#BeBCMS
1•5•10 Community Newsletter School Year 19: Issue 10
#QuarterTwo
We hope you had an incredible Fall Break 2018!
We are ready and ExExExCited to kick off quarter two Monday October 8th!
Please note: Scholars enrolled in ART, PE, Health, and Computer Science will have a new Connections class this quarter. Scholars in BAND will continue in BAND and scholars in PLTW will continue until Semester Two.
If you have questions about the schedule, please contact us at BCMS.
We love our middle level learners!
Sleep Guide for Scholars!
#ThisWeek
Monday- #CelebrateMonday-10/8
- Athletics, After School (times vary)
Tuesday- #TerrificTuesday-10/9
- Athletics, After School (times vary)
- Cross County-AWAY
- Tennis-HOME
Wednesday #WinWednesday-10/10
- Athletics, After School (times vary)
Thursday-#ThankfulThursday-10/11
- Athletics, After School (times vary)
- Progress Reports go home
- Football-HOME
Friday- #FocusFriday-10/12
- Athletics, After School (times vary)
Upcoming:
Girls Basketball Tryouts the week of October 15th
Boys Basektball Tryouts the week of October 22nd
BCMS Hosts the School Board Meeting- October 25th
Red Ribbon Week: October 22- November 2
Door Deocrating Week the week of 22nd
Dress Up Week the week of 29th
BOO at Bryan County Middle School- Week of October 29th
Four Square Tramua Informed Twitter Chat: November 1st
Fall Athletic Banquet: November 7th
Saturday Spectacular- Beginning January 2019- details coming!
#ReadersAreLeaders (The 5) WIN!
WIN time Works!
How you can support WIN time at home:
We are proud to offer WIN time daily to our scholars to grow a culture of readers!
1. Encourage reading at home!
2. Help your child find a great book
3. Go to the library
4. Get on your iBooks and download samples of some classics! I just downloaded James and the Giant Peach by Ronald Dahl!
5. Do a read aloud together!
We can't wait for you to see our NO STRINGS ATTACHED reading inside our #LittleFreeLibraries
If you have books to donate, please bring them to the main office!
#ReadersAreLeaders
Notes from Ms. Raeburn (The 10)
We are ready and ExExExCited to kick off the second quarter!
The second nine weeks is a critical time period in the school year because scholars are in a routine and have been in school now for 9 weeks. We will be taking MAP in December and two reading inventory assessments to track progress of our scholars. It is important for us to do these measures to make sure our instructional practices are meeting the needs of our scholars.
Also this month is Red Ribbon week and we have lots of exciting events planned, including dress up days that are consistent across Lanier, BCES, and BCHS. Stay tuned for information about those days, including an Anti-Bullying day during that week.
This nine weeks, I will be working to include articles for you to read on tramua informed practices and education. Trauma impacts how we run schools and what we do daily in our schoolhouses. As educators and a community it is critical that we imploy tramua informed practices in our work with adsoclecents.
In January we are going to kick off a new event at BCMS: Our Saturday Spectacular!
We will be offering Math Enrichment and Literacy Enrichment for scholars on Saturday from 9-12 as well as a Parent University from 9-10 to go dissect the Extended Writing piece on GMAS. We are looking forward to offering Saturday opportunities to grow our scholars and to support our families! Stay tuned for more details!
The peeks of the week are listed under our "weekly updates" tab on our website. We hope you are finding this information helpful in keeping up with the day to day of your child and what they are doing at school.
Other #BeBCMS Nuggets:
E+R=O
I hope you have noticed the posters and visual reminders around our school. E+R=O is a simple skill. The E stands for the event (what happened), the R stands for how your responded (your action) and the O stands for the Outcome (what did you get). We are helping our scholars to think about E+R=O in every situation. Our goal is to help our scholars begin to see and understand that the better their R is, the better their O will be!
PLEASE sign up to use Powerschool. PowerSchool is our grading and information communication system. Sign up is EASY! Stop by the front office and we will get you signed up and get you a login. You can use it on your phone and from an app! Never wonder again about missing work, upcoming work, or grades! It's all at your fingertips in Powerschool!
Thank you for being proactive and for supporting our school and our passion work! I am proud to be your principal and would love to hear from you! Please know that if you have a concern or if you hear something that doesn't feel right, contact me! eraeburn@bryan.k12.ga.us or 912-626-5050 or 912.255.0630 (Cell).
ELITE Level Learning Happens HERE!
Looking for some enrichment for your child? Check out Khan Academy!
Your Administration Tribe
- Ms. Liz Raeburn• Principal• 912•255•0650
- Mr. Abram Scott• Assistant Principal
- Mr. Donny Sikes• Assistant Principal/Athletic Director