Barrington Middle School
BMS Connected Learning Newsletter: Week of 8.28.2022
The BMS Learning Community is Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to Excel!
Mission:
Barrington Middle School’s Mission is to empower all students to excel in character, citizenship, collaboration, creativity, communication, and critical thinking, so that they may positively impact the future.
Message from Dr. A: Welcome back to school! Yesterday was an amazing day filled with excitement and smiling faces. Looking forward to an amazing school year! Do you know you can watch our terrific BMS Morning Show from home/office each day at 8:40 am? This is a great way to stay connected with our school community. The BMS Morning Show | ||||||||||
Important Dates:
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BMS Weekly Schedule Week of August 28, 2022:
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What is New at BMS! (note: the following information is new) | ||||||||||
BMS Fall Sports Meeting: BMS Fall Sports meeting (Cross Country and Field Hockey) will be on Wednesday 8/31 at 6:00 pm in the BMS Auditorium. Any BMS student is welcome to join either the Field Hockey or the Cross Country team. All of the registration information may be found here - it is very important that you register here prior to the meeting. Please come to the meeting, along with your parents, so you can meet the coaches, get the details about each program and go over the details of the registration process. See you then. Go Eagles! | ||||||||||
BMS Clubs and Activities: Beginning next week, we will begin making announcements for activity/club sign-ups. You can follow along with daily announcements by using the following link. | ||||||||||
Early Pick-Up Reminders: Notes or emails to bmsattendance@barringtonschools.org are needed every time you need to dismiss your student prior to the end of school. Middle School level students are not allowed to bike home, even with permission by note. ID and a physical presence is required to dismiss your student early. Please click here for full details about dismissing your student early from school. | ||||||||||
Volunteer at BMS! We love our volunteers! If you’d like to volunteer, click here for more information. | ||||||||||
BMS Picture Day: Picture day will be Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at BMS. Coffee Pond will be our photographers this year. Click here for ordering information. | ||||||||||
Oldies but Goodies (note: information previously seen, but still relevant) | ||||||||||
Drop-off/Pick-up Instructions: If you choose to drop-off and pick-up your student from BMS, please see this map for directions. | ||||||||||
Chromebook Insurance: If you are interested in purchasing optional insurance for your student’s Chromebook, please click here for more information. There are options for purchasing insurance for one, two or three years. Deadline for ordering is September 24, 2022 for purchasing. | ||||||||||
Let’s Celebrate our Amazing Learning Community (note: below you will find our standing/weekly BMS Spotlight on Learning) | ||||||||||
BMS Spotlight on Learning: This week we would like to shine our BMS Spotlight on our school custodians John, John, Joe, Jamie, and Dave! Thank you for making our school look beautiful and ready for what is shaping up to be an amazing school year. This week we would like to shine our BMS Spotlight on our super-duper secretaries Amy and Lynn. Thank you for the countless things that you do over the summer months to get our school ready. We could not have not done this without you. This week we would like to shine our BMS Spotlight on our terrific technology specialist, Becky. We appreciate your support and pushing us to get all of our schedules done. Do you know of a BMS Faculty/Staff/Student member that is shining bright? If you do, please complete the form below and we can include the nomination in an upcoming newsletter. |