Per BMS school policy, all phones and electronic devices (including earbuds/head phones) should be turned OFF and put AWAY during the school day! Unless a student has permission to have their headphones out for SCHOOL PURPOSES, all electronic devices should be put away or they will be taken up and dropped off at the office.

Our BMS School Supply List can be found HERE! Check with your students to ensure they have plenty of supplies to last through June. Though our assignments are digital this year, they still often take notes or use scratch paper for their reference. Thanks!

Headphones that work with chrome books (not air pods) are an essential part of the school supply list. Please have your student bring a set of earbuds each day with them to school. AirPods do not reliably work with the chromebooks as we are told bluetooth should be blocked.

Remote learners needing assistance with core classes, please log in your inclusion class in Schoology. Mrs. Underwood & Mrs. Smith-Smucker will be available to help students with assignments, ask questions, and/or tutoring. You will find a conference tab located on the left hand side of the screen. This conference session will be available every day during stripes (2:55pm) Mon., Tues., Thurs., & Fri. (2:00pm on Wed. ).

In Spanish we will be reviewing and taking the test for our Second Unit. A review will be sent home for students to use as study as needed. It includes:

*Verbo Estar

*Verbo Ir

*Places in school

*School Supplies

*Classroom items

*Prepositions

Encourage your AVID child to explain the review game they created to play with their class!

We will begin writing speeches about a passion of theirs next week that will be presented to the class the following week.

Welcome back from the Snowpocalypse! I hope everyone is feeling more back to "normal."

We are wrapping up our Dystopian Unit with a "Create Your Own Community" project. Both Advanced and On Level classes are working diligently to create their versions of a "perfect" society. Make sure to ask your children to show you their progress on the Google Slides presentations. This project is due next week on Thursday (A) and Friday (B). They will present their communities to the class to show all of their hard work.

We will be completing our unit on Chemical Reactions and the Law of Conservation of Mass this week. Please be sure to remind your students to dress for Lab day on Tuesday/Wednesday. Closed toe shoes, no baggy clothing, and hair pulled back. Safety First!

Thank you for all of your support this year! Our next Unit is Force and Motion. If you have any old barbie dolls or action figures laying around that you are wanting to get rid of we will gladly take them off of your hands. 8th grade science has a thrilling adventure planned for these unsuspecting toys.

We are finishing up with the Age of Jackson and starting Manifest Destiny, Industrial Revolution and Social Reforms

We are finishing up our Transformations Unit this coming week, which has covered translations, rotations, reflections, and dilations!

Our next unit is Linear Functions, where we learn all about slope & graphing lines!

We are finishing up our unit over Exponents! This coming week we will begin the next unit over Factoring.