Welcome to Bluestone High School
Herff-Jones representatives will be here on February 2nd and 3rd during lunches to take orders for cap and gowns. Please make sure your senior has his/her order and payment ready. Please include handling fee and 5% sales tax in your payment.
Bluestone High School Football
On Saturday, January 21, 2012, James Fowlkes, BHS Head Football Coach, began the 2012 football season conditioning. Students participated in timed events such as the shuttle run, and the 40-yard dash. Students were evaluated in other drills such as the cone drill, latter drill, and the L-drill. All students participated in a strength test by completing a one max rep on the bench press.
This evaluation process is the key to the development of our players as we move forward to rebuilding the football program. As we move forward, these workouts will be ongoing every Saturday. The next workout is scheduled for Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. If you have any questions about how your student can participate, please contact James Fowlkes at (434) 607-1342 or jfowlkes@mcpsweb.org
Dual Enrollment at SVCC
Please take an opportunity to answer the calendar survey. The survey is located on the Mecklenburg County Schools website, www.mcpsweb.org. Please share this link with your child so that he or she can answer the survey as well. We need input from all stakeholders.
Bluestone High School Power Hour remediation will run from Feb. 21 - May 3 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30 - 4:30. Transportation will be provided for these students. Teachers distributed permission forms to students today. All forms must be turned in no later than January 20, 2012.
If your student did not receive a form, please contact Tammy Hurt at thurt@mcpsweb.org or (434) 372-5177 and indicate that you need a permission form.
These are the winners of this year's fruit sale prizes. Left to right: Mr. John Gryder, Winning 2nd place is Josh Stembridge, 1st place is Hannah Weary and 3rd place is Summer Fink. Our FFA Chapter would like to say a "BIG THANK YOU" to these individuals for their extra effort. "Thank You" to all who ordered fruit this year.
Jonathan Bailey is this year's winner of the Bluestone FFA Big Buck contest. Ag students had the opportunity to enter the contest throughout hunting season. Jonathan won the contest with a 8 point buck that had a 19" spread.
January Senior of the Month
Bluestone High School faculty, staff, and administration are pleased to announce that Denzel Andre Gayles is our January Senior of the Month. To begin with, Denzel is a well-liked student who exhibits maturity in every decision, touches teachers and staff with his ethical and moral behaviors, encourages other students to set and achieve higher goals, maintains excellent grades, and is involved not just with his family but with his community.
First, along with being an excellent student, Denzel also directed the French and Spanish carolers at the School Board meeting in December. Music is a passion for Denzel, and so he participated in band since the fifth grade. He played trumpet and excelled in his many solos. Carrying his love of music into the community, he plays in his church for weddings, plays, and other occasions. He said that, as the occasions arise, he will continue to play after graduation.
“When someone says ‘Denzel,’ I automatically smile,” Dianne Turner, English teacher said. “No matter what the weather, the topic in class, the mood of the other students, the difficulty of the work, Denzel always has a positive attitude. He wants to learn and to conquer the hard material because he will never let it conquer him. And motivated? He already has his own business! Many of us have used his car detailing services. He even talks about using his keyboarding skills to organize his tax information. Yes, he is grand. He really deserves this honor."
When asked about his business, Denzel said that he started it in mid-June 2011. He wanted to have the professional detailing business well-organized before his senior year. He manages to keep his grades up and at the same time run an almost full time business.
“First of all, I would like to thank my previous and current teachers for extending my education and inspiring me to work hard. I plan to take all of the broad knowledge I have learned through the years at Bluestone and use it in my career as a Virginia State Trooper. In order to succeed in my goal, I will attend SVCC for two years and then transfer to Virginia State. I am very fortunate that my parents have supported me in all my goals and hard decisions.”
Denzel resides in Chase City with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Karen and Ronnie Gayles.
President Obama visits Bluestone!!
Mission Statement
The mission of Bluestone High School is to provide a positive, challenging, supportive, and safe instructional environment where students are held to high expectations in order to become lifelong learners and productive citizens able to compete in a global economy. Using demanding standards, success of the mission will involve collaboration among students, school personnel, parents, and the community.
DISCLOSURE: The Mecklenburg County School Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities or employment and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following people have been designated to handle questions regarding the nondiscrimination policies: Supervisor of Personnel will be the Title IX Coordinator, who will handle complaints for sexual discrimination and the Director of Exceptional Programs will be designated as the Section 504 Coordinator, who will handle complaints concerning disability discrimination. Please contact the Title IX or the Section 504 Coordinator at 175 Mayfield Drive, Boydton, VA 23917 or by calling 434-738-6111.
For further information on notice of non-discrimination, visit http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OCR/contactus.cfm for the address and phone number of the office that serves you area, or call 1-800-421-3481.