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BBCHS IRONCLAD Prepares to Compete
Students and staff gathered on January 20th for the Annual 8th Grade Showcase. Clubs, teams and activity members showed future Boilers all of the exciting ways to get involved at BBCHS. From Speech Team to Science Club, eighth graders were intro-duced the many outlets for their interests and talents. To learn more about the comprehensive education and extra-curricular opportunities available at BBCHS, watch this informational video.
Boiler Vision Monthly Newsletter from Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School
FEBRUARY 2016
IN THIS ISSUE
Student Learning Update
What’s Trending
@bbchs307
Student Success Update
Upcoming Events
Prom 2016
Student Learning Update
Students in the BBCHS Transitional Support Program recently applied key vocational skills as they worked together to build and paint bird-houses. After taking nearly 50 or-ders, the students built them by hand with the help of classroom paraprofessional Shelley Alcorn and her father Fred Alcorn. Once they were built, students painted the
houses with whatever designs were requested by the buyer. “We had an assembly line process in our class and each student used their own tal-ents to take charge of a part of the process that they excelled at,” wrote teacher, Freddie Dudek. The TSP program is part of the BBCHS spe-cial education program. It is focused on transitioning students from an
Birdhouse Building Teaches Vocational Skills
alternative setting so that they may be successful at BBCHS.
Congratulations, Mark Sutton, Aman-da Croix Patzke and Tony Shoemaker, the 2016 BBCHS Hall of Fame Induc-tees. Mark earned eight varsity letters as the starting QB in Football, a starting guard in basketball, and was a school record holder in the pole vault while competing in track and field. He con-tinued his athletic career in track at SIU. Following his collegiate career, Mark returned to Bradley Bourbon-nais. For the next 33 years Mark served as a teacher, coach, athletic director, and was a pioneer in the state of Illinois in bringing athletic training to the high school level. Amanda earned six varsity letters in basketball and swimming. She set three individual BBCHS school rec-ords in swimming as well as being part of two school record relay teams. She qualified for the IHSA State Championships in five different events. While at Carthage College she set four individual school records and was part of five school relay records. She won a National Championship in the 50 yard Freestyle. She was voted Carthage College’s “Female Athlete of the Year” three times. Tony earned eight varsity letters in football, basketball and track. At the time of his graduation Tony held five track and field records in the 100 and 200 yard dash, the long jump, the 330 low hurdles, and the 440 relay. His 100 and 330 low hurdle records set in 1975 have not been broken to this day!
BBCHS 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees
Student Learning Update
A Step Ahead
Session I
Week 1: June 6-10
Week 2: June 13-17
Week 3: June 20-24
All students must be in attendance for the final exam on June 24th, please refer to attendance policy in brochure
Session II
Week 1: June 27- July 1
Week 2: July 5 - 11
Week 3: July 12- 18
All students must be in attendance for the final exam on July 18th, please refer to attendance policy in brochure
Fast Forward June 6th - June 24th
A Step Ahead
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School is proud to once again offer the summer academic pro-gram: A Step Ahead to help stu-dents reach their educational goals. The program is two-fold and offers students course work for advancement and credit recovery. It is divided into two sessions that correlate with the semesters of an academic year. All classes are filled on a first come, first serve basis. Please contact Mr. Guerin at (815) 937-3707 ext. 6018 with ques-tions regarding summer academic programs.
Registration is open to all BBCHS students beginning March 1st and non-BBCHS stu-dents on April 12th. Registration forms and brochures are available in the BBCHS Counseling Office, the Student Affairs Office and on the BBCHS Website.
Summer Learning at BBCHS
The BBCHS Fast Forward pro-gram is a three-week summer pro-gram designed to help incoming Freshmen increase core subject skills, improve study habits, and establish relationships in a more relaxed atmosphere. Invitation to the program is based on eighth grade MAP, Discovery-ED and rec-ommendations from feeder dis-tricts.
Proven Success
Students who participate in the Fast Forward program average a .34% higher GPA, 3.4% higher daily attendance and less than one referral. They are also 13% more likely to participate in a sport or activity.
Session Dates
On February 2, several BBCHS stu-dents won first place at the World-wide Youth in Science and Engi-neering (WYSE) Regional Competi-tion at Kankakee Community Col-lege.
The following students brought home top honors: Grant Dexter, Math; Eileen O’Gorman, English; Tegan Hansgen, Biology; Adam Schroeder, Chemistry and Physics; and Garrett Kremer, Computer Sci-
ence. Hansgen and Schroeder were also awarded a scholarship from the school.
The WYSE Competition is spon-sored by the University of Illinois. It is divided into four divisions, based on school population. Each student that competes is required to take two tests from the follow-ing category options: math, Eng-lish, chemistry, physics, biology, computer science or engineering graphics. The BBCHS WYSE Team will com-pete again at the sectional compe-tition on March 17th at North Cen-tral College in Naperville.
WYSE Team Members Bring Home First Place
Fast Forward Program
Student Success Update
On January 29, 2016, four students from
BBCHS participated in the Illinois Music
Education Association Conference. Mad-
di Denault, Jordan Ritter, Griffin Keber
and Allie Schweigert were part of the
ILMEA District 3 Choir.
Students first auditioned for the choir
earlier this year. The rigorous audition
process requires students to prepare five
pieces as well as scales and triads and
sight-read a line of music they have nev-
er seen before. After they have per-
formed, students’ scores are tallied and
ranked and the choir is selected based
on these scores.
On January 29th, Denault, Ritter, Keber,
and Schweigert traveled to Illinois State
University to rehearse with the newly-
BBCHS Students Named to All-State Choirs
formed choir, consisting of students
from District 3. Directed by a guest
conductor, the groups prepared a con-
cert to be performed at the end of the
day. After the concert a committee
met to form a choir that represents
top singers from each of the nine dis-
tricts from throughout the state of
Illinois. The top singers were then di-
vided in half: half go to the All-State
Choir and the other half to the Honors
All-State Choir. Jordan Ritter was a
member of the Honors All-State Choir
and Griffin Keber and Allie Schweigert
were members of the All-State Choir.
Maddi Denault was one of 26 singers
chosen to be part of the All-State Vo-
cal Jazz Ensemble.
BBCHS Students Shine at SWSC Art Exhibition BBCHS student artists were selected
for the SWSC Visual Art Exhibition.
Students attended a festival day at
Governors State University on Febru-
ary 5th where they viewed the exhibi-
tion, voted on student choice awards,
and worked with GSU art professors
in various art-making work-
shops. Congratulations to the follow-
ing BBCHS artists: Cheyenne Kozuch,
Ronnie Wozniak, Maura Orvis, Madi-
son McMullen, Alexandra Sterk,
Jeffrey Wurster, Josie Stone, Jenna
Howard, Lauren Buschek and Sidney
Bradley.
Senior Lauren Buschek wins Best in School for
her ceramic sculpture and Cheyenne Kozuch
earns Student Choice award for Best 3-D Artwork
What’s Trending: @BBCHS307
@BBCHSSwimDive Adam
Schroeder 1st
place Section-
al champ,
school record
and State
qualifier!!
@BBCHSwrestling Mason finishes
5th at 195lbs. Back to back ALL
State!! Boiler UP!!
@bbchs307 Congratulations to the
Lady Boilers Basketball Team. 2016
4A Regional Champions!! #BoilerUp
@BBCHSBOYSHOOPS Congrats to
Micah Bradford on point #1406 be-
coming the All Time leading scorer at
BBCHS surpassing Chris Gandy with
1404
@MrSadlerBBCHS Great End to the
season team finishes with FOUR
WINS. 69th PLACE at IHSA CHESS.
This group four freshmen: Grant Dex-ter, Jesse Quiroz, Jackson Dupuis, and
Eric Errampalli had a record of 15 – 7- 5 for the IHSA Chess Tournament, which
is the largest in the world.
By the Numbers—BBCHS National Honor Society Induction
Student Success Update
Tuesday – Science and English
Musicians Impress at Orchestra Night
Each year, BBCHS musicians
perform with Bourbonnais Up-
per Grade Center strings. Fol-
lowing a group rehearsal, dur-
ing which 130 total musicians
from both schools prepare two
songs to perform at the con-
cert, students gather for a din-
ner sponsored by the Orchestra
Boosters Club. The concert fea-
tures performances from the
7th and 8th graders as well as
several from BBCHS musicians
including, Concert Orchestra,
Symphonic Strings, and the
Symphony Orchestra. Part of
the program features all string
players from both high school
and middle school playing two
songs together. This year’s Or-
chestra Night was an impres-
sive display of student talent
and collaboration.
BBCHS musicians Fred Jones and
Jenna Howard
Above: Students gather for pre-event meal. Below: BBCHS Symphony Orchestra
Photos by Christine Hosek
By the Numbers—BBCHS National Honor Society Induction
Boilers Give Back
BBCHS Joins DoSomething.org to collect Jeans for the Homeless
Throughout the month of Feb-ruary, the BBCHS Student Council collected gently used denim in support of the na-tional Teens for Jeans cam-paign. The effort supports the nationwide effort to help teens in need by providing them clothing that gives them a “sense of normalcy,” according to dosomething.org.
Tuesday – Science and English
BBCHS Students and Staff Volunteer at Community Event
Several BBCHS Science Depart-ment and Fine Arts Department students volunteered their time and talents at the Pledge for Life Family Fun-a-Thon on February 7th at Olivet Nazarene University. The event, attended by thou-sands, was sponsored by the Iro-quois-Kankakee Regional Office of Education and raised money for I-KAN’s substance abuse pre-vention programs. BBCHS sci-ence and art students hosted two of the most popular booths at the event: face painting and ice-cream making. “It’s important for me to get my students involved in our commu-nity and make a contribution with their time and talents,” not-ed BBCHS teacher, Mrs. Bretzlaff. Art Honor Society stu-dents, led by Bretzlaff, organized the face painting booth. Students from National Honor Society and various art classes volunteered by painting the faces of young at-tendees.
Upcoming Events
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School
700 W. North St.
Bradley , IL
815.937.3707 ph
815.937.0156 fax
www.bbchs.org
Event Date Time Location
Tri-M Executive Board Meeting 2/29 7:15 a.m. Choir Room
Tri-M Meeting 3/3 7:15 a.m. Choir Room
Registration Deadline for April ACT 3/4
Scholastic Bowl Regionals 3/7
Tri-M Recital 3/8 7 p.m. BBCHS
Auditorium
NHS Meeting 3/10 7:30 a.m. North Cafeteria
Percussion Recital 3/10 7 p.m. BBCHS Audito-
rium
Teacher Institute Day—NO
SCHOOL
3/18
BBCHS Robotics Competes at
Central Illinois Regional
3/18-3/19 Peoria, IL
Disney Music Department Trip 3/18—3/23 Florida
Spring Break—NO SCHOOL 3/21—3/28
BBCHS Science Fair 3/31 BBCHS
Prom Ticket Sales (see pg.8) 3/29—4/1 BBCHS Lobby
Event Spotlight
BBCHS Science Fair
Science students from BBCHS, as well as several 7th and 8th grad-ers from local schools will com-pete in this year’s Science Fair, sponsored by the Science Club and the Academic Foundation. On March 31st, individual and group projects showcasing stu-dents’ scientific inquiries will be featured.
BBCHS Presents Scapino in February