CLICK HERE for a recent article from the American Psychological Association (APA) about "Keeping Teens Safe on Social Media"

The recommendations from the APA are as follows:

1) Recognize developing brains may be especially vulnerable to specific social media features

2) Monitor and discuss your child's social media use

3) Model healthy social media use

4) Watch for problematic social media use

5) Teach social media literacy

CLICK HERE for the recent health advisory on social media use in adolescence from the American Psychological Association

Please click below for Common Sense Education's Family Engagement Toolkit, which includes resources for parents to support healthy media and tech use by students at school and home.

Monday, May 22nd - Red Sox Day (Wear your red and/or Red Sox gear)

Tuesday, May 23rd - Boston Celtics Day (Wear your green and/or Celtics gear)

Wednesday, May 24th - Crazy Hat Day

Thursday, May 25th - Color Day (5th Grade - Purple, 6th Grade - Orange, 7th Grade - Green, 8th Grade - Red)

Friday, May 26th - Red, White, and Blue for Memorial Day

We are currently preparing for the 2023-2024 school year and if you have not done so already we request that you complete this survey form concerning transportation for your child for next year. While the choice is yours, we encourage you to consider using the busses provided by the district as this allows children to arrive to school on time and return home in a timely manner. In addition, using the bus system helps to alleviate the congestion on Route 44, keeping the roadway open to general traffic and emergency vehicles. We do need this form completed for each child you have at Beckwith, even if they will be transferring to another school in September. Please complete this survey before May 22, 2023.

Vaccinations/state-mandated requirements needed for 7th grade students AND 6th grade students entering 7th grade in the fall: Tdap booster, 2nd Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine, Meningitis vaccine

A current physical is also required for entrance to 7th grade. As always, if your student is involved in inter-scholastic sports a physical is needed EVERY year. Physical forms and proof of immunization can be emailed to cmondor@drregional.org

Click below for the 2023-2024 School Calendar.

Barring any events that warrant a school closure, the last day of school is now June 22, 2023. This will be an early release for all students.

Click the link below to RSVP for the Grade 8 Dance and include any dietary restrictions.

GRADE 8 DANCE RSVP

The Chorus Concert will be held on June 12th at 6:30 p.m. in the DRRHS Auditorium.

The Band Concert will be held on June 14th at 6:30 p.m. in the DRRHS Auditorium. This is a new but final date and time as it was originally scheduled for June 8th and June 1st.

Please click below...

Please visit https://www.balfour.com/ to order your yearbook now!

Choose "Dorothy L. Beckwith" and insert your child's name and grade.

Please save proof of purchase for your records.

Thanks
Mrs. DiFilippo

Yearbook Advisor

The week of May 15th we will be starting our Unit on Capture the Flag!!

Click HERE and HERE to access articles on the physical and mental benefits of "Capture the Flag" and "How Physical Fitness affects Brain Function."

Vision & Hearing Screenings have begun Beckwith for grades 5 and 7 which are part of the State Mandated Screenings. If your child has recently been screened by their pediatrician or other specialist, please kindly send that information in to Mrs. Mondor, RN, School Nurse as soon as possible.

Also shortly after that Postural (Scoliosis) screenings will be held during physical education class. If you choose not to have your child participate, please send in documentation from their pediatrician that they have been checked within this past year or a letter to the nurse asking for your child to opt out of this screening.

Click below for information regarding the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School's CTE Program

CLICK HERE for the MCAS Testing Schedule.

Now through May 27, 2023 you can choose from 800 participating products and join in in raising money for BMS! Click here for more information and thank you!

Please call into the 24/7 Absence Line by the start of the school day (8:15 a.m.) to report your student's absence. Leave a message that states the name of your child and why they will be absent. To reach the absence line call 508-252-5080 and press 1. Alternatively, you may also email the Main Office at bmsattendance@drregional.org by 8:15 a.m. This email address can be used to report your student's absence as well as to report a tardy or dismissal.

Families of students who are marked as having an unexcused absence and who do not call the Absence Line or email the aforementioned email address by 8:15 a.m. will receive a phone call, text message, and email notification from the District to inform them of the student absence. The message will prompt families to call the Main Office to confirm the absence as soon as possible. The timing of the notification will be 9:15 a.m.

Please note that "Absences shall be considered excessive when students accumulate more than seven (7) full day unexcused absences or fourteen (14) half-day unexcused absences in a period of six (6) months. Please see page 13 and 14 of the Student Handbook for more information.

Absences with a doctor's note are considered excused absences. Please arrange for these doctor's notes to be sent to the Main Office via Fax Number at 508-252-5082 or via email at svincelette@drregional.org

A few months ago, you received an email from ASPEN with instructions to set up your Family Portal account. This will allow you to view your student's progress without the need to log in to your child's individual ASPEN account. The Family Portal can be accessed from any device with an internet connection, including smartphones, giving you the flexibility to stay informed from anywhere. A single login will allow you to view information for all of your children regardless of the school.

Please Click Here for the Family Portal FAQ

Click Here for the May 2023 Calendar

Click Here for the June 2023 Calendar

Click below for the latest Beckwith News Stories in the The Reporter Today

Beckwith Term 3 High Honor Roll - April 14, 2023

Beckwith Term 3 Honor Roll - April 14, 2023

Beckwith Middle School News for May - April 6, 2023

BMS Unified Basketball Team Hosts Jamboree - April 6, 2023

SEMSBA Music Festival - March 8, 2023

Basketball at Beckwith - March 8, 2023

Beckwith Term 2 High Honor Roll - February 10, 2023

Beckwith Term 2 Honor Roll - February 10, 2023

Beckwith News - January 5, 2023

Beckwith Soccer Teams -December 6, 2022

Beckwith Chronicle - December 6, 2022

Beckwith Term 1 High Honor Roll - December 4, 2022

Beckwith Term 1 Honor Roll - December 4, 2022

Please click below for the May Lunch Menu

Please click here for more information on MySchoolBucks.

Account payments can be made through MySchoolBucks.com using a debit/credit card or checks at all cafeteria registers. Please make checks payable to “Dighton Rehoboth Regional School District” and include your student’s full name in the memo line.

School meals, both breakfast and lunch, are once again free (see below); however, all students must use the point of sale system to obtain a free lunch. Please encourage your child to remember their lunch pin number because it helps to move along the lunch lines. If a student forgets their pin, then the cafeteria workers need to look it up and this stalls the lunch line.

Students will need to pay for snacks not included with the free meal and this is the reason why a parent would want to put money on their child's account.

May 23 - Rehoboth @ Somerset

May 25 - Rehoboth @ Bridgewater

May 30 - Swansea @ Rehoboth

May 31 - Seekonk @ Rehoboth

June 1 - Rehoboth @ Westport

May 24 - FINAL MEET - Berkley and Rehoboth and Raynham and Swansea @ Somerset

2022-2023 School District Calendar

May 22nd - 26th Spirit Week

May 23rd - NELMS Scholar Leader (Massachusetts Middle Level Distinguished Student Award) Celebration

May 26th - Memorial Day Ceremony

May 29th - Memorial Day - No School

May 30th - Minding Your Mind Parent Mental Health Assembly (6:00 p.m. at DRRHS) (also see above)

May 31st - Student Mental Health Assembly Changing Minds: Stories Over Stigma

May 31st - PTSA Meeting @ PRES 6:30 p.m.

June 1st - PTSA Read-a-thon Homeroom Pizza and Popsicle Party for Winners

June 2nd - 7th Grade Field Trip - Whale Watch (Captain John's - Plymouth)

June 2nd - PTSA PRES and BMS Talent Show 6:00 p.m. @ BMS (see above)

June 6th - DRRHS Senior Bus Tour (HS students visit Beckwith)

June 7th - Step Up Day for 4th Grade Students

June 7th - School Council 3:30 p.m. BMS Library

June 12th - Chorus Concert (6:30 p.m. @ DRRHS)

June 12th - 6th Grade Field Trip - Boston Museum of Science (return 3:00 p.m).

June 14th - Band Concert (6:30 p.m. @ DRRHS)

June 15th - Beckwith Believers Pot Luck (5:30 p.m.)

June 16th - 8th Grade Field Trip - Canobie Lake Park (leave 6:45 a.m.; return 3:30 p.m.)

June 16th - EOY Slide Show Grade 5 & 6

June 16th - 5th Grade Field Day

June 19th - Juneteenth (No School)

June 20th - 6th Grade Field Day

June 20th - EOY Slide Show Grade 7

June 20th - 8th Grade Promotion Rehearsal

June 21st - Breakfast - Presidential Academic Excellence and Achievement

June 21st - 8th Grade Promotion (10:00 a.m. in the Gym)

June 21st - EOY Slide Show Grade 8 and Yearbook Distribution and Cookout and Promotion Parade and Ice Cream

June 21st - 8th Grade Promotion Dance (6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.)

June 22nd -7th Grade Field Day

June 22nd - Last Day of School (Early Release - Dismissal at 11:45 p.m.)

Click the Rehoboth PTSA banner below for news and information from the PTSA

Please click below for the BCJGL Flyer.

Click the #WeAreDR photo above to link to the school district's Facebook page

The mission of the Dighton-Rehoboth middle schools, in collaboration with parents and the community, is to develop the whole child and to provide students with the knowledge, skills, global education, technology, and social responsibility to become contributing citizens and life-long learners in our ever-changing world.

Dighton Rehoboth Regional School District does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected group

CLICK HERE for the BMS Student Handbook

Email: bmsattendance@drregional.org
Website: bms.drregional.org
Location: 330r Winthrop Street, Rehoboth, MA, USA
Phone: 508-252-5080