Friday Focus -
Congratulations to the following students for being chosen as Student of the Month for September!
Daniela Kloes - Career & Technical Education
Jared Ganbarg - Student Services
Carter Weiss - World Language/Social Studies/ELL
Brendan Altieri - English/Fine Arts
Jazmin Alejandro - PE/Health
John Burzawa - Math/Science
Congratulations to our staff member of the month, Karen Roberts, from the Career & Technical Education Department!
Upcoming Dates
Date
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Event
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September 21
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District 214 Education Foundation Golf Outing & Dinner - Rolling Green Country Club
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September 23
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Yom Kippur – NO SCHOOL
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September 24
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Blue Late Start – 8:30am
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October 1
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Blue Late Start – 8:30am
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October 8
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Orange Late Start – 9:30am
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October 10
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Homecoming Dance
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October 12
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Columbus Day – NO SCHOOL
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October 30
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End of First Quarter
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November 2
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Institute Day - NO SCHOOL
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November 25
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Non-Attendance Day - NO SCHOOL
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November 26
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Thanksgiving - NO SCHOOL
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November 27
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Non-Attendance Day - NO SCHOOL
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Celebrating Our Success!
- Boys’ Cross Country Team Wins Big in Peoria
The boys’ cross country team traveled to Peoria on September 12 to compete in the First to the Finish Invitational. The race produced a nation-leading time, as Kevin Salvano ran 14:22.2. The senior has now won three races in a row and improved by 20 seconds from his race last year. Also, the boys’ team placed in 3rd place!
- Semifinalists and Commended Scholars Announced
Two Buffalo Grove High School students, Kaitlin Ko and Emily Valentin, have been named as semifinalists in the 61st Annual National Merit Scholarship Program, officials from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced. Officials also named four Buffalo Grove High School students as commended scholars. The commended scholars are Thomas Caballero, Sarah Clarke, Edyta Czaplinski and Samantha McCarragher. Congratulations to Emily Valentin, who was also selected as a National Hispanic Scholar.
Back Those Bison - Varsity Home Sports and Fine Arts for the Coming Week
Date
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Time
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Event
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September 19
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11:00am
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Boys Varsity Soccer vs. Mundelein
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September 22
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3:30pm
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Girls Varsity Golf vs. Wheeling @ BG Golf Course
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September 24
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3:30pm
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Boys Varsity Golf vs. Palatine @ BG Golf Course
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4:30pm
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Girls Varsity Swimming & Diving vs. Prospect
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September 25
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7:30pm
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Boys Varsity Football vs. Elk Grove
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For underlevel and away sporting events and the most current information for BGHS activities, please go to: Buffalo Grove High School Comprehensive Calendar
BGHS in the News
Discover grant fosters financial education at Buffalo Grove High School
The Daily Herald, September 14, 2015
Discover Financial Services in Riverwoods has awarded Buffalo Grove High School a $16,430 grant to cover the cost of enhancing financial education in the high school's curriculum. Read story
District 214, feeder districts discuss changing school calendar, start times
The Daily Herald, September 16, 2015
Should Northwest suburban schools start later in the morning? Should the high school students take finals before winter break? Should districts consider a year-round school calendar? Those ideas and more were the subject of a joint school board meeting between High School District 214 and six of its elementary feeder districts on Tuesday. Read story
Staff Spotlight
1. What is your name? Michelle Price
2. What department do you teach in/ what courses do you teach? I teach photography and art.
3. How long have you been teaching at BGHS? This is year 20 for me!
4. Where did you go to high school? I went to Conant High School in Schaumburg.
5. What part of school counseling do you find the most rewarding? Art can open up a whole new world of expression for students. Seeing a student use the tools I've given them to develop their own "voice" in their work is so rewarding. Some students will go on to carve out a career in the arts; others will not. But the capability and the desire to create and to express is valuable to all students throughout their lives.
My colleagues and I are very excited to be hosting an Art Alumni Show in BG's brand new art gallery, with an opening reception from 5-8 pm on October 9, Homecoming evening. We have a group of former students who have gone on to have successful careers in the arts. Our gallery will be showcasing their current work and will foster connections between alumni and current art students. All are invited to attend!
6. What is something unique about you? I took flamenco dance classes for over 10 years and performed in several local venues. I love to travel and have been to 37 countries so far! Next up is Sri Lanka during Winter Break.
7. What activities or clubs do you coach / sponsor? I sponsor the Free Flow Crew, BG's hip hop dance crew. In my "crew" there are many students with talent in various dance styles, creating their own original choreography, and teaching to others. Since joining this activity I have learned that so many of our students have talents we might not know about! Free Flow gives these students a place to learn and share these talents with their peers, and perform for an audience. I am also the Arts Unlimited Coordinator for our school. I help bring arts-related speakers such as visual artists, chefs and choreographers to work with our students.
