BMS Parent Newsletter

School safety is always an important part of the BMS educational setting. Blanco MS and Blanco ISD have partnered with Stay Alert to provide an avenue for students, parents, teachers, and community members to report issues related to school safety. If you are aware of an incident, situation, activity, etc. that needs to be reported to school officials, please utilize one of the Stay Alert program avenues to report it. Those reporting can choose to remain anonymous.

You can report:

online at www.stayalert.info

by email to report@stayalert.info

by text to 206-406-6485

by phone to 206-406-6485

Friday (April 7) and Monday (April 10) are staff and student holidays. There are no classes scheduled for those days. Classes will resume on Tuesday (April 11) at 8 AM. Happy Easter!

Members of the Blanco National Junior Honor Society helped with the "trash off" in Blanco last weekend. The students and their sponsor (Pam Meier) collected trash in their designated area around BMS to help keep Blanco beautiful. We appreciate their efforts and for representing BMS in this activity.

Mr. (Angel) Hernandez is the go-to person for anything and everything when a problem arises. Mr. Hernandez is a member of the BISD Maintenance Department and is assigned primarily to BMS. He keeps everything working and our facilities functioning great. Occasionally he is called on to do something that is not in any job description. This week was one of those times. We had a cat that had made its way onto the canopy to the bus pickup area. The problem was, the cat couldn't find its way down from the canopy. Mr. Hernandez grabbed his ladder and guided the cat back to a tree where the cat was able to make its way down to the ground and quickly headed back to wherever it calls home. Thank you Mr. Hernandez for always being available when needed and no matter what the job may require!

Ms. Meier's 7th Grade Science Classes follow a March Madness bracket in conjunction with the NCAA March Madness Basketball Men's and Women's Tournaments. Different species of animals compete with each other in the bracket. Students research the animals and make predictions about the outcome of the match ups. The Golden Eagle, Wolverine, Okapi, and Rock Hyrax made the final four. The Wolverine defeated the Golden Eagle while the Okapi defeated the undersized Rock Hyrax. The Okapi and Wolverine will face off in the final contest. Stay tuned for final results.

Avery Hutton continues to lead the contest with 94 points, but has been tied atop the leader board by Josiah Romero. Josie White is right behind with 91 points.

The District Meet was held in Comfort on April 5. There were 6 teams in the district. The 7th grade girls finished 5th. The 7th grade boys were 5th. The 8th grade girls were 4th. The 8th grade boys finished 4th. Below are the Blanco athletes who finished in the top 6 and earned points toward the team total.

7th Grade Girls

Brighton Atchley - 1st place - 400m

Allison Dixon - 5th place - 100m hurdles, 2nd place - 300m hurdles

Corinne Unterbrink - 5th place - long jump

4x100m relay - 3rd place

4x200m relay - 6th place

4x400m relay - 5th place

8th Grade Girls

Emma Edmondson - 2nd place - 100m

Lily Bendele - 5th place - 100m

Amelia Bonar - 6th place - 200m

Payton Craft - 1st place - 400m, 4th place - long jump,

Ashton Uballe - 4th place - 400m, 2nd place - 800m

Asa Anderson - 6th place - 1600m

Avery Flack - 3rd place - 100m hurdles

Delanie Zimmerman - 2nd place - high jump

4x100m relay - 2nd place

4x200m relay - 3rd place

4x400m relay - 2nd place

7th Grade Boys

Silus Goldsmith - 6th place - 400m

Wyatt Allison - 2nd place - 800m, 2nd place - pole vault

Micah Rivera - 6th palce - 800m

Joe Hoff - 6th place - 1600m, 5th place - 2400m

Henry Pfluger - 3rd place - 2400m

Jeremy See - 4th place - 2400m

Brycen Reedy - 5th place - 110m hurdles, 3rd place - 300m hurdles

Madden Huskerson - 5th place - 300m hurdles

Phoenix Arnold - 4th place - discus

Preston Adams - 3rd place - pole vault

4x100m relay - 4th place

4x200m relay - 3rd place

4x400m relay - 2nd place

8th Grade Boys

Rocky Barrera - 6th place - 100m, 5th place 200m

Leland Butler - 3rd place - 800m, 2nd place - 2400m

Gavin Luker - 3rd place - 1600m

Herman Uballe - 2nd place - 110m hurdles, 3rd place - 300m hurdles

Zane Hood - 6th place - 100m hurdles, 6th place - 300m hurdles

Cason Ricke - 1st place - long jump, 3rd place - high jump

Cambel Plahy - 5th place - pole vault

4x100m relay - 5th place

4x200m relay - 4th place

4x400m relay - 2nd place

This completes the 2023 track season for BMS. Congratulations to all athletes and coaches for a successful season.

Choice sheets have been distributed to current 6th and 7th grade students for the 2023-24 school year. Please look at the list of options with your student and select those that best suit their interests and needs. Students will enter their course choices in the student portal next week. Please make sure your child has turned in their course selections.

BMS teachers, staff, and students provide shout outs to those who have gone above and beyond, provided help to another person, been a good citizen, accomplished a task/goal, won an athletic contest, participated in an activity or competition, or just need recognition for doing something nice, etc. These are our SHOUT OUTS for the week:

Track for their efforts at the District Track Meet.

Mr. Hernandez for rescuing a cat trapped on the roof of the school.

Students participating in the March Mammal Madness contest.

Briley Myers, Bailey Smith, Emma Haley - for helping six graders with the tectonic plates.

If you have questions related to middle school, please contact the appropriate person at BMS:

Brad Kinney: Principal - brad.kinney@blancoisd.org

Sallie Lyons: Counselor - sallie.lyons@blancoisd.org

Cheryl Tesch: Registrar - cheryl.tesch@blancoisd.org

Paula Batey: Administrative Assistant - paula.batey@blancoisd.org

BMS Phone: 830-833-5570