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BCMS has plenty to be thankful for |
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November 18, 2017 |
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| BCMS is grateful for its support
staff, without whom the school would not
function! |
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By Principal David Miles II
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| Mr.
Garrison and Mr. Bonnell as they prepare
to scratch 600 Scratch for Schools
lottery tickets! |
First let me say happy Thanksgiving to all of
you out there. We appreciate and are thankful
for the support we get from this community every
day. We strive to help give back when we can and
though we probably don’t say it enough, Thank
You!
We would specifically like to thanks our
Veterans for making many of the things we do
possible. We would also like to thank those
Veterans who spent part of their day with us on
Veterans Day speaking to students and helping
them understand what it was you gave up and what
you did for all of us.
In thanks, we held our annual Penny War
competition during the week of Veterans Day
where we raise funds for local Veteran
organizations. It was another fierce competition
but in the end our winners were: Mrs. Stolley,
sixth grade), Mrs. Hinthorn seventh grade, and
Mrs. Johnson eighth grade.
The real winners were our local veterans, who
received $1,255.50 in donations from the money
raised from this event.
We can also thank our support staff at BCMS for
their everyday work helping this school run as
well as it does. We would not have most of the
students at school if not for our bus drivers.
We would not have a well-run and organized
school if not for our secretaries. We would not
have a safe and clean environment if not for our
custodians.
We would not have a quiet well stocked library
if not for our librarians. We would not have
well fed students able to focus on learning if
not for our cooks. We would not have the extra
support some students need if not for our
paraprofessionals.
In other words, our school would not run without
our support staff. Thank you!
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| BCMS
students take part in Mrs. Hinthorn's
Socratic Seminars |
We are thankful for our Citizens of the Month
who were: Riley Petesch , sixth, Bianca Dally,
seventh, Brady Hinthorn, Joel Cowley and Sarah
Michalski, eighth, and Val Sorensen and Kelly
Hinthorn, staff. They showed a tremendous amount
of responsibility during the month of October!
We can thank our parents for attending
conferences with us and giving us suggestions
and feedback on how to improve what we do. We
had a large turnout of parents during our
conference days to not only check on their
children’s progress but also to give us their
perspective on how we are doing and what we may
do differently in order to be more successful.
We are thankful for our counselor, Ms. Norwood,
who sponsors Red Ribbon Week every year to
encourage our students to stay away from drugs
and alcohol. She creates a yearly door
decorating competition for students to focus on
staying drug free.
This year we had some great doors and the
students were creating great themes and sayings
about how to stay drug free during Halloween.
We are thankful for our Leadership class, who
sponsored and coordinated our Halloween Activity
Day and Dance.
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| Mr. Miles
and the scratch team of MNr. Bonnell and
Mr. Garrison show off the $394 check
they earned for the school! |
It was an awesome sight to see so many students
dressed up and enjoying the last hour of school
participating in various activities!
We are thankful for DJ Jerry, who created a
great stage for music and dancing and playing
songs students wanted to hear and dance to.
We are thankful for our band, who treated us to
a spaghetti feed and concert and continue to
engage their students with a field trip to North
Idaho College for the Gathering of the Bands
event. The students continue to grow and play
great music for us.
We are thankful for the lottery, who allowed our
staff to participate in the Scratch for Schools
event, which saw Mr. Bonnell and Mr. Garrison
scratch 600 lottery tickets to raise almost $400
dollars for our school.
We are thankful for the Book Fair our wonderful
library coordinated for our school.
We are thankful for our teachers, who come up
with great events for our students to do while
in school, including taking part in Socratic
Seminars discussing the merits of self-driving
vehicles.
We are thankful to our wrestling coaches who are
having a great season so far and hosting
wrestling matches at home for our community to
see. The next one is November 28.
We are thankful for our First Lego League
Robotics club, who will be hosting a home
tournament on December 9! They were also
featured on the radio recently and you can
listen by
clicking here.
We are thankful for our other upcoming events:
* December 14: Band concert; Midterms
* December 18: Choir concert.
* December 21: Winter break activity day (last
day before winter break).
What are you thankful for today? |
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