The Weekly Update #4
August 21st, 2026
From the desk of Principal Loyd:
Bobcats,
As we approach our first progress report of the 9 weeks, please note that we will begin grade repair next week for any students that are failing 3 or more courses. We currently have 843 course failures on campus (the number is usually closer to 400), which is the individual number of classes that students are not passing. With this being said I would like to reference our teacher tutoring spreadsheet: BMS Teacher Tutorial Schedule
This spreadsheet houses each of our teacher's tutorial days and times. Please note that if your student arrives before school (before 7:40 AM) they will need to enter through the front of the building and if they stay after school, you can request that their teacher put them on our tutorial sweep list so they receive a reminder from an administrator to stay for tutorials. We appreciate all of our Barton Parents that partner with us to ensure the academic success of their students on our campus.
We are seeing a marked increase in the amount of trash that is being left around campus in common areas. Please encourage your student to be part of our campus community and clean up after themselves. Our custodial staff works tirelessly to keep our campus running and maintain cleanliness. Excess trash that is left during mealtimes in the morning and at lunches places extra stress on our custodial staff and adds more to their already full schedule of caring for our campus. We appreciate your support in this matter and assisting us to keep our campus clean so that we can provide more incentives for our students during these mealtimes like our sports equipment cart and extra fun times during Bobcat Hour.
We have a very busy week coming up this week with our annual Homecoming football game, Red Ribbon week and finally Homecoming Dance this coming Thursday from 6-9PM. Homecoming tickets are sold in the front office or online on our RevTrak site for $5, we look forward to seeing all of our Bobcats here for a good time that evening. Parents, a pro-tip to make your pickup easier at 9 PM is to arrive early and back into a parking spot in our parking lot. This way, you can load your student and head out in a more efficient manner. The typical 'car loop' style pickup is not necessary, but optional for our extracurricular events, such as dances. We hope this helps!
Thank you for partnering with us at BMS.
Livin' the Dream,
Mr. Loyd
Reading Plus Expectations
2 Reading and 2 Vocab
Living The Dream,
Mr. Loyd
From our PTA
8th grade parents, we are asking for your assistance to stock the lounge for the BMS staff. If you would like to contribute, please click on the link below and thanks in advance. Stock The Lounge- 7th Grade parents
If you have not joined the BMS PTA yet, please clink on the link --> Barton.FutureFund.com
We will also start our Reading Plus expectations next week since every Bobcat should have completed their BOY screener in Bobcat Hour this week. I am attempting to get Reading Plus to reset at midnight on Fridays like years past but have not been successful yet. Hopefully I am so Bobcats can get it done ahead of time and enjoy a Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Fun day next week.
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