Baraga Area Schools

Yesterday we held a National Honor Society Induction ceremony. Due to current circumstances, we had to conduct our ceremony online. Current members Natalie Geer, Cameron Goodreau, Holly Rogers, and Madelyn Turpeinen conducted the ceremony. We are please to welcome the following students to the Phoenix Chapter of NHS: Zachery Sackett Samantha Heikkinen Keegin Kahkonen Carter Koskinen Rylie Koskinen Haily Lamb Jaylyne Lindemann Presley Rasanen Aidan Holley Alana Schofield

Here is the route for the parade tomorrow. The Baraga Fire Department will be escorting the seniors on this route before graduation. It starts at 6 pm at the school and ends at the Osterman Sports Complex. Congratulations!

Here is the latest update on our school graduation. Graduation will be on May 29th at 7:00 pm. Unfortunately we are not able to open graduation to the public. We have two potential plans. Plan A will be to start with a parade through town with the fire department prior to the start of graduation (6:00 pm). A map of the parade will be posted. The fire department will then lead the seniors onto the track/field and they will take one lap around the field prior to parking. There will be seats on the field set up for our 20 seniors, spaced 6 feet apart. There will also be seating for 2 people of each senior’s choosing. Seating locations will be marked on the field. If the senior would like additional people at the graduation, each senior may have 1 vehicle on a marked spot on the other side of the field for that vehicle. Those people must remain in their vehicle for the ceremony. The only gate open will be the West end gate. After the ceremony, graduates will walk their family members to their cars and everyone will leave. Seniors and their families will get more detailed instructions that will be sent to them and handed out at drive-thru senior breakfast. Plan B is the parade and then a drive thru graduation. The vehicles would be parked along the track/field and would drive down one-by one with the graduates and family members in their cars and no seating on the field. We have gone above and beyond with plan A. Please be prepared for either plan. We intend to use plan A, plan B is a back-up in case of events beyond the school’s control. Thank you for being understanding in these difficult circumstances. Good news: The Woodland Singers will once again be able to be part of graduation and this year Eagle Country WCUP (105.7) will be doing a live broadcast of the ceremony. It is also planned to be live streamed on social media. We will be following guidelines set by these authorities. Please respect social distancing and health department guidelines. Masks and sanitizer will be available at the graduation. If you are experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms please refrain from coming to graduation and take advantage of the live stream and radio broadcast. The district will be following the Governor's orders and health department recommendations.

Announcement: Wednesday, May 27 at 7:30 pm we will be conducting an online National Honor Society Induction for this year's inductees. We wish we could have a formal ceremony to recognize them, but due to the current circumstances this is the best we can do. Any family members, staff, or friends wishing to join to watch the ceremony and help recognize these students can join the Zoom meeting using the following link. Email Matt Frantti at mfrantti@baragaschools.org for the password to the meeting. Please keep your audio muted to allow the students to conduct their induction ceremony. Thank you! Scheduled Zoom meeting: Topic: BHS NHS Induction Ceremony Time: May 27, 2020 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72720469117?pwd=M3JyZThxWldMOEk0YkdRTFpVU1NTZz09 Meeting ID: 727 2046 9117 Password:

The last two Senior Highlights are Courtney and Madelyn. Congratulations! https://youtu.be/CCU2KqqG1lk https://youtu.be/UDoJISd9Wd8

Senior Highlights today are Tristan and Kayla. Congratulations! https://youtu.be/YzISf4Qzll0 https://youtu.be/bDj0ZY7Hhdw

Baraga Schools is proud to announce that we will be holding a graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020. Please see the attached letter for more information.

Senior Highlights today are Zach and Logan. Congratulations! https://youtu.be/COcLNmPWwLA   https://youtu.be/4qfq-ElLq1Y  

Senior Highlights today are Holly and Cody. Holly has earned the rank of salutatorian for her class. Congratulations! https://youtu.be/XggrLBwlXfY https://youtu.be/n7N4UkVAUck

The Senior Highlights today are Erika and Felicity. Congratulations! https://youtu.be/Mene1u4AE7k https://youtu.be/00xO52dYgJ0

There is now a Facebook frame to celebrate our senior class of 2020! Search for “Baraga 2020” in the Facebook profile picture frames menu.

Senior Highlights today are Leeah and Kayla. Congratulations! https://youtu.be/jep4yJRFxO0 https://youtu.be/gbJ1bL39WCk

Senior Highlights today are Ryan and Cooper. Congratulations! https://youtu.be/us3Y4oXSyeI https://youtu.be/kCsa16KSitw

Senior Highlights today are Alex and Shelby. Congratulations! https://youtu.be/iYMRCyratJ8 https://youtu.be/Na_zfCEHoVc

Hey everyone, I'm posting another packet of info and tips that I hope will be helpful to all of our families out there. This is a difficult time for us, and I want all to know that I am here to support you in any way I can. Stay Healthy!

Senior Highlights today are Ayeasha and Riley. https://youtu.be/l7AOkaHgb-g https://youtu.be/3siYMsPIWsg

Michigan’s frontline COVID-19 responders are being saluted tomorrow. Please see the map of the flyover path for more information. Thank you!

Dragon Art Challenge! This weeks art assignment from Mrs. Klein! Elementary is creating a dragon eye and junior high/high school is creating a zoomed in composition of a dragon. Send me a picture of your art to be entered into a prize drawing to win my artwork from this video! Send them to vklein@baragaschools.org or to the Baraga Area Schools Art Facebook messenger. https://youtu.be/UFxOsXq8SyY

Graduation Status: We are still planning on doing some sort of ceremony for seniors. We cannot do anything other than a virtual ceremony until the stay-at-home order is lifted. We are brain-storming possibilities and will keep everyone posted. We want to hold onto caps and gowns until we know more about what we are allowed to do for a ceremony but seniors will get them. Senior advisors are talking with seniors and if they have questions they can email them to lwisniewski@baragaschools.org and mfrantti@baragaschools.org Again, thank you for your patience as we get this all figured out.

We will be featuring our seniors this month in highlight videos as one of the ways to virtually celebrate their graduation achievement and highlight some of their qualities. Congratulations Class of 2020! First up are Natalie and Cameron. https://youtu.be/WhADDswzFeg https://youtu.be/XZZO6PcT1vU