Dear BMS Community,
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| Lori Rawlings, Instructional Assistant |
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| Tim Anderson, Teacher |
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| Kegan Davis, Teacher |
This Friday BMS students honored our Nation's Veterans. We want to wish a Happy Veterans Day to all veterans, especially our own. We are so thankful for those who serve and have served. BMS students did a fantastic job presenting the White Table Ceremony for BMS. Thank you for sending pictures of your loved ones to add to our presentation. It was wonderful to see how many connections BMS has to the military. The entire student body was so respectful and reverent during the whole presentation; playing of taps, singing of the National Anthem, video presentation and the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you for encouraging your student to be proud of their Nation.
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| Student leaders who honored Veterans Day presiding over the White Table Ceremony at BMS Friday November 9, 2018 |
Not only did students do a fantastic job on Friday, students were rocking it all week along. There are some amazing things going on in Art class. Students are learning how to take their creative energies and produce beautiful pieces of art. In careers class students are taking personal inventories and trying to think about "what might be a job that I would love doing every day?" In Social Studies courses students are thinking at high levels, learning to interact with extremely challenging text and making sense of the world past, present and thinking about implications for the future. ELA classes are all working on making sense of the text in the world around them. They are finding claims and evidence in a variety of texts for a variety of purposes. Ask your students what they are learning in those classes. You will find they are solving real world problems through their literacy skills. STEM, Math and Science courses continue to challenge students to engage in the real world phenomena that explain the connections between mathematics and science and the natural world. Students are learning Math and Science are like bread and butter, fish and chips, peanut butter and jelly, they are better together! Students across the board are learning to think in incredible ways and working hard. Thank you for encouraging your students to work hard every day!
BMS PTSA News
Interested in helping the BMS PTSA? Interested in supporting your student and their school? Please contact Ms. Angela Harper to see about joining the BMS PTSA at agharper502@gmail.com.
Be Here! Show Up! It matters! Here in Bruin Nation we are instilling in students the importance of having excellent work ethic. Part of having excellent work ethic is showing up to "work". Attendance has been hit and miss in Bruin Nation lately. We know there has been a bug going around so with that, please remind students to wash hands, cough into their sleeve, never eat or drink after one another and get a good night's rest.
Remind students attendance impacts school rewards such as Bruin Bash, Renaissance Rallies, Game Day and end of the year Awards. The biggest reward is their link to their own success. Students who aren't at school fall behind and spend days catching up. Help us, help them by making sure they are here! Thank you for all you do for BMS and your student!
College and Career Day- Wear your favorite College Shirt or Career shirt and that includes Military - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard!
Quick Recall @ BLMS
Girls A-Team Tourney Starts- Practice 3:00-4:30
Boys Basketball @ OKH
Tuesday:
BETA 3:00-4:00
Girls A-Team Tourney
Boys Basketball @ MWMS
Archery 5:00-7:00 pm
Wednesday:
Girls Basketball Practice (look for info from Coach)
Boys Basketball Practice (look for info from Coach)
Cheer 3:00-5:00 pm in Cafe
Thursday:
Girls Basketball Practice (look for info from Coach)
Boys Basketball Practice (look for info from Coach)
Cheer 3:00-5:00 pm in Cafe
Thursday:
Girls A-Team Championship
Boys Basketball vs EMS (home)
Academic Support/BMS Cafe 3:15-4:30 pm
Friday:
Boys Basketball vs EMS (home)
Academic Support/BMS Cafe 3:15-4:30 pm
Friday:
Archery 5-7 pm
December 6th- Cubs (6th grade) Field trip to Actors Theater -Dress Sharp
December 13th- Band Concert @ 7:00 p.m. 
As of Friday November 9th, the Bears are in the lead for the House competition! Way to go 7th Grade Bears!! Keep up the great work! Remember follow the Bruin Way! Keep showing school spirit and participating in all the great things we have going on! Be BOLD in Kindness, Courage and Excellent Work Ethic! Cubs and Grizzlies there is still time to catch them! Keep working hard Bruin Nation!
Ms. Veatch, Ms. Ojala and our Bears and Grizzlies made this outstanding Choose Kind bulletin board. Tell your student to check the board to see if their quote is up. We are going to change these in and out throughout the year.
Thank you all for choosing to spread kindness. It matters.
Celebrate Good Times Come On!
Students are reading like never before at BMS! We have a reading competition going on and Ms. Elliot is JAMMIN' to Kool and the Gang as we surprise kids an impromptu popcorn party because the majority of their class as completed a novel! Reading for enjoyment makes strong and better readers! Help us support your students in reading.
Every day students have homework to read for at least 20 minutes. Ask them if they have a book and what they are reading! Congratulations to Ms. Watkins, Ms. Johnson/Ms. Cravents and Ms. Polstons 4th periods for already winning reading celebration #1!
We want to celebrate with all 4th periods this year!
Each week our teaching teams choose students who have highlighted the Bruin Way in an ALL STAR fashion! This weeks ALL STARS are:
Cubs House- All Stars-
Jaelynne Nichols, Blake Draper
Jaelynne Nichols, Blake Draper
Bears House-All Stars-
Lauren Graves, Landon Wicker
Grizzlies House All Stars-
Lauren Graves, Landon Wicker
Grizzlies House All Stars-
Kolby Woolums, Erin Dorton
This wonderful group of students has been identified by their teachers as doing a fantastic job of living The Bruin Way- Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe, Be Here and Be Bold in Kindness, Courage and Excellent Work Ethic ! Go Bruins! Well Done, keep up the Great Work!
Keep Being Amazing Bruin Nation!!!!
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!
