AP Biology students investigating factors that affect photosynthesis.
BHS Soccer is on its way to the playoffs! On Monday, November 6th, BHS' Girls Soccer Team will take on Lewis Mills at Nassahegan Recreation Complex in Burlington at 4:00 p.m. and on Tuesday, November 7th, BHS' Boys Soccer Team will take on St. Bernards at St. Bernard High School in Norwich. This is the first time in school history that both teams have made the playoffs in the same year! Tickets for both games can only be purchased online using the Go Fan site. Click on the link below to purchase tickets: https://gofan.co/app/school/CIAC.
Congratulations to the Varsity Football Team on their 44-6 win over East Catholic last night! Five touchdowns for the Warhawks were scored by Davion Kerr and another touchdown by Quarterback Darrien Foster. The boys will take on Tolland next Friday night at home at 7:00 p.m. on Senior Night!
Congratulations to the Girls Varsity Soccer Team for their 5-0 victory over Hartford Public yesterday! Goals for the Warhawks were scored by: Sianna Lloyd (2), Sarah Priemer (1), Taylor Jackson (1), and Arianna Reid (1). The girls will play in the first round of the playoffs, this coming Monday. More details to follow.
District's annual food drive is underway. Your non-perishable food items are needed.
BHS' FFA Leadership Team and Mrs. Edwards-Hassan traveled to Indianapolis this week for the 96th National FFA Convention & Expo. The National Convention & Expo is all about growing the next generation of leaders. During this event, FFA members learn how to: find out who you are, who you want to become and how you can change how the world grows.
BHS' Annual Girls Flag Football Game will be next Thursday, November 9th at 7:00 p.m. as the Under Classmen take on the Upper Classmen. Come out and support all of these Warhawks in a battle for the BHS title.
BHS Parents: This is just a reminder that Quarter 1 ends tomorrow at Bloomfield High School. Report cards will be available on your PowerSchool Parent Portal at the end of next week.
BHS' Unified Sports Team will be participating in a soccer tournament next Wednesday, November 8th at Farmington High School at 3:00 p.m. Please come out and support BHS' Unified Sports Program!
District, in collaboration with community partners, will host of series of monthly empowerment workshops for families, starting Thursday, Nov. 9. That session will on how to create and maintain a budget - "Money Matters" - 6 p.m., at 330 Park Ave., Bloomfield.
Thanks to the Bloomfield Lions Club for its donation of a bench to the Bloomfield High School courtyard. Now, when whether permits, students can relax and enjoy the outdoors.
A school project, led by BHS’ Multicultural Club, contributed to the installation of the bench.
Congratulations to the Girls Varsity Soccer Team on their 2-0 win over Windsor yesterday. Goals for the Warhawks were scored by Taylor Jackson and Sianna Lloyd. ⚽️
Congratulations to the Girls Varsity Volleyball Team who defeated The Academy of International Studies last night on Senior Night, 3-2. Seniors for the Warhawks are: Asra Gray, Adreana Morales, Tanae Spears, Ashairi Higgins and T'anna Livingstone.
Congratulations to our Boys Varsity Soccer Team who tied Windsor last night 1-1 on Senior Night! This tie sends the team to the playoffs for the first time since 2012. The goal for the Warhawks was scored by Jahmeen Harrigan with just 5 minutes left in the game! Seniors for the team are: Dejuan Drummond, Nikolai Albrechtsen, Ethan Fields and Jahmeen Harrigan.
Joseph Renzulli, world renown pioneer in gifted education and teaching strategies to promote academic growth for all children, was one of the visitors at yesterday's launch of a global academic partnership between Bloomfield's fifth and sixth graders and a school in Brazil. The American Psychological Association named Mr. Renzulli among the 25 most influential psychologists in the world.
Joseph Renzulli | Neag School of Education
District launched its global partnership today - via Zoom - with a school in Brazil.
Our emerging talented and gifted program, known as SOAR, is engaging in a virtual global collaboration project with sixth-grade students from the Colégio Mãe de Deus in Londrina, Brazil. The initiative is sponsored by Renzulli Learning. Today's meeting engaged Carmen Arace Intermediate School fifth and sixth-grade students with the Brazilian students. The students talked about their interests and hobbies - and asked each other questions about their country. There will be more of these exchanges with the Brazilian students in the coming months.
Renzulli Learning is a curriculum enrichment online system, developed by Joseph Renzulli, who attended Thursday's event. The Renzulli methodology, renown globally, transforms the way students learn and how teachers teach. It places the student at the center of the education process, focuses on their strengths and allows them to pursue their own interests.
On Wednesday, October 25th, BHS' Young Men's Leadership Group participated in the CAS/CIAC Men of Color in Leadership Conference at Berlin High School. This yearly event provides young men with life lessons and personal experiences to help guide them in their future. Principal White spoke as one of the panelists at the event. Thank you to Mr. Glenn Spencer for taking our young men to such an influential event. Click on the link for a recap of the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-nL73Qk734.
This afternoon at BHS we have a double header with both the boys' and girls' varsity soccer teams taking on Windsor! The girls will play at 3:45 p.m. and the boys will play at 6:00 p.m. We will also be celebrating senior night for the boys' team this evening. We will need all of our Warhawk supports in the stands today to support our soccer teams.
Literacy was this morning's focus at Laurel Literacy Academy. In partnership with the United Way, Bloomfield Public Schools hosted Read for Record. Volunteer readers were in the Laurel classrooms and read the book, “With Lots of Love” by Jenny Torres Sanchez Rocio. These books were donated by the United Way. Bloomfield board of education members, district leaders and community folks participated in the event..
Congrats to Bloomfield Adult Education student Gladys Rivera Vidal. Our Adult Ed courses helped her to passed all requirements for U.S. Citizenship, as established by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
She will participate in a new-citizens swearing-in ceremony at the Federal Building in Hartford at the end of November. Ms. Rivera is married with two children ages 10 and 7. She and her husband, Jorge Vega, are originally from Ecuador and have been living in Connecticut for 10 years.
In addition to academic courses, Bloomfield Adult Ed provides U.S. Citizenship preparation classes, running 10 weeks in the fall and spring. These include lesson in basics Civics, along with coaching on how to prepare for the citizenship interview.
