Students Cap Season of Giving with the Donation of 4,500 Pounds of Food
The Brookings-Harbor Food Bank received 4,500 pounds in food donations from the Bruins —thanks in great part to the efforts of Kalmiopsis students and their families. BHHS Leadership students organized the drive and unloaded the donations Monday, Dec. 17, at the Brookings Harbor Community Helpers Emergency Food Bank. The class with the most donations district-wide was Ms. Kyla Siri's third-grade class.
BHHS Leadership students took the lead in several fundraising and donation drives this fall:
- During the annual American Red Cross blood drive in October, fifty-four units of blood were donated, surpassing the initial goal of forty-three units. These units, many given by BHHS students and staff, were then distributed among at least five hospitals across Oregon and Washington.
- Sixty boxes of clothes, school supplies, and other necessities were sent to orphans in third world countries via Operation Christmas Child.
- BHHS Leadership wrote letters to local veterans, thanking them for their service to our country. Twenty-two veterans living in a Lebanon retirement home were also written letters by Leadership and given donations for their holiday Christmas stockings.
- BHHS Leadership Students on the Doernbecher Committee have raised almost $2,200 for Katelyn’s Cause over the past three months via Powder Puff Football, Powder Tuff Volleyball, sales of concessions at home football games, and participation in the local ChariTree event (during which BHHS trees raised funds for both Katelyn’s Cause and OASIS House).
Thank you, community members, volunteers and fellow Bruin students for the participation in and support of these efforts.
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Music, Art Fills Hallways this Wednesday and Thursday
The "Holiday in the Hallway" party is from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, December 19, in the Brookings-Harbor High School commons (directly across the hall from the library).
This annual art history display is a collaboration of the English and Social Studies departments that will feature the entire sophomore class, as well as some of Ms. Sheryl Tuttle's art classes. In addition, Mr. Greg Scott's Let's Talk class will be hosting the party and hospitality.
This is an opportunity for the community and parents to come and see the creativity of our students. The display will remain up throughout the school day on Friday, December 20 -- the last day before winter break -- so that it can be viewed by students, teachers, and staff.
For more information, please contact Ms. Kelly Garvin.
Concerts
On Wednesday, Azalea Middle School will host a choir concert at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, in the BHHS Band Room/Auditorium. The middle school concert will be immediately followed by the BHHS choirs in concert starting at 7 p.m., also in the BHHS band room.
On Thursday, Dec., 19, the AMS band/orchestra will play at 6 p.m. in the BHHS Band Room/Auditorium, followed by the high school bands and orchestra at 7 p.m., also in the BHHS band room.
AMS Dance
Azalea Middle School is also hosting a dance Thursday, Dec. 19, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the middle school.
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Past Graduates to Return to Talk With Current Students
On Thursday, December 19th, BHHS Counseling will host an all-day Past Grads Visit!
BHHS Alumni can share their recent College, Trade School, Military, and/or Apprenticeship experiences with our Juniors and Seniors. This will be a full-day event starting at 8:25 am and going until 3:30 pm. Lunch will be provided.
If you are interested in being a part of this exciting day please contact a member of the Counseling Department to get your name on the attendee list. 541-469-2108 option 3 then option 1, or email Kristi Fulton.
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New Role Is Helping Individuals Pursue Professional Opportunities!
 Hello all!
I am writing to introduce myself. My name is Paige Phillips, and I am a new face in your school. I am currently in Brookings Harbor-High School every Friday, and on some Tuesdays and Thursdays. Here is a little more about my background, and about the Recruit HIPPO program.
To start, I am originally from the Philadelphia area in Pennsylvania. I am a soccer player and coach. My educational background is in Human Development and Family Studies, and Exercise and Sport Studies. My work experience has been in the field of human services, specifically geared toward youth and adolescent development programs. My work experience has been based on the philosophy of building relationships, meeting students where they are at, and supporting them as they create and pursue goals.
I am excited to collaborate with your staff, community partners, and students as a Youth Talent Advisor for Curry County with South Coast Business Employment’s program Recruit HIPPO.
Recruit HIPPO stands for "Helping Individuals Pursue Professional Opportunities."
The mission is to create practical and meaningful pathways to careers for students who plan to work directly out of high school or directly from a certificate or training program. The services we offer are open to students at no cost.
These services include in-school assisted career exploration. We will also support students to obtain internships for credit, work experience, job shadowing or summer work experiences. We also will do industry tours and field trips to explore career opportunities.
Please check out our Facebook page @RecruitHIPPO
Please feel free to contact me via email or at 451-373-3853
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Industry Tour for BHHS, Gold Beach Planned in January
Brookings-Harbor High School students will have the opportunity to attend an Industry Tour Jan. 16, 2020, to Coos Curry Electric Cooperative and BC Fisheries. This will be a combined tour with students from Brookings-Harbor High School and Gold Beach High School.
For this industry tour, the cap is 30 students in total. Please contact the Curry Work Source – SCBEC Youth Talent Advisor Paige Phillips if you are interested in attending or know of specific students who would benefit from the trip.
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District Budget Committee Seats - Open Until Filled
The Brookings-Harbor School Board is seeking to fill one remaining vacancy on the Budget Committee. The application is now open for community members wishing to serve a three-year term on the committee. The one-page application is available as a PDF or Word document and is due to the School District office at 564 Fern Ave., Brookings, OR 97415 or via email attachment to Dede Corpening.
Budget Committee Information
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BHHS Seeks 2 Community Members for Site Council
Brookings-Harbor High School Site Council is seeking two additional community volunteers to serve with the group for 2020.
A school site council is a group of teachers, parents and classified employees that works with the principal to develop, review and evaluate school improvement programs and school budgets.
Principal DeAnne Varitek is soliciting applications for two additional community members to join the fourteen-member council. Applications are due at noon on Jan. 9.
Community Partner Site Council Application.
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AMS students Turkey Trot before Thanksgiving holiday
The "Turkey Trot" is an intra-school field day tradition. This year it took place on Friday, Nov. 22, during the last hour of the school day before the week-long Thanksgiving Break. All AMS students joined in the fun at Elmer Bankus Field. There was music, dancing and cheering in the stands. The main event is a 1.1 mile run around a portion of the school district. While participants ran in grade level and teacher/staff categories, a number of other events were happening in front of the grandstands such as pie-eating and squash bowling. Prizes for the 'trot' winners for girls and boys at each grade level were 1st place - Frozen Turkey; 2nd place - Pumpkin Pie; and 3rd place - bag of spuds.
Read more about it in the Curry Coastal Pilot's Nov. 28 article "Turkey Trot: First, there's pie!"
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Local, state and national grants awarded to Bruins
Wild Rivers Community Foundation
Thank you Wild Rivers Community Foundation and donors for the generous $500 Holiday Partnership mini-grant for the Brookings-Harbor High School Youth Transition Program (YTP) to create canned cranberries for donation to local food programs, and funds to create a Thanksgiving tamale feast! Wild Rivers Community Foundation awarded $22,000 in grants Wednesday, Dec. 4, to 29 nonprofit organizations, agencies and churches that provide thousands of children and adults in Curry and Del Norte counties with much-needed food, clothing, gifts, companionship, and other services.
Dollar General Youth Literacy Grant
Many thanks to Dollar General Literacy Foundation for awarding Brookings-Harbor School District a Dollar General Youth Literacy Grant for 2019 of $1000. These DG grants were announced in September and provide $2.8 million to organizations across 44 states to support youth literacy initiatives during the 2019-2020 academic year. BHSD is one of the only six organizations from Oregon to receive this competitive nationwide grant.
The funds will be used to purchase copies of the illustrated children’s book “30 Minutes Over Oregon” for all students in the 5th grade as part of a local history project culminating with events with community members, local historians, and high school history and social studies classes. An Orbis Pictus Honor Book for Outstanding Nonfiction 2019, “30 Minutes Over Oregon” is a story of war and reconciliation. It tells the story of Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita who dropped bombs in the woods outside Brookings during WW2, the events that brought him back to visit twenty years later, and the enduring connection to Brookings. If you or your organization is interested in learning more, please contact Brookings-Harbor High School social studies teacher Kelly Garvin at kellyg@brookings.k12.or.us or District Librarian Patty Clark at patriciac@brookings.k12.or.us.
Brookings-Harbor Education Foundation
Many thanks to Brookings Harbor Education Foundation for a grant donation of $1,000 to purchase metal for student welding and fabrication projects in the Brookings-Harbor High School metals lab. This generous grant will be spent locally to provide raw materials that students can create with, and will support student success in learning new skills working with metals and welding.
Since September, BHEF has provided more than $1,900 in grants to Brookings-Harbor School District classrooms and programs. In addition to the recent donation to Chris Thompson’s welding and metals classes at BHHS, there have also been mini-grants to help purchase robotics “Bots” kits for Jennifer Bietschek’s math classes at Azalea Middle School, tree planting materials for K’la Kennedy and Kelly Margolis’ kindergarten classes at Kalmiopsis Elementary, and further support for prizes and materials for the district-wide Oregon Battle of the Books program coordinated by District Librarian Patty Clark and her team.
Oregon Community Foundation (Ben and Kathy Nolan Fund)
Thank you to the Oregon Community Foundation for a grant of $2,456.94 to the Brookings-Harbor High School Robotics Team on Dec. 2 via the Ben and Kathy Nolan Fund. They add to a long list of supporters for the 2019-2020 FIRST competition season. Additional grants and gifts the team has received this fall include:
- Boeing Grant - $3,000
- ORTOP / Argosy Grant - $2,200 (including future commitments totaling $5,000)
- First Tech Credit Union (Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Grant) - $1,000
- ODE / ORTOP (Oregon Robotics Tournament & Outreach Program) - $3,500
- A $3,000 community donation from local business Kayavo.
Go Bruins!
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Veterans visit K-School
In the week leading up to Veterans Day (Nov. 11), Kindergarten classes at Kalimiopsis Elementary hosted veterans who talked about jobs they had and things they did while in the military. Thank you, Veterans!
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Have a happy and safe winter break! School resumes on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020!
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