BMS NewsBytes: May 6- May 10, KPREP Testing Begins, Teacher Appreciation Week, Student Celebrations, and MORE

Thank you for helping us support your student. This is a very important time of the year for students and schools in general. KPREP-State accountability testing begins THIS THURSDAY. The assessment scores are used to determine placement for students and impacts student opportunities in the future. Please encourage your student to do their best each and every day. Please impress upon them that excellent work ethic is a must and even when they are faced with challenging questions or tasks to persevere and do their very best. We have been supporting them with skills and high expectations all year long and now it is time for them to shine! Remind them:

Get a Good Night's Rest
Eat a Healthy Breakfast
Focus
Do their Best- all the time
Be here each day of testing to avoid make up testing sessions.

Thank you for your support as we work hard to help students reach beyond their potential.

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Please complete this year's

Title 1 Parent Survey (linked)

BMS Title 1 Grant provides each student the chance to have TWO separate Math classes as well as support students with Reading and Math Strategies classes. Parents are notified of student progress with midterms and report cards as well as individual parent contacts as needed. We appreciate our parents and hope that you will take the time to complete the survey, please complete as soon as possible. If you have any questions please let me know.

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COME VISIT BMS TUESDAY NIGHT- IT IS A BIG NIGHT!

STUDENT SHOWCASE &

BAND CONCERT

MAY 7TH

We are excited to share your student's work with you! On May 7th we are going to have our 2nd Annual Student Showcase & OUR annual SPRING BAND CONCERT!

There will be dinner, an Art Show, Student Led Conferences, and the Band Concert! Students will share their portfolio with you while their teacher is available for questions. We are so proud of your student and we know you will be too!

Please plan to come, enjoy a meal with your student and spend some time here at BMS to see the great things your student is doing in their core classes as well as the Arts.

Schedule:

5:30-- Doors Open for a Supper of Chicken, Chicken Tenders or Chili Dogs! Title 1 Update

5:50-6:45 pm: Students and parents will visit assigned classrooms with charged Chromebook to present their Portfolios through their Google Site, as well as view Art and other works that are posted around the building. Once your Student Led Conference is complete, enjoy the Art Show with coffee and cookies in the Lyceum . (Band/Choir students will be released to Mr. Webb @ 6:15- CONCERT BEGINS AT 7:00 pm)

6:30 Gym doors open for parents to get seats for concert.

7:00-8:00 Spring Choir/Band Concert

** IF your student is not a band/choir student feel free to come any time between 5:30 and 6:30, we will keep the Showcase up and going until doors open for the Band concert**

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Attendance Matters:

Attendance Matters:

Be Here! Show Up! It matters! Here in Bruin Nation we are instilling in students the importance of having excellent work ethic. Research evidence states that students who are chronically absent fall several grade levels behind causing them to play "catch up" for years. BMS believes each student can be successful, we strive daily to support each student. Each day missed is a day a student falls behind. On top of academic success we have fun incentives for attendance; Game Day, Walkabouts , Sit Anywhere Days and more. Attendance is part of the Work Ethic Certification program and is something the R.O.C. and BAMS program look at to determine admission so, show up, be here, it matters.
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