March 2017 Updates
Barrington Middle School
Just Want to Touch Base!
March 2017
We hope that Winter Break provided some down time for everyone. This Sunday is Daylight Savings, so please remember to “spring forward” and set your clocks one hour ahead; this can be a difficult transition!
BMS Faculty has been working hard preparing for next Fall’s launch of our standards-based reporting. Each department meets regularly to identify what standards and learning targets make up their course. The most important information that we want you to know, is that academic grades will be completely independent of ‘citizenship’ grades. These two very important aspects of school will be measured separately, and we will move toward what will be called “HABITS OF WORK” (H.O.W.) grades instead of plain old ‘citizenship’ and ‘effort’.
Now that the end of Trimester II is coming to a close, we need to be sure our students are aware of their academic progress. By this time in the year, those September goals can be a distant memory and some students struggle with motivation to put in their best effort. Beginning next Tuesday, March 14, 2017, we will have “ACADEMIC REMEDIATION PERIOD” every Tuesday and Thursday. This will take place from 2:10 PM- 2:45 PM in the second floor computer lab. Teachers will assign your child to “ACADEMIC REMEDIATION PERIOD” if he or she is missing work. If a student is assigned, this is not optional. It is required that they attend, unless you have communicated why they cannot stay on a particular day with the understanding that it will have to made up the next day “A.R.P.” is offered. Ms. Lynch will be running these sessions, so should you have any questions, please contact her at: mlynch@sau74.org
Memorial Day is May 29, 2017, and we would love to hear from you if you can participate in our assembly in any capacity. We also need to get the word out to community and family members that they are invited to join us. This is an important opportunity to recognize and show our gratitude for the United States Military! Please contact Ms. Lynch if you can help with contact information!
Memorial Day Assembly: May 25, 2017 1:00 PM
Thanks everyone,
Terry and Megg
Barrington Middle School
Email: mlynch@sau74.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/sau74.org/bms/
Location: 51 Haley Road, Great Barrington, MA, United States
Phone: 603 664. 2127
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barrington-Middle-School-BMS-Barrington-NH-407593242631099/