Community Circle: Week of 12/02/24
Check out our Community Circle, featuring announcements and events happening this week at BCAM.
Check out our Community Circle, featuring announcements and events happening this week at BCAM.
Check out our June 2024 calendar to see what's happening at BCAM!
Please join us Thursday, December 14th from 4-7pm for our Winter Art Show in the Black Box theater!
Please join us for our monthly School Leadership Team meeting on Zoom this Wednesday, October 18th at 5pm, followed by our monthly PTA meeting at 6pm. We will be hosting nominations and elections for our Parent Advisory Council, and we hope to see you there!
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Check out our Community Circle, which includes important announcements and information about academics and extracurriculars this week.
Please join us Thursday, September 29th from 6-7:15pm on Zoom for our annual Curriculum Night. Meet your student's teachers, learn about extracurricular activities, and understand our school-wide structures of support.
Happy new year BCAM families! As we return to school, we still want to prioritize our community's health and safety. Please read the attached DOE Chancellor letter regarding COVID testing and protocols. Please also do not hesitate to contact us with questions or concerns. We will host a Zoom for any families this Wednesday, 1/5 at both 10 am and 6 pm to discuss new and changed COVID processes and answer any questions you have.
BCAM's very own Ms. Pope was recently featured in an online article about student assessment! You can read more about it HERE.
Check out our Chancellor's homecoming message to families.
Check out the latest NYCPS family newsletter, which includes important information regarding NYCPS, including key upcoming dates, admissions deadlines, planning for remote learning, New York State vaccination requirements, and parent-teacher conferences.
Congratulations to Caleb Kelly (Class of 2025), Dereon Simms (Class of 2025), and Aubri Vasquez (Class of 2026) for their acceptance to the 10th annual Brooklyn Arts Festival! Their artwork will be on display at the Brooklyn Children's Museum from May 22nd to June 9th.
Congratulations to our 10th grade Visual Arts teacher Denise Martinez for her recent appointment as an Arts Office Lead Visual Arts Teachers for Brooklyn North!
A Yondr Pouch will be provided to each student free of charge. Each pouch will have the student’s name on it. Please be aware that the pouch is BCAM property.
Building Entrance/Arrival:
Upon arrival, students will follow these steps:
Students arriving prior to 2nd period will enter through the lunch room doors.
Students arriving 2nd period or later will enter through the main entrance and complete the process in the main lobby.
Building Exit/End of Academic Day:
At the end of each academic day, students will unlock their pouch at the unlocking base at their exit. Students will remove their phone from the pouch and then close the empty pouch. 11th and 12th graders will exit through the main doors. 9th and 10th graders will exit through the lunchroom doors.
Replacements/Disciplinary Action:
If a student forgets their pouch:
If a student loses their pouch:
If a student damages or breaks their pouch (not normal wear and tear):
All current phone-use guidelines and disciplinary processes remain in place with the implementation of pouches. There is absolutely no phone use during the academic day 8:20am-2:40pm.
At Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (BCAM), we prepare our students for 21st century academic, creative, and professional success. Through an art, media, and technology-enriched academic curriculum emphasizing community collaboration, we challenge ourselves to think critically and create knowledge in pursuit of personal excellence and meaningful social change.
Monday, August 26, 2024
Dear BCAM Families:
We hope this 2024-25 BCAM Return to School Family Letter finds you well. As previously shared, our school community has worked incredibly hard in managing summer experiences and planning for a great coming 2024-25 school year. Below are different items for your information and interest. Please do not hesitate to stop by our school building, contact us by Kinvo text, call (718)230-5748 or email our Parent Coordinator Renesha Westbrooks (rwestbrooks2@schools.nyc.gov) with any questions or concerns. And use our website www.bcamhs.org and Instagram @bcamhs to stay informed. We will see you at 8:20am on September 5th!
Best,
Dr. James O’Brien, Principal; Janna Bello-Andrews, Assistant Principal; Brent Lawrence, Assistant Principal; Renesha Westbrooks, Parent Coordinator; and the entire BCAM Staff
2024 Summer School Classes & August Regent Exams
Thank you to all the students who attended our summer school sessions, and also to those students who attended and gave best effort on the August Regent exams. Students and families may find both summer school grades and Regent exam results in their NYCSA Account: www.schoolsaccount.nyc . And students will review their official transcripts, including updated grades and exam scores, when returning in a few weeks.
Important September Dates
Important Start of School Information
Our Kinvo-Texting Information System