Bath Middle School

In June, we are wrapping up the year with the focus and theme on COMMUNITY. Last week, students reflected, discussed and shared how they show all the characteristics we have celebrated this school year and see every day in our community. Outside of every classroom, each CREW class posted the ways they have demonstrated this in our school community and beyond. They are simple and important reminders sprinkled through our hallways, here are just a few!

We welcomed our former BMS students and Morse High School Class of 2023 graduates back into the hallways of their middle school to celebrate them in their graduation parade this afternoon! It was a special moment to see our current students look up to graduating seniors whether they knew them, were hugging their siblings or simply amazed by the wave of blue and white cap and gowns! Not to mention BMS teachers who were excited to see the smiling faces of their former students. It was another reminder of the wonderful COMMUNITY we have, this is definitely one of our favorite traditions! To the Class of 2023, Congratulations! We are so proud of you and all your accomplishments!

Did you know we have had monthly character building themes? This year, we have focused on characteristics that we see in our students everyday. We kicked off each month with a CREW activity that highlights these traits with discussions, challenges and activities aligned. Throughout the month, we would focus on catching students in the act of demonstrating these characteristics and trying a little extra to highlight them in our day to day here at BMS. We are wrapping up the year focusing on COMMUNITY! We have one final activity planned for tomorrow's CREW. The month of June is filled with so much to celebrate in our BMS community with end of year tradition and celebrations - stay tuned for more BMS COMMUNITY activities as we wrap up this school year!

We are SO PROUD of our 8th grade Acadia House students who put on four amazing showings of The Princess Bride last Friday and Saturday! From our writers, directors, back stage, set design and actors - we are speechless and in awe of your hard work, teamwork and the courage you showed to put on such a great production. Thank you to all the community members who donated supplies to help with the set design and costumes, your thoughtful donations helped our students' vision become a reality. Hats off also to Mrs. Pomerleau & the Acadia teaching staff for their support and providing their 8th grade students with such a memorable learning experience!

Our 8th graders had such a great day on our walking field trip to Morse High School for Step Up Day! From being greeted by the Rock Band, to school tours, lunch and seeing all the clubs and sports Morse has to offer, it was awesome! We had a lot of excited students when we got back to BMS this afternoon! Thank you, Morse students and staff for such a great day and warm welcome!

What an amazing day here at BMS! We are so proud of all our students and their hard work to present and showcase their learning. To our families, community members and friends who visited us today at our Celebration of Learning - thank you!

Wednesdays mean we start our day with CREW! CREW is an advisory like class with 10-12 grade level students where we work to build community and connection. During CREW class, we have our character building lessons monthly, rotate community service projects or have team building challenges among CREW members or houses. Today, 6th grade REID house were working together to tour their marbles around the building without dropping it. Lots of competition, encouragement and excitement!

We hope to see families and community members from 10am-1pm for our Celebration of Learning! Stop in the BMS gym to see what our students have been up to this year!

BMS Celebration of Learning is this THURSDAY 5/26 from 10am-1pm in the BMS Gym! What to expect? - Our celebration of learning is an opportunity for our students to showcase their learning, small to large projects and other aspects of their day-to-day at middle school! - Each house/allied arts will have space to share their learning with students there to guide you through and explain all the great things they have been up to this year. - Students will be volunteering to work a rotating shift at their respective grade level tables in the gym but if you want to have your student walk you through their learning check into the main office to have your student meet you and show you around! We welcome all families, friends and community members to help celebrate our students' learning this Thursday, we hope to see you there!

We welcomed future BMS students from Fisher-Mitchell School today. Who better than current 6th grade students to show them the ropes of a day in middle school?! Our tour guides brought such big bright smiles and welcoming energy!

Mark your calendars, BMS CELEBRATION OF LEARNING is on Thursday, May 25th from 10am -1pm. Students will be showcasing their work and learning from the year. We look forward to sharing our hard work with our community!

Reminder RSU1 Families, tonight is BMS Incoming Student Family Night! See you at 6pm in the BMS Cafeteria!

Spring has sprung - the best part of warm weather can also be getting outside to learn! Today we were flying drones for some Aerial Photography!

We are so lucky to have so many amazing teachers! Like our students said; THANK YOU, BMS Teachers! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JHKz7ZQe9hx9VSK0JAKJQgr_MMogXsPz/view?usp=sharing

Thank you to community members who came into share at 8th Grade Career Day! Every 8th grade student got to go six sessions of their choice to explore their interests. We had everything from cosmetology, law enforcement, early childhood, Maine Guides and more! A great way to start thinking about the future while wrapping up the week!

Join us for Incoming Student Family Night, next Thursday 5/11 at 6pm in the BMS Cafeteria!

Bus 46 (Woolwich/Arrowsic) will not be operating due to a staffing shortage. Bus #46 students K-12 will now ride Bus #36 effective this afternoon. Students may arrive 15-20 minutes later than normal today and be picked up a few minutes later in the morning as well. We hope this is a temporary situation and we will communicate any updates. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Join us for our Back to School Ice Cream Social on August 31st from 1-3pm! Stop by for a tasty treat and a chance to see your homeroom teacher, if you have any questions, please contact Ms. Gallagher (pgallagher@rsu1.org). We can't wait to welcome back our BMS students!

Check out the Summer Resources Website and Summer Reading Initiative! https://sites.google.com/rsu1.org/6-8summerresources/home

This morning BMS recognized 18 students with our AAA Awards. Congratulations to you all for demonstrating outstanding Attendance, Attitude, and Achievement! Post 2/2