A reminder that the School Choice application period for the 2025-26 school year is now open and runs through May 9, 2025. The link below provides school options, applications, as well as additional information regarding the process. Thank you! https://www.clarke.k12.ga.us/page/school-choice-house-bill-251

It is time to elect new members to our Local School Governance Team. The Local School Governance Team has open parent/guardian and teacher positions for election. Parents or guardians of students attending our school during the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years are eligible to run for the parent/guardian LSGTeam positions

21st Century Summer Camp!!! Come one, come all! Looking for a safe place for your child this summer while also gaining STEM, Academic, & Physical Exercise? Well, this camp is for you. BHL will be joining Clarke Middle School at their new site this summer. Please scan the QR code and fill out the application while openings are available.

8th Grade Families, Clarke Central High School invites you to its Spring Title I & PTSO Meeting on Tuesday, April 1st, in the school's media center. The event will begin at 6:00 pm with the school’s annual Title I presentation, which will provide information on the school's Title I program as well as details on current school data. Attendees will then be invited to share input into next year's school goals, initiatives, and expenses. Afterwards, PTSO members will discuss ways to support the school in these final months of the year. Questions can be sent to barnerc@clarke.k12.ga.us. ____________________ Familias de 8° Grado: La Escuela Superior Clarke Central les invita a su reunión de primavera del Título I y reunión PTSO (organización de padres, maestros y estudiantes), el martes, 1 de abril en el centro de medios de la escuela. El evento comenzará a las 6:00 p.m. con la presentación anual del Título I de la escuela, que proporcionará información sobre el programa, así como detalles sobre los datos actuales de la escuela. Luego, los asistentes serán invitados a compartir sus opiniones sobre los objetivos, iniciativas y gastos escolares para el próximo año. De último, los miembros del PTSO discutirán formas de apoyar a la escuela en estos últimos meses del año. Cualquier pregunta puede enviarse a: barnerc@clarke.k12.ga.us.

Our students have loved seeing our teachers in uniforms today. That's what happens at BHL when teachers lose the students vs. teachers reading competition in February. Be sure to check out our social media channels for more fun photos from today!

BHL Families, please join us tonight for our African American Heritage Celebration. Food will served at 5:30 and our celebration begins at 6. See you all soon!

Attention all guardians, please check your email for information on the Georgia School Climate Survey. Thank you.

Both our 7th/8th girls and boys basketball teams went undefeated this year and won the city championships this evening! This is a back-to-back championship win for the girls! BHL students and staff members can dress down tomorrow in celebration of this win and to support our 6th-grade teams, who will play their last game of the season tomorrow evening at BHL. Please wear blue again or BHL swag.

Join us as we cheer on our girls' and boys' basketball teams for the championship games today!

We look forward to hosting our BHL Family on Tuesday, January 28th, 2025. Join us for our Parent University, "Passport to Literacy". Travel the halls and explore all the ways our students gain literacy. Literacy goes way beyond the walls of ELA classrooms. Literacy is embedded in all subjects and life. Join us for a fun night of activities. Stay for door prizes. Learn more about how your students experience literacy within our walls!

The district has announced the following message to share with families: Due to poor secondary road conditions resulting from yesterday’s snowfall and in the safety interests of all students and staff, CCSD schools and district offices will be closed Thursday, January 23. In keeping with our commitment to providing quality instruction, Thursday will once again be an at-home learning day for students, and schools will provide additional information about student work expectations for the day. We will continue to closely monitor ground conditions throughout the day Thursday in collaboration with our local emergency management agency and will provide an update by Thursday evening regarding the school schedule for Friday, January 24. As always, all official updates are communicated with our families through text message and email via our mass notification system and posted to our website (www.clarke.k12.ga.us) and our social media platforms (@ClarkeCoSchools). ••• Debido a las malas condiciones de las carreteras secundarias como resultado de la nevada de ayer y en interés de la seguridad de todos los estudiantes y el personal, las escuelas y oficinas del CCSD estarán cerradas el jueves 23 de enero. En cumplimiento con nuestro compromiso de instrucción de calidad, el jueves será nuevamente un día de aprendizaje en casa para los estudiantes, y las escuelas proporcionarán información adicional sobre las expectativas del día. Continuaremos monitoreando las condiciones actuales del terreno todo el día jueves en colaboración con nuestra administración local de manejo de emergencias y proporcionaremos una actualización el jueves por la noche con respecto al horario escolar para el viernes 24 de enero. Como siempre, todas las actualizaciones oficiales se enviarán a las familias a través de mensajes de texto y correo electrónico mediante nuestro sistema de notificación masiva y se publicarán en nuestro sitio web (www.clarke.k12.ga.us) y nuestras plataformas de redes sociales (@ClarkeCoSchools).

Good morning BHL families. The district has called for an asynchronous day today. Please have your students use Google Classroom to locate their assignments for today. These assignments will be graded. Thank you.

WEATHER UPDATE: All schools and offices closed Friday, January 10.

BHL wants to say congratulations to our 24-25 BHL School Spelling Bee Champion, Addison Luke! Jack Coku is our runner-up for his second year in a row! Addison and Jack will go to the CCSD Spelling Bee in January.

Our BHL PTO Fundraiser is in its last few days!!! Please share with your families and friends. Coffee can be purchased this week. The drive ends on December 5th.

BHL T-shirts are on sale now!

Greetings families, We’ve received a high volume of calls regarding our middle school schedule for the remainder of the week and we’d like to provide some important information. Please note that while both high schools are operating on a modified schedule due to their conferences, all elementary and middle schools will follow their regular schedule as usual. That's a regular day today and tomorrow. We do have school on Friday.

The BHL PTO fundraiser has been extended to December 5th! Please share our link with friends, church members, families, and loved ones over the Thanksgiving break! WE NEED YOUR HELP. Please help us reach our goal of $500! bit.ly/BHLPTOJoe

BHL wants to thank all Veterans for their service.

Today is PTO Dressdown day! $1.00 for Hats. $1.oo to Dressdown. $2.00 for both!