MS Calendar & Announcements Week of March 5, 2012 CALENDAR ...
MS Calendar & Announcements Week of March 5, 2012
CALENDAR Monday, March 5 A Day National Spanish Exam (for 8th grade Spanish classes) LS Book Fair (7:00am‐4:00pm) Tuesday, March 6 B Day 8:15am Late Start! Honors Choir Assembly: Greer vs. Plato—Quiz Bowl National Latin Exam (7th & 8th grade Latin classes) LS Book Fair (7:00am‐4:00pm) Wednesday, March 7 C Day Mix‐It Up Lunch 3:30pm US Cheerleading Workshop (Cherry Sports Center) LS Book Fair (7:00am‐4:00pm) Thursday, March 8 G Day Day of Service Deadline to turn in Community Service Hours (from December 9 to present) 3:30pm Cheerleading Workshop (Cherry Sports Center) LS Book Fair (7:00am‐4:00pm AND from 5:00‐7:00pm) Friday, March 9 H Day 6th Grade Medieval Day LS Book Fair (7:00am‐4:00pm, may be closed at lunch) 4:00pm US Cheerleading Tryouts (Cherry Sports Center) Saturday, March 10 8:30am‐12:30pm Saturday School (if needed) Sunday, March 11 Daylight Savings Time Begins‐Spring Forward! 8th Grade Departs to Washington, D.C.
ANNOUNCEMENTS 7th/8th Grade Sweetheart Dance Pictures! Take a peek! ☺ Here is the info that you need to order your own copy! Online Viewing Instructions: 1. Go to: www.timjonesphoto.com 2. Click the Online Viewing tab 3. Enter your email 4. Password is: wildcats 5. Pick your event to view & purchase US Cheerleading Tryouts All current 8th grade girls (who are RISING freshman for next year!) who have turned in their cheer packet need to attend the MANDATORY Workshop on Wednesday, March 7th and Thursday, March 8th (3:30‐5:30pm). The Tryout is on Friday, March 9th from 4:00‐6:00pm. These practices and tryouts will be in the Cherry Sports Center. Contacts: Richia Gregston ([email protected]) Keli Kennedy ([email protected]) LS Book Fair There’s a Book Fair Luau going on at the LS next week! Feel free to stop in for a visit. Money raised will go back to the LS Library. Hours are 8am‐4pm (may be closed for lunch) Monday through Friday, and also the Family Luau Night is Thursday from 5:00‐7:00pm! Basketball Recognition Assemblies You are invited to help us recognize our basketball teams. Please feel free to join us on the appropriate date: 5th & 6th Graders on Tuesday, March 13 9:48‐10:15am in MS Gym 7th & 8th Graders on Tuesday, April 3 9:48‐10:15am in MS Gym Save the Date! Save the date for the Arts Council Silent Auction on Saturday, March 31 at 7:00pm in our own Mary Campbell Visual Arts Center! “Around the World at BGA” will kick off April as Arts Month at BGA. Join your friends for a fun evening featuring food from Italy, France, Mexico and the United States, live music and great silent and live auction items. Watch for more details in the coming weeks. To be an event sponsor or to provide a silent auction item, please contact Susan Minor (615.567.8338). Volunteers who would like to share their time/talent, please contact Beth Lawrence, Silent Auction Volunteer Coordinator, at [email protected]. Spring Break Ski Trip! 6th, 7th, & 8th graders are invited to are invited to accompany Mr. Klausner (5th grade) and Mr. Mitchell (8th grade) over Spring Break in Snowshoe, West Virginia! They will be gone March 19‐22 for 2 days for snow skiing! Snowshoe Mountain has all levels of skiing terrain from beginner slopes to steep expert runs. The cost is $350 which covers EVERYTHING: lodging, lift tickets (2 days), equipment rental (2 days), breakfasts and dinners, and transportation! The only things to bring are your ski clothes and money for lunches on the mountain. To reserve your spot, turn in your deposit ($100, checks payable to Mr. Kris Klausner or Mr. Rob Mitchell)and the form (https://www.battlegroundacademy.org/ftpimages/203/download/6th‐8th%20ski%20trip%20march%202012.pdf ) by Friday, March 2. Questions? Kris Klausner (615.477.0780 or [email protected]). CALLING ALL ARTISTS! The Month of April is Arts Month. The Middle School will be having a formal Art Gallery Exhibition celebrating Arts Month. We want YOUR artwork 5th‐8th graders to be in the show. Any artwork that you have completed in 2011 or 2012 in or out of BGA art classes will qualify. Please bring the art to either Ms. PD or Ms.
Logan NO LATER than Monday April 2, 2012. We will gladly help matt the work if needed. Questions please contact Ms. PD or Ms. Logan. The art show Opening Reception is Tuesday April 10th at 7:30 am. From the Library Want Hunger Games gear? Here's your chance to win it . . . On March 23rd, The Hunger Games arrives in theaters. On March 29th, all Millionaire Readers will have a chance to win some Hunger Games gear. Are you a Millionaire Reader yet? If not, stock up on books before Spring Break and earn a chance to win. There will be three prizes exclusively for boys, three prizes exclusively for girls, and ten prizes for anyone. The only thing you have to do for a chance to win is be a Millionaire Reader by March 29th at 8:10 am. Stock up over Spring Break and be ready to take quizzes when you return! And as always . . . may the odds be ever in your favor! Millionaire Readers Students who read a million words, as tracked by the Accelerated Reader program, are recognized as Millionaire Readers. Each month this group gets a special treat in recognition of this outstanding achievement! Millionaire Readers this school year‐to‐date are (newest members in bold): 5th grade‐ Christina Conrady, Nate LaRock, Megan Carneal, Andrew Willcocks, Graham Gibson,Elise Jackson, Ellie Smith 6th grade‐ Akash Kurupassery, Henry Dambach, Max Dambach, Josh Druessi, Lola Parrott, Tyler Sills, Katie Brickle, Cameron Gracey, Matthew Ligon, Holland Mooney, Emily O’Connell, Jakob Park, Sarah Ann Johnson, Laura Bagnall, Grady Roddy, Rives Marshall, Maggie McConell, Nathan Kruse, Delaney Taylor, Claire Cameron 7th grade‐ Suzannah Smith, Maggie Henry, Jack Arnold, Jordan Anderson, Clark Ingram, Wyatt Gibson, Marie Renaudin 8th grade‐ Miller Garrett, Tatum Wolfe, Andy Zhu, Aracely Turcios, Sydney Merrell, Emily Hopkins, Benjamin O'Connell, Emma Willcocks, Grace Whitten, Danielle Caron, Lindsey Brown, Madison Bailey Faculty‐ Mrs. Green, Mrs. Renaudin, Mrs. Kinnard, Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Tutt BGA News Collectors Needed! Do you read the newspaper on a regular basis? If so, please keep your eye out for BGA Middle Schoolers in the news! If you notice an article that mentions a BGA Middle Schooler, please cut it out and send it in an envelope with your child to the library or bring it in anytime. Our goal will be to compile the many student accomplishments into a digital scrapbook…stay tuned! Thank you for helping us to keep up with our many talented students! Contact: Angela Green ([email protected] or 567‐9017)
Monday, March 12 Classes Resume A Day Tuesday, March 13 B Day 8:15am Late Start! 9:48‐10:15am 5th & 6th Grade Basketball Recognition Assembly Wednesday, March 14 C Day Thursday, March 15 G Day
Friday, March 16 Grit Day! (More information coming soon) NO EXTENDED CARE Monday, March 19 through Friday, March 23 SPRING BREAK!!!! (NO SCHOOL) Monday, March 26 Classes Resume A Day Community Service The purpose of Community Service in the Middle School is to increase a student’s awareness of opportunities for respectful service to others and to increase a student’s ability to take ownership of these opportunities. Students are required to fulfill 10 hours of Community Service by April 27, 2012 for the 2011‐12 School Year. Please visit the website for a sampling of opportunities available. Sometimes opportunities are announced in assembly, posted on the Community Service Board in the hallway by the MS Commons Room, or included in the Wildcat News. If you are aware of an opportunity, please feel free to consult with Mrs. Graham ([email protected]), our MS Community Service Coordinator. Hours are not recorded unless a student completes a Community Service Evaluation Form and turns it in to the MS Office. This form is available in the MS Office or online at the Community Service Tab.
Next Turn in Deadline: Thursday, March 8 (for hours accumulated through Friday, December 9) Opportunities Available • BGA students can bring in newspaper articles (or look through the newspapers that the MS Library has for articles during study hall if your work is complete) for service credit. o Bring in Newspaper articles (with the date and title of the newspaper) that specifically mention BGA Middle School students (not just articles that mention BGA somewhere or high schoolers or lower schoolers)=30 minutes of service credit o Bring in fliers or programs from events that include BGA Middle Schoolers=15 minutes of service credit o Bring in any BGA Middle School publication or mailing =15 minutes of service credit o Bring in photos of BGA events (with names of everyone in the photo and the name of the event‐must include BGA Middle Schoolers) =15 minutes of service credit. Here’s the catch…you have to be the first one to bring the article or flier to Mrs. Green in the MS Library. The item also needs to be in good condition‐no wet, mangled, ripped, or tortured –looking items. Contact: Mrs. Green [email protected] • From Graceworks We seek ways to expand our services to help those in our community who are hurting. Last year we became aware of the lack of food security for children in some of our local schools. Some children who are on the free/reduced lunch program at school do not have enough food at home on the weekends or holidays away from school. In the effort to address this critical issue, GraceWorks has adapted a Second Harvest Food Bank program into the Fuel Bag Program. Fuel Bags are small bags filled with nutritious and easily prepared food items. Each Friday teachers discreetly pack the Fuel Bags in the children’s backpacks before they leave for the weekend, helping to supplement their food at home. The GraceWorks Fuel Bag program is currently our fastest growing ministry. The number of children served has quadrupled in size from last year, and the program currently provides food for more than 300 children a week. We are working with four local schools and one large after‐school program to meet this expanding need.
Your help is greatly needed to meet this growing challenge. Needed items are listed below, and donations can be dropped off at GraceWorks from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Boxed milk Juice boxes Cereal bars Single serve cereals Goldfish/pretzels Microwave popcorn Single‐serve chicken/tuna salad with crackers Fruit snacks Pudding cups Single‐serve canned fruit Cheesy crackers with peanut butter We also would like to invite any groups looking for volunteer opportunities to come and help assemble Fuel Bags on Thursday evenings from 5‐7 p.m. This is an excellent choice for scouts, youth groups or other children’s groups. If interested, please contact volunteer coordinator Pam McCrossin at [email protected] or (615) 794‐9055, Ext. 18 to sign up.
CALENDAR Monday, March 5 A Day National Spanish Exam (for 8th grade Spanish classes) LS Book Fair (7:00am‐4:00pm) Tuesday, March 6 B Day 8:15am Late Start! Honors Choir Assembly: Greer vs. Plato—Quiz Bowl National Latin Exam (7th & 8th grade Latin classes) LS Book Fair (7:00am‐4:00pm) Wednesday, March 7 C Day Mix‐It Up Lunch 3:30pm US Cheerleading Workshop (Cherry Sports Center) LS Book Fair (7:00am‐4:00pm) Thursday, March 8 G Day Day of Service Deadline to turn in Community Service Hours (from December 9 to present) 3:30pm Cheerleading Workshop (Cherry Sports Center) LS Book Fair (7:00am‐4:00pm AND from 5:00‐7:00pm) Friday, March 9 H Day 6th Grade Medieval Day LS Book Fair (7:00am‐4:00pm, may be closed at lunch) 4:00pm US Cheerleading Tryouts (Cherry Sports Center) Saturday, March 10 8:30am‐12:30pm Saturday School (if needed) Sunday, March 11 Daylight Savings Time Begins‐Spring Forward! 8th Grade Departs to Washington, D.C.
ANNOUNCEMENTS 7th/8th Grade Sweetheart Dance Pictures! Take a peek! ☺ Here is the info that you need to order your own copy! Online Viewing Instructions: 1. Go to: www.timjonesphoto.com 2. Click the Online Viewing tab 3. Enter your email 4. Password is: wildcats 5. Pick your event to view & purchase US Cheerleading Tryouts All current 8th grade girls (who are RISING freshman for next year!) who have turned in their cheer packet need to attend the MANDATORY Workshop on Wednesday, March 7th and Thursday, March 8th (3:30‐5:30pm). The Tryout is on Friday, March 9th from 4:00‐6:00pm. These practices and tryouts will be in the Cherry Sports Center. Contacts: Richia Gregston ([email protected]) Keli Kennedy ([email protected]) LS Book Fair There’s a Book Fair Luau going on at the LS next week! Feel free to stop in for a visit. Money raised will go back to the LS Library. Hours are 8am‐4pm (may be closed for lunch) Monday through Friday, and also the Family Luau Night is Thursday from 5:00‐7:00pm! Basketball Recognition Assemblies You are invited to help us recognize our basketball teams. Please feel free to join us on the appropriate date: 5th & 6th Graders on Tuesday, March 13 9:48‐10:15am in MS Gym 7th & 8th Graders on Tuesday, April 3 9:48‐10:15am in MS Gym Save the Date! Save the date for the Arts Council Silent Auction on Saturday, March 31 at 7:00pm in our own Mary Campbell Visual Arts Center! “Around the World at BGA” will kick off April as Arts Month at BGA. Join your friends for a fun evening featuring food from Italy, France, Mexico and the United States, live music and great silent and live auction items. Watch for more details in the coming weeks. To be an event sponsor or to provide a silent auction item, please contact Susan Minor (615.567.8338). Volunteers who would like to share their time/talent, please contact Beth Lawrence, Silent Auction Volunteer Coordinator, at [email protected]. Spring Break Ski Trip! 6th, 7th, & 8th graders are invited to are invited to accompany Mr. Klausner (5th grade) and Mr. Mitchell (8th grade) over Spring Break in Snowshoe, West Virginia! They will be gone March 19‐22 for 2 days for snow skiing! Snowshoe Mountain has all levels of skiing terrain from beginner slopes to steep expert runs. The cost is $350 which covers EVERYTHING: lodging, lift tickets (2 days), equipment rental (2 days), breakfasts and dinners, and transportation! The only things to bring are your ski clothes and money for lunches on the mountain. To reserve your spot, turn in your deposit ($100, checks payable to Mr. Kris Klausner or Mr. Rob Mitchell)and the form (https://www.battlegroundacademy.org/ftpimages/203/download/6th‐8th%20ski%20trip%20march%202012.pdf ) by Friday, March 2. Questions? Kris Klausner (615.477.0780 or [email protected]). CALLING ALL ARTISTS! The Month of April is Arts Month. The Middle School will be having a formal Art Gallery Exhibition celebrating Arts Month. We want YOUR artwork 5th‐8th graders to be in the show. Any artwork that you have completed in 2011 or 2012 in or out of BGA art classes will qualify. Please bring the art to either Ms. PD or Ms.
Logan NO LATER than Monday April 2, 2012. We will gladly help matt the work if needed. Questions please contact Ms. PD or Ms. Logan. The art show Opening Reception is Tuesday April 10th at 7:30 am. From the Library Want Hunger Games gear? Here's your chance to win it . . . On March 23rd, The Hunger Games arrives in theaters. On March 29th, all Millionaire Readers will have a chance to win some Hunger Games gear. Are you a Millionaire Reader yet? If not, stock up on books before Spring Break and earn a chance to win. There will be three prizes exclusively for boys, three prizes exclusively for girls, and ten prizes for anyone. The only thing you have to do for a chance to win is be a Millionaire Reader by March 29th at 8:10 am. Stock up over Spring Break and be ready to take quizzes when you return! And as always . . . may the odds be ever in your favor! Millionaire Readers Students who read a million words, as tracked by the Accelerated Reader program, are recognized as Millionaire Readers. Each month this group gets a special treat in recognition of this outstanding achievement! Millionaire Readers this school year‐to‐date are (newest members in bold): 5th grade‐ Christina Conrady, Nate LaRock, Megan Carneal, Andrew Willcocks, Graham Gibson,Elise Jackson, Ellie Smith 6th grade‐ Akash Kurupassery, Henry Dambach, Max Dambach, Josh Druessi, Lola Parrott, Tyler Sills, Katie Brickle, Cameron Gracey, Matthew Ligon, Holland Mooney, Emily O’Connell, Jakob Park, Sarah Ann Johnson, Laura Bagnall, Grady Roddy, Rives Marshall, Maggie McConell, Nathan Kruse, Delaney Taylor, Claire Cameron 7th grade‐ Suzannah Smith, Maggie Henry, Jack Arnold, Jordan Anderson, Clark Ingram, Wyatt Gibson, Marie Renaudin 8th grade‐ Miller Garrett, Tatum Wolfe, Andy Zhu, Aracely Turcios, Sydney Merrell, Emily Hopkins, Benjamin O'Connell, Emma Willcocks, Grace Whitten, Danielle Caron, Lindsey Brown, Madison Bailey Faculty‐ Mrs. Green, Mrs. Renaudin, Mrs. Kinnard, Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Tutt BGA News Collectors Needed! Do you read the newspaper on a regular basis? If so, please keep your eye out for BGA Middle Schoolers in the news! If you notice an article that mentions a BGA Middle Schooler, please cut it out and send it in an envelope with your child to the library or bring it in anytime. Our goal will be to compile the many student accomplishments into a digital scrapbook…stay tuned! Thank you for helping us to keep up with our many talented students! Contact: Angela Green ([email protected] or 567‐9017)
Monday, March 12 Classes Resume A Day Tuesday, March 13 B Day 8:15am Late Start! 9:48‐10:15am 5th & 6th Grade Basketball Recognition Assembly Wednesday, March 14 C Day Thursday, March 15 G Day
Friday, March 16 Grit Day! (More information coming soon) NO EXTENDED CARE Monday, March 19 through Friday, March 23 SPRING BREAK!!!! (NO SCHOOL) Monday, March 26 Classes Resume A Day Community Service The purpose of Community Service in the Middle School is to increase a student’s awareness of opportunities for respectful service to others and to increase a student’s ability to take ownership of these opportunities. Students are required to fulfill 10 hours of Community Service by April 27, 2012 for the 2011‐12 School Year. Please visit the website for a sampling of opportunities available. Sometimes opportunities are announced in assembly, posted on the Community Service Board in the hallway by the MS Commons Room, or included in the Wildcat News. If you are aware of an opportunity, please feel free to consult with Mrs. Graham ([email protected]), our MS Community Service Coordinator. Hours are not recorded unless a student completes a Community Service Evaluation Form and turns it in to the MS Office. This form is available in the MS Office or online at the Community Service Tab.
Next Turn in Deadline: Thursday, March 8 (for hours accumulated through Friday, December 9) Opportunities Available • BGA students can bring in newspaper articles (or look through the newspapers that the MS Library has for articles during study hall if your work is complete) for service credit. o Bring in Newspaper articles (with the date and title of the newspaper) that specifically mention BGA Middle School students (not just articles that mention BGA somewhere or high schoolers or lower schoolers)=30 minutes of service credit o Bring in fliers or programs from events that include BGA Middle Schoolers=15 minutes of service credit o Bring in any BGA Middle School publication or mailing =15 minutes of service credit o Bring in photos of BGA events (with names of everyone in the photo and the name of the event‐must include BGA Middle Schoolers) =15 minutes of service credit. Here’s the catch…you have to be the first one to bring the article or flier to Mrs. Green in the MS Library. The item also needs to be in good condition‐no wet, mangled, ripped, or tortured –looking items. Contact: Mrs. Green [email protected] • From Graceworks We seek ways to expand our services to help those in our community who are hurting. Last year we became aware of the lack of food security for children in some of our local schools. Some children who are on the free/reduced lunch program at school do not have enough food at home on the weekends or holidays away from school. In the effort to address this critical issue, GraceWorks has adapted a Second Harvest Food Bank program into the Fuel Bag Program. Fuel Bags are small bags filled with nutritious and easily prepared food items. Each Friday teachers discreetly pack the Fuel Bags in the children’s backpacks before they leave for the weekend, helping to supplement their food at home. The GraceWorks Fuel Bag program is currently our fastest growing ministry. The number of children served has quadrupled in size from last year, and the program currently provides food for more than 300 children a week. We are working with four local schools and one large after‐school program to meet this expanding need.
Your help is greatly needed to meet this growing challenge. Needed items are listed below, and donations can be dropped off at GraceWorks from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Boxed milk Juice boxes Cereal bars Single serve cereals Goldfish/pretzels Microwave popcorn Single‐serve chicken/tuna salad with crackers Fruit snacks Pudding cups Single‐serve canned fruit Cheesy crackers with peanut butter We also would like to invite any groups looking for volunteer opportunities to come and help assemble Fuel Bags on Thursday evenings from 5‐7 p.m. This is an excellent choice for scouts, youth groups or other children’s groups. If interested, please contact volunteer coordinator Pam McCrossin at [email protected] or (615) 794‐9055, Ext. 18 to sign up.
