Dear Beach Middle School Family,

Wow—it's amazing to think we are already a month into the school year. It has been a great start to our school year as we have welcomed the 6th graders to Beach and welcomed back our 7th and 8th graders. I have been impressed by the amount of family support for our students here at BMS. We had a wonderful turnout for all of our Open Houses. Also, our par-ent meetings, athletic and music events have had awesome attendance, for this I thank you.

We have several new staff joining us this year. Our important new staff are:

Colleen Bertoni—Spanish/ELS Caleb Coon—8B Science Elam Austin—Para Jeff Fitch—TC/8G Karen Paul—Para Corinna Rotondo—Para Nick Schumann—7G Math Korie Searles—Para Zach Snively—8G Math Claire Talarico—Psychologist Sarah Wiseman—Para

Welcome to all. We are a stronger team because of them!

Our monthly newsletter is hot off the press and I hope that you will find it informative about all aspects of the middle school experience. I wanted to highlight that we have two Parent-Teacher Conferences coming up in October: Wednesday, October 17, from 3:45-7:00 PM and Thursday, October 25, also from 3:45-7:00 PM. Our conferences are “Round Robin” style-first come, first served. I strongly encourage you to attend. It is a great way to meet our outstanding teachers and support staff here at Beach and to gain a closer understand-ing into your child’s performance in class..

Wednesday, October 3, is our Student Count Day. It is very important for your child to be in school on this day. I appreciate your help on this important day.

Remember, you can follow all the “happenings” at Beach Middle School on Twitter and Facebook both available on the BMS website.

Finally, I want to emphasize my "open door policy" and encourage you to contact me if you have any questions, comments or concerns. Again, it’s been a great start to our school year and I'm excited for what lies ahead in October.

With much enthusiasm,

Nick Angel

Notes from Principal Angel:

October, 2018

Inside this issue:

Opportunities at Beach

Science Olympiad

Parent/Teacher Conf .

Patriot’s Pen Competition

Music News

SRSLY

7th Grade Fundraiser

Important Info

Calendar

Used Instrument List al-

ways available on the

BMS Webpage under

“Music”

Follow Beach

Middle School on

Facebook www.facebook.com/BeachMiddle

Instagram at: BMS_Bulldogs

Twitter at @BeachMiddle

BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL

445 Mayer, Chelsea, MI 48118

433-2202 (Office) 433-2212 (Fax)

www.chelsea.k12.mi.us/bms

Nick Angel, Principal, X 2005

Matt Ceo, Vice-Principal, X 2006

Marie Lombardo Counselor, X 2012

Dennis Strzyzewski, Counselor, X 2013

Beach Middle School’s

ALL STAR STAFF

welcomes you to the 2018-19

school year!

“Counselor’s Corner”

Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year. The Counseling Depart-ment staff this year are: Mara Good-man, our social worker, Claire Tal-arico, our school psychologist. Her time is shared between Beach and South Elementary. Mr. Strzyzewski is our full-time counselor in the build-ing and Mrs. Lombardo works part-time in the counseling office.

Our aim is to make school a positive experience for all students. We want every child to learn in a com-fortable and safe environment. We are here to help individuals with academic, emotional, and social issues. Please let your child know that they can ap-proach anyone in the counseling de-partment, and they will be fully sup-ported in whatever way possible.

Please call or email us with any questions or concerns.

Dennis Strzyzewski, Counselor Extension 2013 dstrzyzewski@chelsea.k12.mi.us

Marie Lombardo, Counselor PM Extension 2012 mlombardo@chelsea.k12.mi.us Mara Goodman, Social Worker Extension 2015 mgoodman@chelsea.k12.mi.us Claire Talarico, Psychologist Extension 2016 ctalarico@chelsea.k12.mi.us

BMS ATHLETICS

The athletic season at the middle school level is underway! The middle school football, volley-ball, cross country, and field hock-ey teams have all worked very hard in a short amount of time to begin game play. With that being said, we have begun our bi-weekly eligibility checks. Students must be passing 5 out of 6 classes in or-der to participate in game ac-tion. The academic policy is two D's equal one F, so if a student had 4 D's they would be deemed ineli-gible. As we always remind stu-dents...they are STUDENT-athletes (with the student coming first). Please help your child make sure they are taking care of busi-ness in the classroom. We are looking forward to watching all of our fall teams compete!

Parents, we need your help with running events this year. This includes taking tickets, working concessions, running the clock, etc. Please look for emails for sign-up opportunities! Have a great fall everyone!

PICTURE

RETAKE DAY

Friday-October 19 Students must return their picture

packet or bring money with a new picture packet filled out to have a re-take. Pictures can also be ordered on line at schoolpictures.com. Our school ID #AA2701. If you have any questions, please call the Beach office at: 734-433-2202.

Patriot’s Pen Competition

Veterans of Foreign Wars Youth Scholarship program is under way. Chel-sea Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4076 is once again sponsoring the youth essay scholarship program. The Patriots Pen program is for students in grades 6th through 8th and is a written essay also based on a patriotic theme. This year’s theme is “Why I hon-or The American Flag”. Who can enter? Program is open to students who are enrolled in a public, private or parochial school or home study program in the United States and its terri-tories. HOW TO ENTER: Contact your school office or your local librarian, you can download the entry forms at: vfw.org/community/youth & education/youth scholarship/VOD/PP. Some brochures are available at your school in the coming weeks. Entry deadline is November 1. Entries can be turned into school secretary Patti Musolf. Home school can contact the program director Chuck Reed at 734-730-3767.

Student Opportunities At Beach

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD

Science Olympiad will be holding its introductory meeting on Wednesday, October 10, in the Me-dia Center from 3:05-3:45 PM. Parents are encouraged to attend!

Applications will be availa-ble in the Media Center starting Monday, October 8, and will be due NO LATER THAN Thursday, Oc-tober 18. NO late applications will be accepted. Our first practice will be in the Media Center on Tuesday, October 23, from 3:05-4:30. Prac-tices are every Tuesday and Thurs-day. There will be a parent meeting following the first practice on the 23rd. Calling all parents (and any-one else interested)!! Are you tech-nologically savvy? Do you have a background in engineering, science or medicine, or are you just a sci-ence geek? Beach Middle School Science Olympiad is looking for adult coaches for the 2018-2019 season. Events include Anatomy & Physiology, Herpetology, Meteorol-ogy, Potions & Poisons, Mystery Architecture and many more. Check out www.soinc.org for more infor-mation. If interested, please contact Sheryl Dewyer at:

sdewyer@chelsea.k12.mi.us or call 734-645-9823.

Chelsea Schools Food and Nutrition Services

Welcome back to another exciting school year! As always, we are delighted to make fresh and healthy breakfasts and lunches available for your chil-dren everyday. Our menus are on the school district web site. A Back to School pamphlet will be avail-able with all the necessary infor-mation you need for the school year these pamphlets will be available in your Beach Middle School Office. If you need one mailed to you please contact our Food and Nutrition office at 433-2246. Also, please watch for our fun special lunch days we feature throughout the year! You may send a check, cash or pre-load money on your child’s ID/debit card to pay for school lunch. You can also use Visa or MasterCard on line to put money on your child’s ac-count. Please call Ms. Over, in our main office, at 433-2246 for instructions. Our procedure for overdrawn accounts is as fol-lows: When the account is over-drawn, we will send a note home with your child. You can expect a phone call from our office after the debt reaches $15.00. We will never let a child go hungry; however, for accounts in arrears, turkey sandwich, apple and milk will be served to your child until the account is paid in full. We cannot allow snacks to be charged to a child’s overdrawn account. Please note that there is a regular lunch charge for each Turkey Sandwich lunch. All debit card balances (positive or negative) are forwarded on to the

next school year regardless of which school they attend in the fall. Please help us keep the cost of school lunch down by keeping debit accounts up to date. If your financial situation is such that you need assistance in paying for lunch, please don’t hesitate to complete a confiden-tial application for free or re-duced price lunch. You can print a form off of the district web site or obtain a form in any school of-fice or the main food service of-fice located at Chelsea High School. Return the completed form to any school office or kitch-en. It is important to submit a form at the beginning of every school year in order for the bene-fits to continue. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to nourish your children during their busy school day. As always, I welcome your suggestions and comments so we can continuously improve our ser-vices to meet the nutritional needs of our young customers.

Sincerely, Food and Nutrition Services Phone: 433-2246 Fax: 433-2236

Student Opportunities At Beach

Ten friendly reminders regarding afterschool

etiquette at the Beach Middle School bus transfer.

-Please remember to be patient and respect traffic flow i.e. not double parking or creating your own parking spot.

-Please do not load in the street-use the designated pick up points.

-Please do not drive around the backside of BMS through the bus staging area.

-Be cautious when entering the parking lot, many students are walking across it to meet their parents. Keep in mind the transfer site is for students K-12 in the Chelsea Schools.

-When picking up your students, please leave your dog(s) at home. We have many students with substantial allergies and this puts them at risk.

-If assistance is needed, please see one of the adults at the transfer. Do not call into the school offices which are very busy at the end of the day.

- Do not arrange for another adult to pick up your student unless it has been clearly communicated to them before-hand.

-Do not pick up your student(s) in the cemetery located behind the building- this should go without saying.

-Use common sense- inclement weather will mean more parents are picking up their student(s) afterschool so plan your time accordingly.

-There is no parking on the south side on Mayer Drive. You can park on the school side but not on the other side of the street.

Thank you for your support!

Beach Middle School will have Parent/Teacher Conferences on Wednesday, October 17, from 3:45-7:00 PM and Thursday, October 25, from 3:45-7:00 PM. No appointment is neces-sary. Our conferences are “Round Robin” style-first come, first served. Parents should enter at the front of the building by the school office. Information will be given to parents arriving for conferences by the office door area. All teachers are conferencing in either the cafeteria or gym. We suggest that a typical Parent/Teacher Conference should last approximately five minutes per teacher. If you need to hold a more in-depth conference, you should set up an appointment to do so other than these conference times. We enjoy joining with you to maximize your child’s education and look forward to meeting you at our conferences.

BEACH PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES Wednesday, October 17, and

Thursday, October 25, 3:45-7:00 PM

BEACH BOOK FAIR

The Fall Book Fair is coming! The Fall Book Fair will be held Tuesday, October 16 through Friday, October 19, in the Media Center. Open hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 7:35 AM- 3:30 PM, Wednesday from 7:35 AM-7:00 PM (for Parent/Teacher conferences) and Friday from 7:35am-1:00pm. The Book Fair will also be online at: http://www.scholastic.com/bf/beachmiddleschool

Would you like to volunteer at the Book Fair? We are looking for parent volunteers. To sign up, please go to the online Book Fair site and look for the Volunteer Button!

WORLD LANGUAGE CLUB

If you have a passion for learning about other cultures, you should join World Lan-guages Club. In the past we have experienced food, dancing, art, games, sports, and other cul-tural aspects of French and Spanish-speaking countries. Some highlights include field trips to the Detroit Institute of Art and a French restaurant in Ann Arbor. We meet twice a month, and our activities are driven by the students' cultural interests. Bring a friend and have fun! This is not a language class! Please look for more specific announcements in the next news-letter about the date of our first meeting in November.

BAND The BMS Bands have hit the ground running over the past several weeks! I'm excited to see what the rest of the year holds for us. Please note some im-portant upcoming dates:

Sunday, October 21

University of Michigan

Band-o-Rama Concert

Wednesday, October 24

Fall Echoes Concert 7:00 pm, CHS

(ALL 6th-8th grade band members)

Thursday, December 13

7th-8th Grade Band

Winter Concert, 7:00 pm, CHS

More details about these events will be released soon. If you are not receiving my weekly emails, please contact Ms. Steklac at ksteklac@chelsea.k12.mi.us, and I will add you to the list.

In addition, please check out our social media accounts for pictures and daily updates from the band room: Facebook: Beach Middle School Bands

Twitter: @beachmsbands

Instagram: @beachmsbands

CHOIR

Please mark your calendars for our Beach Middle School Fall Festival of Choirs Concert on Thursday, October 18. Beach Middle School and South Mead-ows Choir students should report to the CHS orchestra room at 6:30 p.m. dressed in uniform. All choir members in grades 5th-8th will be performing in addition to the high school choirs. The theme is “Broadway ShowTunes” and will be an evening of music for the whole family to enjoy. The concert begins at 7:00 p.m. and we hope to see you there!

ORCHESTRA

Halloween Concert

Tuesday October 30

6th-12th Grades CHS Auditorium

7:00 PM

MUSIC NEWS

LEADERSHIP CLASS

Leadership is an elective class where 8th graders focus on leadership skills and principles, including servant leadership. We do in-class activities, choose school-wide events, hear from guest speakers, participate in community service, and raise money for a worthy cause. We enjoyed coming up with the Spirit Week dress days and en-joyed seeing students show their school spirit. We are up and run-ning and excited for this quar-ter!

Leadership experienced a direction change this year to co-incide with our schedule change at Beach. With Mr. Angel's go ahead, the students brainstormed a list of potential things students would like at Beach itself. They came up with wonderful options and then asked all students to complete a survey of their wish-es. Our Beach 6th, 7th, and 8th graders chose a water bottle-filling drinking fountain! The Leadership students this quarter are excited to work to raise mon-ey for this "legacy" gift for all Beach students. We will be host-ing a school-wide Change Chal-lenge beginning the second week of October, where students bring change to fill their 5th hour teacher's box. The class with the most change wins a doughnut and cider party. We will also hold a bake sale October 17th--19th after school.

FINAL 8TH GRADE

FUNDRAISER For Washington, DC, Trip

Attention all 8th grade parents—our 8th grade students will be able to partic-ipate in a final fundraiser to help raise money towards their 8th Grade Washington, D.C., trip on April 23, 2019.

They will earn 40% of all their sales and this money will go directly toward their individual trip fund. The brochure will be passed out to each student on Thurs-day, October 11. The fund-raiser order form and mon-ey will be due to the office no later than Thursday, October 25. No late orders

can be accepted. Delivery of the orders to office for pick up will be Thursday. Novem-ber 29. Any question? Please call Patti at 433-2202 before 11:00 AM.

LOST AND FOUND

Our lost and found is over flowing in the cafeteria. Please stop by the cafeteria and check it out.

Comic Book Workshop

SRSLY is once again offering its CPTN SRSLY Comic Book workshop to all students at Beach. The workshop will be af-ter school from 3:15-5:15 on Mondays & Wednesdays from October 15 to November 19. (There will be no class on Monday, Oct. 22) Local cartoonist and CPTN SRSLY au-thor Jerzy Drozd will teach the class, and students will learn how to make their very own comics! All levels of artists are wel-come. After the workshop, all of the stu-dents’ comics will be printed together into one book to share with others. Space is lim-ited. A permission slip and $20 refundable deposit reserves your spot. Permission slips are available in the main office or by email-ing info@srslychelsea.org.

SRSLY Youth Meeting

Monday, October 1

6:30 – 8:00 PM

St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea in Atrium Conference Rooms A & B.

Youth ages 10+ are welcome to at-tend SRSLY's monthly youth meeting! The meeting will include pizza, games, and

planning upcoming SRSLY events. The SRSLY youth meeting occurs every first Monday of the month at this time.

Anti-Drug Media Contest

SRSLY will be visiting classrooms at Beach Middle School during National Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 22-26, to ask Chelsea kids to think about the things in their lives that help them stay drug-free. An “anti-drug” can be anything – something you do for fun, someone you care about, a goal you are working toward, or knowledge of how drugs hurt your body, mind, and life. Using any form of media, students answer the question “What’s Your Anti-Drug?” Students can sub-mit posters, poems, videos, or stories about their anti-drugs to the contest. Winners from each grade will receive a gift card!

WEB

6th Graders introduced to Beach MS with “Where Everyone Belongs” Program

Before the official start of the school year kicked off, Beach's WEB (Where Eve-rybody Belongs) program opened its doors to over 180 6th graders. Over 52 8th grade WEB leaders were there to welcome them and help them get comfortable with their new school. WEB is in its 9th year at Beach and is led by Mike Lott, Brian Boos, Amy Doma and David Slusser. The program trains eighth-graders leaders to work with small groups of sixth-graders with the goal of building relationships among the groups. “When I went into sixth-grade, I was really nervous,” said WEB leader Juniper. “I want to help these sixth-graders.” Mr.

Slusser said that the WEB leaders help the sixth-graders feel more comfortable starting a new grade in a new building, but also fos-ters relationships among grades all year long.

“The orientation day activities focus on learning each other’s names, playing fun team building games, learning strategies to be successful at Beach, and a fun-themed school tour,” said Mr. Boos.

Over 180 6th graders gathered in the gymnasium and formed circles where they learned each others names and took turns an-swering fun 'get to know you' ques-tions. “Coming in before school started helped me feel welcomed and know where to go on the first day,” said sixth-graders Ad-die and Elleri. “We all felt better afterward," added Grace. WEB leaders will be role models for the sixth-graders all year long and check in with their small groups often. The high school of-fers a similar program called Link Crew for freshmen.

2018-19 YEARBOOK

ON SALE SOON!

Yearbooks are on sale for $25. For $30, your child’s name can be embossed on the front cover. This makes a great gift idea for your student. The year-book is hardcover completely in color. All sorts of activities will be included, such as sports, clubs, spirit days, and candid student pictures. Don’t be left out! Forms are available at the office or from Mrs. Wagoner or Mrs. Elkins You can also order on-line from the yearbook sec-tion of the Beach Middle School homepage. After December 28, the cost will be $28. After Feb-ruary 22, the cost will be $30.00 and names cannot be added. Please make checks paya-ble to Beach Middle School.

HOMEWORK

HOT PAGE

Please be aware that

your child’s homework is

posted each afternoon on

our Homework Hot Page.

This can be located on

our Beach webpage

STUDENT

ATTENDANCE

It is important for

you to call the Beach

Middle School office if

your child is going to miss

school. Please notify the office

before 9:00 AM by calling 433-

2200 X2010, the day of the ab-

sence or email the office.

If you have a new

address, telephone, email

address, work phone num-

ber or emergency contacts,

please call the office and let

us know. Also note that most

correspondence is sent through

email. Please make sure we

have your most current email

address.

MEDICATION AT SCHOOL

Please be aware that all

medication must be brought to

the office when the student en-

ters the school building, in-

cluding any non-prescribed

medication. Non-prescribed

AND prescription medication

must accompany a Chelsea

School District Medication Pre-

scriber/Parent Authorization

form available at the office.

Prescription medication must

be in the current prescription

bottle. Under no circumstances

should students distribute

medication to other students.

This is very important for the

safety of our

Beach Middle

School students.

Thank you for

your support!

SCHOOL CLOSING

INFORMATION

To get information regarding whether school has been closed, please call 433-2275. Evening activities are cancelled when

school is cancelled.

2018-19 Daily Bell Schedule

Zero Hour 7:35-8:10

Warning Bell 8:05

1st Hour 8:10-9:10

2nd Hour 9:14-10:14

3rd Hour 10:18-11:18

A Lunch 11:22-11:52

4th Hour/A 11:52-12:54

4th Hour/B 11:22:-11:53

B Lunch 11:53-12:23

4th Hour/C 11:24-12:54

C Lunch 12:24-12:54

5th Hour 12:58-1:58

6th Hour 2:02-3:02

IMPORTANT INFO FOR PARENTS

October 2018 Beach Calendar

1………………..……………………………………………………………...……VB-B vs Lincoln/VB-G @ Monroe

1……………..…………………………………...6 GRADE CAMP BEGINS/Blue Team M-W/Gold Team W-F

2………………………….…………….……………………………………….FB-B @ Ypsilanti/FB-G vs. Pinckney

3…………………………………………………………….……..………………….…….STUDENT COUNT DAY

3……………………………………….………………………………..…..…….VB-B @ Pinckney/VB-G vs. Adrian

5…………………………………………………….…………………….………………………..….FH vs. Greenhills

6…...……………………………..CC-@ Hudson Mills Invite/VB-B & G (8th only) @ SEC 8th Invitr @ WSEC

6…………………………………………………….……….Fiddle Club Concert with CHO @ CHS Aud/7:00 PM

8……..……………………………………………...…..………………………….VB-B vs. Dexter/VB-G @ Bedford

9…………………… …………………………………..…………………….…FB-B vs. Adrian/FB-G @ Tecumseh

10………….……………….…...……..CC @ Saline-SEC Jam #3/VB-B @ Tecumseh/VB-G vs. Saline/FH-TBA

11…………………………………………8th Grade DC final cookie dough fundraiser begins/ends on Oct 25

15…………………………………….…………….…………...…………………VB-B vs. Monroe/VB-G @ Lincoln

16…………………………………………………...……………………..……….FB-B @ Dexter/FB-G vs Ypsilanti

17………………………………..…………………………………………….……..VB-B vs Dexter/VB-B @ Dexter

17……………………………...………………..BMS PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES/3:45-7:00 PM

19……………………………………………………………....………….……………...PICTURE RETAKE DAY

19……………………………………………………………………….…….Half day for students/dismiss at 11:21

20…………………………………………………………………..……..CC Mega Jam vs. Saline @ Hudson Mills

22……………………………………………………………...…………………VB-B @ Lincoln/VB-G vs. Pinckney

23………………………………………………………………………..………...FB-B vs. Monroe/FB-G @ Saline B

24……………. …………………………………..CHS/BMS Band Fall Echoes Concert/7:00 PM/CHS Aud

25……………………8th Grade DC cookie dough fundraiser ends/money and orders due TODAY

25…………………………………………..…...BMS PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES/3:45-7:00 PM

30……………………………...…………Orchestra Halloween Concert/6th-12th grades/CHS/7:00 PM