Belén High School

Good afternoon BHS families. My name is RaeCee Vallejos and I am the new school counselor for your sophomore student. I am eager and excited to support your child's educational and mental wellness. If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me at vallejosr@beleneagles.org You can also reach me at 505-966-1304. Thank you and have a great day!

BHS has called a modified lockdown to investigate the possibility of a report- a note was written and left for a teacher just before the 1A class change. As a precaution, we are limiting all movement of student and staff to investigate. As soon as we know more, we will make another announcement. PD on campus to assist.

Good Afternoon Eagle Families. BHS will be having a parent night for Freshman and Sophomores on September 12th 5:30- 7:00 PM in the BHS Auditorium This meeting will focus on preparing students for success in high school. Administrators and Counselors, and Attendance Coach will present information on High School graduation requirements, support resources for families, and tools for college and career exploration.

Due to network issues, we will be unable to stream today's volleyball game on the NFHS Network. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Good evening Eagle families! For the 2023-2024 school year, Belen High School is implementing a Positive Behavior Interventions System where students can earn points for doing well while at school. Points will be earned for things like good academic performance, good behavior, kind gestures, service learning projects, and positive attendance trends. Each 4.5 week period, student points will be used to gain entry into various assemblies and school hosted activities each month. Please read the attached guidelines on more information on how the point accumulation system will work: https://5il.co/23vll The first point check-in date will be Friday, September 8th, where students will need a minimum of 20 points to participate in school hosted activities from September 11th-October 6th. If a student is short some points after September 8th, they may participate in some of our upcoming service learning projects that we will be hosting throughout the month of September.

Good News Eagle Families! Belen High School has received our permanent parking stickers! If you have already purchased a parking pass, please bring your driver's license, your temporary parking pass, and your receipt of purchase of your parking pass to the front office to exchange for your permanent one. Students will have until Friday, September 8th to have their new parking permit properly adhered to their car. On a similar note, we wanted to inform BHS families that the city of Belen has notified us that they will begin ticketing any unauthorized vehicles parked at Eagle Park or the areas surrounding BHS. Please purchase a BHS parking pass if you are able to, use another form of transportation to an from school. Have a great evening!

Reminder of Junior/ Senior Parent night this evening at 5:30 in the BHS auditorium. We will present tools students and parents may use for college and career exploration. Counselors, UNM-VC staff will be present, and other speakers will share information. Please note that this is not a college fair. Tonight we will focus on readiness and guidance. We will post the slides from presentation later this week on our BHS page.

Good Afternoon Eagle Families. BHS will be having a parent night for Juniors and Seniors Tuesday August 29th from 5:30- 7:00 PM. This meeting will focus on preparing students for College and Career readiness. Administrators and Counselors will present tools for exploration, resources for scholarships, and information on graduation and admission requirements. While this meeting focuses on upperclassmen, we will host another meeting for 9th and 10th grade families in the coming weeks as well.

BHS will be conducting an Evacuation drill this morning just after 8:00 AM- this is only a drill

Good evening Eagle Families! Welcome back to the 2023-2024 school year. Please refer to the attached letter from out Attendance Department. (Click link here https://5il.co/22082). Reminder that the first bell rings at 7:15 each morning. Please speak to your student about the impact of attendance on success in school and in life! If you have any questions regarding attendance please feel free to reach out to Trevor Soiles (505)966-1369 or Tiffany Vega (505)966-1360.

Good morning Eagle Families, As education continues to evolve, it is imperative that we ensure our assessment methods align with the best interests of our students and the broader goals of their education. In recent years, there has been a growing recognition within the educational community about the potential impact of grading practices on student motivation, learning outcomes, and overall well-being. The educators in Belen Consolidated Schools, are committed to providing the best possible learning environment for our students. Thus, BCS is forming a committee that will critically examine our grading policies and recommend potential improvements. Eventually, the committee will involve various stakeholders, including teachers, students, parents, and administrative staff, to gather diverse perspectives on the strengths and weaknesses of our current grading practices. To assist us in getting the process started please take the time to fill out this short 5 question survey, which will provide us with needed data. The survey can be accessed by using this link: https://forms.office.com/r/Hi7NDbcTrQ

Hello Eagle Families! Tomorrow, August 10th, will be the last day to request a schedule change and to purchase a parking pass. Starting next week, we will be enforcing parking pass regulations. Students who do not have a proper 23/24 BHS parking pass will not be allowed to park on campus.

Belen HS will dismiss now

BHS Families, Thank you for your patience. As we await notification that roads will reopen, students will remain indoors with air conditioning, rather than be in the sun waiting for busses or their parents to arrive. This allows for students to be more comfortable and the environment controlled until we have the go ahead that roads are open and accessible. We will dismiss as soon as possible

BHS Families, BHS Dismissal will be delayed. We have been told due to road closures throughout the city, we will not have the ability to access nearby roads to exit campus. We will hold students inside until we are able to have students access exit routes. We are hopeful this will not take long.

Good afternoon, Eagle Families We have been told that we can expect a 20-30 minute delay in bus drop off of students at B H S, B M S and I H S. This delay may also affect elementary students, We will update you as more information becomes available.

Good afternoon Eagle Parents! Due to time delays with the President Biden's visit, Busses may be delayed for this afternoon ride home. We are waiting for road closure schedule changes now and will update with any information as soon as we have it. Thanks!!

BCS Transportation Department Good Evening Eagle Parents, this coming Wednesday, August 9, 2023, The President of the United States will be traveling to New Mexico, thru Valencia County. He is expected be passing thru the Belen Consolidated School District at approximately 12:00 noon and expected exit at or around 2:00 PM. Because of security, we do not know the route he will be taking and expect road closures at or around these proposed times. We are taking precautionary measures regarding student transportation. The Rio Grande Elementary PM (Afternoon) Pre-K class will be cancelled on Wednesday only. All other school sites bus rides home are expected to run on time. We will notify you all with any changes to schedule.

Please open the link for information about the BHS Modified Lockdown today Friday August 4, 2023 https://5il.co/216mq

Good afternoon, Belen High School is on a modified lockdown. There was a report of a gun on campus and we are taking the necessary precautions with Belen Police Department. We take all threats seriously and will thoroughly investigate every time. More Information to come.