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Newsletter Date 2/27/13

Volume 6, I ssue 2013-21

BCMS Colonel’s View Newsletter

Believe, Achieve, and Succeed! While I was principal at a different school, I assigned a student a couple of days of in-school suspension. While she was in there, she wrote me a letter about her life. The letter described some tragic things she had seen in her household. Her father had physically and emotionally abused her mother and the children. She spoke about being young again and just wanting to be outside riding bikes with her brother. I’ve shared that letter with other educators and it usually brings us all to tears. It reminds us that many children go through things that are difficult to understand. They bring “baggage” to school every day. I promise you that we want school to be a place where they feel safe and loved. We try very hard to build positive relationships with each and every student in our building. Hopefully our efforts are paying off. I encourage you to ask your child who they feel like they can go to at school if they need someone to talk to. If they can’t give you an answer, I want you to call me and tell me. We will do all we can to change that. The student’s letter who was in our in-school suspension room ended by making a statement that we should, “be happy while you’re young because that’s where your smiles come from.” We hope your student gets lots of “smiles” from BCMS.

Travis Earlywine, Principal

Pr incipa l Travis Ear lywine

Asst -Pr incipa l Nadine Hale

Counselor Michel le Ke l ly

Important Dates: Feb 28 – SBDM (4:15pm) Mar 1 – 6th Gr Good Dog Days Mar 4-14 – Thinklink Testing Mar 7 – NAEP (selected 8th grade students) Mar 13 – Softball (H) vs Rowan Mar 14 – Softball (H) vs Elkhorn Mar 15 – CKEA Day (NO SCHOOL) Mar 18 – KEES presentation for 8th grade students

Mar 18 – Baseball (H) vs Gtown Mar 19 – Soccer (H) vs Gtown Mar 21 – Baseball (H) vs LCA Softball (H) vs Gtown Soccer (H) vs Scott Mar 26 – Soccer (H) vs Royal Springs Apr 1-5 – Spring Break (NO SCHOOL) Apr 10 – Legends Education Day (8th Grade Field Trip) Apr 18 & 19 – Big Bad Musical Drama Performance May 17 – Tentative last day of school (early release day at 12:20pm)

Being here counts! So does reading! To encourage our students, the PTSA is providing the following: Attendance Drawings: 3d trimester - $50 gift card per grade level Overall year – Ipod Touch AR Drawings: 3d trimester - $50 gift card per grade level for meeting goal

Overall year – Kindle (entry for every 100 points earned)

“It’s about learning!”

You can’t learn if you aren’t present. Please encourage

your students to come to school and remain for the day. We may not always be at our best, but or present efforts are better than our

absent efforts.

Please try to arrange

appointments for your child after school or during school breaks. Lost

instructional time is never recovered.

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Pennies for Patients Kickoff!

Goal = $2013 In support of the

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

January Star Colonels To Be Announced

…..Presented by Mrs. Koch’s Project

Citizen class honoring students based on

kindness, honesty, and good character.

Site Based Decision Making Council

(4d Thursday of each month) Travis Earlywine; Kristen Koch; Betsy deGolian; Ashley Yazell; David Jude; Gavin Washington; Melissa Crump; Angela Roberts Next Meeting: Thursday, Feb 28, 4:15pm (Conference Room) If you would like to address the SBDM during a meeting, please submit

your agenda item to Mr. Earlywine at one week prior to the meeting.

“What you see depends on mainly what you look for.”

John Lubbock

February Colonel Community

Project

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BCMS Cheerleaders traveled to

Louisville to compete in the St. A

Classic Cheerleading Competition this

past Saturday. The JV team received a

first place trophy for their

performance. The Varsity team faced

some really hard competition in their

division. They placed 3d out of five

teams. Congrats to our JV and

Varsity Cheerleaders. Both teams

compete this weekend in the

Bluegrass Conference Cheerleading

Championship at the high school. We

hope you can come out and support

our cheerleaders!

(As of Feb 25)

Congratulations to the 7th grade for being the

current Attendance Stars with 96% attendance last week!! At the end of the year, the grade with the highest overall student attendance percentage will receive a party!!! Compliments of Friends of Rachel.

Yearbook Ads Students can send a message to a friend Adults can send a message to their child, grandchild, etc 1/8 of a page for $25 1/4 of a page for $50 Ads due NOW….send your check and message in an envelope to Mrs. Ballard.

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Club news Academic Team – sp, Ms. Kinney and Mr. Kissick

Band – sponsor, Mr. Mitchell

Drama Club – sp, Mrs. Ballard The Big Bad Musical! Rehearsals 3:20-5:30pm

Cast A meets on Monday Cast B meets on Thursday

Choir Club – sponsor, Mrs. Ballard Wrestling – sponsor, Coach Benji French Soccer, Girls – sponsor, Coach Jeff Jett Soccer, Boys – sponsor, Coach Adam Woodward Mar 12 Conkwright A Games begin at 5:30pm Stoner Creek Soccer Field

Mar 14 Harrison A

Mar 19 Gtown H Mar 21 Scott H

Mar 26 Royal Spring H Mar 28 Clark A

Softball – sp, Coach Alex Hardy (games at Legion Park) Mar 13 Rowan H 6pm Mar 14 Elhkorn H remaining games at 5:30pm Mar 21 Gtown H Mar 25 McNabb A Mar 28 Clark H Mar 29 Royal Spring H Volleyball – sp, Coach Jenna Goens

Baseball - sp, Coach Corey Smoot and Jason Boyd (games at high school field) Mar 18 Gtown H games at 5:30pm unless noted otherwise Mar 20 Royal Spring A Mar 21 LCA H 6pm Mar 25 McNabb H Mar 27 Clark A Cheer – sp Mrs. Sparks and Ms. Yazell

Dance – sp Mrs. Rector Math Counts – sp Mr. Kissick Meeting after school until 4:30pm on Thursday, Feb 28

Bowling – sp Michael Kearns

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Does your child need help with Homework?

The Bourbon County Middle School 21st Century Project

LIFE (Learning, Imagination, Fun and Enrichment) can

help!!

We offer a snack and homework assistance during first

hour (3:55 – 4:35)!

During second hour (4:35 – 5:15) students can participate

in enrichment activities that include Wii fit/sports, archery,

computer games, drama and art.

Transportation home can be provided if students stay for

both hours.

Contact Jeri Gozy for more information

jeryl.gozy@bourbon.kyschools.us

or call BCMS 987-2189

or Gayle Tipton @987-2198.

New clubs: Lego Robots and Art

How to get good grades…

Be in school every day, on time. When you miss school, you miss class presentations, notes, discussions, assignments, quizzes, and tests. It doesn’t matter how good you are about making up work, you can never make up all of what you miss, even if you’re out of school for only one day. To get good grades, you must be in school every day.

Unless you have an extended illness or a serious health problem, you should miss no more than

a few days of school a year.

Box Top Collections

3d Trimester Results as of 2/26/13

Navigators take the lead = 173 (YTD 2d place)

Explorers on their heels with = 156 (YTD 6th place)

Moondogs in a close third = 150 (YTD 1st place)

Apollo with = 132 (YTD 3d place)

Riverdogs at = 53 (YTD 4th place)

Magellan a no show at = 0 (YTD 5th place)

Things to think about….

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

…Albert Einstein

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BCMS

3339 Lexington Road

Paris, KY 40361

Phone:

(859) 987-2189

Fax:

(859) 987-5854

Believe, Achieve, Succeed

We’re on the Web! bcms.bourbon.kyschools.us

Ongoing Fundraiser Opportunities for our School

BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION – clip the label from General

Mills products and send to school with your student.

All we have to do to participate is clip and save the entire Project A+™ label from participating Tyson products. Each label we collect is worth 24¢ for our school.

“I can do all things thru God who gives me strength”

-- Paul the Apostle