Bloomer Middle School

Bloomer Middle School families,

While it looked a bit different than past years, Halloween at BMS was fun for all. We celebrated with a costume contest, a school-wide murder mystery game and homeroom celebrations.

Increased cases of COVID have resulted in a staff shortage in our district and we are making the shift to remote learning, November 4th through November 16th. The remote learning schedule is included below. Additional information was sent home with your student(s) and emailed to you. Please reach out to us with any questions.

Stay Healthy!

Rhonda Herrick

BMS Principal

The schedule below will be followed on Remote Learning Days.

Students will Google Meet with their teacher at the start of each period, as listed below.

Those who do not join the Google Meet at the start of each period, will be marked absent.

1st Hour: 8:00 - 8:40

2nd Hour: 8:50 - 9:30

3rd Hour: 9:40 - 10:20

Resource/Homeroom: 10:30 - 11:10

Lunch: 11:10 - 11:50

6th Hour: 11:50 - 12:30

7th Hour: 12:40 - 1:20

8th hour: 1:30 - 2:10

Teacher's available for questions and reteaching: 2:10 - 3:30

At Bloomer Middle School, we have transitioned to a student-friendly report card with clearly defined learning targets aligned to high quality, balanced assessments. The purpose of target-based grading is to identify what a student knows, or is able to do, in relation to pre-established learning targets, as opposed to simply averaging grades/scores over the course of a grading period, which can mask what a student has learned, or not learned, in a specific course.

The following Proficiency Criteria will be used to provide feedback to students and parents:

Proficient (3) - You Got It!The student has fully demonstrated content proficiency and skill application for the learning target at this point in the school year.

Approaching (2) - Almost Got It!The student has demonstrated partial content proficiency and skill application for the learning target at this point in the school year. Partial development indicates progress with gaps in understanding and/or certain misconceptions.

Beginning (1) - Not Quite Yet!The student has demonstrated minimal evidence of content proficiency and skill application for the learning target at this point in the school year. The student has large gaps in understanding and/or application and is able to show success only with significant adult assistance.

No Evidence (NE) - The student has demonstrated no evidence of progress toward the expected content/skills for the particular learning target at this point in the school year.

Students who are earning an academic grade of “NE” (no evidence)on one or more learning targets at the end of a week will be suspended from extracurricular activities for the following week, this includes: athletic events, club events and field trips.

The Target-Based Report Card seeks to provide meaningful feedback so both students and parents can track student progress toward mastery of key academic concepts, reflect upon strengths and weaknesses, and identify multiple pathways to deepen learning.