Where to find what you need
Mental health
While the guidance department is available for academic and emotional support, BCA also has a wellness team. The team includes a psychologist, a dietitian, social workers, and interns. You can go to them for help if you can't get it outside of school and they may be able to help you find outside resources. Their contact info is on BCA's website (bergen.org/bca → School Counseling → Counseling Staff). If you're uncomfortable reaching out directly, it may be a good idea to have a friend do it with you or on your behalf.
Disclaimer: Students have had varied experiences when it comes to obtaining support or out-of-school therapy through the wellness team. By providing you with this information, we do not intend to say that a positive experience is guaranteed; we only hope to inform you that this is an option available to you, and it may be worth trying.
Gender-neutral bathroom + changing room locations
1st floor: Go to the guidance hallway by the front office and across from commons are two gender neutral bathrooms. Use the one on the right, as the left one is locked for staff.
1st floor: Go to the engineering wing and across from Mr. Sam’s room (164), turn right into a smaller hallway with a teacher’s office/lounge and go to the bathroom on the right, as the left one is locked for staff.
Basement: Go to the basement. The gender neutral bathroom + locker room is adjacent to the girl’s locker room, which is between the fitness center and Ms. Pero’s room (6). The door closest to the stairs is the one you need to use. The other door leads straight into the girls’ locker room. Once you go through that first door, continue straight to the gray door, and use that one. The door to the left in that passageway goes to the girls’ locker room. The bathroom is inside the GN locker room.
Resources
BCA-related
SAU website - our website where you can find current and past projects, leadership roles, and how to contact us.
bcar.fun - a place with links for just about every site you may need for official BCA functions (PowerSchool, elective enroll, etc).
yourbcabus.com - where you can you check if your bus has arrived yet.
Homework/Study
lifeat.io - has different environments that can help with studying/focus.
Homework Tracker - a browser extension that can help you organize due dates, subjects and assignments.
BCA Schoology Calendar - a browser extension that allows you to color code the assignments in your calendar by their completion status.
quillbot.com - paraphrasing tool that can help you find a better/more formal way to say things, check your grammar, and check for plagiarism.
Books/Research papers
Library Genesis and Z-Lib - websites where you can download most books, fiction and nonfiction. To use this, it’s often helpful to search by ISBN, which can be found on the book's Amazon page. Z-Lib also has research papers.
Hoopla - an app and website where you can sign in through your library card to access books in a digital library.
Sci-Hub - a website where you can find research papers for free. To use this, it’s helpful to search by DOI number.
The link to log into the New York Times with your school account is here.
The remote login information for databases such as JSTOR is here.