Junior Year of Bridge Builders

Requirements and Reminders

Requirements:
* Focus areas: Diversity Appreciation (August- October), Community Action (November- January), and Leadership (February- April).
* Juniors must obtain 2 credits for each focus area.

Keeping In Touch:
* Year Of Dates
* Monthly Newsletter
* Weekly Updates
* Parents, Students, and Sponsors all receive important information.
* Mid-Year Letter
* Contact information for all staff and reminders in all newsletters and weekly updates.

Rules:
* Must sign up for all meetings, when it is required, starting at 6:00 A.M. on the FIRST of every month
* Sign up online on the BRIDGES website (www.bridgesusa.org/bridgebuilders) after reading the newsletter.
* Wear BB shirt to every meeting
* Be on time!
* As parents, make sure that your student is picked up on time as well. We will have a five minute grace period at the conclusion of every meeting, after which it will be $1.00 per every minute late.
* Must make credit requirements for each focus area

How To Sign Up…
* Go to www.bridgesusa.org/bridgebuilders
* Click on the newsletter for that month in the right-hand column and read through it entirely
* Go back to www.bridgesusa.org/bridgebuilders
* Click “Sign Up for Meetings” on the right-hand column right above the newsletter
* Click on the meeting date that you would like to attend.
* Enter in all of the information requested on the sign up page
* Click “submit”
* A page displaying your confirmation of sign up should pop up after you submit your request

Parental Expectations:
* Help out and encourage participation of your student at BRIDGES and Bridge Builders® fundraising events.
* Lovingly encourage your child to participate fully throughout the two years.
* Read the monthly Blue Prints Newsletter online at www.bridgesusa.org/bridgebuilders and encourage your Bridge Builder to do the same.
* Make sure that your student is on time to every meeting, and that they are picked up promptly at the end. There will be a five minute grace period for pickup after which there will be a fee of $1.00 per minute late.
* Inform the Bridge Builders® staff of changes to contact information, barriers to student participation, and positive changes you have seen in your child as a result of Bridge Builders® participation.
* Speak out in the community about the Bridge Builders® experience.

Remember, your BB staff will answer any questions that you may have!
* Mario Hendrix- Director
mhendrix@bridgesusa.org

* Alicia Davis- Program Specialist
adavis@bridgesusa.org

* Emily Phillips- Recruitment and Retention Specialist

ephillips@bridgesusa.org

* Megan Richardson- Senior Intern

mrichardson@bridgesusa.org