Briggs Tiger Tracks🐅

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• May 2: 8th Grade Portraits (for Certificate of Completion) & 8th Grade Group Photo
• May 5 - 9: State Testing (more info below)
• May 16: Kona Ice Truck at BMS after school

Every Spring our 8th graders get their individual and group portraits taken. The individual portraits will appear in their Certificates of Completion that they receive at the end of the year during their "Moving on Ceremony". The 8th grade group photo is a panoramic picture. Students are encouraged to dress nice for these pictures...this does not mean formal per se, but a plain colored shirt versus a big graphic will photograph much nicer😀.

If you would like prints of your student's individual portrait or the panoramic group photo, you may pre-order online with the info in this flyer OR 8th graders will be given paper order forms in the next week that you may put cash or check in to send with your student on May 2nd to give to the Lifetouch photographer.

Our ever-so-awesome teacher Joe Hass and his students in the CTE/STEAM program are raising funds to purchase new machines, tools, and class materials for Art and Wood Shop.

This program benefits all grades - 6th, 7th , and 8th - preparing the students for CTE programs in High School. With increasing popularity for the program, we are quickly running out of hardwood and other materials. We appreciate any and all shares and donations!

Please find all information about state testing HERE.

Parents,

As a school, we only allow water inside classrooms during the school day. Any outside beverages purchased before school, must be consumed or disposed of before students are allowed into class. Please help us in helping your student by being mindful of drinks purchased close to school start time. We want to ensure students have ample time to finish them before the school day begins at 8:15 am.

Thurston High School has a newsletter for their incoming class of 2029 that we will keep updating. It has lots of links and useful information.

The following (optional) fees are now available to purchase online HERE:

• Yearbook
• Student ID Card
• PE Shirt
• Instrument Rental Fee

Once on the site, click on "1st Time Parent" to create your account WITH YOUR PARENTVUE EMAIL. It will connect to your ParentVueaccount so you can purchase items for your student.

Please make yourself familiar with our other avenues of communication! These are great ways to stay up-to-date on school happenings and events (in addition to email and newsletters)!

• Cell Phone Policy: Students that bring cell phones and other electronics to the school will need to have them turned off and put away during the school hours from 8:15 to 3:05 every day. If students need to contact a parent, they should come down to the office to do so. Please help us to enforce this expectation so students can concentrate on their classes and school work while at school. You can view our cell phone policy HERE.

• Sports: We are excited to partner with Willamalane to provide after school sports. Students who are planning on participating in our fall sports of flag football, cross country, or volleyball can now register at the Willamalane website (www.willamalane.org) under “Youth Sports”. Fall sports will start on September 20th.

We are excited to have our very own online store. 10% of all proceeds come back to Briggs Middle School. There are plenty of designs to choose from and we love seeing students, parents, and community supporters rep our merch. Feel free to visit the store and check it out.

Briggs Middle School Online store

Looking to volunteer at Briggs? We need YOU! Please complete the following SPS Volunteer application to start the process.

English Application
Spanish Application

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