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Banneker Bobcat Family Bulletin
May 24, 2024
Hello BBMS families, please review the newsletter for updates regarding MAP testing, 8th Grade Promotion, and end of the school year activities. There will be no school on Monday, May 27th for Memorial Day. Map Testing will take place on Tuesday, May 28th and Wednesday, May 29th.
8th Grade End of the Year Activities
8th-Grade Caregivers: The Main Event field trip is on Monday, June 10. Payment and permission slips are due by Friday, May 31st, with no exceptions. Please make sure payment is submitted online and permission slips are submitted to Mr. Scott. Extra copies of the permission slips are available in the Main Office, Mr. Scott's room (225F) and Mr. Conine's room (235F). Please contact Mr. Scott if you have any questions.
This letter contains information regarding the events and celebrations to assist with your planning and preparation. Please review the information with your student and keep it for future reference.
Upcoming Events
Monday, May 27th: School closed Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 28th - Friday, May 31st: BET Schedule (Assignment Make-Ups)
Tuesday, May28th: MAP M (All Students)
Wednesday, May 29th: MAP R (All Students)
Friday, May 31st: PTSA Student Ice Cream Social (During Lunch)
Tuesday, June 4th: 8th Grade Promotion Rehearsal
Thursday, June 6th: 8th Grade Promotion Rehearsal
Friday, June 7th: BBMS Community Day
Monday, June 10th: 8th grade Main Event trip
Tuesday, June 11th: 8th Grade Promotion Rehearsal
Wednesday, June 12th: 8th Grade Promotion 6pm to 8pm Paint Branch High School
Thursday, June 13th: Last Day for Students/Early Release Day
BBMS School Calendar
Overdue Media Center Books Due 5/30
All students should return all borrowed books to the media center prior to May 30th. Obligations will be put into the system if not returned prior to this date.
Lead in Drinking Water Testing Report
PTSA
The PTSA is closing out the school year by supporting several events. Your help is needed too! You can volunteer for one or all of the events or you can send in a monetary donation to help us execute these events.
- Ice Cream Social for approximately 700 BBMS students on Friday, May 31st.
This year has been full of ups and downs and we want to take a moment to recognize everyone for their commitment to navigating the day-to-day operations of a middle school. As testing wraps up for the year, we would like to treat the kids to ice cream during their lunch periods on Friday, May 31st. No donation is too big or small and will go a long way in celebrating the BBMS family. Click here to send a monetary donation or sign-up to volunteer for an upcoming event here. Email BBMSPTSA@yahoo.com for additional information
PTSA Session Recordings from 3/12/24
Upcoming Events
Free Summer Coding Camp for Middle School Students
Montgomery Can Code's FREE, weeklong summer camp is open to rising sixth, seventh and eighth-grade students. Kids will learn how to code with a programming language that creates world-class apps!
In-person camps start during the weeks of July 15–19 or July 22–26. A third week, available from July 29–Aug. 2, will be offered virtually.
Campamento de codificación de verano gratuito para estudiantes de educación intermedia
El campamento de verano GRATUITO de una semana de duración de Montgomery Can Code está abierto a estudiantes de sexto, séptimo y octavo grado. ¡Los niños aprenderán a codificar con un lenguaje de programación que crea aplicaciones de clase mundial!
Los campamentos presenciales comienzan durante las semanas del 15 al 19 de julio o del 22 al 26 de julio. Una tercera semana, disponible del 29 de julio al 2 de agosto, se ofrecerá virtualmente.
Common Sense Resources
Families, as a Common Sense School we wanted to share another resource from Common Sense Media about Digital Citizenship. This resource helps guide you through an activity about what to share online or electronically. We hope you find the Relationships & Communication activity helpful.
Title 1 Funding for School Year 2024-2025
We are excited to share that Benjamin Banneker Middle School will become a federally-funded Title I school in the 2024–2025 school year. Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA) requires that schools with the highest poverty in the district receive supplemental Title I funding. Please see the community letter below for more details.
Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County (CRCMC) Partnership with BBMS
Benjamin Banneker Middle School and the Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County had engaged in a partnership to support the Well-Being of our school community. The purpose of this school-based conflict resolution program is to provide the students and staff of Benjamin Banneker Middle School the opportunity to address and resolve student disputes with an “on-site” conflict resolution professional. The program will empower students to use the on-site Conflict Resolution Office to address and resolve disputes in constructive ways supporting a positive and safe learning environment. Additionally, students will practice restorative discipline principles that focus on: strengthening relationships, collaborative problem-solving, and student accountability. For more information regarding this partnership, please read the attached letter.
Food Delivery Policy
This is a reminder that students can not have food delivered to school through a delivery service such as Door Dash or Uber Eats. If a student has food delivered to school that food will be held in the office and not given to the student during the instructional day. If a parent would like to bring food for their student they may do so during their students lunch period.
Chromebook Reminders
Recently, we sent home the Family Chromebook Agreement as a reminder of the purpose of the MCPS loaned Chromebook devices. Each time a person logs onto the device they agree to the User Responsibility for Computer Systems, the Students Rights and Responsibilities, and the Student Code of Conduct. Chromebook and charger obligations will be processed this year. We will use the repair cost document as guidance.
Gentle Safety Reminder for Drop Off
This is a gentle safety reminder as we are continue to develop our routines. When dropping your student off, please pull as far forward as you can before dropping your child off. Please let your child out of the car when they can exit directly onto the sidewalk. Also, please follow the directions of our staff members who are working to move traffic as safely and as quickly as possible.
2023-2024 BBMS BUS ROUTES (POSTED 9/19/2023)
Please review bus routes closely with your students as most route numbers have changed from the previous year. The attachment below includes the 2023-2024 BBMS Bus Routes. It can also be found on our school website.
MCPS has implemented a new online service to accept payments for school-sponsored field trips along with other school-related activities School Cash Online (SCO). To help reduce the confusion of remembering PINs, our online service provider no longer requires them. MCPS highly encourages everyone to sign up and use this service. By using this service, it makes it convenient for parents to make payments at their own convenience and minimizes loss of funds which often happens when carrying cash. The online system is a great way to keep track of student payments. Families can easily log into the system and see which activities are being offered to students and discuss which ones they would like to participate in.
For approved guardian(s) who do not currently have an SCO account, you will receive an automated email with an invitation to create an account.
For approved guardian(s) who already have a SCO account, but who have not yet linked their student(s) to their account. An automated email from SCO for each unlinked student will be sent to the guardian. The email will have an “Accept” button. If the guardian clicks the button, the system will attach that guardian’s child to their account automatically based on the student Information data.