BMS News & Notes

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News & Notes from BMS for October 7, 2019
 
Spirit Day: Wednesday, Oct 16:  Brandon Blue - 7th & 8th Football
 
Yearbooks: Yearbooks are still for sale. Take advantage of the offer this month for $37.00 +tax. The price increases again after November 1. Order on jostens.com or use the attached order form & return to your child's 1st hour Seminar teacher. 
 
The Yearbook Cover Contest: The contest began on 9/30/19 and all entries are due by the end of the day on Monday, 10/7/19. The theme is "Be Your Best at BMS!" The cover criteria are as follows:
·  Represent the theme in a creative way
·  Use color; Especially use Brandon Blue effectively
·  Incorporate the theme entirely/completely
·  Use 8.5"x 11" unlined, white paper
·  Proofread - there cannot be spelling/grammatical mistakes
·  You may use pencil, pen, marker, etc.
·  Pencil drawings/lines must be dark enough to see when the image/drawing is scanned into a computer
·  Deadline = Monday, October 7, 2019 /submit to Mrs. Daniels in Room 134 (art room)

Parks & Recreation: There is now a Boys Jet Basketball League for Brandon students in grades 4th – 6th grade. The attached flyer has more details.

Parent-Help Group: Parent-teacher conferences take place on Tuesday, October 8th (3pm-6pm) and Wednesday, October 9th (3pm - 8pm).

On Wednesday, the BMS Parent Help Group is providing a pizza and salad dinner for the teachers and staff who are staying late to meet with parents.

We are in need of volunteers to help set up, clean up and to contribute desserts, drinks and paper products. If you would like to help, please use this link BMS Teacher Dinner and sign up. Please drop off any items being contributed no later than 2pm on the day Wednesday October 9th. Items needing refrigeration can be placed in the staff lounge refrigerator.

A few staff members have a nut allergy. Please avoid items containing nuts!

Thank you so much for for your help!

Haunted Barn Trick or Treating: The Brandon Middle School would like to invite the families of Brandon Middle School to participate in the “Haunted Barn Trick or Treating” at O.A.T.S on Saturday, October 26, 2019, from 6p – 7p.  Each BMS Seminar class will decorate a barn stall for Halloween and the elementary students in the Brandon community will go through the barn “Trick or Treating”.
 
Following are areas where you can volunteer:
  • We will have a fundraiser in all Seminar classes to raise funds to help support the programs that O.A.T.S. provides to individuals in our community.  This fundraiser will be Monday, September 30, 2019 through Wednesday, October 23, 2019.
  • Donate Halloween decorations.
  • Donate individually wrapped candy to hand out during the “Trick or Treating” (no candy that contains nuts please).
  • Volunteer your time to help decorate the barn stalls on Saturday, October 26, 2019 (5p – 6p).
  • Volunteer your BMS child to hand out candy for their Seminar class on Saturday, October 26, 2019 (6p – 7p).
  • Volunteer your time to cleanup on Saturday, October 26, 2019 (7p – 7:30p). 
For more information on this BMS Community Service Project, please contact Julie Kelly at jkelly@brandon.k12.mi.us.  For more information on the programs that O.A.T.S offers to their students, visit their website at O.A.T.S. 
 
  • Tuesday, October 8th Parent Teacher Conferences 3pm-6pm
  • Wednesday, October 9th Parent Teacher Conferences 3pm-8pm
  • Friday, October 11th No School 
 
Have a great week and GO BLACKHAWKS!!
 
 
Michael Tucker
Principal
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