Bass Middle School

Dear Parents,

At Bass Middle School, our mission is to Be Bulldog Bold where we Build Outstanding Leaders Daily (BOLD), and your input is essential to our continued growth. We are asking all families to complete our School Improvement Survey, as your feedback helps us identify areas for growth and celebrate our successes. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts and ideas so we can work together to create the best possible learning environment for our students. Thank you for partnering with us to make our school a place where every student can thrive and lead boldly!

*Please access the parent calendar on the BMS website for club meeting dates.

Oct. 28: Red Ribbon Week (dress up days on slide below)

Oct. 28: Volleyball game: EMS @ BMS (4:30) **PINK OUT

Oct. 29: Bruster's Spirit Night (5:00-9:00) Make sure you tell them you are from BMS

Oct. 30: Football game: EMS @ BMS (4:30)

Nov. 1: Bulldog Break

Nov. 5: Student Holiday

Nov. 6: Football game: BMS @ LMS (4:30) *rescheduled from 9/25

Nov. 12: Veterans Day Program

Nov. 22: DAWG DASH

Nov. 25-29: Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 4: Affidavits are due to BMS

Blake Bass Middle School will be holding its Veterans Day Program on November 12, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. to honor local veterans of our armed services. If you are a veteran or currently serving in our armed forces and would like to participate in our program, please complete this form and return it to your child’s homeroom teacher, or complete the digital form using the QR code by Wednesday, November 6, 2024. Veterans and honored guests should meet in the Bass Middle School Media Center at 8:30 a.m. A light brunch will be served for the Veterans and honored guests immediately following the ceremony. The ceremony will take place in the BMS gymnasium.

Please send in the blue invite your child received with report cards or scan the QR code to RSVP!

Please ask your child to check the Lost and Found area located in the Counseling Office Suite. Items not picked up by Thanksgiving break will be donated. Thank you!

Please help us meet Coweta County School System's compliance deadline by returning your completed affidavit of residence by Dec. 4, 2024. Click below or scan the QR code to print the paperwork.

See what your student is learning each nine weeks!

Get ready to celebrate Red Ribbon Week October 28th- November 1st! This annual event is dedicated to promoting drug awareness and encouraging our students to make healthy, informed choices.

We are working on getting some supplies donated to help support our counseling program. Please take a look at our Amazon Wishlist, which includes hygiene supplies to build our hygiene station and candy to incentivize our students. We appreciate all of your support so much!

This month we are highlighting the Business Management & Administration Career Cluster. Parents and guardians, if you work in one of the related fields, please email Ms. McKoy a blurb (and a picture if you want) about your job!

Ms. McKoy's email: grace.mckoy@cowetaschools.net

Backpack Buddies is a 501c3 non-profit organization created to supply economically disadvantaged children in the Coweta County School System with food for the weekend. If you are interested in signing up for the program, scan the QR code to the right.

All student Chromebooks are issued with Gumdrop protective cases which must remain on the devices at all times. If your student has lost or damaged his or her Gumdrop case, it must be replaced by the student. Replacement cases may be ordered from Amazon or other suppliers and need to be specific to the student's Chromebook model. The following grade levels have these Chromebook models issued to them and will require the Gumdrop cases that fit them. Please email Mrs. Doonan at jennifer.doonan@cowetaschools.net with any additional questions. Thank you!

6th Grade- Lenovo 300e Yoga Chromebook Gen 4

7th Grade- Lenovo 300e Yoga Chromebook Gen 4

8th Grade- Lenovo 300e Chromebook 2nd Gen

*CCMSAL permits 7th and 8th grade students to participate in school sports.

We love for our students to attend home athletic events to support our athletes. Due to limited supervision after school, please make note that students may not remain at school unless we announce that we are having a tailgate before the game begins. Therefore, students must go home using their normal transportation and may return to the school at 4:30.

In addition, students must be picked up by 6:00 p.m. for all athletic events.

Congratulations to our Girls Soccer Team for placing Runner-Up in the

2024 CCMSAL Soccer Championship!

*All sporting events begin at 4:30 p.m. and cost $5.00 per person to attend.

Fall: Football, Cheerleading & Volleyball

Winter: Basketball

Spring: Track

Middle school students are required to have a paying adult with them at all high school events.

Please sign up for notices from Bus Bulletin to receive notifications from transportation regarding late buses in the morning and afternoon.

In addition, we have a spreadsheet that is updated every day by 2:30 pm with bus changes listed on it. We highlight buses as they leave the school.

Due to space and safety concerns, lunch visitors are restricted to parents/step-parents/guardians, non-school aged siblings, and grandparents (per written permission from the parent). We will not call to verify someone not listed on the emergency card or without a note. Visitors do not include aunts, uncles, neighbors, or coaches. Please also adhere to the following:

• All approved visitors are asked to remain at the front until your student is called up for lunch. Students and approved visitors may eat lunch in the counseling suite or administrative conference room.

• Approved visitors may not visit other areas of the school.

• Approved visitors are not allowed to bring food for other children when they visit for lunch, and students cannot ask their friends to eat with their approved visitor during lunch.

• Please refrain from cell phones or other technology usage while visiting for lunch. Due to privacy issues outlined in FERPA, no photos/videos with cell phones or other electronic devices are allowed.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter!

Torie Allen, Attorney and Realtor

Blank Slate

Jewkes Law Firm

KDL Painting

ELS: Electrical Lighting Solutions

Marwa Rutherford with Keller Williams

Vassey Dental

Amazing Smiles Family Dentistry

Mahaffey Orthodontics

Davis Mechanical Services

Set Apart Roofing Dave Gasser

404 Celsius

Warrior restoration

Palmetto Pharmacy

Newnan Auto Tech

Complete Dental Arts

Bragassa Orthodontics

City of Hope

Bush Real Estate

Whit’s Frozen Custard

Dianne Parker, Allstate Insurance Company

Dogwood Accounting Solutions, LLC

Atlanta Pool Solutions

Assistant Principal: Angie Markham

Assistant Principal: Austin Dickens

Email: cindy.bennett@cowetaschools.net
Website: bms.cowetaschools.net
Location: 500 Shaw Road, Sharpsburg, GA, USA
Phone: 770 254 2600

BMS Twitter: @BassMiddle1

BMS Athletics Twitter: @AthleticsBass

BMS Instagram: bassmiddleschool

BMS Facebook: @BassMiddleSchool

BMS Website: http://bms.cowetaschools.net/