Barrington Middle School
BMS Connected Learning Newsletter: Week of 12.3.2023
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.
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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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~ BMS Current and Relevant News ~ | ||||||||||||||||||
Attention 8th Grade Families: Phase 1 Washington DC Information Update Thank you to all of our students and families who completed the Phase 1: Signup and Room Preference Form which was due December 1, 2023. We have nearly 240 students who indicated they wanted to attend. We were hopeful to communicate to our families earlier this week the total number of students and the total cost of the trip. This has been pushed off until later this week and we will alter these dates once we have the quote. We are currently working with the tour company who is giving us a quote with the total number of students and required rooms. We hope to have this total shortly. Please stay tuned for Phase 2 (Family Pledge Dorm). | ||||||||||||||||||
Trimester 1 Report Cards: We can’t believe we have completed Trimester 1 and have started Trimester 2. All of our students have had a successful transition into our new school year. We are looking forward to continuing to build on this positive momentum. Trimester 1 Report Cards will be available in Aspen on Friday, December 8, 2023, by 4:00 pm. | ||||||||||||||||||
2023 - 2024 Panorama Family Survey: Barrington Public Schools is seeking family feedback on school climate and culture to help us identify current successes and areas for growth over the next year and to better meet the needs of our students, families, and staff. Click here to take the Fall 2023 Panorama Family Survey by December 14, 2023. This survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Your responses are essential to informing our school goals and actions. Your input is truly valued! Based on the ideas and needs you identified last school year by taking the Spring 2023 Panorama Family Survey, our schools have implemented a number of improvements like: creating social emotional community meetings that allow students to meet in grade level and mixed grade level settings, implementing “lunch and learn” programs supported by the expertise of parent volunteers, creating more opportunities for college and career readiness, ensuring our events are inclusive and accessible to all, and providing a diverse array of experiential learning opportunities for students.
Thank you for supporting the continuous improvement of our schools and District. Please contact your building principal if you have any questions about the survey. | ||||||||||||||||||
Eagle-Gazette: Please see our most recent issue of our Eagle Gazette! Great work students! | ||||||||||||||||||
MAD Squad Update: We are M.A.D. Squad, and we would like to announce that we are making Ornaments! M.A.D. Squad is a club that is run by students and teachers to make a difference! We run the school store, and Kindness Grams, and are associated with many different things around the school as well! Every month, the money that is collected from the Kindness Grams is going to be donated! We will appreciate it if you buy them, they are only $3 each! Thanks for taking the time to read this! Here is the link to order Ornaments | ||||||||||||||||||
Business America Schedule: Business America is an annual event for our 6th grade students where they design, build, market and sell a “product”. If your student is in 6th grade, your family may visit their sales table ON THEIR CLUSTER’S day during the following times: Lime Cluster will sell on Tuesday, December 12th at:
Yellow Cluster will sell on Wednesday, December 13th at:
Razzmatazz Cluster will sell on Thursday, December 14th
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School Picture Retakes: Retake portraits shipped to BMS on Tuesday, December 5 so we expect to be able to distribute them to students by the end of this week or early next week.
Questions (about order forms, late orders, missing orders & refunds etc.)? Please do not hesitate to contact CoffeePond Customer Care staff directly. They’re ready to handle all questions.
Customer Care Lifeguards@coffeepond.com 508-907-6633 ext. 0 800-632-2323 ext. 0
Mailing Address:
Coffee Pond Photography 3 Speen Street, Suite 200 Framingham, MA 01701
One special note - some parents order a digital sharing file (and no prints)…in those instances, their photograph has been emailed to the address provided by the parents. Again, if those parents have any questions, let them know that our Customer Care department would be happy to assist them. | ||||||||||||||||||
BMS Lost and Found: Thank you to the BMS parent volunteers who recently organized the vast amount of lost and found items! These items are on display in the BMS Student Union (cafeteria) and pictures may be found at this linked slide show. Please encourage your students to check these out if they are missing something. All items will be donated after winter break to a school in Providence with needs. | ||||||||||||||||||
~ BMS Activity Corner ~ | ||||||||||||||||||
Swimming: Barrington Middle School is excited to offer middle school swimming for the 2023-24 season! The season will run from 12/3/23 - 2/10/24. Barrington will be competing against Bay View, East Providence, The Lincoln School, Moses Brown, Mt. St. Charles, Mt Hope, and The Wheeler School. All practices and meets will be held at The Pods Swimming Aquatics Center (11 Commercial Way, East Providence). Please see the attached form for sign ups: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XcAyS72UM2j5kDawpWEp-7p7hNTLAntVhvpZLsVSLnk/edit Please email Susan Pascale-Frechette at susan@podsswimming.com with any questions. | ||||||||||||||||||
BMS Unified Theatre Lego Basket fundraiser: Dear BMS Community, We are proud to announce a Lego Basket Raffle to support BMS Unified Theater. All proceeds will benefit BMS Unified Theater. Raffle Tickets are 3 for $5.00. Tickets and envelopes were handed out last week in school. Tickets may be returned to BMS in the attached envelope with the completed raffle tickets, exact cash or a check made payable to Barrington Middle School. The drawing will be held on December 8, 2023. The two baskets are on display in the Barrington Middle School office. Good luck and happy building! | ||||||||||||||||||
BMS All-In Club: Please consider joining the All-In-Club in attending an upcoming Providence Bruins game on January 21, 2024 at 3:05 pm. The All-In Club will work to organize all inclusive events that parents, staff and students are welcome to attend. Parents are required to provide transportation, expense of the event and supervision of children attending. Under no circumstances are children allowed to be dropped off and left unattended. These are created to be family fun events that like-minded individuals can share with others from the BMS community. | ||||||||||||||||||
BMS Community Service Club: Since Christmas is coming up, we are thinking of others! This year, we want to make less fortunate children happy! Therefore, we are holding a “Toys-For-Tots” drive, where we are partnering with the Best Buddies at BMS and the Barrington Police.. Toys-For-Tots is a program that is run all around the United States, where they distribute toys to less fortunate families. We are encouraging people to donate new toys; everything makes a difference. The donations start on November 27th and end on December 15th. Here is the grade distribution: 8th- Sports (Football, Jump Rope, balls, etc…) and Games (Board Games). 7th and 6th- Under-age games (such as Twister, etc…), dolls (Barbie, L.O.L. Dolls, etc…), cars, and art supplies. Thanks for taking the time to read this, we appreciate it! Ela Er - Grade 8 Community Service outreach member | ||||||||||||||||||
Robotics Club Fundraiser: Join us for a night of food and community support! The Barrington Middle School Robotics Team, generously backed by the BMS PTO, is thrilled to invite you to our fundraising event at Nacho Mamma's on Thursday, December 14th. The details about this event can be found in the linked flier. Don't forget to bring the flier with you on the day of the event and present it at the restaurant. By doing so, you'll be contributing to our cause, as 10% of the proceeds will directly support the Barrington Middle School Robotics Team. Your participation makes a difference and we can't wait to share this special evening with you at Nacho Mamma's! | ||||||||||||||||||
BMS Best Buddies: BMS Best Buddies is selling t-shirts. The shirts will be the same color and design as previous years.
Thank you so much for your support! | ||||||||||||||||||
~ BMS Spotlight on Learning ~ | ||||||||||||||||||
This week, we would like to shine our BMS Spotlight on our Life Skills Team. I am moved each day by the ongoing support that the Life Skills Team gives both the life skills students and teachers they service each day. It is a team effort and many days come with new challenges. With each day and each challenge they face they jump right in and create such a wonderful and nurturing learning environment that helps the students to thrive. I am so very grateful to them for the support they show the students and myself so that together as a team we can help each child reach their potential. (Nominated by a member of our BMS Learning Community). Do you know of a BMS Faculty/Staff/Student member that 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 December Calendar: Please see a link to our district’s DEIB December Calendar. | ||||||||||||||||||
~ BMS Older but Current News ~ | ||||||||||||||||||
Yearbook Ordering Form: Linked below you will find the 2023 - 2024 Yearbook Ordering Form. 2023 - 2024 Yearbook Ordering Form (Note: Order date by 5/15/2024. We are unable to accept any orders after 5/15/2024) | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 ~ | ||||||||||||||||||
Barrington Education Foundation “Thank a Teacher” Recognition: Click HERE to order your STAR! Our S.T.A.R (Staff Teacher Appreciation Recognition) certificate is the perfect holiday gift! This year has been challenging for our Barrington Education Community. Let's recognize our teachers, administrators and staff for being the STARS that they are! Make a tax-deductible donation to Barrington Education Foundation, and we will send each of your honorees a beautiful S.T.A.R. certificate.* (Min. of $10 per certificate.) See example of the certificate HERE . Orders are due by Friday, December 15th. BEF champions extraordinary educational opportunities in the Barrington public schools. | ||||||||||||||||||
Winter Lacrosse Clinic offered by East Bay Lacrosse:
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