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Thank you for coming to the BR website to see the amazing things that are happening at our school! For over 20 years we have been proud to offer our college preparatory program to West Michigan ... Read More Welcome to Black River Public School Main Office Hours temporarily suspended, normal summer hours M-Th9:00am-1:00pmWe are excited that nearly 400 families have responded to the survey we sent to you! Thank you so much for taking the time to give us your feedback. It is a very important piece of our planning on how to best serve our students and families. If you have not yet filled out the survey, please take a moment to participate before that window closes tomorrow!For this fall, our efforts are fully focused on planning and documenting how Black River will adhere to all of the requirements in the Roadmap for returning to school. With that, we are also designing robust remote learning programs to allow the flexibility for our families who will rely on remote learning for their students if they are unableto return school inperson.We understand that our families have many different realities that factor into thechoice of a full-remote program and more information about how families will be able to understand their options will be coming to you soon as we continue to plan.We are very confident that the many months of work being done by our amazing staff will allow for a truly amazing BR experience!Thank you,Shannon Brunink, HeadratTo: Residents of Black River Public Schools and parents of children who attend Black River Public SchoolsPlease take notice that the Black River Public School Sex Education Advisory Board, in accordance with PA 165 and 166 of 2004, has been meeting during this year to evaluate and revise the curriculum and instruction provided to our students in human sexuality education and HIV/AIDS education. In accordance with 380.1507, two public meetings have been planned for the review of this presentation.A presentation on the contents of the new curriculum will occur at the following times. MIddle Schoolers -It is so important to keep reading, especially during the summer. There are so many books to choose from, and so many of you have different interests! I have put together a few categories of books that if you haven t read, you may want to this summer! All Elementary Summer camps scheduled for July and August are canceled. Sorry for the inconvenience, and we appreciate your flexibility with our summer programs. We look forward to offering these great camps and more next summer. If you have signed up and paid for any upcoming camps, you will be refunded the full amount later this month. If you have any questions, please email Tim Witvoet atwitvoett@brpsk12.orgMiddle school and High School Team Soccer camps are still running. Please bring registration and payment to the first day of camp. Questions- please email Tim Witvoet atwitvoett@brpsk12.orgor Kyle Lawton atlawtonk@brpsk12.orgThank you and we look forward to seeing everyone again soon!We at Black River hope that you all had a wonderful 4th of July weekend and that you are staying cool during this prolonged heat wave we are having right now!As you may have read from our update last Thursday, the Governor s Office released the Michigan 2020-21 Return to School Roadmap. Here is the link for your reference: MI Safe Schools RoadmapSince then, our BR task force committees continue to work to make sure that we are prepared for a safe return to school in August. Actually, it has been truly amazing to see our talented staff rise to the current challenges we are facing with confidence and poise. Black River is a special school with dedicated and passionate professionals who all LOVE what they do.In an effort to ensure all Black River families are receiving important back-to-school information and weekly family updates, we have decided to update Infinite Campus accounts to automatically opt-in to email communication for general notifications, emergency updates and studentfood service account information. This update will be complete by Friday, July 10, 2020. After this date, you may log in to your account or the Infinite Campus app and change your communication preferences toopt-out of some or allBRPS email communications. Please note, if you opt-out of general notificationsyou will no longer receive email messages from Black River PublicSchool regardingOperation Rat Return in the fall of 2020. Families will always receive all emails sent to their Inbox within Infinite Campus.In order to prepare for the upcoming school year, please take a moment to log-in to your Infinite Campus account, confirm the primary and secondary email addresses on file, make sure that your school project term fees from 2019-2020 have been voided and make a payment on your food service account if it is past due. If you have any questions, contact Kelli Heneghan, Main Office Administrative Assistant atheneghank@brpsk12.org.Thank you!As promised, here is the link to photos from the end of the year activities. The file is divided into folders with the students names on them. Please access any photos from your own file. You may view other folders, but please don t download anything from another student s folder without permission.Thank you,2020 Yearbook StaffWe are excited to have some guidance from Governor Whitmer regarding what we should expect for the upcoming school year. While there are still a lot of questions, we are happy that our committees have already been preparing for the fall and we are on track for a start-up that adheres to the requirements stated on June30. The following is a very brief summary of some of the things you may be wondering about. There will be manyquestions and communication to you all doesnot include all of the requirements or strongly recommended practices. More information will continue to come to you as we get closer to our next school year.For this fall, all schools will be following the new Michigan Safe Schools Return to School Roadmap to have plans in line with the already existing MI Safe Start Plan.Over the past few weeks, we all have had the opportunity to clearly see how people in our country are affected by racial inequality. The video footage and the stories that havecome out have been difficult to watch, but offer us an opportunity for better understanding of all of the people in our country and community.At Black River, we have always felt that the value and respect of others is paramount to the education and experience we work so hard to provide. We all know that our mission statement begins with an emphasis on preparing students for college and for life, but the second, lesser known sentence of our mission is: We want to have our students discover responsibility for their own lives as well asempathy for all people and cultures. While this has always been in our mission and hasalways been important to us, we must continue to do our best to understand and address these issues. I am excited for the opportunities our students will have through clubs likeCalling all Colorsandbe nice.to work to make our school the best that it can be in supporting every single student and family in our BR community. This is our culture and our kids are already leaders in this regard.We are BR, and we value every single child.Shannon Brunink Stay up-to-date on BRPS currentevents andnews by adding the Stay Connected App to your phone! Features include: School Notifications for Closings and Delays Push Notifications for Important Updates Grand Valley State University is pleased to announce the pilot of a free 1:1 Summer Virtual Tutoring Program for all K-12 students.GVSU K-12 Summer Tutoring is available for any student ingrades K-12 from June 22 August 14. This pilot program was created and supported by theGVSU K-12 Network of Supportto help with remediation and alleviate summer loss with extended time away from school. Graduates, we are so very proud of you!The Grand Valley Charter School s Office in collaboration with WGVU, (and our Class of 2020 Seniors, too) have created a digital graduation program.View the ceremony here!We wanted to let you know of the progress we are making regarding plans for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year. While we will likely not receive guidance from the Governor s Work Group until some time in July, we have set a course for detailed planning.Currently, more than 50 Black River teachers, staff members, and board members are working on Operation Rat Return through focus committees to understand how we can provide our incredible BR experience to students this fall. Happy Summer Black River Rats! What an incredble end to the school year. We wish all ourstudentsand families ahappy, safe, and restfulsummer break!We look forward to when we can return to school in the fall. Meanwhile, take a look at this AMAZING VIDEO created by our staff to send our rats off into the summer sun with messages of love andencouragement! We will miss you! For students who borrowed a school chromebook, please hold on to them through this summer! We would like you to continue to have access to the materials and information through the website. Please contact me with questions at fisherc@brpsk12.org. With the cancellation of school, current 11th graders were unable to take the state-sponsored SAT test this past spring. The College Board and the State of Michigan are making plans to offer the test at no cost to students at all high schools in September/October 2020. However, students who would like to take the test on a national test date (in addition to the school day test) can now register for late-summer and fall tests through their College Board accounts. Additionally, students who registered for the June test that haven t yet canceled their registrations can transfer to a later test. Go to www.collegeboard.org for more information and to register. Fee waivers are available for those who qualify. As the fall SAT school day testing is solidified, information will be shared with students/families of the Class of 2021. Congratulations to our BRPS 2020 graduates! Great things are ahead and your BRPS family is behind you all the way! May these unique circumstances give you resilience and inspire you to make the world a better place when you go back into it. Onward and upward to our forever rats!https://www.hollandsentinel.com/photogallery/MI/20200529/PHOTOGALLERY/529009997/PH/1 While we want to encourage students to continue to do positive things for our community, the community service hourly requirementwill not hold a student back from graduating this spring or from moving up in grade levels for next year. This applies to our current 3rd, 5th, 8thand 12th graders.Community service hours thatstudents havealready completed for the 2019-2020 school year as well as new hours acquired can be submitted electronically by a parent and/or guardian through the Black River website Quick Links Forms theCommunity Service Electronic Submission Form - UseDuring COVID-19 Remote Learning. Again, we would like to encourage students to come up with fun and creative ways to support our entire community during the Stay Home, Stay Safeinitiative. Please use these service ideas and send us yours sowe can continue to give back during these uncertaintimes. The Fine Arts Boosters (FAB) has the following open positions for the 2020/21 school year: Feel more connected to the Black River community Help meet the needs of the Black River Fine Arts department Support your child/friend/relative in a Fine Arts activity Build on skills and talents you may already possess FAB meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at 5pm in the Lyceum. How much time you devote to volunteering is completely up to you. From a few minutes of putting flyers around the school to setting up for one of our two main fundraisers, you decide what fits best with your schedule. Check out the Fine Arts website on the Black River Homepage Contact: Terree Brncick, FAB chair, at fineartsboosters@brpsk12.org. or Tammy Clark, FAB Faculty Liaison, at clarkt@brpsk12.org The MHSAA has provided us with a important update regarding sport physicals for the 2020-2021 school year. With summer approaching, lots of students will be getting summer jobs. You will find the appropriate work permit by clicking the Forms link on our website. Once the parent and student fills out the appropriate portions of the form, you scan it and email it to Christie in the main office (phillipsch@brpsk12.org). Please scan rather than take a picture as this saves a lot of ink for printing purposes and is more legible. If you don t have a scanner at home, TurboScan is a free app that will allow you to scan from your phone. Christie will fill out the school s portion and email it back to you. Our wonderful Black River Public School, Holland MI is in the news.Congratulations to our families, teachers and staff members that raise us up and keep us connected every day!Recently, we received word that Black River Public School is the #1 ranked Charter School in Michigan, #3 of all open enrollment schools in Michigan, and #345 in U.S. schools. (That s #345 out of 23,000 nationally.)In addition, the 2020 U.S. News and World Report rankings show that overall in Michigan, the No. 1 open-enrollment high school was also a charter school,Black River Public Schoolin Holland. Black River came in at No. 7 on the list, but the six schools that finished ahead were either selective-enrollment schools or schools that don t accept students from outside the district.Read two articles below:https://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20200426/report-names-five-area-high-schools-among-states-top-100https://www.charterschools.org/blog/u.s.-news-world-report-rankings-detroits-top-open-enrollment-high-schools-are-charters Black River Parents and Guardians - If you have access to Infinite Campus and are still not receiving email notifications, please watch thisshort video tutorial created by Mr. Jim on how to update your contact preferences. If you do not have Infinite Campus access or have forgotten your password, contact Kelli Heneghanat heneghank@brpsk12.org. Stop the Silence!Black River Parents and Guardians - If you are worried about a student, don t be afraid to speak up by contacting the Ok2Say Hotline to leave an anonymous tip - OPEN 24/7 including weekends and before/during school hours.Specially trained technicians receive the tips and filter the information to the appropriate agency.Please use this resourceif you have a concern during a time school is not in session. Contacting 911 with a concern is also an option. These methods will be thequickest way to ensure student safety.Thank you!Phone: 855-565-2729 Text: 652729 (OK2SAY) Email:ok2say@mi.gov Infinite Campus has released two new and improved mobile apps: Campus Student (for students) and Campus Parent (for parents). Download your free app for real-time access to grades, assignments, schedules, announcements and more.School Code: 231963District ID: PWHTPSDownload on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

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