12-8-2017

The Bengals had a jam packed game last night with POMs, Pep Band NJHS Selling concessions and Mr. Feffer and the scoreboard team on top of the action.

Thanks to Sherry and Keriann for doing an outstanding job of running an interactive and informative learning meeting on break-out lessons Wednesday.

Choose Optimism.
https://disneyinstitute.com/blog/2016/05/leadership-lessons-from-walt-disney-choose-optimism/


Thanks to Melissa and Matt who are leading the choir and band at Saturday's PTA breakfast with Santa.  Your dedication to helping our school community is much appreciated.


"Art has the role in education of helping children become like themselves instead of more like everyone else." ~ Sydney Gurewitz Clemens



The deca-door contest is in full swing, as homerooms try to gain the title of Supreme Holiday Champion.  Word on the street is that 6th grade has spies...I mean scouts out reporting progress of other grade levels.

Anxiety and teenagers.
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/17/11/resilience-anxious-students?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Usable+Knowledge


Thanks to everyone who brought in their unique ornaments for the office.  They are beautiful and bring a special warm feeling when you enter the office.



Please make sure we are keeping students in our classes until the end bell 8th period.  We have quite a few students unsupervised by the front door at the end of the day.

Meta-cognition boosts achievement.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-metacognition-boosts-learning?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow


Please make sure you take the 5 Essential Survey next week when you have time. Feel free to use team time for this activity.   Everyone should have received an email with a link.  The shortcut will be put on student desktops for your teams to arrange a time for 6-8 grade students to take the survey.  This is an important reflection of what we do here at BMS.



I'm looking forward to the book fair next week.  If enough books are sold I will get the privilege of dressing up like The Grinch!  Thanks to Michelle, Kathleen and Mrs. Paskar for all of the hard work they will put into this.

Using comic books to boost reading comprehension and analysis.
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/17/12/comics-classroom


Thanks to Jignasa and Marcia for all of the work they have done this week.  The nurses office has been a busy place!