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Good citizenship shines at BCMS |
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January 10, 2017 |
By David Miles II
Principal
Boundary County Middle School
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Everybody got
in on the fun and spirit of Hat Day! |
It is unbelievable that this semester is almost
over. One half a year almost completed? Where
does the time go? I know where a lot of it went.
It went to helping our community, competing,
participating in various events and generally
being great people and citizens.
Speaking of half a year almost over, the end of
the semester is January 26. Grades will become
final and permanent on that day. This would be a
good time to remind all students to buckle down
and complete any missing work and talk to their
teachers about what they can do to get their
grades up if they are lower than expected.
December is always a great time to have
Generosity. In that line of thought, BCMS
selected December’s Citizens of the Month using
the trait Generosity. Please congratulate Ridge
Williams (6th), Kelly Moellmer (7th), Marianne
Pinkerton (8th), and Sue Stolley (staff) for
being selected as our most generous citizens.
Next month (January) is Fairness.
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BCMS First
Lego League robotics team put on a
splendid inaugural home competition ... |
Generosity you say? Our turkey and ham
fundraiser, in conjunction with the high school,
was a resounding success.
We were able to donate almost 140 turkeys and
hams to the community for the holiday season.
What a perfect time to be generous. Of course we
turned it into a competition and of course, BCMS
won.
How can we be so generous? We have fundraisers!
Our Wear a Hat day fundraiser was great.
Most students were wearing hats all day and even
some staff joined in. What a great way to
generate funds which we then use to support our
community.
Our community is also generous and they helped
us host our inaugural First Lego League
competition which was a great success and a
blast to boot.
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... and
earned the competition for "Best Robot
Design." |
Our students did a wonderful job representing
our school and in the end they won the “Robot
Design” category and earned a right to attend
the state competition this week-end in Moscow.
Wish them luck.
Please congratulate our wrestlers when you get a
chance.
They had a great season this year ending
with a championship at districts! It is great to
see how hard work pays off in success.
Another success was our first chess tournament,
which was a joy to watch. Students competed
during lunch time for the right to be crowned BCMS Chess Champion.
In the end Zane Carver was
our winner.
Our Choir put on a wonderful show before Winter
Break began. I can’t wait to see their next one.
Debate will be entering a Mock Trial Competition
in Spokane on January 28. They have been
working really hard to prepare and they are
enjoying the community members coming in daily
to help prepare them.
Leadership students are currently busy preparing
for their upcoming Human Rights and
anti-bullying assembly. The assembly will be
February 2 in the BCMS gym.
Basketball has begun and we have games all
through January and half of February. Please
call BCMS or check the district website for
dates and times.
Basketball pictures will be on Tuesday, January
17, after school. |
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