Mrs. Mike McMorrow and her family will be cutting the ribbon tonight at 6:50 p.m. to officially open the newly renovated Mike McMorrow Auditorium at Beech Grove High School. The ribbon cutting will take place just before the curtain opens for tonight's performance.

Thanks to all of the parents who sent in photos of their children working on their eLearning assignments. Look for more photos posted on our district Facebook page!

Great job! Everyone made this a very successful first eLearning day!

Look for more photos from "RedForEd" Day on our district Facebook page.

"Please join me in congratulating Alexia Ham on signing with Danville Area Community College to continue her academic and softball career! We celebrated her signing with her family, friends, and coaches on November 6 in the athletic lobby. Way to go Lexi!"

Sixty fabulous BGHS students were recognized at the November 15 VIP Breakfast. Congratulations to all of our VIP's! A listing of the VIP students recognized at the breakfast is attached to this edition of the Hornet Blast.

The 7th grade Academic Pursuit Team beat Lynhurst in a close match last night by a score of 22-20, taking the season record to 1-1. Alysa Hester, Brookelynne Rucker, and Lucy Griffith led all scorers.

Thanks to our storm damage construction company, SCS, and one of their employees, Ronnie Romans, who with his Dad, also named Ronnie Romans, a US Army Chaplain, raised a new United States flag after replacement of the flag pole at the Administration offices. The original flag pole was destroyed by the tornado that severely damaged our high school in June.

Trudi Wolfe, Melissa Keeley, and Morgan Bastin, counselors at Central and South Grove, presented a break-out session at the Indiana School Counselor Association conference on November 14, 2019. They presented information about their work using the ACEs survey to provide trauma screenings to students in grades K-6. They also shared information about how to use this information to help teachers and principals support students who are most in need.

We love our counselors! Thank you for all you do for our students.

Thanks to Paige Anderson for taking the photos, pictured below, of our counselors at the conference.

Staff members from Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance presented a check to Dr. Kaiser to help support the district's community Thanksgiving dinner to be held on Monday, November 25. Pictured below, left to right: Zac Capps, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, Dr. Paul A. Kaiser, Superintendent, and Dave Kalavsky, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance.

Thank you for your generosity!

It was a privilege for several of our Administration Department staff (and, one of our wonderful BGHS students) to serve dinner to families staying at the Ronald McDonald House. Our Chartwells staff lovingly prepared the delicious food that was served at the House on Thursday, November 14. Thank you to our Chartwells staff: Dulcie Holcomb, Sandy Brewer, Melissa Schlicher, Sandy Parsley, and Heather Jarrett. Thank you to Administration staff: Steph Alford, Gay Osos, Cathy Statzer, Tom Keeley, and Melody Stevens. And, thanks to BGHS Freshman, Chase Alford.

PODEMOS means "We Can" in Spanish...and is the theme of our Hispanic family gatherings. Thanks to Ana Copenhaver for sending over these great photos of the November 18 dinner where the families enjoyed pie and a little celebration of the season. According to Mrs. Copenhaver, "the students and parents loved the sense of community and getting together. These monthly meetings are educational, informative, and super fun!"

"For our ENL (English as a new language) classes, we are doing a unit called "We are what we eat." We've talked about marketing and food, as well as art and food, and we will be touching on topics such as food deserts, health, and food sustainability. In terms of culture, we are focusing on the fact that food is really what makes us who we are - it brings us together to the table, it's a social event, it's ingrained in our culture, and it's something we can all relate to no matter where we're from. Yesterday, Dulcie Holcomb, our Chartwells Food Service Director, and her staff prepared a variety of foods from several different cultures for our ENL2 students to taste and conducted a food demonstration on how to make these foods. Dulcie presented and made the bread in front of the students from a variety of cultures, including Naan from India, Injera from Ethiopia, Pan de Muertos from Mexico, Challah from Israel, and even Fry Bread from the Navajo Nation! The students were given the opportunity to eat the dishes in the ways that they were eaten in those specific cultures by tearing, dipping, grabbing, and sopping their way through the world. It was a phenomenal experience for our students, and we thank Chartwells for providing such an educational, unique, cultural, and fun experience for our kids!

Mr. Bullock: cbullock@bgcs.k12.in.us

Mr. Lawrence: slawrence@bgcs.k12.in.us

Orders are due December 2.

Orders are due: Dec 3rd.

To order online:

Beech Grove Girls Basketball Poinsettia Fundraiser

Applications must be submitted no later than NOVEMBER 30 and can be mailed to:

Servant's Heart of Indy, Inc.
P.O. Box 805
Beech Grove, IN 46107

or

Brought to the pantry during regular business hours
Thursdays from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Saturdays from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

The Beech Grove Lions Club is selling Discover Books this year as a fundraiser. The Lions club supports our school district through the Renaissance Program, School Supplies for Central Elementary School, and additional assistance when called upon.

If anyone is interested in purchasing the 2020 Discover Book, you can purchase one for $25.00. With that purchase you get a free 2019 Discover Book and a free mobile coupon book which can be loaded to your IPhone.

If you would like to purchase a book, please email or call Don Stowers (information listed below) or you can drop by and purchase one from Kris Henthorn at his insurance office at 411 Main Street.

Don Stowers

317-862-9064

dstowersd@aol.com

We know there are many, many positive stories about Beech Grove City Schools involving our students, teachers, staff, and programs that we don't always hear. If you have a positive story to share, please send the details to Melody Stevens, Community Relations/Communications Director, at mstevens@bgcs.k12.in.us. We also encourage you to send stories that include personal achievements of your child such as: attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, performing in a community play, earning Girl Scout badges, serving as a volunteer in a non-profit organization, etc., etc. You might just see your story in a future edition of the "Hornet Blast" or in one of our local south side newspapers. We want to celebrate our Hornets!

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