BCSD Spring 2024 Continuing Education

Country line dancing, anyone? How about Handmaking with Clay? Lots of new classes, plus some of your favorites including PiYo, Zumba, Ballroom Dancing, Painting, Cooking and more!

7th annual Poetry Out Loud competition sends two to Regionals

Twenty one Bethlehem Central High School students competed in the 7th annual Poetry Out Loud competition on Thursday, Jan. 4th in the high school cafeteria. The competing students represented 9th through 11th grades. The students recited two previously published poems and were judged on six categories: Physical presence Voice and articulation Dramatic appropriateness Evidence of …

Hamagrael “Adopt a Snowflake” makes holidays brighter

“This world is filled with kind and generous people and all of you here are among those people. Your kindness and generosity mean so much.” Those were the words of Samantha Shipherd of Unity House in Troy as she thanked fifth-grade students at Hamagrael Elementary School as they packed a van full of donated toys, …

World language students enjoy cultural experience with French flair

On Thursday, Nov. 30, dozens of intermediate and AP French students from Bethlehem visited Claude Monet: the Immersive Experience in Schenectady, to expand upon the AP French themes of art and culture. On the tour, students learned about the progression of Monet’s work and how it was influenced by historical events and Monet’s personal life. …

Two BCHS students published in Spanish Honor Society magazine

Two BCHS students were published in the November 2023 issue of the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica magazine, Albricias. Sophomore and Spanish Honor Society member,  Zara Pattison, is the first BCHS student to be published so early in her high school career with her article depicting the negative impact of fast fashion, “La Moda Rápida”. Senior Spanish …