While the Spring Musical has come to a successful conclusion, many spring events and sporting events continue through the month of May. Prom is scheduled for May 5.  AP tests will be given during the weeks of May 7 and May 14. The Bears-Den is a good source of information for dates and times.

For seniors, barring more than 3 days of additional inclement weather, the last day will be May 25. Exams for seniors will be May 23 and 24 with graduation practice and end of the year activities on May 25.

For underclassmen, the last day of regular classes will be the Friday before Memorial Weekend, May 25. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, BHS underclassmen will be taking semester exams.

May is a busy month. Senior Scholarship night will be May 10.  ABC Awards night will be May 17. The TRUST luncheon will be May 21. Students should check the Bears-Den calendar for additional school events.

The musical will be staged April 13, 14 and 15 in the BCS Arts and Education Center.

A huge fund raiser for the drive at the Middle School was the Ohio State v. Michigan  contest. Ohio State fans donated the most, but the Christmas for Kids was the real winner, collecting about $1000.

At BHS, students brought in toys and donated money to earn a spot in the gym to watch the winning movie, ELF.

Students  and teachers also bought lunchtime pizza raffle tickets to win pizzas to eat at lunch last week.

Hundreds of toys were collected and over $450 was raised.

the “Christmas for Kids” campaign.  In order to be excused to see the movie, you

must bring in a toy by the beginning of 1^st period on Tuesday, Nov. 22^nd.  The

toys may be dropped off in Mrs. Elser’s room #159 in the morning or after

school.  All toys must have a minimum value of $3.00.  When you drop off your

toy you will be placing it in one of three tubs that will be representing three

different movie choices:   “Elf”, “Soul Surfer”, and “Despicable Me.”  The movie

choice that gets the most toys will be shown during 9^th & 10^th period on

Tuesday, Nov. 22^nd.  So join the fun and bring in a toy.  Help make this a better

“Christmas for Kids.”

The soup dinner was a success. There are a few ceramic soup bowls left over that are available for purchase. For $10, you can still buy a bowl and contribute to the homeless shelter. Bowls are in the art room. Mr. Knott says they may even deliver a bowl if needed.

Nov. 11^th and Saturday, Nov. 12^th at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 2:00 PM.  Students

are $3.00 and adults $5.00.

High winds, long yardage and difficult pin placements made it a challenging event for the Bryan Golden Bears at the OHSAA golf tournament at North Star Golf Resort in Sunbury (outside of Columbus).

Bryan finished in tenth position in the two day tourney, improving their team score on the second day. Senior Dalton Schulenberg was low man for Bryan.

Springfield Kenton Ridge won the tournament.

Congratulations to Dalton Schulenberg, Adam McBride, David Miller, Luke Shaffer and Shea Vogelsong on an outstanding season and on  representing Bryan at the state tournament.

Many teachers are wrapping up units and testing this week. Teachers will have grades posted next Wednesday afternoon, with grade cards going out at the end of next week.

Second quarter begins on Monday, October 24. Exams will once again be given before Christmas break, during the week of December 19, but the semester will not be officially over until January 16.

Zeta Cordias were distributed Thursday during Academic Assist period at the high school. Students who did not get their books need to see Mrs. Goebel or stop in the BHS office to pick up a book.