February Newsletter

• February 1st – 6th grade Band Concert Snow Date - BFMS West Gym –7:30 p.m.

• February 6th - Robotics Club 3:00 - 4:30
  

• February 6th - FCPS Division Spelling Bee 7:00 p.m. @FCHS Auditorium

• February 11th -17th - Virginia Kindness Week

• February 12th - FEBRUARY School Board Meeting 6pm

TUESDAY - Share The Love - Twin day!

WEDNESDAY - Love Day - Wear pink, white, and red hearts!

THURSDAY - Kindness Ties Us Together - Wear ties and dress to impress!

FRIDAY - Dreaming Of Kindness - Wear comfortable clothes or pajamas!

• February 13th - GoTec Field Trip A Day students to FCHS (Students will attend all other classes).

• February 14th - GoTec Field Trip B Day students to FCHS (Students will attend all other classes).

• February 15th - New Teacher Monthly Meeting, 3:45 - 5:30 pm

• February 16 & 17 – All-District Band Event – location TBD

• February 19th - Presidents’ Day - Schools CLOSED for Students & Staff

• February 20th - FCPS Division Spelling Bee Snow Date 7:00 p.m. @FCHS

• February 21st - Early Adopters Phase 1 Meeting @LLSBO 3:30 - 5pm

• February 21st - March 15th - ESL Access Testing Window

• February 22nd - 8th grade Incentive Day

• February 23rd - 6th & 7th grade Incentive Day

• Feb. 26 – March 1 – Beginning Band/Choir Recruitment (visit all Elem Schools 5th grades)

• March 2nd – All District Choir Event– location TBD

• March 2nd - SNSB Region Four Regional Bee on Zoom

The East and West libraries are staying busy with adding new clubs. Beyond overseeing the creation of the yearbook and running classes and checkouts, the libraries are now offering book clubs in BFMS East and Dungeons & Dragons club in BFMS West. Student engagement is on a roll (a roll of 20 for D&D fans), giving learners an avenue to interact, analyze, and create without using Chromebooks. Mrs. Pruitt and Mrs. Ellis also look forward to their spring book fairs in March. Be on the lookout for information on those!

The BFMS Ag. Club had its third meeting last month and the students had a BLAST making a floral Christmas centerpiece! FFA students gave a presentation about Christmas Trees and then the middle schoolers were able to use all kinds of cuttings and decorations to make their own centerpieces. Huge thank you to Woods Farms and Redwood Community Farmers Market for the donations. Our Superintendent, Dr. Siers showed up for a visit and students enjoyed talking to him about the club. Also, our T-shirts are in and will be given out at our next meeting. Thank you to all the Sponsors: Melvin's Farm to Fork Store, Wood Farm, Feazell Farms, Young Farmers, EMCO, Whitetail Properties Real Estate, FCHS SCA and Kingery Team Realty.

Congratulations to Anna Ayupova in 6th grade! She won our school-wide spelling bee and will participate in the division-wide bee at Franklin County High School on February 6th.

If Anna cannot attend, Keenan Davis (also in 6th grade) will represent the middle school as our alternate.

We are so proud of our participants! They all did an amazing job!

6th Grade

$5 Gift Card - Alexander Wright

Soar Box:

• Alohna Howard

• Kaysen Hebb

• Nehemiah Muse

7th grade

$5 Gift Card - Emmanuel Aguilar

Soar Box:

• Logan Hall

• Caitlyn Altice

• Devyn Scales

8th grade West:

$5 Gift Card - Molleigh Berger

Soar Box:

• Jenna Shipp

• Dusty Manning

• Daniel Barraza

TGC

$5 Gift Card - Emily Porter

Soar Box:

• Lyra Casey

• Wyitt Howell

• Hemi Adams

We celebrated their academic excellence and efforts to grow in their learning at Flight Night!

These are awards that are given to students that have demonstrated academic excellence and the aspects of SOAR that we wish to promote at Benjamin Franklin Middle School.

The student must meet all of the following criteria:

1. The student has demonstrated mastery of content and maintained an A average throughout the grading period.

2. The student demonstrates a strong interest in the subject area and participates in all class activities and responsibilities.

3. The student demonstrates qualities of a leader in the class by modeling high academic and behavioral standards.

These are awards that are given to students that have demonstrated outstanding growth in the course and the aspects of SOAR that we wish to promote at Benjamin Franklin Middle School.

The student must meet one or more of the following criteria:

1. The student has demonstrated growth in the content area by improvements on assessments and/or performance on classwork assignments.

2. The student has demonstrated growth in participation in class activities and interest in the subject area.

3. The student has demonstrated growth in modeling excellent behavioral standards.

Mr. Johnson is a passionate special education teacher who has been teaching for Franklin County Public Schools for 8 years. He currently serves as a LEAP Special Education teacher at Benjamin Franklin Middle School - East Hall, where he teaches all subject areas for his grades 6th through 8th students. Mr. Johnson also provides additional service to our division students as a coach for the Franklin County HS football and track teams. During his eight years of teaching, he has completed his Master’s Degree in Special Education as well as completing a successful year of “Guys in Ties”, a group centered on assisting young men in excelling in and out of the classroom. Mr. Johnson holds a Collegiate Professional License with an endorsement in Special Education - Adapted Curriculum K-12.

Look at our creative 6th-grade artists!🤩Graphic design students were tasked with creating pictures using triangles.

Links to the registration forms, course guide, PreAP application, etc. are all located on the BFMS website located under the Guidance tab then click BFMS Registration Info. The grade level links are located at the top right corner of the page.

• Rising 6th Grade (Current 5th Grade)

• Information shared with Students by Visits to Elem Schools

• Week of Feb. 26th - March 1st, 2024

• Rising 6th Grade Parent Night Information

• Tues., March 12th (list schools here) & Thurs., March 14th (list schools here)

• SNOW DATES - Tues., March 26th (list schools here) & Thurs., March 28th (list schools here)

• Online Registration Form - DUE - March 22, 2024

• Rising 7th Grade (Current 6th Grade)

• Information share with Students by Guidance Office - January 26, 2024

• PreAP Information for Families (Science & Social Studies by application)

• Rising 7th Grade Parent Night Information - March 28th, 2024

• PreAP Application - DUE - Friday, February 2, 2024

• Online Registration Form - DUE - Friday, February 2, 2024

• Rising 8th Grade (Current 7th Grade)

• Information shared with Students by Guidance Office - February 13, 2024

• PreAP Information for Families (English, Science & Social Studies by application)

• Rising 8th Grade Parent Night Information - February 29, 2024

• PreAP Application - DUE - Tuesday, February 20, 2024

• Rising 8th Grade Registration Form - DUE - Tuesday, February 20, 2024

• We have moved 12 classrooms into the mobile units while work takes place in that area of the building.

• Our goal is to begin Phase 2 of the renovation plan at the end of the school year and into the summer break.