BHMS LANCER UPDATE - Friday, September 14, 2018

SCHOOL NEWS

NEXT WEEK'S SCHEDULE

Monday, September 17 - A day
Tuesday, September 18 - B day
Wednesday, September 19 - NO SCHOOL
Thursday, September 20 - A day
Friday, September 21 - B day

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

CLUB SIGN UP SEPTEMBER 18 AND 20 DURING STUDENT LUNCHES

BHMS is excited to offer 18 student co-curricular clubs this year, with eligibility varying by grade. Students will have the opportunity to sign up for clubs during all lunch hours on Tuesday, September 18 and Thursday, September 20. An announcement will be made to students on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Students will also be reminded during a lunch hour announcement on Tuesday and Thursday. Students must sign themselves up on those dates. Please do not contact a club sponsor or the office directly to sign your student up for a club. A link to the Club Schedule can be found at the end of this article.

We encourage you to review the club options with your student before the sign up next week to make sure that your family's schedule can accommodate a club schedule. For families of 5th and 6th graders in particular, it may be helpful to have your student bring in a piece of paper with the club(s) for which they want to sign up. This is the first exposure to clubs for many of the students, and the list will help ensure that they get signed up for the right clubs.

As you review club options, please keep the following in mind:

While BHMS hopes to accommodate as many interested students as possible, the maximum enrollment varies with each club. If the # of students signing up exceeds maximum club enrollment, an equitable method will be used by the club sponsor to determine final membership.
A District Pay to Participate (P2P) fee is required to participate in any BHMS club. If you paid a P2P fee for your student during registration or for a sport, you do not need to pay again. DO NOT pay P2P fee to club sponsor. Pay according to directions on this District P2P Form.
Students in morning clubs may not enter the building until five minutes before the start of the club.
Students in afternoon clubs must be picked up immediately at the end of a meeting. Out of safety for your student and consideration to club sponsors, students who are not picked up on time will no longer be allowed to participate in a club.
Remember that the District offers Kidz Zone before and after school care at BHMS. If you need to drop your student off earlier than a club start time, or can't pick them up immediately at the end of a club meeting, we recommend that you register them for Kidz Zone. The program runs from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. but pre-registration is required. It is not a drop-in program.

Open this Club Schedule to see what is available. There are old favorites along with several new clubs this year. Please direct questions to club sponsors via e-mail by clicking on the sponsor's name.

COMPETITIVE FORENSICS TEAM AUDITIONS

New Head Coach Lauren Neuwirth is excited to hold auditions for the BHMS Fall Competitive Forensics Team! Auditions will take place Tuesday September 18*, in the BHMS cafeteria. Students will need to Sign up for a time slot on Mrs. Neuwirth's door across the hall from Señora Valbuena's room. Look for the polka dots!

Parents please make sure your students has filled out the online audition form for his or her grade. See links below.

*An alternate audition date (Sept. 20) is available for those who have religious or family conflicts.

6th Grade Audition Form: https://goo.gl/forms/wIWS8w0zwhtHKeqp1

7th/8th Grade Audition Form: https://goo.gl/forms/1RXFETDUBTqThbqi2

Please email Mrs. Neuwirth at LNeuwirth@bloomfield.org with questions.

PTO SPONSORING SPIRIT WEAR ONLINE ORDERING

The PTO is offering Lancer Spirit Wear available online now through midnight on Tuesday, September 18. Get your gear in 3 easy steps:

1. Go to the online store.

2. Choose your items and add them to your cart

3. Securely checkout with your credit card

4. Bloomfield Sports Shop will email you when your order is ready.

Orders can be picked up at: Bloomfield Sports Shop, 3594 W Maple Rd, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301.

Direct questions to Wendy Metzger at bloomsports@yahoo.com, or Jennifer

BHMS LANCER PRIDE AT ITS FINEST

What can 4 hours, 5 families, 6 mum plants and 37 yard bags do? The pictures below are worth 1,000 words in answering that question. The Martel, Ullem, Schenke, Vaupel and Eaton families took the term "Labor" in Labor Day Weekend very seriously, and donated their time and energy to making BHMS look so welcoming for the start of the new school year. Heidi Janczyk also put in some solo time weeding in advance of the weekend. Everyone at BHMS is so thankful not only for the hard work of these families, but also for the pride it showed in the school. In fact, they are the inspiration for a new Beautification Club that will be part of the club offerings to be announced later this month.Watch for information about sign-ups in a future Lancer Update, and encourage your student join the Beautification Club.

Thank you again to these wonderfully committed families. They exemplify Lancer pride.

TIME TO TURN IN YOUR BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

BHMS collects Box Tops for Education all year around, but there are only two redemption dates during the school year. The next one is coming up soon. Please drop of any Box Tops that you've been collecting into the collection box in the main office. If each student brought in only 10 box tops a month during the school year, BHMS would earn $6,750 annually to use toward programs or purchases not covered under the budget. Thanks for supporting BHMS in small ways that can have big results. For a list of products that contain Box Tops, click HERE.

MYP COORDINATOR'S CORNER by Kathy Janelle

Please read this MYP Newsletter from BHMS MYP Coordinator / IB Teacher Leader, Kathy Janelle.

REMINDER ABOUT NUT RESTRICTIONS AT BHMS

Please remember that BHMS IS A NUT-RESTRICTED BUILDING, 24-HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. There are students in the building who are highly allergic to peanuts and all kinds of tree nuts, and their well-being is of concern. Students should not bring lunch or snacks containing nuts or nut products. Additionally, please be sure that anything given to the office staff, to teachers, for classrooms, bake sales, end-of-sports or club parties or any other occasion are free of all nuts and nut products. Thank you so much for your consideration.

CALL 248-341-6010 FOR ATTENDANCE MATTERS

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.

END OF BHMS LANCER UPDATE

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Try LAX for Girls Ages 5-14

US Lacrosse will be hosting a "Try LAX" clinic on October 7, 2018, at the Sports Garage. The cost is $35 per child, and USL is waiving the registration fee for the first 30 girls who are registered! There are only 50 spaces open - register today www.uslacrosse.org/events/trylax

Volley for a Cure 10/11

Come watch the BHHS Black Hawks vs. Detroit Country Day Yellow Jackets play for 2 great causes on Thursday, October 11, 2018, at Country Day High School. Freshman will kickoff the event at 4:30 p.m., followed by JV at 5:30 p.m., and varsity at 6:30 p.m. All profits from t-shirt sales and same-day entrance fees (without a t-shirt) will be donated to charity. T-shirt order deadline is 9/26/18. To order, or for more details visit www.bloomfield.org/vcf2018.

Bloomfield is Moving Forward

This fall, Bloomfield Hills Schools will engage in a refresh of our Strategic Plan. We are in search of a balanced representation of our community to serve on the committee. If you are interested in helping move Bloomfield Forward, please submit your application by visiting www.bloomfield.org/Forward.

Connecting with your child's teacher, school, and the district

How do you connect with your child's teacher, school, and the district? First, it's important to note that all families are automatically signed up to receive notices from their child's school and from the district. If your child's teacher uses a My Bloomfield class page to communicate, you are automatically signed up to receive those, too...

enVision Math 2.0 Family Information Night

Join us on Monday, October 1, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. at Bloomfield Hills High School to learn more about the new K-5 Math Program - enVision Math 2.0. Bloomfield Hills Schools representatives will be present as well as a Pearson trainer to learn about what our new program offers to students and their families.

League of Women Voters/PTOC Candidate Forum

The BHS PTO in partnership with the League Of Women Voters will be hosting a Candidate Forum on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at 7 p.m. at the Doyle Center (7273 Wing Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills). This forum will allow all candidates running for the Board of Education a chance to speak and receive feedback from the community. For more information visit www.lwvoa.org.

Poms Clinic for K-8

WHO:
Students in grades kindergarten through 8^th (ANY school –invite your friends!)

WHAT:
Join us in learning basic pom skills and a routine choreographed just for you and performing it with us at a boys varsity football game!

WHERE:
Practices/Clinic will be held in the Aux Gym at Bloomfield Hills High School.

CLINIC/ REHEARSALS:

Friday, September 7, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Friday, September 14, 6:00 p.m. until SHOWTIME (at halftime)
Dancers will be released to parents immediately following their performance

PERFORMANCE
Friday, September 14, 7:00 p.m. game against

PERFORMANCE ATTIRE:
The provided clinic t-Shirt and poms will be provided the day of the game. Performers should wear full-length plain black leggings, yoga pants, or sweats and have hair pulled back. Purple/Black/White hair bows can be worn but it is optional.

COST:
$35.00 includes fun games and instruction from the Pom team members, the performer's admission to the game, a performance t-shirt, and performance poms.

QUESTIONS:
Please e-mail coach Jenna or coach Lauren at jennamds@yahoo.com or lallen@ltu.edu.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
Wednesday, September 5