Next Week
Next week we begin with a B-Day. Please remember that our schedule was adjusted and on B-Days students begin with their Intervention time at 8:30am. Following that block, the students move to 5th period at 9:30am.
Basketball Games Tonight
Bellaire Varsity Girls Basketball team plays tonight at Butler! The Lady Cards are taking on 1st Place Heights with a shot at the District Championship on the line. The Varsity Boys are ranked in the Top 10 within Houston and remain in 1st place. They will take on Westbury this Saturday at Butler. Game tickets can be purchased for the games online here. #CardinalProud
Varsity Soccer Games Tomorrow!
Bellaire Boys and Girls take on Chavez tomorrow! Tickets can be purchased online here. #CardinalProud
Senior Meeting and Parent Meeting Next week!
We will hold a Senior Meeting via TEAMS February 8th at 2:00 pm and a Senior Parent Meeting, Thursday, February 11th. Links to join both meetings will be posted on our website and sent out via Remind.
Senior Dues
Our Senior Dues package includes a Senior T-Shirt, Cap and Gown, Diploma Package, and Senior Celebration event. We have online payment set-up through SchoolPay to make paying dues fast and easy.

Click here to pay online now. You will need to scroll down the page on SchoolPay and look for the item entitled Senior Dues.
#Classof2021
Congratulations to our Scholastic Gold & Silver Key Awards
Art Gold Key Award recipients: Shirley Gadot, Cameron Hargrove, Matto Annie Lin, Rachel Pontes, Mckenzie Stanley (Two Awards), Jadyn Wu, Danny J Zuniga Zarat.  

Art Silver Key Award recipients: Shirley Gadot, Leslie Loera, Liberty Meyn, Tianran Shen, Mckenzie Stanley (Two Awards) Jadyn Wu, Jason Yao, Danny J Zuniga Zarat (Two Awards), Zack Zurita 

Writing Gold Award: Alkiviades Boukas, Trinity Sloan (Three Awards), Stephanie Tang, Meghna Yennu (Four Awards), Shirley Zhu

Writing Silver Award: William Hulsey, Charlie Jiu, Sophia Li, Shivam Nayyar, Trinity Sloan (Two Awards), Meghna Yennu (Three Awards), Shirley Zhu

We are #CardinalProud of these accomplishments!

11TH GRADE SAT
Juniors have the opportunity to take the SAT during the school day, on campus. The school-day SAT will take place at Bellaire High School on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. This SAT is free and open to all Bellaire 11th graders, however, you must sign up using the link below in order to take the test.
 
If you want to take the SAT, you MUST sign up using the link below. If you do not want to take the SAT, you may also indicate that on the form below.
 
DEADLINE: The deadline to sign up for the SAT is Monday, February 22, 2021, by 4:00 pm. 
 

More info here.
10TH GRADE PSAT
Sophomores have the opportunity to take the PSAT for 10th graders during the school day, on campus. The school-day PSAT will take place at Bellaire High School on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. This PSAT is free and open to all Bellaire 10th graders, however, you must sign up using the link below in order to take the test.
 
The PSAT for 10th graders is NOT mandatory. This test is purely for practice purposes. You will have the opportunity to take it again in your junior year of high school.
 
If you want to take the PSAT, you MUST sign up using the link below. If you do not want to take the PSAT, you may also indicate that on the form below.
 
DEADLINE: The deadline to sign up for the PSAT is Monday, February 22, 2021, by 4:00 pm. 
 
Singing Valentines
Need a gift for that "special someone"? Want to let your relatives know that you miss them? Need to re-connect with an old friend? Look no further! The Bellaire Choir is providing singing valentines for just $5.00 apiece. Please fill out the following form to complete your order. Recipients will be provided a secure video link to a video via email on Valentine's Day that they can keep and treasure forever.
Black History Month: Italian Students Meet African Italian Activist
Our weekly meetup in Italian, A pranzo con l'italiano, will be honored to host Kwanza Musi Dos Santos on February 10th during Content Hour. The meetup is for students or speakers of Italian from a low intermediate to an advanced level (2-3-4-5-AP).
Kwanza Musi Dos Santos is an Italian activist politically engaged for social change and human rights. She is the founder of Questaèroma (Thisisrome), an organization whose members from different countries and socio-cultural backgrounds have decided to build their future in their city, Rome. She is also the winner of @MediaAgainstHate videocontest.

If you can understand Italian and would like to participate, please email mborsa@houstonisd.org to be added to the meeting.
CILS - International Certification in Italian
Bellaire High School has been endorsed by the University of Siena, Italy, to become a CILS Certification Center for the Italian Language. From next Spring students of Italian and Americans pursuing the Italian citizenship will be able to take the exams leading to this certification, recognized worldwide and usually offered by universities and colleges.
More information coming soon on tinyurl.com/HoustonCils, or writing to Ms. Borsa at CilsHouston@gmail.com.
Official CILS page on the University of Siena website. https://cils.unistrasi.it/180/147/STATI_UNITI.htm

Level Changes for Spring Semester

If a student intends to move down a level (Example: PreAP Algebra 2 to College Prep Algebra 2) or a student intends to move up a level (College Prep Biology to PreAP Biology) then they should Click here to access our Level Change Form. The window for level changes is 2/1/2021 - 3/12/2021.
 
Course Changes
There are very limited options for course changes in the spring semester. Approval to join a different course is based on space availability and priority. Course change requests can be submitted during the first 15 days of the spring semester.
The final day to submit a course change for the 2nd semester is: 2/19/2021. Click here to access our Course Change Form. 
 
All schedule changes must be written on the schedule change or level change form and submitted to your Counselor electronically. Counselors cannot honor teacher or period change requests.
Attention Bellaire High School Alumni and Fine Arts Students:
We are collecting pictures for an end of year slideshow that will be played during the Bellaire High School Fine Arts Showcase taking place in the late spring of 2021 (date TBD). Since this is our last performance in the current BHS Auditorium before we move to the new space, we would love to feature your fine arts photos in the slideshow – especially if they were taken in the BHS Auditorium or on the original campus from 1955-Present!
We can accept photos as scanned hard copies of photographs or digital photographs by Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 4:00 PM.

Photo Subject: We are looking for photos of students and alumni participating in any fine art {including – but not limited to – band, theatre (production or tech), orchestra, guitar, choir, dance: Belles, Emotions, etc., and any visual art}.

How can you submit photos? 

If emailing: please include your name, graduation date, the year the photo was taken, fine art area pictured, and any other relevant information (example: names of other individuals pictured, caption of photo, etc.) 

If uploading to DropBox, please send an email to 2021BellaireShowcase@gmail.com that gives your first and last name, graduation date, year photo was taken, fine art area pictured, and other relevant information.
NHS Tutoring
The Bellaire Chapter of the National Honor Society announces, “Tutes for Studes,” an on-line tutorial service available for ALL Bellaire students (9th to 12th grade) needing assistance in math, English, social studies, foreign languages, and the sciences. Our tutors are NHS members who have already taken the course, whether it’s an IB/AP course or is a course in another curriculum and did well in it. Here is how you access the service:
2. Click on “Students” at the top of the home page.
3. Fill in the tutoring request form. You must give NHS 24-hour notice so that we can arrange for a tutoring session.
4. You will be paired with an NHS tutor, who will notify you of the time and date for the tutoring session. A full session lasts 30 minutes and takes place during Cardinal Hour. No tutoring is done before or after school or on weekends.
5. All tutoring sessions will be recorded.
Yearbook and Senior Ads - Deadline Sunday
  1. Yearbook prices will increase to $100 starting Jan. 19. Books are $85 through 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 18. Books can be purchased at bellaireyearbook.com. The last day to guarantee a copy of the 2021 Carillon is Jan. 31. After that, books will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis until we run out.
  2. We have extended the deadline for senior recognition ads to Jan. 22. We encourage families to recognize the class of 2021 for their accomplishments and efforts in this unusual year. Ads can be purchased at bellaireyearbook.com. Materials must be submitted by Jan. 29.
 
College Center News
Mid-Year Reports/Transcripts:
Some universities are beginning to ask for Mid- Year Reports or Mid-Year Transcripts. Per HISD, those will not be available until late February. This cannot be expedited. This year is extremely difficult, as the year started later than usual. Please contact all of the colleges and universities that are requesting this and inform them of this delay. We will be getting them the transcripts as soon as they become available.
To check the College Center availability or to schedule a one-on-one meeting with either Mr. Lee or Mr. Stewart, please visit bit.ly/BellaireCC.
Remind Messaging App
All parents and students are encouraged to join their BHS Class Remind Group. Remind is a communication tool that will deliver important communications through text message or email. You can download Remind for IOS here and Android here. Once you download the app, simply text the class code you belong to above to the number 81010.

Remind can also be accessed by clicking on the links below to join a group.




In addition to the class codes above, students will have the opportunity to receive communication and correspond with their teachers through the Remind App.
It Takes A Village...
"Bellaire Share" is new this year. Please help us collect important information and get student and staff accomplishments out to our school community. Share with us Bellaire HS activities and student achievements. You can upload your pictures of any event easily. Together we can accomplish a lot. You can submit information anytime on the homepage on the right side of the page or bookmark this link.
Join the PTO
Please consider joining the Bellaire PTO. The PTO's Commitment to Learn Campaign is about to launch. Funds donated to the PTO go directly to support students and learning at Bellaire High School. There is no doubt that family involvement at Bellaire makes us a stronger school.  Join the PTO online here!