Brooklyn Center High School
Where Arts, Academics, & Global Perspectives Share Center Stage
Health Resource Center Opens in Brooklyn Center!
The new health resource center is NOW OPEN! Brooklyn Center School district is providing FREE medical, dental, and mental health services for all children in the district and community. Consent Forms can be located on the Family Resources page. More information about our Community Schools initiative can be found on the Community Schools page. Links to TV news, newspaper, and blogs that mention the new Health Resource Center can be found on our District 286 News page.
BCHS wins "Magnet School of Excellence" Award!
Brooklyn Center High School has won the national Magnet School of Excellence Award for 2010! The MSA website states,"The Magnet Schools of Merit Award recognizes magnet schools that show a commitment to high academic standards, curriculum innovation, successful desegregation/diversity efforts, and the consistent delivery of quality services to all school stakeholders. Two categories of awards have been established by MSA: The top category given to a group of select magnet schools is the Magnet School of Excellence Award and the second category of awards is the Magnet School of Distinction Award. Schools recognized must be members of Magnet Schools of America and must submit an application that is scored by a panel of educators." Congratulations to the hard-working, dedicated teachers, staff, and students of BCHS that have made this possible!
On Tuesday Feb 16th from 4:00-8:00 we will be hosting a Financial Aid night for our seniors and their parents. This evening is an opportunity to fill out the FAFSA line by line with trained Financial aid folks.
H1N1: Free Vaccines
Hennepin County and Minnesota Visiting Nurses Agency will be providing H1N1 flu shots to all children, youth and adults. Download the MVNA Flyer for times and locations.
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Congratulations Art Students!
Congratulations to Chanissa Rea Wilkerson and Nancy Vang for receiving 2nd place Honorable Mention awards (out of 96 entries) at the Tri-Metro Arts Festival last night. In addition, congratulations to our Tri-Metro band and choir students, Ulysses Fonseca, Noragene Lewis, Vanlee Mayson, Jared Henning, Sunnie Chang, Roderic Harris, Catherine Pfauth, Tori Harris, Tyler Erickson, Jake Windsperger, Adam Almstedt, and Ryan Ferguson. These musicians rehearsed all day with guest conductors and then performed an impressive 2 hour concert for over 600 friends, family, and teachers. A special thank you was publicly given to our own Catherine Pfauth for helping the guest conductor teach the choir the correct pronunciation of a German piece they were singing. Additional thank you's go out to Ms. Porter for giving a student the shoes off her feet and for Mr. Countryman showing the orchestra director's how to quickly take away band and orchestra equipment and set up for a choir.
Congratulations BC DECA Students!
Congratulations to the following DECA business students who stepped out and competed against 450 of the area’s top students in various business-related skills on Saturday in Mound. This is truly a competitive academic test for our students who compete in a District against some of the biggest schools (e.g. Minnetonka and Edina)…there are no class divisions for size of school like in sports!
Eight students with an asterisk(*) qualified to compete at State in March. Go BC!
Queenella Cornormia
*Andre DuBose (Sports Marketing Team Decision Making)
*Sam Gordon (Sports Marketing Team Decision Making and Public Speaking-3rd place)
*Matt Hatle (Business Services Role Play-1st place and Employment Interview)
*Aaron Joles (Principles of Hospitality and Tourism Role Play)
*Pao Lee (Principles of Marketing Role Play)
Xeng Pha
Dontae Tart
Fuechi Vang
*Malvin Jay Vue (Hard Line Sales Demonstration)
Funttine Xiong
*Grace Yang (Public Speaking-2nd place and Retail Merchandising Role Play)
*Larsa Yang (Principles of Hospitality & Tourism-3rd place)
BC is Awarded the Ed Tech ARRA Grant! Congratulations Brooklyn Center!
The Ed Tech ARRA grant will provide funding for the Student Achievement Through Technology project at Brooklyn Center High School. This project provides technology resources and staff development along three primary strands: multimedia, videoconferencing, and web publishing. As a result of this project, students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the curriculum through the creation of multimedia content, demonstrate complex communication and expert thinking, connect globally with other schools, institutions, and experts around the world, and publish meaningful work online. Students will gain greater access to computers and will have multiple opportunities for videoconferencing. Teachers will be provided with a rich, comprehensive professional development program and multimedia tools (i.e., cameras, video cameras, microphones) to use in their classroom. In addition to on-campus training, conferences, and off-campus workshops, staff will also have access to a new online Staff Development Academy that will include forums, wikis, blogs, and a repository for samples of lessons, assessment tasks, rubrics, and samples of student work.
Webcasting at BCHS and BCTV
The Technology Club will be webcasting JV and Varsity games as well as other important school events. If you are interested in watching them at home on your computers you can log onto:http://webcast50.com/site/pages/ec/ec.php?schoolID=156 and click on "view live event."
Daily student announcements can be viewed by clicking here, or by tuning in to Channel 14.
Also be sure to check the schedule on the event center for future live webcasts!
For further information, contact Technology Club advisor, Patrick Doty, ext. 2852.
Access BCHS Media Center online
Students and families are now able to access the BCHS Media Center catalog through this website. Students can browse for books and place ones that they would like to check out on a hold list. The Media Center Specialist will pull the book from the shelves and have it ready for the student to pick up the next day.
Apply to Brooklyn Center Jr / Sr High School
The Northwest Suburban Integration School District (NWSISD) is now accepting applications. The priority application period has closed and initial lottery has already taken place but applications will be accepted year -round. Students will be accepted as space is available. We are not currently on a waiting list. For an application, click here.
If you are interested in applying to Brooklyn Center High School, the following information must be provided: copy of student birth certificate, previous school transcript, up-to-date immunization record, guardianship form (if student does not live with legal parent), and verification of address (ID, rental or purchase agreement, mail with current address). Enrollment forms can be picked up at the high school office (6500 Humboldt Ave. N., Brooklyn Center) between 7:00 AM and 3:00 PM. If you have any questions on the application process please contact JoAnn Gabrick at 763-561-2120, ext. 2003