Welcome to the 24-25 school year!

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Hello BFMS Families!

What a fast but great start to the 2024-2025 school year! Students have already started to settle into their classes and are in the process of building strong relationships with their teachers and peers. This is the best and most important part of the school year—getting to know one another and creating bonds that will last at least a year and, for many, a lifetime. It’s great to see all of our students happy and energetic about the year ahead!

It was brought to my attention this week by our district tech coordinators that not all families were transferred over to our new SchoolMessenger system in late July when we had an update to the PowerSchool user interface. We apologize that we weren’t aware of this until now, and, therefore, many of you never received our welcome-back newsletter in August. I really wish I had been aware so we could’ve corrected it, but nonetheless, I am attaching the link for that newsletter here for everyone to review. There are many important documents attached to it, like our student handbook, bell schedule, district calendar, and a list of the many new faces and changes in staff. Please take the time to look everything over and let us know if you have any questions.

Welcome Back Newsletter!

We look forward to our partnership this year as we continue to give our students all that we can to help them succeed in their academic endeavors.

Best wishes this school year,

The BFMS Administrative team

Henry Bailly- Principal

Cat Seltzer- Assistant Principal

Beth Smith- Dean of Students

Important Dates:

9/13- Early Release

9/16- School Picture Day

9/17- MAPs testing (Reading)

9/20- No School (Professional Development for staff)

9/24- MAPs testing (Math)

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Welcome back Friends!

I am Nurse Kassie! I am starting my 2nd full year here, but I started March 2023! It is so fun to see so many happy new faces!

Please reach out to me if you have not yet about your student's medical needs. I need a copy of physicals and immunizations. Remember to have a student's dress in layers! It is cold in the morning, and sweltering by the end of the day. Please remind students to pack water bottles! Dehydration is one of the largest reasons for visits to my office!

COVID is already going around! We no longer isolate for 5 days, however if your student is sick, please let them stay home. Covid is now being assessed as a respiratory illness, like flu. Anyone with COVID, needs to be fever- and vomit-free for 24 hours, and other symptoms improving in order to come back to school.

Please see the following poster to know when to keep a student home.

We are ready for a new year!

Please note my new email address: Kassandra.Scheitlin@wnesu.com

Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year! We are excited to work with you and your student(s).

The school counseling role includes:

- Develop skills that will help them navigate middle school

- Address social/emotional learning and academic needs

- Equity and access considerations

- Provide individual, group, and classroom counseling

- BFMS Counseling Team

Cathy Morris - Grades 6 & 8

Rae Henley - Grades 5 & 7

Mary Coventry - School Mental Health Clinician

The 8th grade team is excited for the new year!

We are planning our first field trip to Dari Joy as a reward for students who have turned in their registration paperwork. This will take place September 12th. Please see the link below. In classes, each cohort has been working to establish norms and build community.

-Mr. Henderson (Math)

- Mrs. Long (Science)

-Mr. J (Social Studies)

-Mrs. Theberge (ELA)

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Welcome to the 7th grade!

We are a dynamic and enthusiastic team of educators, each bringing our unique experiences and passions to the classroom. Our goal is to create an engaging and supportive learning environment where every student can thrive. We look forward to getting to know our students and working together to make this a memorable and successful year.

Welcome, 6th graders and families!

We, the 6th grade team, are so excited to meet all of you and begin what will be an epic year. We work hard to ensure that our team members have similar expectations in terms of behavior, work quality, and experiences, so students can feel assured that they are receiving a cohesive program. Our team is committed to partnering with our community to ensure growth and inspire lifelong learning for each and every student. Our goal is “to engage, educate, and prepare all students to become self-directed learners and creative problem solvers.” We accomplish this by focusing on developing community, perseverance, kindness, cooperation, grit, and safety. We look forward to celebrating the students’ academic achievements, engaging them in opportunities to learn, and supporting their social-emotional learning and development.

-Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Farnsworth, Mr. Ferenc

Greetings from the UA team!

Mrs. J (Art)

Mrs. Boles (6-8th Music/Choir)

Ms. Lair (Librarian/Media Specialist)

Mr. Chesley (Health)

Mr. Rumrill (Band Director/5th grade music)

Mr. James (Gym)

We’re so excited to start the 24-25 school year off strong and are looking forward to a great year. A few changes to note about this year's schedule are that Health, Music, and Art are now year-round. Students will have Art/Music and Gym/Health every other day! Also, choir and band now run every other morning from 8:00-8:40. Students in band and choir are encouraged to come directly to their ensemble locations as soon as they arrive at school. If your child is still interested,

contact one of the music directors.

Go Terriers!