November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month 💚
This month, we’re bringing attention to the challenges faced by homeless youth and the importance of providing them with support and resources. If you know of any students experiencing homelessness, please reach out to our McKinney-Vento Homeless Liaison, Cleather Nichols, at cleather.nichols@bhas.org. #HomelessYouthAwarenessMonth

📢 Public Notice 📢
The Benton Harbor Area Schools (BHAS) Board of Education invites you to attend the Benchmark Review Structured Conference on November 4, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Berrien RESA, 711 St Joseph Ave., Berrien Springs, MI 49103
Contact: 269-471-7725
This in-person meeting will review the district's 18-month Benchmark Progress as part of the Partnership Agreement with the State of Michigan. The agenda is available at www.bhas.org.

Hello Tiger Nation,
We're committed to providing the best possible school lunch experience for our students and staff. To help us achieve this goal, we're conducting a school lunch survey. Your feedback will help us understand your needs, preferences, and any areas where we can improve.
Please take a few minutes to complete the survey: bit.ly/3XCoQZI
We appreciate your participation in making our school lunch program a success!

Today's BHAS Board of Education work session will be rescheduled to a later date. The Board would like to give our students and the public an opportunity to participate in the active civic events that are taking place within our district this week.
Further communication will be sent out to provide the date and time of the rescheduled work session. Thank you for your consideration in advance.

The BHAS Board of Education is holding a board meeting on October 29th, in the Benton Harbor High School Library. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. and will also be live-streamed on Zoom. You are invited to join using the following link: http://bit.ly/43hSJ3w

We appreciate all of our families who have stopped by during our morning sessions! Conferences are open currently until 4pm. Staff will have a dinner break from 4pm-5pm. Conferences will resume from 5pm-7pm.
Parents/Guardians will receive their login information and have the opportunity to sign up for PowerSchool while at conferences. See you there!

Friendly reminder, there will be no school on Friday, October 25, 2024, due to a District-Wide Professional Development.
Classes will resume on Monday, October 28, 2024. Have a great weekend!

It is that time of year! Parent Teacher Conferences will be tomorrow Thursday, October 24th from 9 am to 7 pm. We strongly encourage all parents and guardians to attend this opportunity to engage with your child's teacher about their academic progress this year. If you cannot make it, please feel free to reach out to your child's teacher to schedule a time that works with your schedule.
There will not be in-person learning tomorrow as it is an asynchronous (virtual) learning day. Students will receive their assignments to be completed while at home.

Every day matters! Missing days can affect your child's progress. Please do your best to ensure they're in class every day. If they're absent, let us know right away. Together, we can help them reach their goals! 🎓🐅

Tomorrow's BHAS Board of Education Work Session has been rescheduled to Tuesday, October 29 at 6:00 p.m. The agenda and Zoom information will be posted on our website next week at www.bhas.org

Thank you to the Benon Harbor Department of Public Safety for coming out to MLKJ to read to our students and teaching them about fire safety and prevention. Our students also got the opportunity to learn and see the fire truck up close! Such an exciting time for our young tigers. #TigerPride #Community #FireSafety






It's been a thrilling week seeing all of our students engage in their school's Spirit Week! The best part is seeing everyone's excitement to show off their take on their school's theme for the day. Fair Plain East had a Pink Out and MLKJ had Twin Day.









What an exciting day full of school spirit! Here is a quick glimpse at some of the unique ways our Tigers and staff showed up and showed out! Fair Plain East and MLKJ had Hat Day. Fair Plain Middle School had 80s/90s Day. #SpiritWeek #TigerPride








MLK Fall Math Literacy Night is coming up! Save the date, October 23rd!

MLK Spirit Week is October 7- 11! Please check the flyer below to see each day's theme!

Check out our MLK J Attendance Challenge! All students with a perfect attendance from October 1st-15th will be entered to receive a prize! The class with the highest attendance rate will earn a pizza party!

We wanted to give thanks to all of the parents that have been engaged with MLKJ during their Back to School Night and Pastries with Parents. We hope these events were great opportunites to build a relationship with the staff that are dedicated to providing our students with the best learning tools to be successful this year!
Please check their school's website for upcoming events! https://mlk.bhas.org/




The MLK Attendance Challenge begins tomorrow! Have perfect attendance for 10 days for a chance to win cool prizes!

Let's make the day count on Wednesday, October 2nd! 📆
Every Day Matters at Benton Harbor Area Schools. By attending school on Count Day, students are actively contributing to the success of our schools. Let's show our support for our students by making sure everyone is in class and on time tomorrow.

The BHAS Board of Education is holding a board meeting on September 24th, in the Benton Harbor High School Library. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will also be live-streamed on Zoom. You are invited to join using the following link: http://bit.ly/43hSJ3w

