The Boeckman Buzz

BMS Families,

Thank you to all of the 5th grade families who joined us last week at Welcome to BMS event! It was wonderful to meet everyone. We look forward to the 2025-2026 school year with you all!

Congratulations to all of our learners who participated in the final choir concerts of the year last week! The performances were wonderful! We look forward to having our bands on stage this week!

It is hard to believe, but we are quickly approaching the end of the school year. Our staff continues to plan engaging learning experiences for our learners. We look forward to celebrating the end the year with our learners. See below for how each grade level plans to do so.

6th Grade - Relays and Games

7th Grade - Relays and Games

8th Grade - Valley Fair

We received feedback that families appreciated being able to purchase all their school supplies in one place. This will be the third year we partner with Sprout! Sprout offers prepackaged school supply kits customized to exactly match grade-specific classroom lists. Make back-to-school easier than ever and order your school supply kit today! Please see below in the newsletter for more information.

Additionally, families with learners who currently take iPads home in grades K-11 may now opt to checkout their district issued iPads for the summer months! The updated 2025-26 iPad Loan Agreement, is available online and includes helpful information for iPads checked out for the summer and for the following school year.

The RevTrak “iPad Loan Agreement” activitiesare live for each school site allowing parents, guardians, and learners the ability to review and agree to the terms of the 2025-26 iPad Loan Agreement and either opt to ENROLL in, or WAIVE participation in the iPad Protection Plan. The enrollment fee for the optional iPad Protection Plan is $35 for the 2025-26 school year, with no additional fee for the summer months. Additional information can be found below in the newsletter.

There will be no Boeckman Buzz with the upcoming holiday weekend.

It is going to be a great week at BMS!

-Joe Sage, Principal

Books - Due Friday, May 23rd

BMS students have done an outstanding job of independently reading this year. BMS students checked out 10,000 reading books this year!

All Media Center books are due Friday, May 23rd. If books turn up after the 23rd, we’ll still take them back!

iPads - Collected June 2nd (if loan agreement hasn’t been filled out)

If you would like your student to have their iPad over the summer, please fill out the iPad Loan Agreement via the RevTrak site before June 2nd.

iPads will be collected June 2nd during the school day if the iPad Loan Agreement hasn’t been filled out.

iPads that are collected June 2nd will be given back to students in September once the iPad Loan Agreement has been filled out.

Throughout this school year we were fortunate to partner with Every Meal to offer a free weekend meal program to all our learners. As the school year comes to a close, we want to remind families of this wonderful program and share that we still have an abundance of food we would like our families to benefit from and take in our main entryway doors. If the food is not used, we send it back to the program. We would love for our families to take advantage of these items before summer break. As a reminder of the program, Every Meal is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to fight child hunger through community and school partnerships. They strive to make a difference in children’s lives by focusing on food gaps like weekends, school breaks, and summer when they cannot receive food in school.

• Free for all families
• No qualifications required
• Students enrolled in the program will receive a 4-5 pound bag of nutritious, nonperishable food each week
• Every Meal does not collect information from families; privacy is protected
• Families may choose to participate in the program anytime throughout the school year
• Families may choose from a variety of different weekend food bag options

Please contact Tenille Jennings at tjennings@farmington.k12.mn.us or 651-460-1478 if you have any questions.

Each year we offer families an opportunity to make getting school supplies easier! Skip the store lines this year and take care of back-to-school shopping from the comfort of home! Boeckman Middle School is partnering with Sprout School Supplies for the third year to offer prepackaged school supply kits for the 2025–26 school year.

With just a few clicks, you can make sure your student is ready for the first day of school—saving time, money, and stress along the way.

Sprout kits are tailored to our school’s supply lists, making things easier for families and helping our students start the year with everything they need to be successful. When students show up ready to learn, it helps teachers do what they do best from day one.

Order your Sprout Supply Kit now at sproutsupplies.com using our school code RBMS001. The deadline to order is July 8th, 2025.

Families with learners who currently take iPads home in grades K-11 may now opt to checkout their district issued iPads for the summer months! We have been offering the optional summer iPad checkout since 2016. A majority of eligible families and learners last year opted to check out their issued iPads. Using RevTrak to agree to the updated 2025-26 iPad Loan Agreement will ensure that your child is set with their iPad check out for the entire 2025-26 academic year.

The option for Summer iPad checkout supports our efforts to foster open-ended, personalized learning opportunities; curiosity; exploration and continued access to creative tools and resources. It also allows students to continue to have access to technology for summer learning opportunities.

We encourage families with learners currently taking devices home to consider checking out their learner’s district issued iPad for the summer. The optional summer iPad checkout allows learners participating in summer programs continued access to their issued iPad and resources and reduces the number of learners needing to participate in “spring collections” and the “fall checkout” process when schools are back in session. This shortens the amount of time that learners and teachers are without the use of iPads next fall. Those opting for summer iPad checkout will be set until spring 2026.

The updated 2025-26 iPad Loan Agreement, is available online and includes helpful information for iPads checked out for the summer and for the following school year. The RevTrak “iPad Loan Agreement” activitiesare live for each school site allowing parents, guardians, and learners the ability to review and agree to the terms of the 2025-26 iPad Loan Agreement and either opt to ENROLL in, or WAIVE participation in the iPad Protection Plan. The enrollment fee for the optional iPad Protection Plan is $35 for the 2025-26 school year, with no additional fee for the summer months.

Please note that if you have not used RevTrak yet, you will need to create an account and also know your child’s Student ID number to complete the registration process. If you used RevTrak for completing last year’s 2024-25 iPad Loan Agreement, the system has saved your parent and child account information. You will still need to know your learner’s Student ID number and name as listed in our student information system, Infinite Campus. The RevTrak e-Guides and Customer Account guide, along with the RevTrak Frequently Asked Questions provide helpful information for setting up and using the system.

Please see our Frequently Asked Questions for more details on the optional summer iPad checkout, the iPad Protection Plan, and repair procedures. Individual schools will share end-of-year collection information for those not choosing to take advantage of this opportunity.

For families opting to check out their learner’s iPad for the summer, please know that iPad collection dates vary by school. It is therefore strongly recommended to use RevTrak to review and agree to the 2025-26 iPad Loan Agreement, determine if you want to waive or enroll in the iPad Protection Plan, and complete the “checkout” process as soon as possible.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. While mental health is important to address year round, Mental Health Awareness Month provides a dedicated time for people, organizations, and communities to join their voices to broadcast the message that mental health matters. This year’s theme is “Turn Awareness into Action.” The theme celebrates the progress we’ve made in recognizing the importance of mental health – and challenges us to turn understanding into meaningful steps toward change.

Over the next few weeks our SEL Department will share information and resources with our learning community. Mental health is all around us but is often misunderstood. The Roadmap to Mental Health below, by the Mental Health Coalition, can explain what we mean when we say, “mental health.” “Turn Awareness to Action” reflects our commitment to creating a world where mental health is prioritized for all.

Would you like to explore STEM in a new way? Then Girls in STEM Night is the place for you! You‘ll learn about STEM/Robotics, make keychains, and an aquarium. See flyer for more information and scan the QR code to sign up for the event.

Rogue Robotics is again holding a Summer Programming camp for any student entering grades 8-12. Here is the link to the brochure with all of the information.

https://farmington.ce.eleyo.com/course/5361/2024-2025-ce-catalog/rogue-robotics-programming-camp

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The 2025 Community Resource Guide for Children and Families in Dakota County has been published. Please see the links below for the English, Spanish and Somali versions.

English:

https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/HealthFamily/HealthServices/MoreLowCostServices/Documents/CommunityResourceGuide.pdf

Spanish:

https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/HealthFamily/HealthServices/MoreLowCostServices/Documents/CommunityResourceGuideSpanish.pdf

Somali:

https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/HealthFamily/HealthServices/Documents/CommunityResourceGuideSomali.pdf

If your child - or a child you know - is ready to start kindergarten in fall 2025, now is the time to enroll! Enrolling now ensures you’re in the loop for all upcoming events and communications and it gives schools a chance to plan so they are fully prepared to give your child the best start possible. Enroll today at bit.ly/kindergarten-enrollment. We can’t wait to welcome our new learners this fall!

Students entering grades 1-12 can take the stage in Storybook Theatre’s adaptation of The Little Mermaid! In partnership with Farmington Community Education, this exciting theatre camp gives young actors the chance to bring a classic tale to life while building confidence, creativity, and stage skills in a professional environment. Storybook Theatre is a touring theatre company dedicated to inspiring young artists through high-quality theatrical experiences.

Upon registration your child is automatically accepted into the cast, no acting experience necessary! Don’t miss this chance to be part of the magic of live theatre – sign up here: https://bit.ly/4cbrKLH

May 20....................................................Beginner Band 6, 7 & 8 Concert

May 26....................................................NO SCHOOL

June 4.....................................................8th grade to Valleyfair

June 5......................................................Last Day of School - Early release at 12:30pm

Save the Dates:

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - BMS Open House 2:00pm-7:00pm

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 - 6th Grade WEB Day 8:45am-3:30pm

September 23, 2025 - Picture Retake Day

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