Banks Middle School

Happy Friday BMS Community! We have several topics to share about today. Read on for the following information:

• We are so excited to be able to provide summer school this year thanks to our ODE summer learning grant! We have some awesome projects and enrichments planned alongside literacy learning to prevent summer slide. See below for details, registration is open now.
• 7th Grade Parents – Can You Help Make 8th Grade Promotion a Success? Promotion will be on June 9th at the high school, and we need volunteers to assist with refreshment tables, hand out programs, wrangle 8th graders, and help with take down. Sign up here to be part of this special day!
• Our final Band and Choir concert is next Thursday 5/28 from 6:30-7:30 in the BHS Gym. Come join us for an evening of music and celebration of our talented students!
• The PTO is also looking for chaperones and snack donations for the Dance next Friday.
• Our 6th graders have been working hard all year on their World Expo projects and we are hosting an open house for parents and elementary students to come check out their projects on June 5th from 8:45-9:45 am in the 6th grade hall. Come check it out!
• Many thanks to the parents who donated to our sound system repair project for the gym! The project is fully funded now and we are working on getting it scheduled so we can kick off next school year with it ready to go!
• Three Hillsboro Hops employees gave a career talk with students about careers in Sports yesterday! Check out the photos and recap below! Huge shout out to Ms. Vanderzanden for organizing our career talk speaker series this year.
• We are again partnering with 1st Day School supplies so parents can order a custom BMS supply kit for next school year through 1st Day School supplies, orders are due July 1! Order here.
• Mark your calendars! We will celebrate our 8th graders transition to high school at our 8th grade promotion ceremony on Tuesday, June 9th from 7-8 pm in the BHS gym.

Best wishes,

Caitlin Everett

Banks Middle School Principal

May 28: BMS Choir and Band Concert 6:30-7:30 pm in the BHS Gym

May 29: Spring Dance (6:00-7:30 pm) + Leadership Bingo night in the cafeteria

June 5: Parents invited to view World Expo 6th grade projects from 8:45-9:45 am

June 9: 8th Grade Field trip to Oaks Park - last day of school for 8th graders

June 9: 8th Grade Promotion 7-8 pm in the BHS Gym

June 11: Field day - last day of school for 6th and 7th graders, half day (release at 11:30 am)

We are excited to be offering summer school again this year thanks to our recently awarded summer learning grant from the Oregon Department of Education! This year's summer academy for secondary will have a similar format as last summer, where students will have a combination of literacy instruction and engaging, hands-on enrichment classes with literacy connections.

If you are interested in secondary summer school (for students in incoming grades 6-12), please review our Summer School Overview document to learn more about the programming and logistical details before filling out the registration form. The overview includes information on transportation, meals, schedule, programming, and behavioral expectations.

In person summer school will go from July 6th to July 30th, Mondays through Thursdays (Fridays off), from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm.

The registration form serves as the formal registration tool for Banks School District Grades 6-12 Summer Academy. If you have more than one student to enroll, please fill out this form once for each student.

Deadline: The deadline for registering your student for summer school is Monday June 11th, 2025

Our visit from the Hillsboro Hops yesterday afternoon was great! Kyle, Hannah, and Ivan shared about the year-round jobs they do in the front office, as well as the multitude of other year-round and seasonal jobs that around 300 employees take care of to support the baseball team, games, stadium, and fans! Not only were our presenters fantastic, the students were great too! Our guests commented that they were a great audience. They were engaged, respectful listeners, and had great questions. They let us know they have been to many schools and were VERY impressed with our students! Thank you to Ms. Vanderzanden for organizing this special event!

5/29/26 - BMS Dance Chaperones and Snack Donations needed - Sign Up Link here (background check required). That sign up link will take you to a page you can either sign up to chaperone, or sign up to bring snacks for the students while they are at the dance (seeking goldfish, rice crispy treats, chips, and fruit snacks)

7th Grade Parents – Can You Help Make 8th Grade Promotion a Success? Promotion will be on June 9th at the high school, and we need volunteers to assist with refreshment tables, hand out programs, wrangle 8th graders, and help with take down. Sign up here to be part of this special day!

To make back to school shopping a little easier, we partner with 1st Day school supplies, they have custom kits matched to our school supply list that you can purchase at a competitive rate. Kits are shipped directly to us and the order deadline is July 1st! Click the flyer below to go to the online store.

With construction underway at BHS, our parking lot is busier than usual. Please plan to build in a little extra time during drop-off and pick-up, and thank you in advance for your patience. We also ask everyone to be mindful of sharing the space safely with construction crews who are working on site. We appreciate your cooperation as we work through these improvements together.

Homework Club is offered Mondays and Tuesdays after school in Ms. Reckers' room. Here students can have a dedicated quiet area to work on homework with the support of a teacher.

BMS Student Leadership is continuing their BottleDrop fundraiser this year as a BottleDrop Give organization and participating using “blue bags”.

Once you fill the bag, you can:

1) Have your student pick up a blue bag with QR code sticker from Ms. King

2) Return it to Mrs. King full of cans/bottles and she will take it to a BottleDrop

3) You can also return it to a BottleDrop location and make sure they scan the BMS Leadership QR code.

If you shop at Fred Meyer you are now able to support our PTO by enrolling in the Community Rewards program with Fred Meyer. Once enrolled, they will contribute $ to the PTO for all eligible purchases.

Signing up is easy. Visit https://www.fredmeyer.com. Once logged into your Fred Meyer account, you can search for Banks Middle School PTO either by name or "VI069" and then click "Enroll". New users will need to create an account, which requires some basic information, a valid email address and a rewards card.