Week 15 Update: Graduation Date Set!

Families,

Hope everyone is enjoying the weather. For our underclassman, YOU MADE IT! The year is officially over!!! I am really proud of the effort that you made over the last 3 months. For the vast majority of you that kept up with your schoolwork, you put yourself in a great position to graduate next year. For the very few that did not,well, we have some serious work to do in September. This will be the last update of the school year. I wish you and your families a relaxing summer break. Here is the last bit of news you need to know.

WE HAVE A DATE FOR GRADUATION!! We will celebrate our Seniors on Sunday Evening, August 2nd. PVMHS Graduation will be the night before. If you have not submitted a video, I will give you until THIS FRIDAY JUNE 26TH. I would encourage all of you to participate in both events. 

Underclassman: If you have anything that needs to be turned in, you can stop by Peabody High this Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday between 8-2. Let me know if you have any questions.

It was one of the craziest school years of my 15 year career. Hopefully we will be back in September to a somewhat normal school year. If things change, I will reach out. Until then, Enjoy the break.

Mr. B

Week 14 Update! Almost Done!!!!!!!!

Families,

Well, we are almost there!!! We are down to our last week of remote learning. I encourage all of my students to give it your best effort and complete as much as you can. We can make next year that much easier by completing the work now. For my Seniors, here is some news.

• All Seniors except THALLYS SIMAO have picked up their cap and gown. I have reached out to Thallys and his family several times a day for the last 2 weeks. If anyone has contact with him, please tell him to email me ASAP! 
• Senior Video: I need your video's this week. In last week's memo, I asked for a clip of you saying the pledge of allegiance.  Several people reached out inquiring if I was trying to make a political statement with this request. The answer to that is no, plain and simple. My intentions were to edit the students in the introduction of the video saying the pledge. I have seen this done in other video's and thought it would be a cool feature. With all that is going on in the world right now, I guess my timing was off. If you do not want to participate in this feature, I will leave it out. However, this is what I need: You ( in your cap & gown) saying a few words. It can be anything you want. Please keep it under 1 minute. I would recommend thanking your loved ones, and the Northshore Mall for their support. I need the video's BY FRIDAY! If you do not want to submit a video, just email me saying you are not interested. However, the more people that participate, the COOLER THIS VIDEO WILL BE! I have a lot of "special guests" that have submitted video's. Trust me, this is going to be really cool. Please submit something to me! 
• I should have a date for graduation within the next week or 2. I will send it your way when I have it.

Reach out if you have any questions.

-Mr. B 

Week 13: Weekly Update & New Info for Graduation

Families,

Hope everyone enjoyed your weekend.  For our Underclassman, only 2 more weeks left. I am not sure if anyone watched the news and saw the guidelines for reentry to school next year. If not, Channel 5 did a great job of highlighting the major points. 10 students per class and wearing a face mask may be the new norm. I will be honest, I would not be shocked if we start the year in remote learning. With that being said, our Jr's need to make a better effort from here on out. You all have a wonderful opportunity to finish your classes. Your effort as a whole needs to be better.  Now for our SENIORS!!

• It was really great to see most of you on Friday as you picked up your Cap & Gowns. I really missed seeing you all each day ( even those of you that drove me crazy!). For the handful of you that missed out, I will be at the Mall School on THURSDAY @ 8:30 SHARP!! I only plan on spending 15 minutes there so make sure you are on time and I will get you your Cap & Gown.
• I have been planning Graduation. It will not be exactly the same as normal. However, I have a really cool idea on how to make this day somewhat normal and very special for our graduates. However, I have an assignment for every graduate.....
• First: I need each student to film themselves saying the pledge of allegiance in the cap & Gown ( Trust me)...
• Then: I would like each student to film themselves ( in Cap & Gown) thanking their loved ones, the special people in their lives, and anyone that they believe helped them make graduating possible.  Also, thank the Northshore Mall for their support!
• Finally: Students have the opportunity to film themselves saying anything that they would like. Tell a story, Share the importance of the day, tell their favorite memory of their tie at the Academy. Just try to make it under 1 minute. 

I need the video shared with me by Friday July 19th.  I really think that everyone will really enjoy what I have planned. As long as everyone contributes something, this day will be very memorable.. Stay tuned for more details..

That's it for now. My underclassmen, FINISH UP STRONG!!

Mr. B