SCHOOL NEWS

Monday, January 15 - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, January 16 - A day 
Wednesday, January 17 - B day
Thursday, January 18 - A day
Friday, January 19 - B day

Friday, January 26 - HALF DAY OF SCHOOL. Dismissal at 11:35 a.m.

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The CLUB CALENDAR is on the main page of the BHMS website. Please bookmark the link as a reference for your student's club meeting dates, start times and end times.  NOTE: Second semester clubs start the week of January 29. Please check the CLUB CALENDAR for specific meeting dates and times. 

For more dates, check out the A/B  DAY SCHEDULE AND EVENTS CALENDAR and the BHMS DAILY BELL SCHEDULE (includes lunch periods) on the BHMS Website.

Students wishing to purchase a BHMS yearbook must order online directly with Josten's before February 15. Yearbooks are 56 pages of full color, and covers can be customized. If a student does not order online now, there is no guarantee that a yearbook will be available when they come out in June. Yearbooks are $35.00. Place your online order directly through Josten's by clicking HERE.

Sherwood Forest is in danger of being destroyed, and it's up to Robin and his band of Merry Men to save the day.  But how does a hero do that when he forgets how to be a hero?

Mrs. Bogrette's 8th grade Drama class will present "The Very Un-Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" on Wednesday, January 24. Students in the A Day class will perform at 6:30 p.m. Students in the B Day class will perform at 8:15 p.m.

Parents of 8th grade Drama students should be getting updates, which include important MANDATORY rehearsal dates, in their MyBloomfield e-mails. Please contact Ms. Bogrette if you aren't getting the e-mails.

8th grade 2nd semester Musical Theatre class students who would like to prepare in advance for auditions for the production of Seussical, Jr. may purchase their scripts from Mrs. Bogrette on either Friday, January 19, or Monday, January 22. Auditions will take place the first two weeks of this second semester class, which begins on January 29. All students in the class will be required to purchase scripts for $10, which can be paid to Mrs. Bogrette in the form of exact cash (no change is available) or a check made payable to BHMS. Students will be able to keep their scripts after the show. 

Please read this week's MYP Newsletter from BHMS MYP Coordinator / Teacher Leader, Kathy Janelle, which outlines the January MYP Learner Profile Trait of "Courage". 

It's sure to be a good time. All the details are on this invitation. Open and RSVP soon!

BAKERS  AND SELLERS NEEDED: BHMS Music Boosters is low on volunteer bakers and sellers for the Wednesday after-school bake sales. Baked goods must be entirely free of nuts or nut products/byproducts. If purchasing baked goods, please check that they are from a nut-free facility. Baked goods can be dropped off in the office anytime during your scheduled bake sale day. Sellers are needed on Wednesdays from 2:45 until 3:15 p.m. in the school Gateway Space. To volunteer for either baking or selling, please click here. If you have questions or can't make the day on which you volunteered, please contact Patty Shaw.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR FEBRUARY MUSIC EVENTS: Music students will be busy throughout the month of February. Parent volunteers are needed for the following events. To volunteer for any of these events, please go to BHMSpto.com under the Volunteer tab to sign up.

• February 2: 7th & 8th grade Lock-In. Shifts between 3:00 and 10:30 p.m. Ten volunteers are needed for the various activities available to students. There will be a snack room, board game room, open gym, and karaoke room. 
• February 13: 8th Grade Band and Orchestra Move-Up Day. Three volunteers are needed to go with students to the high school from 9:30 until 1:30 p.m. Students will be introduced to high school band/orchestra programs. 
• February 14: 6th Grade Domination Tour. 6th grade students will travel to Way and Conant to perform and introduce 4th grade students to the instrumental programs. Drivers are needed to help transport basses and cellos.  8:15 until 2:45 p.m.

Students who were selected for the BHMS Spring Forensics Team have provided their parents' e-mail addresses. Mrs. Bogrette, Head Forensics Team Coach, sent a parent letter to those addresses. It included information about required paperwork and fee deadlines, practices and important dates for the upcoming Forensics season. If you did NOT receive this week's message from Mrs. Bogrette (mbogrette@bloomfield.org), please provide her with your preferred e-mail address.

There is a Box Tops collection bin in the main office. Please send in any you've been collecting. REMEMBER . . . each Box Top is worth ten cents to BHMS -- but worth nothing if you toss them in your waste basket. The math is simply amazing. If each of our 750 students brought in 10 box tops each month, for the nine months of the school year, BHMS would earn $6,750 to use toward programs or purchases not covered under the budget.

Thanks for supporting BHMS in small ways that can have big results. For more information about products that contain Box Tops, click HERE.

With the cold and flu season in full swing, it is a good time to review procedures with regard to sick children. A child who is sick will not be able to perform well in school and is likely to spread the illness to other students and staff. These guidelines are meant to serve the best interests of all the children and staff in our school.

Students who get sick at home
Please keep your child home if he/she has experienced any of these symptoms or ailments in the previous 24 hours:

1. A fever of 100 degrees or higher (The CDC recommends that students remain home from school until they are fever free for 24 hours, without the use of fever reducing drugs).
2. Vomiting
3. Diarrhea
4. Strep Throat (Must be on an antibiotic for at least 24 hours before returning to school).
5. A bad cold, with a very runny nose or bad cough, especially if it has kept the child awake at night.

Students who become at sick at school
Students who become ill during the school day should go to the BHMS clinic. The clinic parent volunteers are there to facilitate a call to a sick student's parent or guardian, so that arrangements can be made to have the student picked as soon as possible. The clinic is not intended to be a place for sick children to remain for any length of time during the school day. If your daytime or emergency phone numbers or contacts change during the year, please notify the office immediately so that your student's emergency card can be updated.

In order to report absences, late arrivals, request early dismissal or a bus pass, or to get a school-related message to your child on a timely basis, you must call the attendance line directly at 248-341-6010.  Calling 248-341-6010 will get you to a recorded line. Messages on that line are checked on a regular basis throughout the school day. Leaving a message on any other line may result in the message not being retrieved or passed on to your student on a timely basis. Please program the 248-341-6010 attendance line phone number on to your phone and use only that line for the above purposes. Thank you.

You can support BHMS when you do your regular shopping at Kroger by designating Bloomfield Hills Middle School as your Plus Card Community Rewards program recipient. The Kroger website provides instructions for setting up a new account, or for designating Bloomfield Hills Middle School (Organization Code 28755) to your existing account.

Once you've designated BHMS as your organization, each time you shop at Kroger and use your Plus Card, BHMS earns reward points, which translate into checks paid to BHMS quarterly. That's all there is to it!

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“Everything we build, we test,” Keith Kimmel, BHMS Design and Tech Teacher says. “If it’s a top, we spin it.  If it’s a rocket, we launch it.  If it’s a robot or a car, we race it.  Students are always thinking about what they can do to make things work, and how to make them better.”

“I enjoy the designing process because it’s fun to find solutions for problems,” Rose Choudhary, 8th grader, shares.  “I also do Robotics after school; Design and Tech and Robotics go hand in hand.”

This Bloomfield Hills Schools Recreation SAT prep course offers 42 hours of classroom time which includes 30 hours of instruction, 3 full-length proctored exams, individualized practice material and a personalized plan of work for every student. There are 15 classes in total - 12 classes dedicated to instructions and 3 exams. There are no classes on 2/20. To learn more or to register, visit our website or give us a call today at 248.433.0885.

Do you ever wonder what opportunities and pathways are available for students entering high school? Click here to view the High School Opportunities Packet.

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