Curriculum
Extra-curricular Activities
Special Features
Yearly Happenings
School Lunch Policy
History
Staff
Bronson Junior/Senior High School General Information
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General Information
Transportation: Route information is
available by calling the transportation department at 369-3260.
Starting Time: 7:55 am
Dismissal Time: 2:55 pm
Information Hot Line: 369-3230, ext 1
Absentee Policy: When a student is going to miss a day, the parent will call 369-3231 at any time. An answering system operates 24 hours a day.
Counseling: This service is available to all students as individuals or in small groups. Students may make appointments by signing up in the office. Parents may call for an appointment. Parental participation is encouraged. Counselors, who provide academic, social, and emotional support, act as liaisons between students, parents, and teachers.
Class Schedule: Classes are arranged in seven 48 minute
sessions,
plus a daily Seminar Period of approximately 30 minutes. Junior High "exploratory" classes meet on a
rotating basis for 9 or 18 weeks.
Basic Courses: High School
Junior High: Fine arts exploratory for all seventh and eighth graders, physical education, health, computers, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.
Junior High Exploratory Classes:
7th Grade: Band, Choir, technology education, keyboarding/Internet, computer,
service learning, international cultures, speech, Science Alive!
8th Grade: Band, Choir, technology education, computer, careers, woodshop
Grading Periods: 4 times a year, plus 4 interim progress reports
Testing: Seventh, eighth, ninth and eleventh grade students take the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP). Other assessments are used to identify student skill levels and analyze student growth throughout the year.
Special Academic Classes: These are offered for students who need additional academic attention.
Media Center: The media center serves as an extension of the classroom by providing reference, research, and supplemental materials. It is coordinated by a certified media consultant assisted by a paraprofessional.
High School
Band - (marching & concert)
performs at games, concerts, & festivals
Choir - aCappella choir (by audition) and concert choir performances
FFA - agriscience related activities in careers, leadership &
citizenship
NHS - Staff selection based on high academics, character & service
Quiz Bowl - knowledge competition against other schools
SADD - promotes seatbelt use, plus safe, non-alcoholic driving
Student Council - provides for student leadership and student input
Thespians - promote the theatre as a fine art, perform in school plays
Varsity Club - membership open to all varsity letter winners
Yearbook - journalism students produce these fine books annually
Youth in Government - students learn the workings of our state government
in Lansing
Junior High
Band
Choir
Student Council
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Five (four full and one mini) computer laboratories equipped with computers and appropriate components, staffed by a teacher lab coordinator, a wireless computer lab, as well as two student computers in every room.·
Two counselors available to 7th - 12th grade students and their parents, day and evening parent-teacher conferences and interim progress reports· Award-winning programs, including yearbook, and FFA chapter and agriscience program
· Separate instrumental and vocal music rooms designed specifically for band and choir
· Four year partnership with Michiana Big Brothers/Big Sisters and Bronson Youth and Family Center: twenty-four high school students serve as mentors for at-risk elementary students, working with them for one hour each week
·Winter and spring vocal concerts
·Winter and spring band concerts
· Fall and Spring plays and musicals
· Parent-Teacher conferences / spring & fall
· Mathematics contest
· County-wide Science Olympiad held in March at BHS
Breakfast and Lunches are prepaid or paid for daily.
The cafeteria provides breakfast, hot lunch and a la carte items.
Price: Breakfast: $1.35; Lunch: $1.85. Free and reduced price meals available to students who qualify. Milk - $.40
Built: 1964. Originally housed 9th -12th grades until 7th -8th was transferred from Chicago Street School in 1980 . A Science/Technology addition was completed in 1998. A Weight and Wrestling/All-Purpose Room addition was completed in September 2002.
School Colors: Purple and Gold
School Mascot: Vikings
Size: 35 classrooms
Special Facilities: Gymnasium, media center, band room, vocal music room, home economics room, technology room, computer labs (3 full, 2 mini, and 1 wireless), woodshop, agriscience room, art room.
Enrollment: 670
Average Class Size: 20
1 Principal
1 Assistant Principal
3 Secretaries
2 Attendance Clerks
35 Teachers
1 Counselor
1 Assessment Coordinator
1 Media Specialist
3 Para-professionals
7 Food Service Persons
The Bronson Community School District does not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, national origin, sex, age, height, weight, religion, marital status
or disability in its programs and activities.