Beckwith Bulletin
November 10, 2022
ABSENCE PROCEDURE
Also, please note that "Absences shall be considered excessive when students accumulate more than seven (7) full day unexcused absences or fourteen (14) half-day unexcused absences in a period of six (6) months. Students with excessive absences may be considered habitually truant." For more information about attendance and excessive absences, please see page 13 and 14 of the Student Handbook.
PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEEDED
Portrait of a Graduate: We are looking for students, family, and faculty/staff volunteers to join a Portrait of a Graduate creation committee.
What: We are working to create a “Portrait of a Graduate'' (PoG) for the Dighton Rehoboth Regional School District. A Portrait of a Graduate acts as a North Star to help families, students, community members, faculty, staff, and administrators stay focused on what we want all Dighton Rehoboth students to know and be able to do when they graduate after a PK - 12+ journey. The committee we are forming will work with DRRSD leaders, as well as coaches from Great Schools Partnership, to help to shepherd the process of creating the Portrait of a Graduate using feedback from across our community. This will be the springboard to strategic planning during the 2023-2024 school year.
Who? You! We are working to ensure we have community, student, and faculty/staff voice on the PoG committee.
When? We are hoping to launch this team by the end of November or beginning of December, and we will engage in the process of creating the PoG throughout the 2022-23 school year, culminating in the introduction of the PoG as a districtwide vision and tool for the 2023-24 school year.
How do I get involved? Just send an email with the subject: Portrait of a Graduate to Michele D. Blackburn, mdblackburn@drregional.org. The deadline is November 8, 2022.
WE ARE DR BRANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEEDED
Our Career & Technical Education (CTE) Marketing class at DRRHS is working with stakeholders on the ways we can "build our brand" as a district. We also want feedback on communication. Committee members' input will be very helpful in this regard. In addition, it helps our Marketing students obtain relevant experience in working with consumers. To join in on this work, please email our Marketing teacher, Laurene Plourde, lplourde@drregional.org. The deadline is November 8, 2022.
UPDATE INFORMATION IN ASPEN
To access the Aspen Information System Parent Portal to check to see if your emails and phone numbers are accurate, please click on the Aspen icon to the right.
UPDATED BUS ROUTES
STEM CLUB
Calling ALL Inventors….
Do you see a problem that you would like to try and fix?
Do you have a solution in mind and need a way to share your great idea?
Are you ready to put your creativity and imagination to work to help others?
Beckwith Middle School is looking for you to join the STEM Club as we participate in the 2023 Massachusetts Invention Convention, a part of Invention Convention Worldwide.
Invention Convention Worldwide is a global K-12 invention education program that teaches students problem-identification, problem-solving, entrepreneurship and creativity skills and builds confidence in invention, innovation and entrepreneurship for life.
The program at Beckwith is open to all students in grades 6, 7 & 8 and there is no cost to join. STEM Club will run during the months of Dec., Jan., and Feb. In mid February (date to be determined) all participants will present the problem they identified and their solution to a select panel of judges from the district. The top qualifying individuals, or teams, will move on to the State Competition and possibly to the National and Global Events as well.
2022 was our first year entering the competition and 6th grader Evelyn Cooper won our local event and went on to the Virtual Massachusetts Championship. Out of 58 middle school entries Evelyn finished just out of the top 3 and brought home an Honorable Mention.
We will have an informational meeting for all interested students on Wed. November 30th, 2022 after school until 3:30 PM. I will go over the schedule and the expectations. Bring your questions and your ideas.
Mr. Kenny
PTSA SKI CLUB
When? Program runs for 6 weeks, beginning Friday, January 6, 2023
Where? -A coach bus picks students up from Beckwith at 2:30 p.m. and transport them to Wachusett Mountain
-Bus arrives back to BMS at approximately 10:00 pm. (Parents are sent a Remind text to give them an ETA of bus arrival each week)
How much? -Cost is approximately $343 total ($200 for busing and $143 for a Wachusett lift ticket) Rentals ($108) and lessons ($89) can be purchased at an additional cost
Who? -Any 6th-8th Beckwith student can participate (grade 5 students will be accepted if a parent or older sibling participates)
Beginner skiers/snowboarders are welcome and encouraged to join however, they are required to take lessons
* 40 participants need to have signed up and paid for bus ($200) by Tuesday, November 8th or the program will not run**
Payment Options (Bus)
Check made out to Rehoboth PTSA. Child can bring it to Mrs. Lynch in room 216 or give it to the office to put in her mailbox.
Cash (drop off at BMS front office in an envelope with your child's name, grade, and PTSA Ski & Board Blub c/o Mrs. Lynch)
Don’t send your child with cash to school!
Deadline to sign up for Wachusett will be Wednesday, November 23, 2022 Once we have 40 participants signed up and paid for the bus we will release Wachusett sign up information.
REHOBOTH YOUTH BASKETBALL
DIGHTON-REHOBOTH YOUTH LACROSSE WINTER CLINIC
FEINSTEIN FOUNDATION GOLDEN TICKET WINNING NUMBERS
NO LUNCH - EARLY RELEASE DAYS
WHITSON'S - KITCHEN HELP
NOVEMBER LUNCH MENU
Please remind your children that BREAKFAST is FREE!
They can grab a breakfast on their way to homeroom!
MYSCHOOLBUCKS INFORMATION
Account payments can be made through MySchoolBucks.com using a debit/credit card or checks at all cafeteria registers. Please make checks payable to “Dighton Rehoboth Regional School District” and include your student’s full name in the memo line.
School meals, both breakfast and lunch, are once again free (see below); however, all students must use the point of sale system to obtain a free lunch. Please encourage your child to remember their lunch pin number because it helps to move along the lunch lines. If a student forgets their pin, then the cafeteria workers need to look it up and this stalls the lunch line.
Students will need to pay for snacks not included with the free meal and this is the reason why a parent would want to put money on their child's account.
IMPORTANT DATES
November 11 - Veteran's Day (No School)
November 17 - PTSA Meeting (6:30 p.m. at PRES)
November 23 - Early Release Day (11:45 a.m. dismissal)
November 24-25 - Thanksgiving Recess
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Dorothy L. Beckwith Middle School
The mission of the Dighton-Rehoboth middle schools, in collaboration with parents and the community, is to develop the whole child and to provide students with the knowledge, skills, global education, technology, and social responsibility to become contributing citizens and life-long learners in our ever-changing world.
Dighton Rehoboth Regional School District does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected group
Email: bmsfrontoffice@drregional.org
Website: bms.drregional.org
Location: 330r Winthrop Street, Rehoboth, MA, USA
Phone: 508-252-5080
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." — George Eliot