The Bruin Bite — 30 October

Greetings,

Wow!  What a busy week we’ve had.  The week started out on the chilly side but warmed up by the end of the week for us.  It’s wonderful to see students enjoying time outside.  After school activities were in full swing with Bruins’ Den, grade-level math help and Robotics League.  Our Mathcounts Team began meeting this week as well.  On Wednesday, Golden Bruins received a full size candy bar during lunch as part of  National Chocolate Day.  Thursday was quite exciting with all of the Halloween costumes and, well, we did evacuate the building during 5th period.  Hopefully you received our email yesterday about the alarm.  I am so impressed with our students, teachers, and staff.  We were out of the building in 3 ½ minutes and back in classrooms less than 30 minutes later.  Oh, and our staff managed to get lunches prepared and delivered to 6th period classes for students to take home with them.  Quite an impressive week!

Wild Weather Days – With the weather changing as we move into the winter months, we will allow students to enter the building at 7:30 a.m. when the temperature “feels like” 22 degrees or below.  For any day that we are letting students in, you should receive a Skylert notification.  At 23 degrees, students will line up and wait for their teachers to escort them into the building.  Students are always welcome to go outside during lunch but will not be required to line up outside if the temperature is at or below 22 degrees.  We encourage students to get fresh air and take a break during lunch, so the outside option is always open.

Daylight Savings – Remember we “Fall Back” this weekend.  Set your clocks back one hour on Sunday morning.  This is my favorite time change as we get an extra hour of sleep.  And this year I need it!!!  With the time change, it will be dark in the mornings.  Please remind your child to be cautious, use crosswalks, etc.  Thank you!

The BMS Veterans’ Wall – Last day for submissions is Thursday, November 5th.  Each year Butler Middle School puts up a Veterans’ Wall.  This is a tradition to honor the people who have served in the various branches of the military.  We will be posting the name of each Veteran, a picture, the branch of service, years of service, name of the conflict or war during which the Veteran served, and the name of the person submitting and the relationship (friend, uncle, GG grandfather, mom, neighbor, etc.).  It can be anyone who is special to you and your family—a close friend, family, a neighbor, etc.  Names are submitted to Ms. Van Haaften in the GREAT Room.  We will collect names through November and put the names on our Veterans’ Wall. The wall will stay up through Veterans’ Day, November 11th.  We also use the information to put together a slideshow.  It is a GREAT opportunity to recognize some of the people who have sacrificed for our county and for our rights and freedoms.  If you have someone in your life who has served, we encourage you to submit that information.  Thank you!