Boonsboro Middle Newsletter

Hello, Warrior families!

I hope you have had a safe, relaxing, and exciting summer. It's hard to believe that the start of the school year is quickly approaching.

Please be on the lookout for monthly messages, delivered on the 1st school day of each month, with important dates and information.

This year we will also take time each month to spotlight our PBIS program and the importance of attendance.

👍👊 PBIS SPOTLIGHT 👍👊

A new year is always a great opportunity for a fresh start. At the beginning of the year we always take time to remind students of our PBIS expectations;

• Be Respectful
• Be Responsible
• Be Ready

Each month we will celebrate students with exciting events. To qualify each month students must meet the following criteria:

• No more than 3 total infractions
• No more than 1 referral
• No ISS or OSS (In-School Suspension/ Out of School Suspension)

ALL STUDENTS will be eligible for our first PBIS event on Friday, August 29.

Our second PBIS event will be Color Wars Rumble on Wed., September 24.

📢📢ATTENDANCE SPOTLIGHT 📢📢

In thinking about our Be Ready expectation, I want to take a moment to challenge every student to having exemplary attendance this year. We believe that everyday matters, and significant research exists that shows how student achievement, and well-being, decreases when students miss 10% or more of a single school year.

Families - you can help support student attendance by establishing routines at home including; designated sleeping and wake-up times, having electronics charge overnight outside of the students' bedrooms, packing lunch the night before, etc.

This year we will be emphasizing the importance of attendance including:

• Routinely recognizing and rewarding students that have excellent attendance
• Random reward days where every student in attendance has the opportunity to participate
• I will continue to share about the importance of attendance each month

Justin Bright

Principal

August 25 - First Day of School

August 29 - 2 HR Early Dismissal, PBIS Event

September 1 - Labor Day, NO SCHOOL

September 24 - 2 HR Early Dismissal, Color Wars Rumble

October 16 - Warrior Walk

October 17 - Association Day, NO SCHOOL

October 22 - Picture Day

October 30 - 2 HR Early Dismissal, End of MP 1

October 31 - Professional Learning Day, NO SCHOOL for Students

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Arrival:

• Doors open at 8:20
• No car riders can be dropped off in the bus loop at any time

Dismissal

• Car riders and walkers dismissed at 3:30
• First wave buses dismissed at 3:32, second wave by announcement

• Cell phones are expected to be off and out of sight during the instructional day.

• Students are encouraged to lock their cell phones in their lockers, or place them in the designated cubbies in each classroom. Administrators have the authority to confiscate a student's cell phone if it is out or being used.

• Students are permitted to have their cell phones during lunch and lunch recreation. However, per WCPS policy, students cannot be making phone calls, FaceTime, taking pictures, or recording during this time.

• Students are only permitted to have refillable water bottles, with a lid, during school and in their classrooms.
• Other drinks, such as sodas, juice boxes, etc. can be kept in lockers and consumed at lunch.
• Students are not permitted to have energy drinks at any time while in the school building.