Berkeley Springs High School

COLLEGE APPLICATION & EXPLORATION WEEK Our amazing staff showed up and showed OUT in their college swag! From representing their alma maters to showing off their favorite college gear, our team is helping create excitement around college exploration and the many possibilities that lie ahead for our students! We’re proud to have staff who encourage our students to dream BIG, explore their options, and take steps toward their future goals. Whether it’s a four-year university, community college, technical school, or another postsecondary pathway, we’re here to remind our students that their future is full of possibilities! A HUGE shout-out to our staff for participating, spreading school spirit, and helping make College Application & Exploration Week a success! Keep dreaming, keep exploring, and keep representing! #CollegeApplicationAndExplorationWeek #CFWV #CollegeForWestVirginia #FutureReady #CollegeBound #SchoolSpirit

Our annual pumpkin drop was a huge success. The Great Cacapon Fire Department (Bradley Kidwell and two helpers) donated their time and fire truck to help drop the student creations. The students designed containers to protect a pumpkin when dropped from about fifty-four feet onto a concrete surface. This activity was centered around ways to reuse and recycle materials. Many items were donated including cardboard boxes, plastic water bottles, Styrofoam, clothing, pillows, egg cartons, and tarps. The pumpkins were used by FFA students for hog feed. Some of the seeds were saved for planting. All cardboard and water bottles were recycled. The students enjoyed seeing and hearing their boxes hit the ground. Two out of twenty-five pumpkins survived the fall. The top four teams will be competing in the annual pumpkin drop at WVU on October 30, 2026. There will be three hundred teams in the competition. Our students have done well at this competition in the past. We have won second and third place over the past several years. One year, our winning design was videotaped by ESPN. The video was broadcast during the WVU football game later that day. I give thanks to all that helped.

BSHS sculpture students created team totem poles. They turned a pile of discarded cardboard, newspaper, and tape into works of unique art.

TOMORROW is UNITY DAY!

Let’s come together, show our school spirit, and take a stand against bullying! In recognition of National Bullying Prevention Month, we’re encouraging ALL faculty, staff, and students to WEAR ORANGE TOMORROW!

Let’s fill our school with orange and send a powerful message that kindness matters, differences make us stronger, and NO ONE stands alone!

Wear ORANGE! Spread KINDNESS! Stand UNITED against bullying!
Let’s show what it means to be a Berkeley Springs Indians family!

Together, we can create a school where EVERYONE feels safe, included, and valued.

#UnityDay #BSHS #NationalBullyingPreventionMonth #ChooseKindness #StandTogether

Attention 10th Grade Students and Families!

Making a Difference – 1st Quarter Nominations!
It's time to recognize the amazing staff members who go above and beyond to make Berkeley Springs High School a GREAT place to learn and work!
Students, staff, and parents are encouraged to nominate any BSHS staff member who has made a positive difference. Help us recognize those who make an impact every day! Please include your rationale as to why they are being nominated.
Please submit your nominations by Friday, October 23 to mnida@k12.wv.us
Thank you for helping us celebrate the people who make BSHS special!

Buy a yearbook at: https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1118151/Berkeley-Springs-High-School/

Thank you for the fast response to my request about our broken pumpkins from our pumpkin drop. They are going to be used by our VOAG students to feed hogs.

BSHS FFA volunteered at the greenwood community center making apple butter.

BSHS FFA members had the privilege of going to the WV FFA fall leadership conference in Ripley WV to learn through workshops, qualities of leadership and growth .

ATTENTION SENIORS!

We want to hear from you! Complete the form using the QR Code below, or use this link: BSHS Senior Year Information Form – Fill out form!

We will have some broken pumpkins after our pumpkin drop competition this Thursday. These pumpkins can be recycled in many ways. They can be used in baking. The seeds make a nutritious snack. Some farmers use them for animal feed. Some people compost the pumpkins. If you would like to grow pumpkins, the seeds will be available. If you are interested in taking the broken pumpkins, contact me at 240-362-6522 (leave message).

Please excuse my delay in getting this out... It's been A WEEK am I right?! Seriously though, I'm going to try to name everyone by name and give thanks, but if I miss something please know your help did not go unappreciated I'm just still frazzled and forgetful!

Starting with Dawn Day thank you so much for the countless dollars, fundraiser forms, questions, last minute panic calming, and keeping me in line! You are a star before I even started the year. Thank you to admin... for approving every chaotic idea, Dr. Kursey for handling guest forms, and allowing us to cause total chaos for a full week and giving me the facilities to do things.

Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday: thank you to the class advisors: Holli McCumbee, Susan Youngblood, Emily Wardropper, & Gary Wachter. You showed up on Sunday, got those hallways looking great (especially when some of you had to audible and decorate a space you hadn't planned). Those floats on Wednesday were some of my favorites so far, and Friday it was an EARLY morning decorating those bleachers, but the kids had a blast and they looked great. Thanks for all you do all the time but especially giving up your free time to do the extra mostest (I know I teach English) to help these kids make memories! I couldn't do this without you!

Through the week! Thank you to all the teachers and Echo for being patient with attendance and counting during homerooms. I know it wasn't ideal, but I appreciate the leniency. Boosters for sponsoring the amazing bonfire and taking something off my plate!

All the teachers who allowed students to leave class on Friday for decorating. Mr. Myers for hanging the hoop and disco ball as always your efforts are genuinely appreciated because I would surely be lost trying to accomplish that.

Saturday: the chaperones for the dance... Sam Perry, Rhi Breeden, Stacy Wilhelm, Cletus Watts (Collette Todd), Mitch Nida, Chad Strimel, Brooks Kursey, Samantha Pearce, Susan Youngblood, & Elizabeth Letrent. Seriously thank you endlessly for giving up a Saturday night!

Parents who are truly angels: Justin Litten, Amy Litten, Carolyn Stotler, Heather Baxter, thank you for spending a Saturday night bumping tunes, popping corn, spinning sugar, and slinging ice for these kiddos! They were so thankful and everything was amazing.

Thank you to Amanda Miller and Ally Maconaughey for the photos! As always everything was wonderful! - I'm so glad that backdrop came in!

Sunday Clean up: shout out to my HOCO committee of kiddos who cleaned everything, bagged it, organized, and reset completely in under 90 minutes! We're getting better each year.

Another huge shout out to parents Carolyn Stotler and Mandi Michael for helping clean up!

Thank you in the huge part to my lunch bunch and ELA dept: Susan, Emily, Elizabeth, Chuck, and Amy. Without you guys keeping me on track I would have failed miserably as a teacher that week. I didn't know what day it was most days.

Finally last, but most certainly not least thank you to Samantha Pearce. You were truly my rock. you made sure I crossed every T and dotted every I. You ran to get flowers, you decorates, tore down, you stepped in as a class advisor for Emily, and were my mental health when I wasn't sure where I was! thank you for helping me, but mostly for being my yes friend and never thinking twice when I say, "Hey, so I have this crazy idea!"

Mark your calendars. HOCO will be either the 22nd or 29th of October next year (hopefully the 22nd)! I can't wait to do it again!
~Ms. Remsburg

IT IS TIME TO SHOP! The BSHS Spirit Wear Store (ONLINE) is open from October 6 to October 15 (https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/aajwkMRedV). This store is for everyone - current/upcoming students, community members, family members, and former BSHS graduates! We have youth, women's, and men's clothing/sizing along with blankets, cornhole boards, phone cases, slides, and water bottles. Grab some gear and represent your local high school! BSN will be giving back a portion of the proceeds to BSHS. Please keep in mind that orders are not processed and shipped until after the store closes (average process/delivery is 4-5 weeks). If you have any questions, please contact Matt Griffith (304-258-2871 EXT. 138).

Please join us for an exciting show at BSHS!

Picture Day is Wednesday Oct 21st!

Anatomy students examined the structures of the skeletal system and even measured their heights. Ask one of them to double check your height.☠️📏

Anatomy students dissected pickles 🥒 these poor pickles were sacrificed in the name of science and learning about body cavities