Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
TAKS Summer Testing :
The following dates are for 11th and 12th grade TAKS retesters:
July 14th --- ELA
July 15th --- Math
July 16th --- Science
July 17th --- Social Studies
Testing will start at 8:30 in the Bellaire Cafeteria.
Please bring a picture ID and a #2 pencil.
It tends to be chilly in the building during the summer so a sweatshirt is recommended.
You must have previously not passed one or more portions of the EXIT level test OR be classified as a 12th grader to test during the summer session.
Thanks,
Michelle Shoulders
Bellaire High School
Friday, June 5th, 2009
Support the class of 2010. Come to the car wash on Saturday, June 13th from 10 am – 2 pm in the BHS Teacher parking lot.
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Immunization Updates Needed for School Records :
Students have been notified of non-compliance with immunization requirements. Some of the data was lost due to the Chancery upgrade during Spring Break. Please submit the required documentation to the Clinic ASAP. Don’t get caught up in the start of school madness!!! If your child receives immunizations during the summer, please forward a copy to the Clinic or email to dlott@houstonisd.org. Please be advised that Fall class schedules will be held if immunizations are not current.
BHS Nurses Lott and Wiltz
Time to Start Planning for 2010 Prom and AfterProm :
The Bellaire High School 2010 Prom and After Prom meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 27, at 6 PM. The meeting will be held in the library. The purpose of the meeting will be to form committees for summer and next year’s fund raising events. Please join us to help plan activities for this very special senior year.
Andrea Murray
Assistant Principal
Bellaire High School
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Bellaire Baseball Continues in Playoffs :
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Bellaire Baseball defeated Memorial High School to continue in the playoff race. They advance to the regional semifinals and will play Brazoswood HS.
Bellaire vs. Brazoswood
Bellaire (32-2) vs. Brazoswood (26-2)
Game 1: 8 p.m. Thursday, Brazoswood
Game 2: 8 p.m. Friday, Butler
Game 3: 2 p.m. Saturday, Butler* (if necessary)
Go Cards!!
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Keyboarding Tests Cancelled :
There will be no keyboarding tests at Bellaire this summer. The keyboarding class has been removed from the high school curriculum. Students will have six weeks of keyboarding in Business Computer Applications A as a part of the course.
Commencement Sunday, May 31, 2009 5:00 PM Reliant Stadium :
COMMENCEMENT
Girls are required to wear dresses and heels; boys are required to wear long pants, white dress shirts, and black/brown shoes. Seniors and homeroom teachers report at 4:00 PM to Reliant Stadium. Remind guests that commencement is a dignified occasion that conveys the pride parents and educators have in the graduates’ achievements. Individuals using noise makers or exhibiting rude behavior will not be tolerated. Pictures will be taken by Marc Nathan as each graduate receives his/her diploma. Proofs will be mailed to graduates for approval and purchase. Bellaire High School is not involved in the handling of the money or photographs. No purses or bags will be allowed to be brought into the stadium by the graduation candidates.
DIPLOMAS
If book record/library record and other fees are clear, graduates will receive their diplomas in a white envelope at Graduation. If records are not clear, the registrar will hold the diploma until books have been turned in and/or fees are paid. Graduates who have not cleared their record will still participate in the graduation ceremony like everyone else and will graduate, but they will have to pick up their diploma From the registrar 8:00- 3:00- prior to June 25th pending clearance of all fines/obligations. A picture ID will be required to pick up the diploma.
Reliant Stadium Parking Fee is $8.00
Please enter through the Budweiser Plaza, Blue Lot Entrance 8 or 9 off of Kirby. Click for map
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Bellaire Baseball and Softball teams in Playoff Hunt :
Bellaire Baseball defeated Seven Lakes High School 1-0 to continue in the playoff race. They advance to the regional quarterfinals and will play Memorial HS.
Bellaire (29-1) vs. Memorial (27-3)
Game 1: 5 p.m. Friday, Seven Lakes Bellaire 6 Memorial 7
Game 2: 1 p.m. Saturday, Seven Lakes Bellaire 6 Memorial 2
Game 3: 30 min. after Game 2* (if necessary) Bellaire 11 Memorial 6
The Lady Cards Softball team also advanced by beating Seven Lakes High School 4-1. They are now in the regional semifinals and will face Pearland. Click here for a link to Houston Chronicle article on the game.
Bellaire vs. Pearland
Game 1: 7:30 pm Thursday, Bellaire 0 Pearland 3
Game 2: 7:30 pm Friday, Bellaire 5 Pearland 3
Game 3: 30 min. after Game 2* Bellaire 3 Pearland 4
Go Cards!!
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Annual Spring Football Game Wednesday 7:00 pm Delmar Stadium :
Anxious for football season to start? Get a preview of the fall by coming to watch next year's team in the Spring Game. Wednesday night at 7:00 pm at Delmar Stadium.
Monday, May 18th, 2009
Book Sale: Next Year's Required Reading for English Classes :
All this week current 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students may pre-order their required summer reading books at 20% off list price. Books will be delivered to students during the last week of school. Students can continue to purchase summer reading books at lunch in Rm E343 through Thursday, 5/21. The sale is CASH only. . Parents are also welcome to see Mr. Wolf at lunch to purchase the books. The reading lists and prices are listed below. A more detailed assignment sheet accompanying the reading lists will be distributed to students in English classes during the last week of school. Please email Mr. Wolf at bwolf@houstonisd.org with any questions about summer reading.
Click here for a list of the required reading books and classes.
Bellaire Junior Wins Top Award at International Science Comptetition :
Junior Li Boynton and two other young women won the top awards at the world's largest pre-college science fair, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), a program of Society for Science & the Public. Li was selected from 1,563 young scientists from 56 countries, regions and territories for their commitment to innovation and science. She received a $50,000 scholarship from the Intel Foundation. Biology teacher Anna Loonam accompanied Li to Reno, Nevada for the competition.
At the competition, Li’s project, “The Use of Bioluminescent to Detect Environmental Contaminants”, also won Best of Category – Environmental Science, 1st place in Environmental Science, and 1st place from the Air Force. The prizes won over the weekend competition totaled $64,000 in awards, a laptop, a trip to CERN in Zurich, a trip to London, $1000 for Bellaire High School, and $1000 for the Regional Science Fair.
New Student Registration :
For information about new student registration, contact the registrar at 713-295-3718.
Thank you,
Sandra Lynn Farmer, Registrar
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Attention BHS Pianists :
Calling all BHS pianists! Bellaire is starting a piano program next year. While this is not a substitute for private lessons, it is an opportunity for piano students to perform solos and ensembles in class and recital as well as increase knowledge of piano literature and history. IB Music Theory credit is available for juniors and seniors who commit to the completion of extra course requirements. Space is limited to 24 students and acceptance will be based on an application and audition. For more information, contact Dr. Brown at kbrown@houstonisd.org.
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Library Notice :
Library books must be returned and fines paid before May 28, 2009.
Transcripts and report cards will be held until library records are cleared.
Attention Students: Textbook Return Information :
TEXTBOOKS ARE DUE!!! RETURN TEXTBOOKS!!!
Return textbooks that are no longer needed for the school year to the bookroom
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After Thursday, May 21st, textbooks are to be returned to the multi-purpose room during the designated collection times.
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DO NOT leave textbooks in teacher’s classrooms, outside the multi-purpose room, or outside the bookroom.
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The multi-purpose room will be open for textbook return 7:45- 1:30 each day during final exams. Students may request a receipt and/ or pay for books in the multi-purpose room during these times.
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Student records including diplomas will be held for failure to clear textbook records by May 28th.
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**LATE textbooks will incur a .50 cent per book per day fine. **
Congrats to Bellaire Baseball :
Bellaire Baseball was ranked number 1 in the nation by USA Today. They defeated Westside 5-4 on their way to winning the Distrit 20 - 5A championship. Way to go Cards!!
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Attention All Parents: Course Verifications Sheets Due May 13 :
2009-2010 Course Verification Sheets were sent home Wednesday, May 6th, during advocacy. The Course Verification Sheets indicate to parents the courses that were selected for next school year by their student. Any corrections that may be needed must be written on the sheet (instructions are listed on the back of the course verification sheet) and the form must be signed by the parent and returned to the student’s counselor by Wednesday, May 13th. Please note that if the student has not satisfied the enrollment requirements for a course, the course will be removed and another class will be added to replace it. All students were required to submit alternate courses for this purpose. After the last day of the school year, May 28, 2009, the course selections become final and changes will not be permitted. It is important that we have a verification sheet on file for every student. If one is not returned, then the courses that are listed for the student will become final.
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Attention Seniors :
Balfour will be in the foyer of the Auditorium Friday at lunch for any last minute graduation needs.
Attention Incoming Freshman :
A list of required summer reading for incoming 9th graders can be found under the Information for 8th graders link on the lower right side of the page or by clicking here.
Monday, May 4th, 2009
Junior Class Parent Meeting on May 5th at 6:30 pm in Auditorium :
Junior class parents will have a meeting at Bellaire High School on Tuesday, May 5, at 6:30 PM in the auditorium. The purpose of this meeting is to gather ideas and form networking committees to prepare for a fabulous year of activities, including the Prom and After Prom, for our Senior Class of 2010. Come help us get started on the plans for a memorable Senior year that your children will always remember. See you at the Bellaire auditorium Tuesday at 6:30 PM.
Andrea Murray
Assistant Principal
Sponsor for class of 2010
Seniors: Do You Wish You Had a Laptop? :
Seniors – do wish you had a laptop? Well, come to the AfterProm party and you just might win one. There will be 4 Compaq laptops given away that night! These laptops have 3GB of memory, wireless capability, DVD burners and webcams. There will also be flat-screen TV’s, digital cameras, printers, mini-refrigerators, and lots of great gifts cards given away that night.
AfterProm tickets are available in Dr. Mason’s office. The deadline to purchase them is next Friday, May 8th.
Credit Restoration – Last Chance for Fall 2008!
Monday, May 11th, from 3:30 – 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria will be the last opportunity to serve detention and have credit restored from the fall semester for excessive absences. The deadline to apply has been extended to Thursday, May 7th. If you have already applied, but you have not served your detention, you must attend. If you have started your detention, but you have not completed it, you must attend. If you have not yet applied, you must submit your application and you must attend. If you fail to complete your credit restoration, then you will need to retake the course(s) in which you lost credit. Please don’t let this happen! Pick up you application in Room 119 today. You must turn in the completed application, parent letter, and copy of the report card showing the number of absences by this Thursday, May 7th and you must attend the detention Monday, May 11th after school.
Willie Mae Franklyn
Assistant Principal/Lead Counselor
Attention Parents of Graduating Seniors
Parents, please let us know if you need sign language interpreters or Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART) Services for graduation ceremonies. Individuals who need sign language interpreters or CART Services, for the hearing impaired, should complete the attached Interpreter Request Form and return it to the campus administration, to be returned to Dr. Mason’s Office, e-mail mmason@houstonisd.org or by fax to 713-295-3763 by May 15, 2009.
Click here for form.
Letter to Parents regarding security at graduation. English Version Spanish Version Vietnamese Version
Friday, May 1st, 2009
BHS Today May Issue Now Available
One of the largest issues ever! Read about our teams from Debate to Ping Pong, UIL successes in Arts and Academics, language competitions, international culture events, the Livestock Show, Dance Show, Earth Day and so much more. Pour a cup of coffee and put your feet up to read the May issue of BHS Today, the Bellaire High School Newsletter available here.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
New TAKS Schedule Posted Below:
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