Photo courtesy of Mike Moore

Monday, January 9 - A2 Day

Tuesday, January 10 - B2 Day

Wednesday, January 11 - A1 Day

Thursday, January 12 - B1 Day

Friday, January 13 - A2Day

Blue Stockings 7 p.m.

Saturday, January 14

Blue Stockings 7 p.m.

Sunday, January 15

Blue Stockings 2 p.m.

Just a reminder that schools will be closed next Monday, January 16 in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The United States Attorney’s Office is hosting a virtual Internet safety presentation for parents the evening of Wednesday, January 18th from 6:30 – 7:30 pm. The presentation, entitled Keeping Kids Safe and Secure Online: A Project Safe Childhood Presentation for Parents will bring awareness to the dangers of the internet, including gaming and social media platforms that predators use to groom children with the intent of exploiting them sexually online or for an in person meeting. The presentation will focus on prevention by educating parents and community members how to help keep children safe online. We will be covering the following topics:

Social Media 101 & Digital Footprint

Cyberbullying

Sexting

Gaming

Victim Support

Protecting Against Online Predation

The presentation is free. Registration is required. The link to register is included on the attached flyer and is also included here: 

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Please register at the following link: (via Chrome browser))

Event address for attendees:  https://usao.webex.com/usao/onstage/g.php?MTID=ec3d8ccd61ccdd26ee39d8c6ffd5c57aa

Password: PSC1

Questions or difficulty registering? Please contact

Karen Legace @ USAMA.PSCOutreach@usdoj.gov

Please share with public and private school administrators, school resource officers and others in your community that would like to learn how to keep children safe online.

Thank you!

Karen Legace

Project Safe Childhood Program Specialist

Office of Public Affairs and External Engagement

United States Attorney’s Office

Phone: (413) 785-0329

Email:  karen.legace@usdoj.gov

Fisher College On-The-Spot Admissions Day at BMHS

Fisher College is coming to BMHS on January 12 to host an On-The-Spot Decision day. 

If you are interested in Fisher, apply to the college before January 12^th, and have your transcripts on hand to get your admissions decision that same day! You must sign up for this event by January 10 in the main office with Ms. Giordano, or email her at rgiordano@billericak12.com to be added to the list. You will receive your appointment time via email on January 10. 

If you or your student needs assistance with Spanish, they can now sign up for tutoring through the Spanish Honor Society. We offer tutoring in Spanish I, II, III, IV, Pre-AP, V level 1, and V honors.

You can scan the QR code or sign up using the google form linked below. If you would like to connect with a tutor right away, you can reach out to any of the Spanish tutors below. If you have any

general questions, please email

scottcanney@billericak12.com or sofiamanne@billericak12.com

Google Form link to Sign up:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlXO5j19T7VfaIh9Skai6qN_0CqcDzAYDkLs5qlgM

NPep0kg/viewform

Students who use the google form will be assigned a tutor, but students also have the option to personally email any of the tutors below to ask about their availability and their virtual and in-person tutoring options.

Scott Canney scottcanney@billericak12.com

Any day before school

Study 1B (S1), Study 4B (S2)

Eliana Waithaka elianawaithaka@billericak12.com

TBD

Sophia Leyne sophialeyne@billericak12.com

Any day before school

Study 3B

Sammi Lyons samanthalyons@billericak12.com

Tuesday-Friday after school

Study 4A and study 4B (S2)

Alexis Govertsen alexisgovertsen@billericak12.com

Any day after school

Study 4B (Q1 and S2), Study 1A (Q2)

Sofia Manne sofiamanne@billericak12.com

Any day after school

Study 4B

Riwaj Singh rijwajsingh@billericak12.com

Any day after school, 2-4 pm

Alex Whitten alexandrawhitten@billericak12.com

Any day after school o

Study 4B

We hope you enjoyed the break and spent some quality time with friends and family! Along with the fun of the holidays, school vacation and the winter season comes colds, flu, and various illnesses. You may be wondering when you can send your child to school after they have been sick. We hope you find the following information helpful.

If your child is sick with a cold, flu or virus, they can return to school when they are fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication, and when they feel better.

If your child is sick with strep throat or any illness requiring an antibiotic, they can return when they are fever free for 24 hours with the use of fever-reducing medication, when they have been on the antibiotics for 24 hours, and when they feel better.

If your child is sick with Covid-19 they will need to remain home for 5 days of isolation. They can return to school after they complete 5 full days of isolation from either symptom onset or positive test result with that day being day 0. Please contact your pediatrician to report the positive case.

In order to have any absences related to illness excused, please provide a doctor's note.

We wish you a happy and healthy new year!

The BMHS Nursing Team

Grade 12 High Honors

Anuva Agrawal

Evan Aliberti

Shannon Bailat

Lily Baldwin

Brooke Battcock

Olivia Battcock

Olivia Bento

Skylar Boilard

Naomi Boldebuck

Sarah Bouffard

Austin Brune

Emily Burdick

Ethan Cliff

Cara Cloghessy

John Colby

Kaylee Columbus

Carlie Cronin

Isabel Cruz

Arsion Daja

Jenna D'Antona

Jayden Darris-O'Connor

Jillian Darris-O'Connor

Weslley De Oliveira

Nicole Deleidi

Olivia Difraia

Nicole Donati

Abigail Downs

Kristina Duong

Scott Einarson

Lillian Elmstrom

Emilie Finn

Mya Gargalianos

Saleeqa Ghaswala

Preston Gianacopolis

Sara Gluck

Amanda Gray

Jacquelyn Gray

Joseph Green

Carter Grise

Molly Haggerty

Jack Haroutunian

Eric Helberg

Miranda Hodgkins

Kaci Hutchins

Emma Jacob

Morgan Jones

Kayla Kelleher

Molly Kilcoyne

Samantha King

Robert Kinsella

Aidan Le

Ally Lebeau

Kaylee Leger

Joseph Leite

Samantha Lyons

Alyssa MacDonald

Sofia Manne

Aaron Marques

Jason Martin

Sofia Mazzotta

Katelyn McCaffrey

Paige McCaffrey

Kyla McCarthy

Chloe McDermott

Anna McElhinney

Shelby McGill

Kylie McGowan

Katherine McMullen

Katherine Medeiros

Amelia Miller

Gianna Miranda

Payton Moody

Ryan Murage

Molly Murphy

Sarah Nafez

Julia Nott

John O'Connell

Julia Parker

Dhara Patel

Heli Patel

Ishaan Patel

Kirtan Patel

Mahi Patel

Jessica Patti

Richard Pizzo

Leah Pratt

Madison Quinton

Karan Rana

Molly Regan

Margaret Reid

Abigayle Rettman

Jacqueline Rogers

Nicholas Rossi

Edla Saint Rose

Kaitlyn Seymour

Asma Shaikh

Caitlin Shea

Katelyn Sibert

Lorenzzo Singer

Riwaj Singh

Anish Srinivasan

Sriganesh Srinivasan

Cameryn Stead

Amanda Strunk

Ayman Tai

Joseph Tierney

Raghav Vaid

Erik Villafuerte

Eliana Waithaka

Jack Walsh

Rory Walsh

Jillian Weeks

Madeline White

Zachary Worob

Heather Xavier

Christian Young

Jason Zacarias

Grade 12 Honors

Lillian Adams

Kelli Alleca

Brooke Allen

Aiden Arsenault

Jeffrey Babineau

Brie Barbaro

Dominic Bastianelli

Alexa Bozic

Kyle Breitwieser

Rebecca Brigido

Delaney Burns

John Callahan

Isabella Carbajal

Jason Chaffee

Kimberly Chavarria Zacarias

Gileah Chea

Joshua Chemlen

Vincent Christopher

Amelia Coleman

Madison Coleman

Anthony Damiano

Luis Guilherme De Araujo

Savena Dillon

Brendan Driscoll

Craig Fiorino

Paul Foster

Samantha Gaona

Tallal Ghazal

Connor Gibson

Sarah Green

Alexander Gualtieri

Frankie Hawkins

Kathryn Holland

Christopher Hunt

Nicholas Isnor

Harshit Jain

Nolan Jennings

Burhan Johar

Courtney Johnson

Rachell Johnson

Priyanshi Kaila

Skyra Karanja

John Kearns

Hailee Kelley

Olivia Loftin

Nicholas Magliozzi

Sydney McAvoy

James McKenna

Cassandra Modoono

Franchesca Namaganda

Viviana Niebuhr

Lindsey Parker

Radhe Patel

Vinisha Patel

Isabella Pereira

Margaret Quin

Jazmine Rentas

Sarah Richard

Ava Saverse

Alyssa Scuccimarra

Jordan Silva

Zachary Smith

Sebastien St. Pierre

Kayla Sullivan

Maggie Sullivan

Pedro Torres-Martinez

Derek Tucker

Aliyah Valverde

Emmy-Grace Vil

Blessing Wamushiyi

Emma Williams

Nicolas Xintaropoulos

Anthony Zullo

Grade 11 High Honors

Vinicius Alves

Emma Andacic

Eloise Barriault

Carleton Berry

Ayati Biswas

Carsyn Bradley

Charles Bradley

Kaylyn Burke

Jaylen Cadet

Nicholas Cali

Scott Canney

Hailey Capodilupo

Ashley Caputo

Richard Carlson

Grace Carter

Calleigh Clancy

Ryland Correia

William Costa

David DeMeo

Aleksa Dilba

Taryn Doherty

Michel El-Ashkar

Hazel Erkmen

Alyssa Fiorino

Caitlin Fitzgerald

Emily Fitzpatrick

Taylor Fitzpatrick

Lily Freeman

Melanie Gallagher

Summer Girouard

Cayleb Goad

Alexis Govertsen

Patrick Hall

Jillian Hartka

Austin Hughson

Jaclyn Iannelli

Brian Jones

Paulina Kirik

John Lafauci

Joseph Lawrence

Herin Lee

Ryan Leslie

Sophia Leyne

Matheson MacLeod

Hailey Magaldi

Angela Malnati

Mackenzie Mao

Anthony Massaro

Anabelle Mendez

Sophie Monis

Serena Morris

Jacob Morrissey

Jack Murch

Michael Murnane

Mateo Ovalle

James Pariseau

Mihir Patankar

Jayam Patel

Krish Patel

Om Patel

Yash Patel

Sean Peterson

Brianna Phelan

Aiden Procurot

Joshua Rodriguez Ortiz

Thomas Ronzio

Caitlin Salter

Claire Seguin

Vaanathi Sekar

Dhvan Shah

Darro Sieu

Aiden Silvia

Shreya Stanley

Elena Staples

Sydney Stevens

Makayla Sweeney

Kaleigh Thurell

Lilia Todorova

Zackary Tomassetti

Kyle Truong

Michelle Weimer

Alexandra Whitten

Kiley Williams

Nathan Yee

Grade 11 Honors

Rody Alay

Wendy Asiimwe

Gautam Baley

Makayla Barbaro

Jacqueline Behaeghel

Tyler Bernier

Aidan Blumenthal

Tyler Bornstein

Gianna Caira

Chiara Cerullo

Pattaraprasit Chanthon

Aidan Ciampi

Sienna Coffey

Juliette Cossette

Beau Courtemanche

Brianna Defreitas

Hayley Degiorgio

Robert Devarenne

Cole Dillon

Andrew Domina

Layhena Doriscar

Michael Dupont

Samuel Esher

Kathryn Fisher

Logan Fowler

Davis Gardner

Tuleen Ghazal

Aidan Gibbons

Eddie Gottmann-Hanrahan

Brooke Herrick

Erin Howe

Joseph Imbracsio

Tyler Jeffers

Saad Kapadia

Tula Kearns

Muaz Khalifa

Makenna Koyle

John LeClerc

Alexandra Leonard

Hera Lewis

Chloe Lyons

Lauren MacEachern

Brayden MacKenzie

Meagan MacLeod

James Mahoney

Amir Mahrez

Brady Martin

Aidan Merritt

Rayyan Mestassi

Andrew Murgo

Samantha Nabwami

Olivia Norton

Ava O'Connor

Thomas O'Gara

Brian Oliveira

Mikayla Oliveira

Madison Oliveri

Camryn O'Neill

Joseph Postell

Shan Santiago

Anayah Simmons

Mia Sinopoli

Audrey Toce

Julian Trinidad

Josiah Twebaze

Daniel Vig

Rison Yam

Grade 10 High Honors

Lauren Aliberti

Justin Bailat

Kevin Blake

Ava Blodgett

Nathan Boldebuck

Evan Brundige

Caden Campos

Caden Canney

Gavin Correia

Olivia Coyne

Isaac Dame

Kyle Deprimeo-Mclaughlin

Maria Digilio

Liam Dunakin

Kyra Durost

Brianna Eggers

Aiden Elsayed

Molly Fitzgerald

Keelin Foye

Shreya Gandhi

Tarun Ganeshkumar

Aahana Goel

Kaylie Govoni

Giovanna Gulinello

Christopher Hamilton

Tryston Headley

Om Hirani

Ifechukwu Iwuchukwu

Maeve Johnson

Chloe Kisekka

Alessia LaVita

Deborah Lawrence

Kyla Levy

Julia Luther

Zayaan Mamun

Ananya Mathur

Madeline Medeiros

Shiv Meiyur

Andrew Mello

Daniel Moore

Lindsey Mulkerin

Madeleine Murphy

Gianna Nalumansi

Tristan Nguyen

Claire O'Connor

Claire Ong

Ellery Palmer

Melissa Panaligan

Leah Pantalone

Anthony Parrella

Mariyam Patel

Yug Patel

Catherine Patti

Nicholas Piazza

Tea Pucillo

Erica Rizzo

Madilyn Rodgers

Justin Rosa

Gina Rossi

Kelly Shapleigh

Theara Sieu

Kaylie Sullivan

Jillian Swinford

Owen Swint

Andrew Tice

Shreyansh Tiwari

Emily Villa Jimenez

Natalie Walsh

Saish Yennampelli

Jessika Zimmerman

Grade 10 Honors

Paxton Bergeron

Lily Bower

William Bozic

Megan Cali

Daniel Callahan

Priscilla Carvalho

Maeve Casey

Jacob Clarke

Joshua Cruz

Katelyn D'Agostino

Daniel Darris-O'Connor

Kaden Dauphin

Grace David

Andrew D'Orsi

Azba Dugla

Mackenzie Eidens

Alexander Farrell

Arthur Ferreira

Lillian Gadbois

Shaenny Gregorio

Amber Hughes

Sophia Jannoni

Nyrah Joseph

Lisa Katushabe

Caitlin Kennedy

Nathan Kilton

Jala Kneeland

Ashley Kootz

Eric Leipow

Grace Leyne

Marcus Lozius

Keira MacKenzie

Sara MacLeod

Daniel Malgieri

Vanessa Martinez

Ethan Melandes

Nikhil Modi

Mia Monteiro

Keira Moore

Devin Morrow

Jonathan Nicolas

David Oliva

Solymar Padilla Garcia

Vanessa Padilla

Jillian Paris

Diya Patel

Suhani Patel

Cameron Penti

Ryan Picard

Jaidyn Porter

Christopher Powers

Ella Quin

Aldin Reyes Calderon

Isabella Stevens

Rylie Stromme

Veronica Thorne

Michaela Timmins

Sofia Torres-Martinez

Cameron Tortolini

Hailey Vallerand

Sofia Vraka

Blessy Wafula

Jason Xintaropoulos

Nicholas Xiong

Grade 9 High Honors

Tanner Aurilio

Nathan Bailat

Sophie Barriault

Alex Blodgett

Ranya Bousbaa

Leah Brown

Cameron Bruso

Hope Capodilupo

Alexis Caprio

Marlayna Carl

Ryan Carlson

Morgan Castine

Chengjie Chen

Kenta Choy

Bree Courtemanche

Daniel Nathan Cruz

Carmella Deacy

Daniel Difraia

Dylan Doherty

Lily Doyle

Said Estrada

Atia Foti

Aafrin Gadatia

Linnaea Gallagher

Andrew Gerasimov

James Gluck

Logan Gonyea

Hannah Iavarone

Joshua Jacobo

Sara Kazanjian

Nida Khan

Matthew Kim

Kaitlyn Lambert

Jessica Lee

Joonho Lee

Shane Leslie

Melanie Lewis

Kendall Loguidice

Arjun Mahajan

Olivia Marcouillier

Jake Martel

Isabella Martens

Agatha McLaughlin

Layla Mendoza

Ailey Merritt

Yvette Morris

William Munafo

Molly Murphy

Timothy Murphy

Leen Najia

Ayaan Nowaz

Delaney O'Connell

Olivia O'Connor

Alexandra O'Gara

Abigail Oliveira

Krina Patel

Krish Patel

Mahavya Patel

Chloe Pesaturo-Meireles

Caitlin Phelan

Sofia Plaza

Vrikuti Pradhan

Romana Raducan

Rishith Ravi

Samantha Raworth

Antoun Saadeh

Addyson Santy

Haidyn Schneider

Madeline Simone

Lily Smith

Thomas Strunk

Colby Sullivan

Ana Torres-Martinez

Emaly Vieira

Charlotte Whitfield

Josephine Whitten

Patrick Xavier

Britney Young

Grade 9 Honors

Derek Altenord

Cameron Amenkowicz

Henry Anable

Alaina Arsenault

Maheedhar Athreya

Gabriel Bailon

Jack Baldwin

Harsh Baley

Ryan Barrows

Emily Belanger

Ryan Bogere

Gryffin Bordeau

Eric Buhtz

Brayden Butler

Nicholas Cangiamila

Lily Ann Canney

Genevieve Chaffee

Jaslynn Chea

Javaya Conti

Nicholas Costa

Sophia daSilva

Mia Deblay

Abigail Downey

Meghan Downs

Alyson Estrada Rivera

Samaya Evans

Isabella Falcone

Connor Gale

Cassandra Gallagher

Allison Gargalianos

Nicole Guedes

Ryan Hutchins

Maggie Jones

Arrisa Junton

Ariella Kelley

Aaron Kibe

Jenna Krinopol

Yuwal Kumar

Soha Lalava

Cora Lankowski

John Lecours

Giselle Lemus Magana

Kendall MacKenzie

Gabrielle Magaldi

Katelyn Manzi

Julia Marcos

Kendra Marino

Braden Martin

Sofia Mendez

Jonas Micallef Nilsson

Jayden Montijo

Aubrey Moreira

Emma Murray

Brendon Nguyen

Francesco Nietto

Matthew O'Gara

Meghan O'Leary

Brenno Oliveira

Benjamin Pena

Michael Peterson

Mila Petrovic

Emma Philippon

Melanie Philippon

Maelie Quins

Connor Roach

Matthew Roche

Angela Rodriguez

Emma Saverse

Annah Seguin

Jemimah Serumaga

Anna Souza

Kelly Spencer

Ally Spolidoro

Adrien St. Pierre

Allie Sullivan

Dominic Tagliaferro

Nathaniel Telep

Mariana Torres Morales

Abigail Tremblay

Greta Tucker

Megan Vazquez

Walten Wambui

Ashten Young

Grade 8 High Honors

Jean-Lucca Aguiar

Layla Alexis

Kendall Bernier

Lucas Berube

Sienna Bruno

Lyla Correia

Olivia Daughenbaugh

Allana De Oliveira

Isabella DeAngelis

Finn Douglass

Ilias Elkhach

Kendall Femia

Bridget Finn

Gianna Fortunato

Sahil Gandhi

Natan Habtom

Ava Harvey

James Hill

Meredith Hillson

Devin Jain

Joshua Jamieson

Leo Jegasothy

Brayden Jennings

Hayli Koyle

Marc Lafauci

Madelynn LaRosa

Gianna Lavita

Maya Lee

Guytano Lombardo

Patrick Looney

Melanie Marcouillier

Nathan Matthews

Jada Mawanda

Christopher Panzeri

Sharada Parameswaran

Devina Paul

Devjit Paul

Emily Petcher

Xinning Polanco Ramos

Rohan Pudasaini

Stefana Raducan

Peter Rossini

Mary Schmidt

Alexander Schulze

Jose Victor Segundo

Zafina Sheikh

Erin Skelton

Matthew Spidle

Tirth Thaker

Lea Tran

Nathaniel Vidal

Samantha White

Tyler Wilcox

Grade 8 Honors

Luiz Roberto Aguiar

Gabriella Alay

Mia Annello

Akio Aurilio

Emma Ausilio

Derek Barry

Cameron Bennett

Jared Benson

Maya Bijlani

Luiz Gustavo Bittencourt

Ivanina Borisova

Robert Boudros

John Bowen

Killian Burrows

Rylen Canney

Quinn Carbone

Maia Carlisle

Angelina Caterino

Saima Chariwala

Cameron Chiaradonna

Ashlynne Colella

Keera Conley

Luiz Felipe Costa

Aiden Coyne

Shania Cuffee

Ishaan Dadhirao

Isadora Dame

Ricardo De Sousa

Joseph DeRosa

Devyn Donnelly

Jacob Drake

Caroline Eggers

Sean Ferraro

Mia Freitas

Alivia Fulgoni

Charles Gagnon

Brennan Gallagher

Kara Gambale

Jack Gerade

Nicholas Gulinello

Madison Halloran

Natale Harutyunyan

Kiera Harvey

Ella Haynes

Trent Headley

Jesse Hogman

Noah Holewski

Coraline Holstein

Seamus Houlihan

Kyle Howlett

Andrew Hughes

Kurstin Hutchins

Logan Hutchinson

Natalia Imtiaz

Jack Jones

Prerna Joshi

Halima Kasule

Colin Kennedy

Mohammedzafir Khalifa

James Kiernan

Daniel Kinsella

Cooper Kirchner

Ashley Knell

Erik Knight

Justin Krebs

Isabella Lafauci

Aoife Lancourt

Tristan Lane

Thomas LeClerc

Rose Lewis

Sadie Locke

Adriana Lopez

Liana MacKenzie

Lilian Mackwell

Samantha Madeira

Melanie Mahoney

Robert Marrigan

Kathleen Martins

Sophia Massaro

Evan McGonagle

Gianna McGowan

Alexis McKenna

Luke McKenna

Mardochee Memeus

Lucia Mendoza

Carley Monteiro

Riley Murphy

Trascilla Muwulya

Vanessa Nabayunga

Dalia Ngugi

Zachary Normant

Lucas Ovalle

Justin Pappalardo

Lyla Pariseau

Aksh Patel

Anjani Patel

Jeet Patel

Veer Patel

Jacob Peck

Cole Pellegrino

Sarah Perry

Annika Persson

Ava Phippen

Izabella Pica

John Pierce

Aiden Pimentel

Lilian Powers

Bella Quave

Neil Rana

Alan Robertson

Siobhan Robinson

Brydie Rodgers

Raeanne Russell

Laila Santiago

Kathleen Schein

Megan Schiavoni

Kaylee Seng

Saahil Shanbhag

Logan Sheahan

Christopher Sheridan

Hartlie Siegal

Ellison Sigman

Joseph Silva

Caleb Silverstein

Aishmeet Singh

Douglas Skane

Hannah Squibb

Jordan Sweeney

Lia Thissell

Scott Thomas

Khloe Trovato

Celia Ungerson

Lauryanne Vil

Justin Walazek

Colin Ward

Jason Weeks

Brayden Wheeler

Ryan Williams

Grace Yavanian

Sunrise of Burlington is an assisted living facility with two neighborhoods dedicated to traditional assisted living and one special care neighborhood for memory impaired seniors, Reminiscence. We are searching for students who are interested in working with the aging population and developing understanding of various age related needs that can be applied in several career paths. This partnership will open up an opportunity for both students and residents to benefit from each other’s life experiences. Students will be volunteering with the activity department facilitating programs such as: word games, trivia or other forms of creative engagement. We have several different time slots available and the hours are flexible. For more information, please contact Allyson Avery, Activity and Volunteer Coordinator by phone at (781) 229-8100 or email at burlingtonma.avc@sunriseseniorliving.com.

The Lowell Recreation Office is recruiting youth to take the lifeguard classes in February and April (school vacation weeks). The class is free of charge for youth hired to work for the Recreation department and $150 for youth who work elsewhere. The flyers are attached for both school vacations and the classes will be held at the GLTHS pool in Tyngsboro. If anyone has any questions, please call the Recreation Office at 978-674-4175.

Who is ready to get CHARGED UP? After having an incredibly successful 2022 season, and with 45 team members for the 2023 season, Team 4909 is eager to discover what this new year has in store for us! Here is a recap of our 2022 preseason:

CAD (Computer-Aided Design):

Over the preseason, our team has spent significant time training new members in CAD. CAD is a tool used to design parts before manufacturing. Members interested in learning CAD were shown the basics of modeling. Veteran members interested in advancing their CAD skills were given projects to work on with a partner. In the level 1 course, students made parts given a set of constraints without guidance. They learned how to navigate 3D space on a 2D screen in the design process. The students that completed this program have become proficient in CAD and will be able to contribute during the 2023 season. Each group in the level 2 course built a subsystem for past FRC games. The course's objective was to go through the design process from scratch rather than build the system.

Operations:

During the preseason, Team Ops’ focus was heavy on fundraising for the 2023 season. At the start of the school year, we sold custom laser-cut chromebook cases to BMHS students. Through the next two months, Team Ops ran a Calendar Raffle where students sold tickets outside of Market Basket and O’Connor Hardware. We pulled a winner every day of December for a chance to win different prizes each day. Congratulations to everyone who won, and thank you for your support. To conclude the offseason, Team Ops began working on this season’s submission for the Woodie Flowers Award, our business plan, and updating the team website and social media.

Manufacturing:

The manufacturing team concentrated on developing the skills that will be most required for build season. Members first learned how to read and interpret part sheets on basic machines. After, students moved on to other machines in the shop and hand tools. The group worked on our T-shirt shooter from a previous season and were challenged to use their knowledge learned from training. Currently equipped with a single barrel, the T-shirt shooter requires reloading after each shot. Students were tasked with devising a method of firing multiple T-shirts without needing to reload.

Software:

​During the preseason, rookie members were introduced to coding in Java through Codecademy exercises. After building a foundation of basic coding knowledge, students progressed to controlling the robot directly. To get familiar with this environment, members programmed the robot to perform simple functions. They then set up a limelight camera to automatically target April Tags, the new addition for the game this year, as part of an introduction to vision processing. This involved learning how to use firmware and APIs to determine the distance to a target with just a camera. Members were then split into two groups. One group worked on electrical wiring, wire crimping, wire connectors and the typical structure of a robot’s electrical system. The other group worked on building a swerve drive drivetrain from scratch. This involved laying out and connecting the wiring for the robot and learning about CAN systems and how to work with them. Students of this group wrote robot code from scratch, jumped into configuring and structuring swerve drive code, and learned to apply math and real world physics into a robot program. By the end of the preseason, they produced a working swerve drive that our team plans to utilize during the early stages of build season.

Build Season Schedule: 

- Monday: 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM

- Tuesday: 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM

- Wednesday: no meeting

- Thursday: 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM (Flex Meeting)

- Friday: 2:30 PM - 9:00 PM

- Saturday: 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM

- Sunday: no meeting

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for more updates, information on the team's accomplishments, and ways to support us!

Are you applying to Shawsheen Tech for next year? As a part of their application process, ST requires a recommendation from either a teacher or your school counselor. You will want to select a staff member who knows you best. If you are applying to ST, please do the following:

(1) Decide who you will ask for a recommendation, and ask that individual in-person if they would provide you a recommendation.  

(2) Once your counselor or teacher says that they will do a recommendation for you, email your school counselor with the name of the individual so that they can send a recommendation link to the person you've asked. Your recommender will then be able to complete the recommendation process.

Monday

There will be a very important meeting of the Yearbook Club today after school in E376. We are getting ready for Club Photo Day and Senior Superlative pictures, which will be this Thursday, January 12.  

The Chess Club will hold its first Tournament on Monday January 9th in D366. If you are interested in the Chess Club please see Rory Walsh, Molly Reagan, or Dr. Heising. 

The first 2023 WW2 Club Meeting will be taking place this afternoon at 2.05 in room D257, and they are looking for new recruits who are interested in exploring anything and everything WW2 related! No sign up required - just show up! This week we are exploring the American experience of the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944, and comparing the newsreel footage with its depiction in the epic TV miniseries Band of Brothers. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Sykes.

The Environmental Club will be starting school recycling this week and they are looking for new members who want to join and help BMHS lower our carbon footprint and make a difference in the environment! Anyone interested in joining, please see Mrs. Molloy or scan the QR code on the school televisions.

Tuesday

The Science National Honor Society will meet after school in room D366.

Wednesday

The Baking Club will meet Wednesday after school in room D366.

Thursday

The STEM Research Team will meet Thursday afterschool in room D366.  

The next Students of Color Association (SOCA) meeting is this Thursday, January 12 at 2:10 pm in B417. Everyone is welcome. 

Spanish Club is starting 2023 off like many families in Spanish-speaking countries by playing table games with dominos and dice. There will be different groups of games to play. Please feel free to bring a refreshment to share with the group. ALL are welcome no matter what language you speak! Join us after school on Thursday, January 12 in room B327

Friday

 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.

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.

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 present our Winter Show!

BLUE STOCKINGS 

by Jessica Swale. 

Performances will be:

Friday January 13 at 7pm

Saturday January 14 at 7pm 

Sunday January 15 at 2pm

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.

Tickets can be purchased at: billericafinearts.ludus.com

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

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.