Bloomfield Hills Middle School

As in past years, BHMS yearbooks must be purchased in advance and online directly through Josten's. Currently they are $35 plus tax. Price will increase at a later date. Right now there is a Back to School Special: If you order online before October 12 and add the name stamp ($6.00), you get four FREE icons on your student's yearbook. Click HERE to place your order with Josten's.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Join in on the fun! Bowers School Farm Fall Festival (in partnership with Preservation Bloomfield) is Saturday & Sunday, October 13 & 14, 2018, from 12 - 6 p.m. with a Magic & Mystery Kids Show from 2-3 p.m. each day! Tons of activities for everyone! Wagon rides, animals, food trucks, cider, face painting, pumpkin picking and decorating, bounce house, strawland, bungee run, inflatable archery, historical activities, live music, and more! $10 per person; 3 and under free. For more information visit www.bloomfield.org/FallFestival or call 248.341.6481. 

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

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

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.