Photo courtesy of Mike Moore

The BMHS Cheerleaders completed the last part of their journey to repeat as State Champions as they finished with the highest score and earned their 6X State Champions - "Dynasty"

Monday, November 21 - B1 Day

Decade Day

Tuesday, November 22 - A2 Day

Class Color Day

Wednesday, November 23 - B2 Day

Green & White

Pep Rally

On Wednesday, November 23 we will be hosting our annual Pep Rally celebration. The rally will begin at approximately 8:00 a.m. and conclude around 10:05 a.m. which will signal the official release.

The front entry will be closed for student pickup by 9:45 a.m. All 20 school buses will be in the horseshoe in front of the building by 10:00 a.m. for dismissal.

Credit: Melissa Micciche

The month of November’s winners are Cara Cloghessy and Joseph Leite.

Cara is a hardworking and dedicated member of our school community. She is involved in a number of diverse extracurricular activities ranging from the National Honors Society to the Best Buddies Club. She holds a variety of leadership positions including President of the Spanish National Honor Society and Vice President of NHS. Cara’s commitment extends beyond our school walls where she volunteers as an elementary school tutor and a volunteer dance teacher.

Joseph is a well-rounded and involved student at BMHS. He holds several leadership positions including Co-President of the Chemistry Club and Vice President of the Italian Club. Joseph has been competing in VEX Robotics since middle school and has helped lead his team in several competitions. His passion extends beyond competitions where he is a mentor to our middle school robotics team. He is a valuable member of our varsity volleyball team and referees youth soccer outside of school.

Please join us in congratulating Cara Cloghessy and Joseph Leite as the November Elks Students of the Month.

Senior Rory Walsh has been named a semifinalist in the prestigious Coca Cola Scholarship Program.

Into the Woods completed its weekend run this Saturday and had audiences laughing, smiling, and applauding from beginning to end.

In the coming weeks various changes will be implemented to improve our cybersecurity posture. We wanted to provide you with updated information and timelines for some of these changes.

Effective December 19, 2022, only school Google accounts (@billericak12.com) will be allowed to log into school Chromebooks (both student and “staff” Chromebooks).



• Any data worth keeping under your personal Gmail account on the Chromebook must be copied off of the Chromebook as it will be inaccessible after December 19, 2022. Instructions on how to remove non-school accounts from a Chromebook prior to this change being implemented are attached to this email.

 IT'S TIME TO ORDER YOUR CLASS OF 2023 CAP & GOWN PACKAGE!!!

  ATTENTION Class of 2023!! It's time to order your Cap, Gown, Tassel and Custom Stole Graduation Package. The cost per senior is $32.00  

Click on any image to take you to your school's landing page. The only package you need to purchase for Graduation is the ESSENTIAL Package. Other packages with additional senior gear are also available for purchase and will include the Cap, Gown, Tassel and custom stole as well. The Cap, Gown, Tassel and stole package will be shipped to the school for distribution. Any other items you order will be shipped directly to you. Interested in a class ring/jewelry? Use code SENIORGIFT40 to save $40 off your purchase.

 2023 BMHS Yearbook Information 

Senior Portrait, Toddler: Specs, Photo Submission & Write-up Information:  

Senior Portrait, Toddler Take & Write-up are due by: Friday, December 9, 2022

You may use any photographer of your choice for your senior portrait photo. Please provide this information to your photographer.

Specifications for Senior Portrait & Toddler Take: 

• Photo must be saved as a jpg, png, or tif file and must be saved as your name. 
• EXAMPLE: FredericksBrenda.jpg
• Optimum size is a 5”x7” (Not a wallet size)
• Vertical/ portrait orientation NOT /horizontal/landscape
• 300 PPI (pixels per inch)

You must submit a senior photograph for your picture to appear in the yearbook. We will not use your ID photo from the school picture day unless you contact Ms. Millikan or Ms. Fredericks and request to use your ID photo.

How to Submit a Senior Write-up, Senior Portrait and Toddler Take:

Please submit your senior photo, Toddler Take and Write-up in the Google Form 2023 Senior Write-up, Senior Portrait & Toddler Take. This form has also been sent to your child’s school GMail account (this week) from yearbook@billericak12.com

If you have an issue uploading your photo, or you are a photographer who needs to submit a student portrait, then use the following link to Josten’s Private Upload site. If you get prompted for a User ID, it is the end of this link: 03dgcsd2FPJJgMicxPZtt2Q or email us at yearbook@billericak12.com

Please use the following format for your senior write-up: (We reserve the right to edit all content).

• Any abbreviations that cannot be deciphered will be removed. 
• You are allowed a maximum of 350 characters beyond that will be deleted.
• A character is any letter, number, space, or punctuation mark. Remember to count your characters. (To check your word count: copy and paste into a Word Doc. and select "review" and then "word count" look at the number with spaces)
• Nickname: (optional, for example: Mike for Michael)
• School Activities: (BMHS sports, bands, chorus, clubs, etc.) 
• After each activity list 9,10,11,12 to indicate the years you have participated.
• Memories: Remember to leave spaces between words and after punctuation marks. Do not use double initials; use first names and last initial, or vice versa. Do not use all capitals. 
• Favorite Quote: (optional)

Example::

Jenny

Softball 9,10; Volleyball 11,12; Yearbook 12

Good times in AP Psych! I'll always remember our senior parade and pep rally!  

Had a great time in SPAC.  

I'll miss the memories made on the volleyball team! Thanks to Mom and Dad! 

"Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee!" - Mohamed Ali

Do you have photos of school events you would like to possibly see in the Yearbook? Upload them to: Josten’s at Josten's Upload Site *Note if you get prompted for a User ID, it is the end of this link: 03dgcsd2FPJJgMicxPZtt2Q

Parent/Family Recognition and Business Ads can be created through Josten's site: Parent Recognition Ad. All proceeds from the sale of these Ads benefit BMHS Yearbook.

Yearbook Purchase:  

September 1st- $100 until March 1st. Price increases after that.

Order through the website, Jostensyearbooks.com or by calling 1-877-767-5217 or see Ms. Fredericks or Ms. Millikan to place your order. *cash or check made out to BMHS (yearbook)

Got Questions? 

Sandra Millikan smillikan@billericak12.com 

Brenda Fredericks bfredericks@billericak12.com

On November 10, BMHS had 9 students sign National Letters of Intent, committing to play athletics at the Division 1 or 2 level in college.

To Juniors and their families: 

BMHS is offering the SAT on Saturday, May 6, 2023. If you are interested in taking the SAT, register HERE.  



Please note that the landscape of college admissions is changing, and while many colleges still want the SAT, we are seeing an increase in colleges that do not require SAT scores. The BMHS School Counseling Department encourages students and families to review the application requirements of each college that they are interested in. Please contact your child's school counselor with any questions.

The BMHS robotics team is holding a calendar raffle in the month of December to raise funds for our 2023 competition season expenses. The team will be selling tickets until November 28th, and the raffle will begin December 1st. This past Saturday, we sold tickets at the Market Basket locations in Billerica. We will be selling tickets again next Sunday, November 20th, outside O’Connor Hardware, at 446 Boston Rd.

​Tickets are $5 each, or 5 for $20.

Support the team by purchasing tickets using the link below!

https://bit.ly/4909raffle2022 

Tuesday, November 29

School Committee Meeting – Review/Discussion of Community Survey Results

Wednesday, December 7

Public Forum #4 (held in-person)

Tuesday, December 13

School Committee Meeting – Discussion of Survey/Forums

Tuesday, January 10

School Committee Meeting – Presentation of Possible Start/End Times of School Days

Tuesday, January 24

School Committee Meeting – Committee Vote on Start/End Times of School Days

BLUE STOCKINGS - JANUARY 13-15, 2023

A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women's suffrage.

BMHS Performing arts is excited to announce our Winter Show!

BLUE STOCKINGS by Jessica Swale. Directed by Ms. Honan.

1896 Girton College, Cambridge, the first college in Britain to admit women. The Girton girls study ferociously and match their male peers grade for grade. Yet, when the men graduate, the women leave with nothing but the stigma of being a 'blue stocking' - an unnatural, educated woman. They are denied degrees and go home unqualified and unmarriageable. A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women's suffrage.

Auditions will be November 2nd at 2:15 in the black box. Please prepare a short monologue. Join the google classroom for more information. Code: df4i4p7 

(November rehearsals will be light and work around all Into the Wood rehearsals, tech week and performances, so EVERYONE should come audition!!)  

Performances will be January 13, 14 at 7pm and 15 at 2pm.

MEAN GIRLS - MAY 4-6, 2023

JUST RELEASED! Billerica Memorial High School will be one of the first schools to perform Tina Fey's adapted musical from the hit 2004 film, Mean Girls was nominated for a staggering 12 Tony Awards. This production will be talked about for years to come!

Presale Tickets (with code) - March 27th

General Public Tickets - March 31st

The Advanced Placement Exams are given annually in May. Click here for the College Board's 2023 AP Exam testing calendar.  

If you have conflicting AP exams, please contact Mindy Cripps at mcripps@billericak12.com ASAP to discuss.  

Location of exams is TBA (but will be in the BMHS building), and will be shared closer to the exam date. 

Please note that AP exam testing is not optional at BMHS; if you are taking an AP course, you must take the AP exam, and the student/family is responsible for the exam fee(s).  

The cost for this year's AP exams is: $97 per exam 

*Students who qualify for free/reduced lunch according to federal income guidelines will have their exam subsidized by CollegeBoard and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will pay $15 per exam.  If you qualify for free/reduced lunch, follow these steps: (1) register for the exam(s), (2) choose "no payment", and (3) contact Mindy Cripps at mcripps@billericak12.com and she will verify eligibility and adjust the fee for your individual exam(s). You will then be able to go back into Community Pass and pay the reduced fee. 

The deadline to register and pay for your AP exams is November 10, 2022 at 11:59PM.  Payment MUST be received by November 10, 2022.  If you have a concern about meeting the deadline for the AP Exam fee, please contact Mindy Cripps.

**Students may only register for AP exams which are associated with the AP courses they are currently enrolled in. If you are not enrolled in an AP class, you may not take the exam.

If you have any questions about AP exams or payment, please contact: Mindy Cripps, Director of School Counseling and the AP Coordinator at: mcripps@billericak12.com

Billerica Recreation has a few upcoming community events that we are looking for volunteers to help with. If you could please pass along the following information to students ages 15+ looking for volunteer opportunities, we would greatly appreciate it!

Notes for the volunteers:

• Must be age 15+
• Will need to stay for the entirety of the noted volunteer time.
• Will need transportation to and from the event.
• Please note that the turkey hunt requires a check in at the Rec Dept and then an additional ride to your assigned location around town, and then back to the rec.
• All volunteers should register using the sign-up links provided below so more information can be sent to them closer to the event date.
• THANK YOU!

EVENTS NEEDING VOLUNTEERS:

Candy Cane Carnival

Date: Saturday December 10, 2022

Event Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Volunteer Time: 10:30 AM – 2:15 PM

Location: TBA

Sign Up Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RE3e9yi8QF7CsxIWNGi-9vnsGkET0SAaBP7O9fQ5TnU/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you,

Kierstin Pane

Program Coordinator, Billerica Recreation

248 Boston Rd, Billerica, MA 01821

(978) 671-0921 Ext: 2090

8:30am-4pm Mon-Fri

Wanted! Substitute Teachers!

If you are looking to earn additional income and need a flexible schedule, then Substitute Teaching may be the perfect part-time job for you! Please visit our website at www.billericak12.com and go under 'Human Resources' and 'Employment Opportunities" to apply.

Wanted! Paraprofessionals!

We are looking for full time paraprofessionals to provide hands-on support to teachers when preparing lessons. These are full-time positions with benefits.  Please visit our website at www.billericak12.com and go under 'Human Resources' and 'Employment Opportunities" to apply.

Families who qualify for the free and reduced-price lunch program can get $50 off their monthly broadband bills, thanks to a new, emergency federal program, the U.S. Department of Education and the Federal Communications Commission emphasized in a May 12 meeting.



Low-income families living on tribal lands are eligible for an even steeper discount, $75 a month.

What’s more, students in post-secondary education who receive Pell Grants can also tap the funding. And eligible families can receive $100 in one-time help in paying for digital devices—such as laptops, tablets, and desktop computers—as long as the family contributes between $10 and $50 for the hardware.