The Bobcat program needs you! Plan on attending an information meeting on Thursday, November 12, at 7 PM in the Enclosed Cafeteria. Meet the Coaches, learn about pre-season opportunities and what the 2010 season holds in store. If you have any questions contact Coach Schelzo at schelzje@pwcs.edu.

It's that time of the year again that FBLA will be sponsoring the Operation Turkey food drive at Battlefield High School to help support the local food shelter, SERVE, Inc. Help bring a Happy Thanksgiving to our community’s neediest families! Your gift of non-perishable food items will enable SERVE, Inc. to support the programs that give Thanksgiving baskets to more then 1,400 individuals and families. Operation Turkey also helps SERVE throughout the year to provide supplemental foods to our area’s neediest families. Our goal this year is to collect over 3,000 food items.  Please help support the annual FBLA community service project.  Together we can do it! Collection runs November 12-19, 2009. Click here to download the flyer (pdf) for more information.

All parents and students interested in applying to Battlefield's iT program may attend our iT information Night on Thursday, November 12, at 7 p.m.  An overview of the program and the application process will be provided.  Printed applications will be available.  All applications are due on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 by COB.  The application will also be available online on November 13. The last information night will be on January 7, 2010.

Mr. Proctor has provided a produced music video of the Third Annual BHS Faculty Tricycle Race. You may download the video in WMV (Windows Media Video) format by clicking here. (www; The video is hosted by Tripod, not on a PWCS server.) Mac users may visit Mactopia (www) and scroll to the bottom for links to playing WMV videos on Mac systems.

The newest version of PWCS inclement weather emergency procedures issued by Dr. Walts has been made available for you to download in PDF format by clicking here.

The new "Bobcat Branch" of the Apple Federal Credit Union held its grand opening recently. To see pictures of the ribbon-cutting ceremony and read more about this exciting new service - and new learning opportunity - click here to read the press release.

Today, PWCS sent home a letter regarding Inflenza-Like Illness with all Battlefield students. You may download this letter in English as a PDF. (Bajar en Español.)

Rock to Recovery will be hosting a 5k run and a 1 mile fun run on November 21, 2009. It will take place right here at Battlefield High School. The 5k course will loop around the school, Graduation Drive and end with the last mile on the track. There will be  DJ, food, and fun activities for all ages, so come join in on the fun! Registration forms are due by November 7, 2009. All 5k participants will receive a t-shirt included in the registration fee and 1 mile fun run participates will receive a water bottle. Register now and have a great time supporting Music Corps! Music Corps is “a rehabilitative music program for injured combat veterans” at Walter Reed Hospital. It provides opportunities for men who are recovering from severe injuries to have an outlet for their stress and helps to save them from the monotony of being confined by four hospital room walls for months at a time.

Senior breakfast, class picture, and meeting is planned for Thursday, November 12 during Block 3. Willing parents of seniors are asked to donate breakfast foods and drinks. All donations can be brought to the Main Office starting Tuesday, November 11 through the morning of the event. We are also looking for any parents who can come in that morning to help with the event. To volunteer, please contact Lisa Zdravecky at zdravelm@pwcs.edu 

Congratulations to Mikaela Whitaker who was featured this week on “Varsity Center” as one of the “AVCA Players of the Week.” You can view the online program by clicking here!

Battlefield’s first book drive was launched by the Literacy Committee on September 25, 2009! Thanks to the generosity of students, parents, and staff, hundreds of quality books and magazines poured in to support Battlefield’s school-wide silent sustained reading initiative: Read to Succeed. The need for such materials will continue for the rest of the school year; so if you have books and magazines at home that you believe Battlefield students would enjoy and you no longer have a use for, please continue to drop them off in the Main Office. 

DECA is hosting its first annual Classic Car Show at Battlefield on Saturday, November 7, 2009. Proceeds benefit MusicCorps, a charity providing specialized music equipment for wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital. For more information, view the flyer and registration form.

Parents and students are invited to come to the BHS Career Fair on Thursday, November 19, from 7 to 8:30 PM to talk with a variety of career representatives in fields including but not limited to: performing and visual arts, music, journalism, government, finance, business management, IT, marketing, and transportation.

Our next issue of the BHS school news letter is now available, along with recent archived volumes, under the "Newsletter" link to your left, where it will remain for your convenience.

Those students interested in purchasing a yearbook may do so by clicking here. (You will be taken to an external site in a new window.) You may also download, in PDF format, a set of instructions and a set of ordering tips provided by Herff-Jones.

Parents and students are invited to browse the BHS Virtual Bookfair (Be sure to use "Battlefield" as your organization code) through December 6 at www.BookWormCentral.com. Selected Language Arts required reading, AP/SAT/PSAT test prep materials, world language dictionaries, recreational reading, cookbooks, and more will be available for purchase. Battlefield will receive a portion of each sale.