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🌅 🎓🤍 BHS SENIOR SUNRISE: Barrington High School’s Class of 2025 began their senior year with Senior Sunrise, a cherished Victory Field tradition! Seniors also gathered before the first day of school to decorate their vehicles with school spirit. We’re so excited for our Class of 2025!

🏫✏️💛 FIRST DAY OF THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR: School is back in session! Today, August 28, is the first day of the 2024-2025 school year for Barrington Public Schools students. 🦅 We are thrilled to welcome new learners and just as excited to see familiar faces returning to our schools! Our hallways and classrooms are buzzing with anticipation for what is sure to be a fantastic school year. BPS is proud to serve the children and families of our Barrington community. Every day, our schools are filled with enthusiastic and hard-working students, educators, and staff who continually put forth their best effort. Here's to a great school year ahead! 🍏

🌈🫶🎉BARRINGTON TEACHER OF THE YEAR 2024-2025: Barrington Public Schools is proud to recognize Mrs. Heidi Brousseau, special educator at Nayatt School and K-3 emotional regulation specialist, as our 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year. We look forward to the continued positive influence she will have on our students, staff, and the entire Barrington community this year. Congratulations, Mrs. Brousseau, on this well-deserved honor!

💙💛🍎 BPS EDUCATORS START THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR: Today, August 26, is opening day of the 2024-2025 school year for Barrington Public Schools! Superintendent Wargo kicked off the District's new school year with a welcome address to a full auditorium at Barrington Middle School. Motivational speaker and nationally recognized educator, Dr. Dorina Sackman-Ebuwa, delivered an inspiring and engaging keynote. Educators also heard from Patrick McCrann, Chair of the School Committee, and the Barrington High School Chain Reaction Club this morning. Our schools are buzzing with excitement as we prepare for the first day of school on Wednesday, August 28. This is sure to be an incredible school year!

♟🎉BPS STUDENTS COMPETE AT NATIONAL CHESS COMPETITIONS: Two members of our Barrington Public Schools community, Levon and Nina, recently represented Rhode Island in national chess competitions held in Norfolk, Virginia! Levon, a student at Barrington High School, placed 20th nationally in the GM Arnold Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions. He is ranked as the third-best chess player in Rhode Island and recently earned the title of Candidate Master. Nina, a rising 6th grader at Barrington Middle School, competed in the WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls State Champions. She tied for 43rd place nationally against middle school and high school students. Way to go, Levon and Nina! 👏🎉

🤸‍♀️🏊🥇HAMPDEN MEADOWS SCHOOL OLYMPIC GAMES: In honor of the #ParisOlympics2024, we're throwing it back to the last week of the 2023-2024 school year when Hampden Meadows School hosted the HMS Olympic Games! Fourth and fifth grade classes representing countries from around the world kicked off the HMS Olympics with an opening ceremony on the basketball court with a parade of athletes. Students took an athlete's oath to commit to fair play and lit the tough tiger torch symbolizing peace, friendship, and unity amongst all participants. Classes competed in athletic events that demonstrated their sportsmanship and teamwork. At the end of the day, one class from each grade was recognized as a gold medalist for their sportsmanship, kindness, and inclusivity throughout the games! Thank you to the entire HMS community, including our parent volunteers, for empowering our tough tigers to go for the gold! 🐯

🐝🐞🐛BHS STUDENT ORGANIZATION RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD: Four Barrington High School students recently received the President's Environmental Youth Award from President Joe Biden and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for their climate action project, The Barrington Environmental Establishment (The BEE)! 🎉🌎 The President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) recognizes outstanding environmental stewardship projects created by students in kindergarten through 12th grade. As part of their climate action project, BHS students Abigail, Siddharth, Mia, and Emma partnered with local organizations like the Barrington Farm School, the Barrington Land Conservation Trust, and Save The Bay - Narragansett Bay to promote sustainable practices and youth environmental stewardship. Last year, they worked to construct a public composting drop-off site in Barrington that produces more than 50 pounds of compost each week. The BEE also publishes a bi-weekly newsletter and hosts a tree sapling sale every year to offset paper use. Congratulations Abigail, Siddharth, Mia, and Emma! They will attend a special presentation of the PEYA Award in Washington, DC, on August 1. Read more about this award and The BEE: https://www.eastbayri.com/barrington/stories/barrington-students-earn-prestigious-environmental-award,123974

🎉🌍CELEBRATING WORLD EMOJI DAY 2024: Happy World Emoji Day! To celebrate, we're reminiscing on the 2023-2024 school year when we: ❤️Explored new talents 🧡Practiced unity and inclusion 💛Celebrated one another 💚Gave back to our community 💙Worked hard and achieved our goals 💜Learned new skills together #WorldEmojiDay

📚🌈🌞NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING WEEK 2024: This week, July 15-19, is National Summer Learning Week! Summer learning has many social, emotional, and educational benefits. Here are some resources to keep learning all summer long: 🔵Our Barrington Public Schools Summer Learning site has summer reading and learning activities for all students grouped by grade level, school, and subject: https://www.barringtonschools.org/.../page/summer-learning 🟡The Barrington Public Library's Summer Reading Program invites children and teens to log their reading time and offers weekly raffle prizes for those who read at least 60 minutes per week. https://www.barringtonlibrary.com/.../summer-reading-program 🔵The National Summer Learning Association 's Discover Summer website has resources, activities, and access to local programs to keep children engaged all summer long: https://discoversummer.inplay.org/

🥇🚣‍♀️🎉BHS ALUM COMPETES AT FISU WORLD GAMES: Barrington High School alum, Ava Tine '22, recently competed at the 2024 FISU World University Championship Rowing in the Netherlands! Ava and her teammates on Team USA won first place in the Women's Eight - and took home the only gold medal in rowing for the United States! Our Barrington Eagles continue to soar and succeed all over the world. 🦅Way to go, Team USA! Read the full story here: https://eastbayri.com/barrington/stories/barrington-rower-helps-us-team-win-gold-in-the-netherlands,123641?

✈️📊📘BHS STUDENTS ATTEND FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS CONFERENCE : Last week, members of our Barrington High School Future Business Leaders of America (FLBA) club headed to Florida for the FBLA National Leadership Conference! Sam and Anaaya competed at the national conference, served as voting delegates, networked with other FBLA participants from Rhode Island and around the country, and attended workshops on career growth, finance, and leadership. The future looks so bright! 💡

🖌🎨BHS STUDENT'S ARTWORK HANGS IN U.S. CAPITOL: In May, Barrington High School student artist, Vivian, was selected as a winner of the Congressional Art Competition. Last week, Vivian and her family traveled to Washington, DC, to see her artwork hanging in the U.S. Capitol and meet with Congressman Gabe Amo! Her painting, entitled "Burnout," will be on display through 2025. Congratulations, Vivian! 🏆🎉

🏐🏅BHS VOLLEYBALL TEAM RECEIVES POST-SEASON AWARDS: After winning last month's Division II State Championship, the Barrington High School boys volleyball team received a number of post-season awards from the Rhode Island Boys Volleyball Coaches Association! Coach Lambert was named the Division II Volleyball Coach of the Year and recently graduated seniors Cam, Luke V., Sang Min, James, and Luke A. earned spots on All-Division, All-State, and All-Tournament playoff teams! Cam was named Division II Player of the Year and Luke V. was named All-Tournament playoff MVP. Congratulations, Eagles! 🎉

⭐️🦅 🔵BPS WELCOMES SUPERINTENDENT WARGO: Barrington Public Schools is excited to welcome Mr. Robert Wargo as our new Superintendent of Schools this week! Mr. Wargo has decades of experience in educational leadership at the school and district levels, and he is strongly committed to student and educator success. Please join us in welcoming Superintendent Wargo to Barrington!

💙💛🎓SUPERINTENDENT MESSORE RETIRES AFTER 25 YEARS IN BPS: Superintendent Mike Messore began his retirement this weekend after more than 25 years of service to our Barrington Public Schools. Thank you, Mr. Messore, for your leadership and dedication to our students, schools, and Barrington community. Once an Eagle, always an Eagle! 🦅 Read Mr. Messore's end-of-year reflections here: https://www.barringtonschools.org/article/1646622

🎉🥁⭐️BMS CELEBRATES GRADE 8: #ThrowbackThursday to our recent Grade 8 celebrations at Barrington Middle School! After the Bridging Ceremony, Dr. Anderson led the eighth grade class in a march around the school - their final walk as as middle schoolers! - with cheers and applause from the whole BMS community. 🦅

🎉HAMPDEN MEADOWS SCHOOL CELEBRATES FIFTH GRADERS: If you've been by Hampden Meadows Elementary School this week, you may have noticed some colorful decorations by the front entry. Each sign celebrates a fifth grader who is completing their elementary education today! 🐯 Congratulations to Grade 5! It has been a great year. Next stop: middle school! 💛💙

🥎⚾️💙BPS SLUGGER FEST SUPPORTS COMMUNITY CAUSE: Our softball fields saw lots of action last Friday afternoon, as principals, teachers, and staff from across the district played in the second annual BPS Slugger Fest tournament! Eight participating teams each created "Welcome Home" kits filled with household necessities to benefit Crossroads Rhode Island. 🧴🧻🧺 In the final game of the tournament, the Barrington High School Anti-heros beat last year's champions, the Barrington Middle School Sore Hammies. The championship trophy will live at BHS until Slugger Fest returns next June. 🏆

👩‍⚖️🏆BHS STUDENTS COMPETE AT NATIONAL HISTORY DAY: It was a busy week for our Barrington High School students and their faculty advisor, Ms. Miller, who traveled to Washington, DC, to present in the National History Day competition! While in DC, they also met up with Barrington High School alum, Rebecca, who showed them what it’s like to work in the office of a Congressional representative!

🧑‍🏫👮BPS THIRD GRADERS TOUR THE TOWN: Students at Sowams School, Nayatt School, and Primrose Hill Elementary School have been learning about local government as part of the Grade 3 Rhode Island State Standards for Social Studies. Recently, they had the opportunity to see local government in action with a field trip around town! Students visited Town Hall to meet with municipal leaders like Chief Bessette, Chief Correia, Superintendent Messore, and Barrington's Town Manager, Mr. Phil Hervey. They also participated in a mock town council meeting and toured Barrington's Public Library, Preservation Society Museum, and Prince's Hill Cemetery. 🚓🚒🚌