BHS Parents Group

Dear BHS Community,

Recently I had the honor of accompanying two students to Naples, Italy for the first International Summit on AI in School as guests of the European Union. At the Royal Palace, we represented the United States at sessions with UNESCO and the Education Ministers from a dozen countries across four continents. One goal of the AI Summit is to promote responsible and ethical digital citizenry and a human-centered approach to AI in schools. International delegations from 6 continents with 1500 representatives from 23 countries convened to collaborate with policy makers on developing AI policies in schools.

How was Burlingame High School selected? Through our long-standing Italian exchange with Liceo Fanti in Carpi, their principal invited us to participate. While this is a once-in-a-lifetime example of what makes BHS special, the outstanding preparation at BHS produces great students and great citizens who go on to accomplish tremendous feats in their field, AND appreciate being a Panther, giving back and offering resources to current students. I continue to hear from recent alumni who are the strongest students in their college classrooms thanks to the high expectations in BHS classrooms. 

Our current Italian exchange school is in Udine. Italian students are visiting this week, while BHS students visit Italy in March and April.

Thank you to all the parents who volunteer and fund raise to make all of our special opportunities happen. Request: Parent volunteers needed to host the Model United Nations on October 29.

Go Panthers!

Principal Jen Fong

jenfong@smuhsd.org

October 12, 2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our recent Parent Group meeting and Line Dance Social! It was so nice to see many of you — Who knew we had a full-on hoedown in Burlingame right around the corner?

We look forward to seeing you at games, meetings, grade-level events, and other social gatherings as we continue to build a strong BHS community.

We’re excited to share that we’ve reached 20% of our $588,000 fundraising goal, and we’ve already cut a check to BHS to support important programs for our students. Thank you for helping us get off to a strong start and let's keep up the momentum!

Best,

Ingrid Gauthier, BHS Parents Group President

ingridgauthier@bhsparentsgroup.org