June 2, 2025

Greetings, BHS students, families and community. This is the final newsletter for the 2024-2025 school year. Most of our big events are behind us, and now we look forward to our YES Presentations of Learning on June 11, and Commencement on June 12. More details on both below.

Last Wednesday, we hosted our Annual BHS Academic Awards Night. Thank you to all the students and families (and staff!) in attendance. We had a great turnout to celebrate our students' academic, artistic and all-around excellence. I feel deeply fortunate to be a member of such a wonderful learning community; so many of our students are not only incredibly talented, but also humble, gracious, and full of integrity. It was an honor to set aside an evening to recognize them.

As a reminder, we follow a different schedule during our YES learning days:

YES Program Schedule (May 29 - June10) 

• 8:00-9:20 Credit Recovery

• 9:30-11:30 Morning YES Session

• 11:30-12:15 Lunch

• 12:15-2:15 Afternoon YES Session

• 2:20-3:30 Credit Recovery

The Presentation of Learning, on June 11, is one of our favorite days of the year, with students presenting and viewing one another's presentations, in multiple sessions throughout the day:

  Presentation of Learning Schedule (June 11)

• 9:00-9:15 – All Students and Staff report to Morning YES

• 9:20 – 9:45 – Session 1

• 9:55 – 10:20 – Session 2

• 10:30 – 10:55 – Session 3

• 11:00– 11:40 – Lunch

• 11:45 – 12:10 – Session 4

• 12:20 – 12:45 – Session 5

• 12:55 – 1:20 – Session 6

Please remember, on the morning of June 12 we will be hosting Graduation Rehearsal (required) for our seniors at UVM Patrick Gym, and a half day at DtBHS (11:30 early release) for our 9th-11th graders. That morning will include an advisory scavenger hunt and trivia competition for prizes. Graduation is June 12 from 3-4:30, at Patrick Gym.

We know it can be hard to keep track of all these unusual schedules, especially in the end-of-year haze of June. Please don't hesitate to reach out to the school if you have any questions. We will also send out reminders about our schedules via email and text, to help you keep the details straight and ensure your child does not miss essential activities and obligations.

As always, thank you for your support, and for a great year. It's been my pleasure to serve you and BHS, and I'm already looking forward to '25-'26. In the meantime, I wish you all a fun, restful and healthy summer break!

With appreciation,

Sabrina Westdijk