Important Upcoming Dates

Session I Academic Boot Camps - June 12th - 15th

Session II Academic Boot Camps - June 19th - 22nd

Session III Academic Boot Camps - August 7th - 10th

Freshman Academy - Friday, August 11th

New Student Academy - Monday, August 14th

First Day of School - Thursday, August 17th

School Calendars Can Be Found Here

Bell Schedules Can be Found Here

Spring 2023 Athletic Schedules Can be Found Here

The Front Office at BIshop Kelly will be open from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Monday through Friday, for the months of June and July.

Hello Bishop Kelly Families and Friends, 

Well this is it, a final note from Mr. Caldwell after nine adventurous, fulfilling years of serving as your child’s principal at Bishop Kelly High School. 

When I began this journey in 2014, after having already served as a teacher, coach, and vice principal in an earlier stint at BK (from 2000-2008), I wasn’t sure I was ready or cut out for the lofty job of Principal at Bishop Kelly High School, but I was eager, willing to jump in with both feet, and tried to remain humble in regularly learning how to do the job better.  I quickly realized that it wasn’t my six years of teaching math, my four years as a vice principal, and certainly not my Masters Degree in Education Leadership that prepared me for the job. Truth be told, it was my four years during college of waiting tables at Crane Creek Country Club that most prepared me for my last nine years as a high school principal. 

As a waiter, especially on a very busy night, you have to be on your game and manage so many things all at once. You have a table of four that just sat down, are eager for drinks, and don’t care if you have a tray of dinner plates in your hand. You have a nice couple in the corner celebrating their anniversary that is ready for their appetizers. There’s a family of six, with young, hangry children, waiting for their dinner to arrive. Then there is an uptight gentleman that had his ribeye overcooked and needs you to hear all about it. My job as their waiter was to know who they were, where they were, what they needed at any given moment, and to ultimately try to give them all a great dining experience. Even if I wasn’t the one cooking their steak, It was my responsibility to make sure they had a nice dining experience. I loved the energy, the challenge, and the rewards of being a good waiter at Crane Creek. I enjoyed serving and I enjoyed (mostly) the interactions with the people. Although it was hard to take the significant pay cut from waiting tables to go into my first teaching job, serving food wasn’t my ultimate calling in life.

As I reflect back on the last decade of my professional life, I can’t help but feel fulfilled and grateful for the opportunity I was given to serve the students, staff, and community of Bishop Kelly High School. I will never claim to have done it perfectly, and like dropping a tray of flute glasses full of champagne in the middle of a full table, I know I’ve made more than my share of mistakes along the way. While I may likely only be remembered as the crazy bell schedule guy, I hope that all of you know how much I cared about the people I served along the way. 

To do this work and not sincerely care about those you are serving seems to me an impossible and painful task. Our faculty and staff at Bishop Kelly are second to none. They care deeply about the students and are committed to their craft of teaching. As I soon depart and begin to look back, I will leave inspired and in awe of their passion, commitment, and dedication to their vocation. To have the opportunity to work with our faculty, and for the students at Bishop Kelly has been a true pleasure. While we didn’t always see eye to eye, I’ve always felt a mutual respect with a common commitment to be our best in all that we do. I can also say that the parents and families I’ve gotten to know and interact with over the years have felt like true partners in this process. While not always the case, I felt more often than not that we were all fighting for the same goals and pursuing what was best for the students. 

In closing, thank you for allowing me to serve as your Principal these past 9 years. I will forever cherish my experiences, which include many ups and plenty of the downs, but most of all, I will cherish the thousands of relationships I’ve built over the years. Be sure to tip your waiters and waitresses and continue to Do Good in all that you do. Thank you BK, Go Knights! 

Always Learning, 

Mike

The 212 members of the Bishop Kelly Class of 2023 graduated in style! It was a beautiful Knight, with wonderful remarks by Bishop Peter Christensen, BK Chaplain Father Greg Vance, BK President Bill Avey, BK Principal Mike Caldwell, Valedictorian Cody Bockenstette, Salutatorian Daniel Ni, BK Faculty Member Jared Vreeland, BK ASB President Maggie Avey, and BK ASB Senior Class Rep Max Ciovacco. Additionally some very talented Seniors shared their gifts with us during the commencement ceremony. Sophia Puype (vocals) and Daniele Macdonald (ASL Interpretation) led a powerful National Anthem, and Henry Gale, Justine Lam, Molly O'Sullivan, and Sophia Puype closed the evening with a beautiful ensemble performance of our Alma Mater.

We are so proud of this Class of 2023, and all that they have contributed to the Bishop Kelly Community in their four years here. This class had their high school experience disrupted by the pandemic, but didn't let it send them off track. This listing of some of our BK Class of 2023 Points of Pride highlights some of their notable accomplishments. And in addition, this class brought faith, laughter, kindness, creativity, innovation, friendship, school spirit, and so much more into our halls each day. We will miss these grads, and hope that they will stay connected to each other and BK as Alumknights.

Putting on graduation requires a lot of love and labor from an army of people. THANK YOU to all of the faculty, staff, students, and volunteers who contributed to the beautiful ceremony this year. Especially the BK Maintenance and Grounds team, the BK Band and Orchestra, and Dr. Sarah Quilici who coordinated the entire event - and did a remarkable job getting everyone's name right!

See below for information about picking up your diploma Class of 2023. And if you would like to see more photos of the evening, click the button below.

Diploma Pick Up:

Graduates, parents, and/or siblings may pick up diplomas starting Monday, June 12th in the Front Office.

Front Office Summer hours are from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, Monday - Friday.

Final Transcripts for Graduates:

• Counselors will be uploading end of year transcripts for the Class of 2023 to student SCOIR accounts & Common/Coalition Applications to the college or university that students indicated in their Future Plans Questionnaire.
• If you need an additional transcript during the summer please go to: www.bk.org/alumni and submit the “Request a Transcript” form. It will go directly to our registrar, Chrissy Beckner. If you have additional questions, please email her at cbeckner@bk.org



FROM THE BUSINESS OFFICE

We will be sending out the final billing for the 22/23 school year the weekend of May 27th. The invoice will be due June 10, 2023.

Parents of graduating seniors: As a reminder, diplomas cannot be picked up, and final transcripts cannot be sent until your Bishop Kelly TADS account is paid in full. 

Billing will include:

• Negative lunch account balances
• Textbooks fines: Damage to books and books not returned. The book assigned to the student needs to be the book turned in by the student. Simply handing in a textbook does not count – it must be the one that was checked out to them
•  Items not returned/damaged: Uniforms, technology, library books, misc.
• Lost locks and fines for lockers not cleaned out or damaged

If you receive an invoice for an item not returned, your student may return that item on or before noon on June 8^th to receive credit. We will not issue credit for any items returned after that point.



Each year the Idaho High School Activities Association awards the top 3 schools in each classification with the “School of Excellence award”. This program is the most prestigious award a school can receive as it combines all aspects of IHSAA core mission for education-based participation. It combines how each school scored in state athletics/activities, state academics, and in the area of citizenship/sportsmanship, all weighted equally. Bishop Kelly is honored to have won for the 2022 - 2023 school year.

This is truly a team effort with every person in our school making valuable contributions. We would like to recognize and congratulate each and every one of our amazing and gifted teachers, leadership team, coaches, parents, and every BK Actvities program. Thank you for all your great work in the lives of Bishop Kelly students!

In addition to the primary awards, schools that score 90% on the Citizenship Component and have no player/coach ejections throughout the year or incidents of unsportsmanlike school behavior at state tournaments receive an "Award of Excellence" certificate.  Bishop Kelly is one of those schools. We are exceptionally proud of this honor.

A special & sincere thanks go out to all our coaches and student athletes for all your tremendous leadership, dedication, and hard work. You are to be commended from the highest level, and should feel very proud of all the great work you have done.

The Idaho High School Activities Association have named six high school juniors

as the 2022-2023 recipients of its annual Interscholastic Star Student Recognition Awards. Bishop Kelly's Lucy Glynn was recognized as the 4A Star for the State of Idaho!

The IHSAA said in their announcement, "A State Speech and Debate qualifier for Bishop Kelly HS, Lucina also competes in Cross Country and Track & Field. She is the President of the French Club and is involved in multiple school clubs and community causes."

The Interscholastic Star Student scholarship program is sponsored by the Idaho High School Activities Association and was established in1992 to recognize and reward outstanding students who participate in high school athletic and non-athletic activities.

Nominees for the scholarships are exemplary students who:

• Through their participation, strengthen interscholastic sports and activities programs.
• Are active contributors to school and community organizations and programs.
• Are good citizens and positive role models for their peers.
• Promote the ideals of good sportsmanship and citizenship.

Each Interscholastic Star receives a $1,000 scholarship to the college of their choice, and Bishop Kelly was awarded $500 because of Lucy's selection as the 4A honoree.

Congratulations to Lucy and her parents Jeff, '92 and Amy! We are blessed to have Lucy here at BK and representing us in the community.



Bishop Kelly's Boys Lacrosse Coach, Logan Ball, has been named the USA Lacrosse Coach of the Year for Idaho! CONGRATULATIONS to Coach Ball!

Additionally, Crew Nelson and Drew Morrison were named USA Lacrosse All Americans! This is an exciting honor and achievement for our Boys Lacrosse Program, and we are very proud of Coach Ball, Crew, and Drew!

Softball

After much thought and reflection, Coach Missy Nichols has decided to step down as head coach of the Bishop Kelly Knights Softball Team. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Missy for all her leadership, dedication, tremendous hard work, and direction of our softball program over the past 7 years. We are saddened to lose such an impactful coach, but wish Missy the best of luck in her new role as a Vice Principal at Bishop Kelly. 

It is with tremendous excitement, we announce the hiring of Travis Ribordy as our new Head Softball Coach. It was clear through the interview process that Travis understands how to work with student athletes, how to develop a program, and most importantly understands the mission of our school.

As a passionate and experienced coach that has been part of our program for the past 9 years, and with 25 years of coaching experience overall, Ribordy says “I am thrilled at the opportunity to continue fostering the strong tradition of excellence with this program and build upon the tremendous success we have had in the past.  I am excited to continue fostering the strong tradition of the program and build upon the sense of one team between the JV and Varsity teams. My strength lies in my ability to look at the big picture and prioritize team development and I take pride in my ability to develop players, game strategy, and team leadership.”

Coach Ribordy will be present at our Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Softball Guest Services Facility on Monday, June 5th, from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Varsity Softball Field. Please stop by to welcome and and meet our new head coach!

Boys Golf

Bishop Kelly High School is pleased to announce Taylor Judy as our new Boys Head Golf Coach. Coach Judy's experience, passion, education, and coaching background made him a great candidate for the position. 

Taylor is a Bishop Kelly graduate, played on the Boys Varsity Golf Team all four years, and won a state individual championship his junior year. After high school,  he went on to graduate from Northwest Nazarene University, where he played on the Men's Golf Team. He has worked in the golf industry in every facet starting at the First Tee of Idaho, then to the Idaho Golf Association and finally as an Assistant Golf Professional at Hillcrest Country Club. His wife of almost 5 years is Kaitie who he met while at NNU and they have a miniature Australian Shepherd named Maverick that keeps them busy. 

Taylor says he is "blessed and honored to be the new Boys Head Golf Coach and looks forward to success from our players both on and off the golf course." 

A big Thank You to Todd Loveland who did a great job building our boys team before moving on to Head Women's Coach at Idaho State University. 

Please direct any boys golf questions to Coach Judy:

Work Email: taylor.judy@spoton.com

Personal Email: tjudy@alumni.nnu.edu

Cell: 208-949-6007

Please join us in welcoming Coach Judy to Bishop Kelly! Thanks for all of your support and Go Knights!!



Tom Shanahan, BK Activities Director

The front office is open from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Monday through Friday this summer. Come get your stuff! Items will be donated July 1, 2023.

Bishop Kelly's Summer Academic Boot Camps are designed to help BK students feel confident and prepared for academics at Bishop Kelly High School. These workshops are especially helpful for incoming Freshman who want to review and improve their math, writing, and study skills before beginning high school this fall. Incoming Sophomores can also benefit from these academic workshops, especially if they found their first year at BK to be more challenging than expected.

For students at any grade level who want something engaging and fun to do this summer, we are offering Artistic Creations Camp.

And rising Seniors - check out the College Application Accelerator in August that's just for you.

Session 1 Camps - Monday, June 12th through Thursday, June 15th

• Writing Launchpad
• Academic Survival Skills
• Math Foundations Launchpad
• Artistic Creations

Session 2 Camps - Monday, June 19th through Thursday, June 22nd

• Academic Survival Skills
• Writing Launchpad
• Math Foundations Launchpad

Session 3 Camps - Monday, August 7th through Thursday, August 10th

• Academic Survival Skills
• College Application Accelerator for Seniors (Wednesday Only)

Saint Luke's Children Advisory Board Youth Representative

The Children’s Advisory Board (CAB) at St. Luke’s Children’s is seeking Youth Representatives to serve on the board from August 2023 – May 2024. CAB serves to advise and assist efforts to raise funds from individuals, corporations, and foundations to support St. Luke's Children's. The board’s Youth Representative position will provide students interested in health care, special events, community service, and/or philanthropy with a unique opportunity to learn about non-profit management, board governance, and fundraising while gaining valuable professional experience. We encourage students who meet the eligible requirements to apply to serve one term on the board as a Youth Representative. Applications for the position are due by Sunday, July 16^th, 2023. THIS Completed application. resume, and letter of recommendation are required (references from family members or peers are discouraged). Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please review the application form t to learn more about the eligibility requirements and the role of the Youth Representatives.  

PARENTS, if your student will be getting their driver's permit or turning 18 over the summer, please note you will need a Verification of Compliance (VOC) Letter from the Front Office before you go to the DMV.

Please plan ahead, so we have time to print the VOC. The DMV does not accept email or faxed copies.

This VOC Request Form is always on the home page of the BK Website.



For Educational Travel Opportunities for BK Students, please see THIS JUST IN TIME BLOG POST.



JOBS AT BISHOP KELLY

Head Cheer Coach

Full Time Daytime Custodian

$15-$17/hour

Full Time Groundskeeper 

$15-$18/hour

Part Time Activities Bus Driver

Visit our Employment Page for More Information, and please helps us spread the word that BK is a great place to work!

• Parents are asked to email the school’s Attendance Office before 9:30am on the day a student will be absent from class for all or part of the school day due to an illness or an appointment. That email is attendance@bk.org
• Bishop Kelly is a closed campus. If students need to leave school for any reason, parents must notify the Attendance Office by emailing attendance@bk.org before school.
• Students must sign-out when they leave campus during the school day, and sign back in when they return. They will be asked for verification of any professional appointments upon returning to school. (i.e. a doctor’s note)

Our website at www.bk.org is a wealth of information for parents and students alike! Check out some of the cool tools that are just a few clicks away:

Faculty and Staff Directory and Contact Information

Weekly Cafeteria Menus and Access to Student Lunch Accounts

Dress Code Policies

Counseling and College Preparation

Athletic Team Pages

Archived BK Alive Newsletters

BK Calendars

Verification of Compliance

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