teams host Boulder, 5p Entry is $5 for students and seniors and $6 for adults.
- Safety Check Systems: Our students will soon receive short introductory lessons, via their Advisory classes, on the new weapons detection systems we have in our 27J high schools. We intend to trial the safety check systems later in the fall and implement daily when we return for the second semester.
- How sick it too sick? The beginning of the school year is a common time to see an increase in illness among students and staff. 27J follows the state guidelines for illness in school: How Sick is Too Sick Please refer to these guidelines for questions about respiratory or stomach illnesses, viruses including Covid-19, lice information, and more. Please also remember: *If you have a fever, are vomiting, or do not feel well enough to work, stay home until your symptoms improve and you are fever-free (without fever-reducing medication) and no vomiting for 24 hours.PERSONAL:El comienzo del año escolar es un tiempo común para ver un aumento de enfermedades entre los estudiantes y el personal. El distrito escolar 27J sigue las pautas estatales para enfermedades en la escuela: Qué tan enfermo es demasiado enfermo. Consulte estas pautas si tiene preguntas sobre enfermedades respiratorias o estomacales, múltiples virus incluyendo el Covid-19, información sobre piojos y más. Recuerde también:*Si tiene fiebre, vómitos o no se siente lo suficientemente bien para trabajar, quédese en casa hasta que sus síntomas mejoren y no tenga fiebre (sin medicamentos para reducir la fiebre) ni vómitos durante 24 horas.
Folks, as always, thanks for your ongoing support of our great school, students, staff and of course: Go Bulldogs!
Dr. Kerry Chisnall
BHS Principal
September 12, 2024 (mid week update)
Dear Wonderful BHS Parents/Caregivers;
This is Dr. C, with my mid-week update regarding Homecoming Week & Test Results. This update will be posted on our school’s Instagram and Facebook pages, also.
Homecoming Celebrations:
PARADE DAY:
Owed to state instructional hour requirements, instruction will still be occurring on our parade day on Sept. 27. The parade starts at 2pm.
Students that attend to make floats on Sept 27 will need to be present for each period on our revised instructional schedule found HERE
Students not involved with float making will be offered live online remote instruction at home from their regular teachers.
Teachers that are sponsoring floats will arrange asynchronous online work for their students to complete.
Attendance will be taken by logging in to live instruction and completing assigned tasks for our asynchronous (non-live online work).
Students that do not have Internet access or supervision issues may come to BHS to complete the online instructional work.
Buses will run at normal times for bus riders.
Self-contained special education classes will be in-person as run as normal.
BONFIRE EVENT:
Our student HoCo Bonfire event will be at 7pm at the Brighton Sports Complex, at 1111 Judicial Center Drive, on September 26.
OTHER HOMECOMING EVENTS:
Our Peach Fuzz event will be at 7pm on September 24. Our Powder Puff event will be at 7pm on September 25. Our football men host Bear Creek at 7pm on September 27.
Homecoming Dance on Sept. 28 (minimum 90% attendance rate required for each student being able to attend). More details will be sent to students and families in a mid-week update this week.
State Test Results-Notice to Families: Please see the important documents with my email update and posted newsletter. Information can be found HERE Advisory teachers were sending PSAT/SAT results home with our scholars today.
Folks, as always, thanks for your ongoing support of our great school, students, staff and of course: Go Bulldogs!
Dr. Kerry Chisnall
BHS Principal
kchisnall@sd27j.net
September 16, 2024
Dear Wonderful BHS Parents/Caregivers;
This is Dr. C, with my weekly principal updates. These announcements will be posted on our school’s Instagram and Facebook pages, also.
Homecoming Celebrations: I am resending all the Homecoming details which you can access HERE. One adjustment to the HOCO week schedule is we are moving our parade start time to 1:30pm to better accommodate our elementary school partners while still getting in our required instructional time per 27J Schools.
Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month and an opportunity for us to recognize numerous contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans both in our local community, state and the United States.
Community Service: Many thanks to Jenny Valdivia who worked with seven of our students to clean-up around our local community and at our major school parking lot. Your child can get involved and log community service hours via Ms. Valdivia at brightoncommunitycleanup@
Student Attendance: We continue to see major improvement in students getting to class on time. Of course, we are also focusing attention on our students that choose to leave campus and not attend their classes. Our students’ access to high quality learning, and being accounted for and as safe as possible in our building, is our number one priority. We thank you for your continued support in reinforcing the need for strong attendance during National Attendance Awareness Month (September).
Athletics: This is a BIG week in which many of our teams host Prairie View and Riverdale Ridge HS. Our volleyball teams host PVHS, 5:00pm-8:30pm on Sept. 19. Our soccer teams host Riverdale Ridge, 5pm-9pm on Sept 19. Our softball teams host PVHS, 5pm-9pm on Sept. 17. Our junior football men host Chatfield on Saturday morning. Our X-Country team is in action Sept. 18 & 21. Entry is $5 for students and seniors and $6 for adults.
Safety Check Systems: Our students will soon receive short introductory lessons, via their Advisory classes, on the new weapons detection systems we have in our 27J high schools. We intend to trial the safety check systems later in the fall and implement daily when we return for the second semester.
Folks, as always, thanks for your ongoing support of our great school, students, staff and of course: Go Bulldogs!
Dr. Kerry Chisnall
BHS Principal
kchisnall@sd27j.net
September 23, 2024
Dear Wonderful BHS Parents/Caregivers;
This is Dr. C, with my weekly principal updates. These announcements will be posted on our school’s Instagram and Facebook pages, also.
Homecoming Celebrations: I am updating all the exciting details for Homecoming week which you can access HERE.
Free Dental Care: Free dental care will be available to ALL community members at Riverdale Ridge HS, Sept. 27-28. More information can be found HERE.
PSAT/NMSQT: If you have a junior who is interested in taking the PSAT/NMSQT - National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, the test will be held Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 8:30am at our District Training Room. To sign up, please complete this form by the end of day this Thursday, September 26, 2024. The cost is $25. You can find out more information about the test here and the National Merit Scholarship here.
Athletics: Home athletic events this week include: Our soccer men host Loveland, 5pm-9pm on Sept 24. Our volleyball ladies host Riverdale Ridge 5pm-8:30pm on Sept 26 (**If possible to be rescheduled owed to away HoCo Bonfire that evening). Varsity football men have their homecoming game on Friday, Sept. 27. Our softball ladies host Rangeview, 11am-3pm on Sept. 28. Entry is $5 for students & seniors and $6 for adults.
Fall Clothing Giveaway & Financial Literacy Class: See the attached flyers with my email update about an imminent Fall Clothing Giveaway and separately a Financial Literacy Class for community members. These flyers will be on the BHS Instagram & FB pages, also.
Folks, as always, thanks for your ongoing support of our great school, students, staff and of course: Go Bulldogs!
Dr. Kerry Chisnall
BHS Principal
kchisnall@sd27j.net
September 25, 2024 (mid week)
Good Evening BHS Community,
This is Dr C with some quick mid-week principal updates:
1) As we continue our Spirit Week and students may wear costumes I want all to be aware of 27J's costume guidelines which can be found HERE.
2) Some folks have requested information regarding our homecoming parade route - I have attached a map to this email.
Have a great evening and thanks for your ongoing support of our great school!
Respectfully,
Dr. Kerry Chisnall, Principal.
September 30, 2024
Dear Wonderful BHS Parents/Caregivers;
This is Dr. C, with my weekly principal updates. These announcements will be distributed by phone, email and Twitter (now X).
Homecoming Celebrations: Thank you to our student government, Ms. Huss, parent volunteers, our staff and community members and organizations for supporting a very busy and exciting Homecoming week! So many highlights, but the parade was special for sure.
Parent/Teacher Conferences: We will have Parent/Teacher conferences 4:30pm-7:30pm on October 14. Assistant Principal D’Alanno will share more details very soon (adalanno@sd27j.net).
Athletics: Home athletic events this week include: Our softball ladies host Northglenn, 5pm-9pm on October 3. Our varsity football men host Rocky Mountain on Friday evening (October 4). Entry is $5 for students & seniors and $6 for adults. Our varsity softball ladies host Centaurus, 10am-12pm, Saturday, October 5.
Parent Climate Survey: Please take the SD27J parent survey and let us know what we are doing well at Brighton HS and what we can do better. Note the survey will open tomorrow (October 1) and stay open through October 31. If you have any access issues, feel free to contact me. Here is the QR Code and/or survey link below: Parent Survey
Folks, as always, thanks for your ongoing support of our great school, students, staff and of course: Go Bulldogs!
Dr. Kerry Chisnall
BHS Principal
October 7, 2024
Dear Wonderful BHS Parents/Caregivers;
This is Dr. C, with my weekly principal updates. These announcements will be distributed by phone, email and text message.
World Teacher Day: While Teacher Appreciation Week is ahead of us, World Teacher Day was on Saturday, October 5. We have a very dedicated faculty that cares for our students, community and school traditions. Thank you teachers for your dedication, care for Brighton HS and being “All In”.
Parent/Teacher Conferences: We will have in-person Parent/Teacher conferences 4:30pm-7:30pm on October 14. Maps will be provided on arrival to families providing information to locate teachers and their departments. Teachers will reach out to families that cannot attend in person that same week.
Athletics: Home athletic events this week include: Our soccer men host RRHS, 5pm-9pm on October 10. Our volleyball ladies host Westminster on October 10. Our junior football teams host PVHS on Saturday, October 12. Entry is $5 for students & seniors and $6 for adults. Soccer is at PVHS on October 8 and our varsity football men travel to PVHS on Friday, October 11.
Parent Climate Survey: Please take the SD27J parent survey and let us know what we are doing well at Brighton HS and what we can do better. Note the survey opened October 1 and stay open through October 31. If you have any access issues, feel free to contact me. Here is the QR Code and/or survey link below:
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