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Administration

A shared concept of leadership is accomplished through district and building improvement teams. The challenging academic opportunities and complete activities program create a positive environment and well-rounded curriculum. The administration, board of education, and the faculty are committed to continually improving district MEAP and other standardized test scores so that we can fulfill our mission statement of academic excellence.

Breckenridge Administrative Team

Phone and e-mail contact information

Superintendent......................................................Mr. Jeff Jennette
High School Principal.......................................Mrs. Sheila Pilmore
Middle School Principal...................................Mrs. Sheila Pilmore
Elementary School Principal..................Mrs. Kimberly Thompson
Director of Community Education..........................Mr. Lew Pavlik
Athletic Director........................................................Mr. Lew Pavlik
Director of Food Services............................Ms. Nancy Ostrander
Director of Transportation/Maintenance..............Mr. Dan Halligan

Breckenridge Board of Education Members

e-mail contact information

President..............................Ken Krueger
Vice President.....................Clayton Peters
Secretary..............................Kevin Earegood
Treasurer..............................Lisa Christensen
Trustee..................................Corey Brown
Trustee..................................Kurt Giles
Trustee..................................Lorrie Siler

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Alternative Education

The Breckenridge Community Schools Alternative Education (A.I.M.) program is offered to provide an opportunity for students to find academic success outside the regular high school setting. The program,
removed from the regular high school, provides those students with an opportunity to continue their high school education. Students, ages 16-20 are accepted in the program. For more information, contact the Superintendent's office at (989) 842-3182.

School Facility Use

It is the policy of the Breckenridge Community Schools to allow our facilities to be used by the community. To make arrangements or for more information, call the Superintendent's office at (989) 842-3182.

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School Counseling Services

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School Counselors help children

School Counselors help children to learn, work, and live in the 21st century. Middle, and High School counselors are available to assist students and parents with a wide range of academic and social concerns. Counseling is available if necessary in the elemtary school by contacting the principal. The counseling staff works closely with parents, faculty, administration, and outside agencies. School counselors facilitate success in school by helping students develop positive attitudes toward self, family, and community. Counselors work to remove barriers to student achievement, and they support students as they develop plans for academic success.
Some of the services our counselors provide are in the form of educational support groups, personal counseling, conflict resolution, anger management, scheduling, Educational Development Plans (EDP), career counseling, violence prevention curriculum, drug prevention education, study skills, self-control programs, Character Counts, and Career Pathways. We encourage students to be responsible and make quality choices to become productive citizens.
The district also has a crisis response team made up of administrators, counselors, K-12 teachers, and support staff. This team has been trained to respond should a crisis occur in the school community. All staff members have received in-service and will continue to receive training on how to prevent and respond to any episodes of school violence.

Academic Testing Services

Breckenridge High School is an official ACT Test Center. Several dates are available throughout the year for high school students who wish to take the ACT (see the calendar).
Academic testing is an on-going process. Standardized tests provide information and statistical data useful to administrators, teachers, counselors, parents, and students. MEAP tests are given in Grades 3 - 9. In addition, Breckenridge students may be offered opportunities to take the following:

California Achievement Test ...................... Elementary grades
PLAN (pre-ACT)..........................................................10th grade
Pre-scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT)........................11th grade
ACT...............................................................11th and 12th grade

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School District Statistics

We believe that each student is unique, with his or her own potential, strengths, and interests. Our curriculum is designed to develop each student's maximum potential. Our athletic and extracurricular activities stress participation and compliment academic strengths. We are confident that the Breckenridge Community School District is a good place for children and adults to learn and grow - a learning environment that will make a difference in the quality of each individual's life.

Number of students in each grade level (2006-2007)

Young 4's - 5th ........................463
6th - 8th....................................210
9th - 12th..................................340
Alt. Ed. (A.I.M.)..........................45

Total Enrollment...................1,058

Other statistics

K-12 North Central Accredited
Operating Budget................................$8.3 Million
District State Equalized Value..........$100,479,857
District Area..........................................150 Square Miles
Counties.................................................Gratiot, Midland, and Saginaw
Townships.............................................Bethany, Emerson, Greendale, Lee, Jasper, Jonesfield, Lafayette,
Mt. Haley, Porter, and Wheeler

Student Insurance

Each year, prior to the middle of September, there is an open enrollment for families to purchase student insurance. This insurance serves as a supplement to your family's insurance coverage. The school district does not provide health/accident insurance for your students. If you desire additional information, please contact the building principal (contact information).

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School Closing Information

In the Fall of 2007 Breckenridge Schools implemented a new system called Instant Alert for Schools. Instant Alert for Schools is an essential tool for notification and communication.  Within minutes of an emergency, school officials can use Instant Alert to deliver a single, clear message to the students’ parents or guardians by telephone, cell phone, e-mail, pager or PDA in any combination.  The system can also be used to notify you of a school closing due to inclement weather. Use the following links to get further information:

Intstant Alert Explaination Letter
Instant Alert Website
Instant Alert Access Instructions

In the event of unscheduled school closings or delays, the following news media stations will be notified by 7:00am in order to provide information to the public concerning such closings. Please tune into one of the listed stations for complete school closing information, or call (989) 842-3182 after 6:30am.

Since the Breckenridge School District is comprised of more than 150 square miles, different areas of the district may not experience the same weather concerns. Parents always have the option of calling the individual school offices to excuse their child without an absence being noted during these days.

Radio Stations

WCEN - 94.5 FM
WCFX - 95.3 FM
WHNN - 96.1 FM
WKCQ - 98.1 FM
WUGN - 99.7 FM
WIOG - 102.5 FM
WCZY - 104.3 FM
WQBX - 104.9 FM
WSGW - 790 AM
WMMI - 830 AM
WMLM - 1520 AM

Television Stations

WNEM-TV Channel 5 or wnem.com
WJRT-TV Channel 12 or abc12.com

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Student Activities

The staff of Breckenridge Community Schools subscribes to the philosophy that a healthy mind and body are both part of an individual's total development. To this end, our students are offered a variety of experiential opportunities. There are many organizations which involve students in broadening their horizons through activities within schools and outside the school. These groups include...

Business Professionals of America
FFA
Madrigal Singers
National Honor Society
Pep Band
Spanish Club
Destination Imagination
Student Council

These organizations sponsor activities which benefit our community. The NHS sponsors a blood drive for the American Red Cross and sends volunteers for Family Fun Day in September. FFA provides "Food for America" and PALS for elementary students. BPA participates in "Adopt a Family" at Christmas, provides a food basket for a family at Thanksgiving, spends a day with senior citizens at an assisted living facility, volunteers at the Red Cross and works with recycling programs. The elementary students raise funds for child abuse education with the "Pennies for Prevention" program each Spring.

Our students are encouraged to look beyond themselves to see the needs of others.

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Technology

Breckenridge Community Schools take great pride in providing students with state of the art technology and Internet access to enhance their education. Upgrades of hardware and software are made on a continuing basis throughout the district. During the past year, the autocad drafting lab sofware received an upgrade, a new student database system was installed for the district and new printers, televisions, and projection units were placed in various areas of the district.

Students at all levels receive instruction in computer skills:

Grades K-5
Students receive instruction in word processing, keyboarding, Internet, multi-media presentation, and spreadsheets.
Middle School
Students take a nine-week class each year to advance their computer skills.
High School
Students have a wide range of specialty labs available for their classes such as a business lab, CAD lab, Industrial tech lab, music tech lab, journalism lab, and agriculture lab. In addition to these labs, the high school and middle school students have access to 10 media center computers for research and word processing.

The school also provices a free e-mail account for any student who wishes to have one.

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Transportation code of conduct

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II. RULES OF CONDUCT

1. All students will take a seat upon entering the bus and will remain in their seat until departure from the bus.


2. Normal conversation is expected while on the school bus. This does not include shouting, whistling, name-calling or the use of foul language. The student’s conversation should be similar to what he/she would use in the classroom or when speaking in any public place.


3. The consumption of food or beverage is not to be permitted while riding the school bus to and from school.


4. Smoking or the lighting of matches is not permitted while on the school bus or while on school grounds.


5. In the afternoon, students are to board the busses only at the school or loading point they attend unless previous arrangements have been made. Likewise, students may be discharged only at the regular unloading stop unless they have specific written permission from their parents and authorization by the school Principal and Transportation Supervisor.


6. Students wishing to board another bus (other than their own) must have a written bus pass from the office in their building.


7. The bus driver may assign definite seats for students to occupy in certain situations. If this is done, the student is not to change his seat without permission of the driver. There will be no reserving of seats and it should be understood that it may be necessary for students to be seated 3 per seat.


8. Students are not to throw paper, litter of any sort, or other items while on the bus. A receptacle is provided at the front of the bus.


9. Always cross in front of the bus and never behind the bus. Make sure you look for possible moving traffic even though the bus has on its flashing lights.


10. Any student disfiguring or mutilating any part of a bus will be required to pay for the damage and will be properly disciplined for such action.


11. The driver will establish a regular time schedule for each stop and will attempt to maintain that schedule. Students will be expected to be ready to board the bus upon its arrival. Drivers are instructed not to wait for students as this disrupts the entire bus route.


12. The rear emergency exit of the bus is not to be used for boarding or leaving the bus at any time except in cases of actual life threatening emergency.


13. Only small parcels may be transported on the bus and should be kept in possession of the student in his or her seat. Band instruments must be kept out of the aisles in the interest of safety. No animals are to be transported on the bus at any time.


14. Students are to sit properly. Head, arms, and legs must remain inside windows and knees and feet must remain off the back of the seat. Aisles must remain clear.


15. Orderly conduct is expected of all students. Wrestling, fighting or physical abuse of other students is completely unacceptable at all times.

• 1st Offense: A student identified as having violated a bus rule will be issued a misconduct report upon leaving the bus by the bus driver on the following trip. The report lists the students name, date, and trip of the violation and describes the offense. The student will be required to present the report to the driver with a parent or guardian signature before he/she will be allowed to board the bus on his/her next trip.


• 2nd Offense: A second rule violation by a bus rider will result in the same procedure described above. In addition, the bus driver will contact the parent or guardian of the student to describe the problem and attempt to work out a cooperative solution and improved behavior on the part of the student.


• 3rd Offense: The third offense will result in a misconduct report being prepared, presented to the student as described above, and also presented to the Transportation Supervisor for appropriate action which normally will include 1 to 3 day suspension of bus riding privileges.

AFTER READING THESE RULES PLEASE FILL OUT PORTION BELOW AND SIGN AND CUT OFF AND GIVE BACK TO DRIVER. THANK YOU.

Name of student or students:______________________________________________

Address:_____________________________________________________________

City, State and Zip:_____________________________________________________

Phone #_______________________

Signature of Parent:_____________________________________________________

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RTC

The Responsible Thinking Classroom (RTC) is up and running for the both High School and Middle School under the supervision of Mrs. Betty Shankel and at the Elementary School under the supervision of Mrs. Jill Crofoot.

This discipline program developed by Ed Ford supports our school-wide rule that "Teachers have a right to teach and students have a right to learn in a safe environment." When a student's behavior interferes with teaching or learning, the student is asked a sequence of questions though the Responsible Thinking Process (RTP). These questions are:

(1) What are you doing?
(2) What are the rules, OR Is that OK?
(3) What happens when you break the rules?
(4) Is that what you want to happen?
(5) What happens if you disrupt again?

The student then makes the choice to follow the rules and remain in the classroom or to go to RTC. If they choose RTC, Mrs. Shankel or Mrs. Crofoot is available to assist students in creating a behavior plan which will enable him/her to rejoin the class. Prior to rejoining the class, the students must conference and negotiate the plan with the staff member who referred him/her to RTC. The program is based on helping students to learn to think responsibly. Staff is reporting great success with the process to date.

For more information about RTC visit Ed Ford's web site at: www.responsiblethinking.com