Shoe Drive

By: BHS News Staff

April 15, 2025

Well, the weekend was nice, but today is not. How can we go from 68 degrees and sunshine to 44 degrees with heavy wind and rain? 🤦🏻‍♂️

To start, today’s focus revolves around the Shoe Drive currently going on in the high school.

Intervention Specialist Ms. Spuzzillo was tasked with running this year’s shoe drive, which began in the beginning of April and will last until the end of May. The main purpose of this shoe drive is to provide shoes to those in need. As an added bonus, students can decrease the cost of their prom tickets in the coming years. 

Currently, the shoes are being collected in Ms. Spuzzillo’s room (191), but there will be a location in the office for future donations. If you are interested in donating some shoes, please make sure that they aren’t falling apart. Any new or slightly-used shoe, including boots and sneakers, is allowed.

As the shoe drive progresses through the next two months, the leader of this service project hopes the number of donated shoes will increase.

“So far, 50 pairs of shoes have already been donated, but many more are expected to be donated as the drive continues. This is a great opportunity to help others,” stated Spuzzillo.

Anyone in the community can donate; it doesn’t have to be just staff and students. Spread the word and start bringing in shoes!

Moving forward, as April trots ahead, so do End-of-Course exams. The schedule for these exams is below.

• Science 8: April 15 and 17
• Biology (9-10): April 16
• U.S. History: April 23 
• Government: April 24 
• Math 8: April 28-29
• Algebra I (8-9): April 28-29
• Geometry (9-10): April 30- May 1 

Reminder, there will be no school this Friday (Good Friday) and next Monday (Easter Monday). The upcoming four-day weekend will be followed by a four-day school week.

Finally, there are currently 31 school days left until Summertime. Seniors, you only have 22 maximum days remaining, so get those post-graduation plans set in stone. The future belongs to you.

Have a great, short week.

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