BHMS LANCER UPDATE - Friday, March 9, 2018

SCHOOL NEWS

NEXT WEEK'S SCHEDULE

Monday, March 12 - B day
Tuesday, March 13 - A day
Wednesday, March 14 - B day
Thursday, March 15 - A day
Friday, March 16 - B day

Thursday, March 29 - 1/2 Day; dismissal at 11:35 a.m.
Friday, March 30 - NO SCHOOL
Monday, April 2 through Friday, April 6 - NO SCHOOL

For additional days off or school breaks, please see the District Calendar.
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For more BHMS specific dates, check out the A/B DAY SCHEDULE AND EVENTS CALENDAR and the BHMS DAILY BELL SCHEDULE (includes lunch periods) on the BHMS Website.

DOES YOUR STUDENT PARTICIPATE IN A BHMS CLUB? 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.

PARENTS OF 8TH GRADERS - FINAL REMINDER

BH High School (BHHS) counselors met with BHMS 8th graders to hand out 9th grade course selection sheets and provide instructions on how to enter course requests into MiStar. Counselors will be back at BHMS on Wednesday, March 14, to meet by appointment only with each 8th grader AND a parent/guardian, to review the course selections.

IF YOUR 8TH GRADER WILL BE ATTENDING BHHS in the fall, please do the following:

If you haven't done so, schedule a March 14 appointment with the appropriate BHHS counselor right away. Remember, the appointment is for BHMS 8^th graders AND a parent/guardian, and will be held here at BHMS. Counselor assignments are broken down by the first letter of the student's last name, and are shown on the scheduling site. Please click HERE to set up your appointment.

Remind your 8th grader to enter course requests in MiStar prior to March 14. The hard copy of the course selection sheet should be signed by a parent/guardian, and turned in to the BHHS counselor at the March 14 appointment here at BHMS.

Please note:

Students who WILL BE attending BHHS, but do not have an appointment scheduled, will be assigned an appointment even if a parent/guardian is unable to attend.
Students who are certain they WILL NOT BE attending BHHS do not need to sign up for an appointment

Refer questions about this process to BHMS 8th grade counselor, Mr. Flevaris.

HOOPS FOR HEART PHYS ED CLASS FUNDRAISER ENDS MARCH 29

It's time for the annual Hoops for Heart Physical Education Class Fundraiser for grades 6, 7 and 8. The annual campaign raises awareness of, and funds for the battle against heart disease. Physical Education teacher, Mr. DiVito, has prepared a letter with more information about the Hoops for Heart campaign, and how you can help students be healthy and raise funds at the same time.

5TH AND 7TH GRADE VISION SCREENING

Upon return from Spring Break in April, Oakland County will have a representative at BHMS to do vision screening for 5th and 7th graders. If you have a student in one of those grades, please read the letter from Mr. Fitzgerald, which provides the dates and procedures for vision testing.

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WEB AMBASSADOR

This week's student-written article is by 8th grade WEB Ambassador, Abby Sung. Abby describes what she gets out of giving her time to the WEB program. WEB stands for "Where Everybody Belongs". 8th graders, who are selected through an application process at the end of 7th grade, are trained as WEB "Ambassadors". Those ambassadors are paired with 5^th grade students, who they mentor at orientation and throughout the the school year, to help them acclimate to BHMS.

NOTES FROM THE MUSIC BOOSTERS

NEXT MUSIC BOOSTERS MEETING: Tuesday, March 13, in the Orchestra room. Topics include the 7th grade Chicago fundraiser and the Zap Zone year-end party for the morning music clubs.

BAKERS AND SELLERS DESPERATELY NEEDED: Music Boosters continues to need volunteers for the weekly Wednesday fundraising bake sales, which take place immediately after school in the Gateway Space. Volunteers are needed to donate baked goods and/or run sales. PLEASE REMEMBER that products must not contain or be cooked with nuts or nut products. Baked items can be dropped off in the main office anytime before 2:45 p.m. Sign up to donate baked goods and/or work at a sale by clicking HERE. Thank you for supporting the BHMS Music Boosters!

MYP COORDINATOR'S CORNER by Kathy Janelle

Please read this week's MYP Newsletter, from BHMS MYP Coordinator / Teacher Leader, Kathy Janelle.

HIGH SCHOOL NEWS FOR CURRENT 8TH GRADERS

SHOP AT KROGER AND SUPPORT BHMS

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!

ROBOTICS NEWS

BHMS is proud to have students on nine different Robotics teams this year. Look for updates on these teams, which consist of BHMS students, in the District News Robotics information.

FIRST Lego League (Grades 4 through 8): BHMS Robo Ticks, Motor City Maniacs, Tech Tigers, Factory Falcons

FIRST Tech Challenge (Grades 7 through 12; determined by student's age): The Golden Gears, The Mechanical Monkeys, The Purple Protons, No Limits, The Space Unicorns.

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8th Grade Band Family Info Night

All 8th grade band families are invited to attend an informational evening on Tuesday, March 13, at 7 p.m. in the BHHS band room. Families will learn about their student's different options for band next year, such as marching band camp, non-marching band options, jazz band, and much more! This meeting is specifically designed for families who are unsure if their student should take band next year as well as families that simply have questions about the high school band program. If you are unable to attend, feel free to email Mr. Posner at APosner@bloomfield.org any questions or scheduling concerns.

Join us for DAERR on March 19

Please consider joining us for the DAERR (Diversity Academic Equity & Race Relations) meeting on Monday, March 19, 2018, at the Booth Center (7273 Wing Lake Road) at 6:30 p.m. in rooms A/B/C.

Opportunities for Students Entering High School in 2018-19

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

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