Art Teacher at Big Bear High School, Joshua Roth Found Deceased

Big Bear, Ca, September 28, 2011, 1:00pm - This morning Sheriff’s deputies received a call from Big Bear High School to conduct a welfare check at the residence of Joshua Roth, a 32 year old art teacher at Big Bear High.  Mr. Roth hadn’t shown up for work, and hadn’t called the Big Bear High offices either.  Deputies arrived and made entry to Mr. Roth’s house at approximately 9:19am, and found Mr. Roth to have a self inflicted gunshot wound.  The coroner was called in and Mr. Roth was found to be deceased.  School counselors, Lutheran Social Services, and local clergy members are at the school campus helping students, teachers and staff with tragic news.  According to Kurt Madden, Superintendent of the Bear Valley Unified School District, school personnel are conducting a comprehensive plan to provide support to the student’s of Big Bear High School and they will monitor this situation on a daily basis.

Big Bear High School Alumni Come Home This Weekend

Big Bear, Ca, September 21, 2011, 12:00pm - This coming weekend many familiar faces may be seen around town as Big Bear High School will have its Homecoming.  The Homecoming football game will take place this Saturday at the Big Bear Middle School field, with the JV football game starting at 10:45am with the Varsity Game to follow.  There will be floats at the varsity game with a special half time show where a new Homecoming queen will be crowned.  This year the nominees for Homecoming include: Megan Bloch, Kelly Anderson, Chelsea Vaughn, Tara Hubbard, Luz Navarrete, with two honorary homecoming princesses, foreign exchange students Samara Rickman from New Zealand, and Henrike Boeckmann from Germany.  The dance will take place Saturday night from 8:00 to 11:00pm at Big Bear High School.  Reunions planned for this year include the 10 year reunion for the class of 2001, and a joint reunion for the classes of 1980 & 1981.  According to BBHS ASB Clerk Sharon Newkirk many alums come to the homecoming game.  Newkirk also told KBHR that to kick off Homecoming weekend Big Bear High will be holding a battle of the bands on Friday night at 7:00pm featuring students, faculty and alumni.

Big Bear High Remembers 9/11

KBHR Presents BBHS Parents Supporting Academics Booster’s With A Donation

Big Bear, CA, September 8, 2011, 12:00am - At last night’s monthly meeting of the Big Bear High School PSA Booster Club, KBHR’s Cathy Herrick presented the group with a check for $150.00 which represents a percentage of the proceeds from the radio station’s “Sober Grad” community minded campaign for local businesses that aired last June to support our high school graduates and encourage conversation between parents and their children to have a safe and sober grad night.  Lydarose Luna, the newly appointed President of the BBHS Parents Supporting Academics Boosters and Mike Ghelber, Big Bear High’s Principal, were on hand to accept the check.  The club supports our high school students both academically and with site improvement costs.  The funds from the annual “PSA Tax Day Soiree and Silent Auction” held in April for the last several years have been earmarked to purchase a new electronic sign for the high school.  The club is currently in the process of researching companies to purchase and install the new sign.

Big Bear High School September 11th Remembrance Ceremony

The Big Bear High School ASB presents a special rememberance of  September 11th on September 9th at 6:30am to 7:15am at the Big Bear High School Patio.

BBHS “Freshman Friday” and Restoration of Quad’s Carved Bear

Big Bear, CA, August 1, 2011, 11:30am – After a little more than six weeks of summer vacation, today is the first day of school for students enrolled through the Bear Valley Unified School District.  Last Friday was “Freshman Friday” at Big Bear High School giving incoming freshmen, and their parents, an opportunity to obtain class schedules, tour the facility and purchase PE clothing and ASB cards.  It was a full house at “Our House”, a motto used by Principal, Mike Ghelber, in reference to Big Bear High.  Mr. Ghelber introduced several student representatives and staff members and some of the school rules were covered during the orientation.  As a follow-up to a story previously announced, Mr. Ghelber tells Kbear that the large carved bear statue that had been vandalized on June 14^th of this year, has been restored to it’s original condition.  The carved bear, located in the quad of Big Bear High, had been spray painted with blue paint and is believed to have been committed by Big Bear High students.  According to Mr. Ghelber, as part of the restoration process, the wooden bear had to sand blasted using baking soda.  In a charitable act by former Big Bear High School graduate, Art Herrera, the bear was then re-varnished.  Additionally, to show his commitment and support of the high school and the Big Bear community, Mr. Herrera has offered to varnish the bear whenever needed.  The vandalism case is still under investigation.

Vandalism At Big Bear High Prompts Request for Public’s Assistance

Big Bear, CA, June 21, 2011, 8:00 am – Administrators at Big Bear High School are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the person or persons responsible for vandalism at the school.  On Tuesday, June 14^th, vandals trespassed into the quad area of the school and painted a large carved bear statue with blue spray paint.  Additionally, the word “Rim” was painted on the bear.  Although the incident could be considered a year-end prank by rival school district, Rim of the World, Big Bear High Principal, Mike Ghelber, believes Big Bear High students committed the act.  According to Mr. Ghelber, those responsible were savvy enough to avoid setting off the motion detectors in the quad area and, therefore, the assumption is that they had inside knowledge of where the detectors are located.  A reward is being offered to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the vandals.  Additionally, Mr. Ghelber is requesting the public’s assistance for the best means of removing the spray paint and restoring the shellacked carved bear to it’s original condition.  Anyone with information about the suspects or who can assist in restoration of the bear is being asked to contact the high school at 585-6892.

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UPDATE: Big Bear High School Yearbook Recall Hits National News

Big Bear, Ca, June 16, 2011, 3:00pm - Earlier this week KBHR reported that Big Bear High School had discovered an inappropriate picture in this year’s yearbook shortly after they began distribution.  High School staff immediately stopped distribution after learning about the picture, and has since requested that students bring their yearbook to the office to have the page containing the picture removed.  A replacement page has been ordered and will be given to students once it arrives.  On June 16th, the County of San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department released a press release to media outlets in San Bernardino about the situation, and described the picture as child pornography.  The Sheriff’s Department urges students who have not done so yet to take their yearbooks to high school staff to have it removed.  By not doing so students will be in possession of child pornography.  Public Information Officer for the Sheriff’s Department Cynthia Bachman told KBHR that if anyone has taken pictures of the picture, they are still in possession, and need to delete or destroy the images.  As of 2:30pm today the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, USA Today, Sacramento Bee, and many other news organizations throughout California and the United States have picked up the story, and are reporting on it.  The Sheriff’s Department is investigating the incident, and anyone with information regarding the investigation is urged to call (909) 866-0100.

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UPDATE: Big Bear High School Yearbook Recall

Big Bear, CA, June 15, 2011, 8:00am -  In a press release issued on June 14^th by Tim Larson, Director of Personnel and Education Services for the Bear Valley Unified School District, the school and district administration are conducting an investigation in trying to determine how an inappropriate picture came to be published in the yearbook for the Big Bear High School class of 2011.  As previously broadcast on Kbear, high school administration began distribution of yearbooks late last week when it was discovered that the background of one of the pictures contained material that was inappropriate and not representative of Big Bear High School.  As soon as the oversight was noticed, distribution of the yearbooks stopped immediately Friday afternoon.  Administration and five employees of the District initiated a recall of the yearbooks making phone calls Friday evening and Saturday to the students who had already picked up their yearbooks in an effort to retrieve all distributed yearbooks.  According to Mike Ghelber, Big Bear High School Principal, students are being strongly encouraged to return their yearbook to office staff at the high school.  A replacement page has been approved and is on order.  Students, at this time, have been given two options.  One option is to surrender the yearbook to staff until the replacement page is available or students can also choose to have that one photo cut out of their yearbook.  This option would still allow for students to receive signatures and greetings from their fellow classmates.  Once the replacement page is printed, every student who purchased a yearbook will receive one.  Mr.Ghelber adds that this has been an unfortunate event and the school staff is working diligently to resolve the issue. Upon completion of the investigation, appropriate action will be taken based on their findings

Big Bear High School Initiates Recall of 2011 Yearbook

Big Bear, CA, June 13, 2011, 5pm - Last week, the Big Bear High School administration began distribution of yearbooks for the class of 2011 on Thursday and Friday with the intent to complete the distribution today and tomorrow.  However, after many of the yearbooks were already handed out to the students, it came to the school’s attention that an inappropriate photo was contained within the pages.  According to Tim Larson, Director of Curriculum for the Bear Valley Unified School District, as soon as the oversight was noticed, distribution of yearbooks stopped immediately Friday afternoon.  Administration and five employees of the District initiated a recall of the yearbooks making phone calls Friday evening and Saturday to the students who had already picked up their yearbooks in an effort to retrieve all books that were already given out.  Mr. Larson added that the inappropriate photo was an oversight and that this particular photo does not represent Big Bear High School.  According to Mike Ghelber, Big Bear High School Principal, students are strongly encouraged to return their yearbook to office staff at the High School.  A replacement page, that will delete the inappropriate photo, was approved by Mr. Ghelber today and is on order.  Once printed and delivered, the current page will be removed and replaced by the new page.  Students, at this time, are given two options.  One option is to surrender the yearbook to staff until the replacement page is available or students can also choose to have that one photo cut out of their yearbook.  This option would still allow for students to receive signatures and greetings from their fellow classmates.  Once the replacement page is printed, every student who purchased a yearbook will receive one.  Mr.Ghelber adds that this has been an unfortunate event and the school staff is working diligently to resolve the issue.

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