Barrington Middle School
BMS Connected Learning Newsletter: Week of 4.21.2024
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.
Welcome, Ласкаво просимо, ברוך הבא bienvenido, benvenuto, 欢迎, Bem-vindo, स्वागत, வரவேற்பு, Hoş geldin, welkom, Witamy, добро пожаловать, maligayang pagdating, خوش آمدید, Bi xêr hatî, স্বাগত, καλως ΗΡΘΑΤΕ, ಸ್ವಾಗತ Üdvözöljük, Willkommen,いらっしゃいませ 歡迎, fáilte, 환영합니다 स्वागत छ Ⲛⲟϥⲣⲓ, స్వాగతం , مرحباً To BMS! This year, we would like to celebrate and recognize the various languages spoken at Barrington Middle School. If you would like to include the language spoken in your home, please complete the following link. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year End 8th Grade Important Dates:
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~ BMS Current and Relevant News ~ | ||||||||||||||||||
Movie Night Supplies: Our 8th graders will be hosting another fundraising opportunity to help support their class trip to Washington, DC. Our 8th graders will serve as ushers, concession servers, and chaperones for our younger students on Friday, May 3, 2024, who will be enjoying a movie in our BMS auditorium beginning at 5:30 pm. We are in need of concession items. Please use the following sign-up genius list to donate needed items. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F4CAFAA23A2FD0-49048825-movie?useFullSite=true#/ Thank you in advance for your donation. | ||||||||||||||||||
Family Engagement Day: April 22, 2024 We want to thank our families and students for attending our Family Engagement Day on Monday, April 22, 2024. It was great to see so many students and families visit classrooms, review portfolios, and explore the building. If you attended the event, and have not yet completed our feedback form, we encourage you to do so. Please see the link below: | ||||||||||||||||||
Friends of DC Planning Group: Over this past year we learned a lot of great lessons with fundraising for our annual 8th grade trip to Washington, DC trip. One of those lessons was to start our fundraising early. With that said, we hope to form working parent groups for our current 6th-grade students and our current 7th-grade students to begin and plan fundraising efforts throughout their time at BMS. If you are interested in serving on this important planning group to make the 8th grade trip a reality for your child and their class, please complete the respective form below by Friday, April 26, 2024. Class of 2029 Friends of DC Planning Group (Current 7th Graders) Class of 2030 Friends of DC Planning Group (Current 6th Graders) | ||||||||||||||||||
One Amazing Night Volunteers: We are excited to announce that One Amazing Night is back at BMS! One Amazing Night will be Wednesday, June 5th from 5:30-7:30 pm for all BMS and community members to enjoy. This fun evening will be filled with family games, food, showcased student work, student performances and student art displays. In order to make this awesome evening a success, we need volunteer help. Please consider volunteering for a one hour slot to help bring this evening back to BMS. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45AAAC2EA5FAC43-48455554-bmsone | ||||||||||||||||||
Yearbook Ordering Form: The May 15 deadline will be here before you know it! We do not order extra copies of yearbooks (we have to pay for every one we order) so please order your yearbook now! Linked below you will find the 2023 - 2024 Yearbook Ordering Information Sheet. Visit Coffeepond.com and enter code BMS24 (Note: Order date by 5/15/2024. We are unable to accept any orders after 5/15/2024) | ||||||||||||||||||
8th Grade Orientation at BHS: Barrington High School is excited to welcome our current 8th grade families on Tuesday evening, May 14th, at 7:00 PM for an 8th grade orientation. We will share more information in the coming weeks, but please save the date. We look forward to seeing you on May 14th and enjoy Spring recess! Kind regards, Chris Ashley Principal of Barrington High School | ||||||||||||||||||
Best Buddies Friendship Walk: The Best Buddies Friendship Walk is taking place this month. This is a fun event and a great way to promote inclusion and celebrate the friendships formed in our community! The Best Buddies Friendship Walk will take place at Providence College on Saturday, April 27th. Check-in begins at 10:00 am. Please see our virtual flier for more information and the link to join our team! We encourage you to join our team, the Barrington Middle School Besties, and hope to see you there! Make sure to wear your Barrington Best Buddies gear! Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have. Best, The BMS Best Buddies Team | ||||||||||||||||||
BPS Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast: BPS loves its volunteers! We welcome you to join us for a Volunteer Breakfast on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am in the Barrington Town Council Chambers, upstairs in the Barrington Town Hall. Please feel free to bring a volunteer friend. We’ll enjoy breakfast, musical talents by BHS students, door prizes and more. Children under school age are welcome. | ||||||||||||||||||
BMS Parent Learning Walk: Dr. Anderson will be hosting his last “Family Learning Walk” on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 from 9:30 am to 11:00 am. Parent learning walks provide an opportunity for families to see Project Based Learning in action and to get a glimpse of the life of a BMS student. Please click here to register. We will need to limit it to 20 parents, and it will be a first-come, first-served basis. Please note, this visit is not to your child’s classroom, but rather to see teaching and learning happening throughout the school. | ||||||||||||||||||
BMS Student Council: The BMS Student Council is opening up a new avenue for BMS students to communicate their questions and concerns about their student experience at BMS to their student council members. If a student has a question or concern, please have them complete this form. Thank you. | ||||||||||||||||||
~ BMS Activity Corner ~ | ||||||||||||||||||
BMS Spring Tennis: BMS Spring Tennis has started! There will be 3 sessions this week (Tuesday, 4/30-Thursday, 5/2). There will be a new Sign-Up Genius each week and all abilities and grade levels may sign up for any day but please limit your student's sign up to one day per week to give others a chance to participate. The Spring Tennis program will last for five weeks (this is week 2) and each week will focus on a different set of skills culminating in some games between classmates. There is no cost to participate! Again, there will be a new sign-up sheet in the Connected Newsletter each week so keep an eye out for that. Please reach out to Riley Spillane (spillaner@barringtonschools.org) with any questions. HERE is the Sign-Up Genius for Week 2 Thank you!! -Riley Spillane | ||||||||||||||||||
~ BMS Spotlight on Learning ~ | ||||||||||||||||||
This week, we want to shine our BMS Spotlight on our BMS Science Olympiad Team and Coach Mottana. Our BMS Science Olympiad placed 3rd as a team and won 5 Gold Medals, 2 Silver Medals, and 3 Bronze Medals. A big applause to all our team members who won their medals in their respective events: Katelyn Xian, Arya Rahman-Crimebusters; Katelyn Xian, Arya Rahman-Ecology; Aahan AnanthaKrishna, Jill Banka, and Vera Magaji-Experimental Design; Daniel Raessi and Aiden Liu-Flight; Atharva Ananthakrishna and Jonah Mosier- Reach for Stars for winning Gold; Aahan Anantha Krishna and Arya Rahman- Dynamic Planet; Katelyn Xian and Vera Magaji- Fossils for winning Silver; Aiman Zarar and Aahan AnanthaKrishna-Codebusters; Daniel Raessi and Jonah Mosier-Roller Coaster; Siddharth Hariharan and Patrick Coen- Wheeled vehicle for winning Bronze. This week, we would like to shine our BMS Spotlight on Mrs. Allison Correira and our BMS Science Teachers (Mrs. Lucier, Mr. Millard, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Goldman, Mr. Blasi, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Allder, and Ms. Cotnoir) for discussing the significance of the Solar Eclipse with all of our students and preparing our students for the viewing of the spectacular event. Do you know of a BMS Faculty/Staff/Student member who is shining bright? If you do, please complete the form below and we can include the nomination in an upcoming newsletter. | ||||||||||||||||||
~ Monthly DEIB Corner~ | ||||||||||||||||||
DEIB April Calendar: Please see a link to our district’s DEIB March’’s Calendar. | ||||||||||||||||||
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BMS Procedures
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BMS Pride: This year, each week we would like to invite all of our students to join BMS Faculty/Staff in showing BMS pride and school spirit by the following:
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~ Community News ~ |