XII Community Connections 8. At BHHS each student's path leads through a rigorous core of learning expected of all high school graduates. Students interested in attending college are offered honors, accelerated, and 16 advanced placement classes consisting of 35 sections and 890 enrollments in the areas of English, foreign language, math, computer science, social studies, fine arts, and science. Students interested in a broader vocational path are offered ROP classes, a practical and fine arts curriculum, and the Applied Education Program, which assists students to find internships in the community.
Many students are in a combination of paths, depending on their individual skills and interests.
For example, a student may be in an accelerated math and science, a regular foreign language, and a remedial English class to improve writing skills. Career awareness and employability skills are interwoven throughout the entire vocational education curriculum via cooperative learning, role playing, and workplace simulations. Specific examples include interviewing, job applications, resumes, word processing, spreadsheet, and data base managing. In visual arts, students learn to meet deadlines, see a project through to completion, take criticism, and analyze it. In the 9th grade the counselors conduct individual meetings with students and their parents, advising them about high school graduation requirements, college admission and eligibility, and personal guidance.