Dear BMS Community,
It has been an extraordinary start here at Bernheim Middle School, we couldn't ask for a smoother start! Students are excited and are already getting back into the swing of things. Thank you for making sure your students were here and ready for a great year! In each classroom students are getting acquainted with their teachers and the new content they will be learning. 
LOCKERS & CHROMEBOOKS
Students will receive lockers next week after all their paperwork and fees are turned in to their homeroom teachers so please have students turn those in by Monday. Students who did not pick up Chromebooks prior to the start of school will receive those this week, but they must have the blue T.R.U.E. form turned in with their Chromebook lease fee by Tuesday. Please ask them about these forms they were sent home with them last week. Lastly, we strongly suggest each parent/guardian purchase a hard protective shell for their student's chromebook, repairs are pricey.
Immunization Update:
One more update for the State immunization requirement. There are still a few students who do not have those turned in, as much as it upsets us to even think it, legally we cannot allow them back to school without it. Please make sure those are complete and turned in on the correct document. If your student has received the first shot for the HEP A vaccine, please go ahead and make the second shot appointment PRIOR to the 6 month expiration date. We will have to exclude those students if six months pass without the second shot requirement and we certainly don't want to do that at all. Please know this is a Commonwealth of KY requirement not a BMS or BCPS requirement. The BMS community has jumped in and for the most part taken care of this for their student. Thank you very much for that! If you have questions or need to email your scanned document to the school please send it to stephanie.dillman@bullitt.kyschools.us , She can answer all questions regarding the immunization requirements. Bruins in the HOUSE! Student Celebrations!
Students of the Week & Month:
We have many ways to celebrate students and we are working to celebrate even more success for students. One way we celebrate students includes when teams select students as a student of the week or a student of the month. We place those names on the BMS Highlights and here on News Bytes- as well as they scroll on the daily announcement slide and on social media. School Wide Bruin Bash:
Another way we celebrate students is the school wide Bruin Bash. The Bruin Bash celebration are awarded to students who do not have any missing assignments, are passing all their classes, students who have no unexcused events, (including late check ins or early checkouts) and students who have avoided behavior events for the set period of time. Students get to participate in fun activities and have the opportunity to purchase Kona Ice.
House Competitions:
We also have a House System here at BMS and each grade level is it's own house. When a house wins the House competition they get their very own HOUSE Bash Celebration. Things included in the competition are academics, behavior, attendance as well as spirit participation and keeping our House neat and orderly. The 6th grade are our Cubs, 7th Grade are the Bears House and the 8th grade house is the Grizzlies, we wish all the houses a great year and hope for tight competition. As a spirit day every Monday will be SMART START MONDAY. Students are encouraged to wear their favorite College or Career Shirt. It could be a NCAA team or your favorite military branch (Go Navy). So pull those shirts out of the closet and wear them on Mondays!! Fridays will be our BMS Spirit Gear Day and wearing the right shirt on the right day will earn points for your House! Let the competition begin! Be Bold Cards:
Yet another way we celebrate kids includes our Be Bold Cards, when students are caught going over and above teachers and staff can award them a Be Bold Card. We teach students here to be respectful, be responsible, be safe, be here and be bold in kindness, courage and excellent work ethic. Ask your student if they have received a Be Bold card throughout the year. Their names also go into a drawing for a gift card every month. It is a small way to show our appreciation to students who go over and above. BMS Renaissance Rally:
Twice a year we will have our big celebrations celebrating students called the BMS Renaissance Rally. These days are spectacular for students who have been successful academically, behaviorally and for those who "show up" and have perfect attendance. We have gold status winners who are all As, Silver Status winners who are As and B's, as well Bronze Status winners who have perfect attendance. This is a huge celebration and happens twice a year! Look for more information as we get closer to these dates! We want to celebrate students as often as we can because they are AMAZING. Please encourage your student to keep their grades up, show up and always do the right thing. There are so many opportunities to participate in great celebrations we don't want anyone to miss out. We are so thrilled to be able to partner with you as we grow together with BMS students.
Monday:
Smart Start Monday * See above for details- Spirit Day
SBDM @ 4:00pm
Girls Basketball Tryouts 3:15-4:45 pm (must have KHSAA sports physical to participate)
Tuesday:
Girls Basketball Tryouts 3:15-4:45 pm (must have KHSAA sports physical to participate)
Girls Basketball Tryouts 3:15-4:45 pm (must have KHSAA sports physical to participate)
Friday:
Wear your BMS Spirit Gear!
As always please let us know how we may be of assistance to you, we are always happy to help. There are so many ways to keep up with what is going on at BMS. BMS News Bytes is our weekly newsletter, please favorite this website. The school website has all forms, information, calendar updates and district information along with links to individual teacher websites which are extremely useful to both students and parents. It is important that you log into Parent Portal and choose the option to receive email and texts from the school. Not only can you view your students grades, attendance and other information it is also a great communication tool to keep you connected. Lastly, please follow us on social media including Facebook, Twitter and Remind. As you can see we want to make every effort to stay connected with families.
Thank you again for providing us the opportunity to serve you and your student.
#WeAreBernheim, Go Bruins!
