Greetings!!!
Thank you to all our students and parents who were able to attend our Back to School Night and our New Student Orientation. Everyone is awesome!!!! What a terrific start to the year. I appreciated your thoughtful questions and your support.
Thank you to our PTSA for their help this morning to hand out schedules. They will be helping us on Monday as well if you do not have a copy.
Our new students today were so great. It is one of my favorite things to see everyone coming back to the building at the start of the school year. I enjoyed meeting students and parents the past two days. Let me know if you have questions.
Online Registration is in process. Currently we have 925 students on our rolls and 888 have completed or started the online registration. We have about 315 in each grade level. Thank you for getting that completed. Schedules are available on through Skyward once the registration process is complete.
- If you have questions about the online registration, please call the Main Office at 801-826-6800.
- Schedule questions can be answered in the counseling center at 801-826-6820.
First Day of School—Monday, August 16, 7:55-2:50
What to expect?
BMS Daily Procedures: What does a standard day look like? We encourage all families to read through this together to help alleviate beginning of the year anxiety about what happens during the school day. Planners and student badges will be handed out in 2nd period on Monday.
Morning Line Up Map One of our daily procedures is to line up before school (similar to elementary structures). Please identify your child’s first period class and then where that teacher lines up.
Bell Schedule – Butler Middle School.pdf
School quick links of resources
BMS Back to School Plan 2021-2022.pdf While masks are optional, there are several things that we do to layer strategies of mitigation. Please read through these structures as we start the school year.
Questions:
- Masks or No Masks: Currently mask wearing is optional for staff and students. This is our Back to School plan which includes the safety and mitigation strategies that we implementing.
- Lockers: We are planning to have students request lockers beginning on Aug. 31st. Most students will be comfortable with a back pack which would allow for us to better space students who need a locker. The locker request process will be announced in our daily announcements as well as posted in the Canvas notifications. Students will make that request through the main office.
- Breakfast/Lunch—The federal government has extended the waiver for free breakfast and lunch this coming school year. While we will continue to have a variety of options for students at lunch, second meals and a la carte items, such as juice, ice cream or sports drinks, are not available for purchase at this time.
- Virtual Option for Back to School Night—If you were unable to attend Back to School Night or orientation and would like to “meet” your teachers, please follow the links on our website to view teacher introduction videos. https://butlermiddle.canyonsdistrict.org/welcome-to-our-virtual-back-to-school-night/
- Chromebooks—We will be issuing chromebooks to all students on Monday, August 23rd. Students will be expected to use these in classes and to bring them each day charged and ready to work. For parents interested in the filters on the chromebooks, see the following: https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/safe-schools/internet-safety-and-digital-citizenship/
- Counselor Slides—The counselors and our school psychologist presented information to our new student parents this morning on being strategies to be successful in middle school and anxiety. These can be found on the counseling website. You can access that from our school website.
- 7th Grade Immunizations Just a reminder that 7th grade is a state immunization year. 7th Grade Immunizations If you do have updated information, please drop the forms off in the Main Office or fax it to us at 801-826-6809.
- First Late Start Friday August 20, 9:30-2:50
Friday mornings middle schools have a late start for students. Teachers meet to collaborate and discuss student progress and to collaborate on assessments, curriculum, and teaching strategies. All Fridays are a late start. School will begin at 9:30 on Fridays.
- School Pictures August 25, math classes
- Bruins Den Begins Aug. 31 from 3-4 PM, Media Center
We offer a homework help after school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This runs from 3-4 in the media center. All students are welcome to attend and work on their homework. Two teachers are present to supervise and assist with the homework.
- Parent Teacher Conferences September 21 & 22, 4:00-7:30
Parent teacher conferences at BMS. More information will come out about this and a parent letter with the information about signing up for a time will be sent out on September 10.
We are excited about the coming school year and we hope that you are as well. It’s going to be GREAT!!!!
Have a great day and remember . . .
It’s always a GREAT day to be a BRUIN!
Ms. Paula Logan
Principal
Butler Middle School
