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Newsletter Date 9/22/14
Volume 7, I ssue 2015-06
BCMS Colonel’s View Newsletter
Bourbon is our name and winning is our game! In an effort to continue to improve our school we have a School Safety Audit team visiting our school October 7. They will be interviewing staff, students, and parents at 30 minute intervals throughout the day. If you would be interested in participating in the interview process please contact Mrs. Hale at 987-2189 or via email to schedule a time. Spaces are limited to about 8 parents so please contact as soon as possible.
Nadine Hale
Pr incipa l Travis Ear lywine
Asst -Pr incipa l Nadine Hale
Counselor Michel le Ke l ly
Important Dates: Sep 24 – Cookie Dough Fundraiser Pickup Date (2:30-5:30pm) MS Gym Sep 25 – 6th grade field trip to Keeneland ($10) Sep 26 – Teacher Planning Day (NO SCHOOL) Oct 1 – Phantom Tollbooth $2
(6thgr7th gr Apollo) Oct 2 – Phantom Tollbooth $2 (8th gr/7th gr Magellan) Oct 2 – Phantom Tollbooth Public Performance ($5) 7pm Oct 8 – Anti-bullying Message and concert by After Romeo Oct 9 – SBDM Meeting 4:30pm Oct 10 – 7th grade field trip to Ky Down Under ($30) Oct 13-17 Fall Break (NO SCHOOL) Oct 20 – PTSA Meeting 6:30pm MS Auditorium Oct 20-24 – Red Ribbon Week Oct 24 – Halloween Dance, 3:30-5:00pm Oct 28 – Picture retakes Oct 31 – 8th grade field trip Lex Children’s Theatre Oct 31 – End of 1st Trimester Nov 3 – PD Day (NO SCHOOL) Nov 4 – Election Day (NO SCHOOL) Nov 12 – Report card pickup night (4-6pm)
MORNING STUDENT DROP OFF Weather permitting, please allow your students to exit the vehicle as soon as you arrive at the school sidewalk beside the cafeteria door. This will improve the speed that our parents are able to drop off students and go about their day! Thank you for your cooperation.
“It’s about learning!”
You can’t learn if you aren’t present. Please encourage
your students to come to school and remain for the day. We may not always be at our best, but or present efforts are better than our
absent efforts.
Please try to arrange
appointments for your child after school or during school breaks. Lost
instructional time is never recovered.
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School Tidbits
-Please note that you must always bring your photo identification with you when you come to the school to pick up or visit a student. There are no exceptions. -Along those same lines, in order to pick up a student, you must be their legal guardian or listed on the emergency pickup card for the student. There are no exceptions. -A middle school student must be signed in by an adult if they are tardy. Please do not drop your student off after 8:20am without entering the building with them to sign them in. Please plan to have a current sports physical for your child before they can participate in any team sport activity. A participant must have a sports physical to tryout, practice, or play. Students will not be allowed to tryout if the coach does not have verification of a current sports physical. This is the responsibility of the player.
Does your child need help
with Homework?
The Bourbon County Middle School ESS/21st Century
After School Program can help!
We offer a snack and homework assistance during
first hour (3:20 – 4:20). Emphasis will be on both
reading and math. Homework help will also be
available for other subjects as needed.
During second hour (4:20 – 5:00) students can
participate in enrichment activities that include Wii
fit/sports, archery, computer games, drama and art.
Transportation home can be provided if the student
stays for both hours.
Contact Jeri Gozy for more information
or call BCMS 987-2189.
Site Based Decision Making Council
(2d Thursday of each month) (4:15pm in Middle School Office Conference Room) Travis Earlywine; Betsy deGolian; Emily Rector; Claire Kinney; Gavin Washington; Trina Huston; Melissa Crump If you would like to address the SBDM during a meeting, please submit
your agenda item to Mr. Earlywine at one week prior to the meeting.
The yearbook staff is seeking baby pictures from 8th grade students to be included in a special
section. Snapshots are preferred because pictures taken by professional photographers are
copyrighted. You may email your photos to [email protected] or send hard copies to your child's advisory teacher.
Please make sure your child's name is on the back of the photo. All pictures will be returned. The
deadline to submit a photo is Tuesday, November 25.
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September – Friends of Rachel Focus Learning about kindness
Sweet Blessings Cake Mix Drive
Send in yellow cake mix boxes to be donated for making birthday
cakes for children who will not otherwise have a cake for their
birthday.
Although this is a service project done out of kindness and not to
gain a reward, Sweet Blessings will provide the top collecting
advisory with cupcakes as a thank you for our efforts!
for more information about this program check out:
www.sweetblessingscakes.org
Bourbon County Middle School presents “The Phantom Tollbooth Musical” --- Please join us as we take a wild adventure with Milo through the land of Dictionopolis. The cost will be $2 a student and will be held at the Bourbon County High School Auditorium.
Picture retakes are scheduled for October 28. Students who enrolled or were absent on picture day will automatically be listed for retakes. All other students will need a request for retakes that is received prior to October 28. You may send a picture retake request by written note, email, or phone
call to Jennifer Sykes.
Authors share words of wisdom: “If you say you want to be rich and famous, you’re already behind the curve. It means you’re going to try to imitate someone. Be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.” David Morrell, creator of the character Rambo
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Club news
Academic Team – Ms. Kinney Sep 25 Campbell Home Sep 30 Campbell Away
Drama Club – Mr. Willoughby Bourbon County Middle School presents “The Phantom Tollbooth Musical!” Please join us as we
take a wild adventure with Milo through the land of Dictionopolis. The cost will be $2 a student.
Football – Coach David Turner Sep 22 McNabb Away (rescheduled) Sep 25 Grant Home
Oct 2 Campbell Home
Girls Basketball – Coach Watson Sep 16 Scott Home (6th grade won 33-9) Sep 18 Woodford Home (6th grade won 24-5) (8th grade won 29-23)
Sep 20 Paris Home
Sep 23 Nicholas Home Sep 25 Powell Away
Cheer – Coaches Yazell and Sparks Dance – Coaches Rector and A Muntz Boys Basketball – Coaches Washington and Muntz They are beginning some open gym sessions. Students should listen to announcements for
available dates.
As with all sports, you must have a current KHSAA sports physical documented to the coach before
any participation can be granted.
The cookie dough orders will be delivered to the school on Wednesday, September 24. Pickup time will be from 2:30pm - 5:30pm in the middle school cafeteria. The student may take their order home with them, however if the order is very large, it would be beneficial for a parent or guardian to pick them up. Please contact Mrs. Sykes if you will be picking up the order for your student.
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BUS NOTES
Special requests for a student to ride a bus, other than their assigned bus, to places other than
home for reasons of emergency, necessity, etc., must be in writing—NO PHONE CALLS
WILL BE ACCEPTED. These notes will be issued to students in a.m. gym from 7:30-8:20 a.m.
Please make every effort to pre-arrange bus note changes during these times.
Transportation changes cannot be received over the telephone. All bus notes or transportation
information must be provided by a signed note from parent/guardian.
When boarding the bus, the student must give the approved bus note to the driver—ONLY THE
NOTE ISSUED BY THE SCHOOL WILL BE ACCEPTED BY THE DRIVER.
Box Top Collections
(as of 9/22/14)
KOCH 412
HALL 247
MAYNARD 174
MUNTZ, A 174
ROMA 124
DAMPIER 108
FULTZ 100
WILLOUGHBY 100
MILLER 50
RICKLY 50
August Advisory Winner – deGolian
September Advisory Winner - ????
Total collected to date: $281.10
Send in your boxtops everyday!!
Rachel’s Challenge Club Next meeting: Tuesday, Oct 7
Wear Red to celebrate…. Get Fit: Drug Awareness
Drug Awareness Week: - Monday, October 20: We will be doing a Pinky Promise
to stay drug-free and will paint pinky nails red in the gym
- Tuesday thru Friday (TO BE ANNOUNCED)
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BCMS
3339 Lexington Road
Paris, KY 40361
Phone:
(859) 987-2189
Fax:
(859) 987-5854
Believe, Achieve, Succeed
We’re on the Web! bcms.bourbon.kyschools.us
Field Trip Information
8th Grade: Oct 31 to Lexington Children’s Theatre to see an Edgar Allen Poe performance Departing 8:30am and returning to school around 1:30pm 7th Grade: Oct 10 to Ky Down Under near Mammoth Cave Departing 8:30am and returning to school around 6:45pm. Note that student must be picked up by a parent or legal guardian. Cost of field trip is $30 and includes lunch. Snacks will be provided on the way home. This is a very exciting trip for the students to participate in.
6th Grade: Sept 25 to Keeneland for a walking history tour. Bus will be leaving campus at 8:30am and returning approximately 1:00pm. Lunch will be provided. The cost of this field trip is $10.
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
Antoine de Saint Exupery
PTSA News:
Membership drive through end of September.
There is a drawing for gift cards every week!!! Every family member gets a chance to win. Just complete
your membership form and turn in to the school office!
