Ballenger Creek Middle School 5525 Ballenger Creek Pike - Frederick, Maryland 21703 phone: 240-236-5700 fax: 240-236-5701 Mita Badshah, Principal ~ Tom Blair, Assistant Principal ~ David Early, Assistant Principal
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BCMS Staff and Students would like to thank Mr. Wolf for the donation of basketball nets for our playground courts. They are greatly appreciated and are their use is enjoyed daily.
Honors Convocation
Honors convocations will be held on Wednesdays, the order will be 6th, 8th and 7th grades, during specials:
May 28 - 3rd term honors program,
grades 6 and 7 during specials
8th grade in the evening from 7:00-8:30 in the cafeteria
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Issue of Safety and Courtesy
Some BCMS parents have expressed a concern that in the haste of parents dropping off students, some drivers may not take care or look for pedestrians. Please be very watchful for moving vehicles when you drop off your child. If you park to come inside or walk your child inside, be mindful of other drivers and buses. Again, please take the time to drop your child at the drop off area.
Also, for safety reasons, there can be NO U-TURNS anywhere in the driveway or at the stop sign and NO CARS can be in the bus lane 7:20-8:00 a.m. The front parking lot is only for handicap drop-off or pick up if a parent is coming into the building. All students MUST be dropped off at the designated place.
HELP OUR ENVIRONMENT and BCMS at the same time. We are recycling empty ink jet cartridges, old cell phones and aluminum cans to earn extra funds for our school.
Please give your cans to Mr. Allen in room 175. Cell phones and ink jet cartridges can be brought to Mr. Allen's classroom (175) or to Mrs. Purdy in the back computer lab (138).
Remember to place your aluminum cans from lunch in the reycling bin located by the entrance to the snack line.
Check the Community Page for the
See the "Clubs" page for BRAVO Club and Drama Club News
BCMS PTSA Officers
President: Cara Dragan
Vice President: Courtney McFee
Treasurer: Renee Knapp
Secretary: Courtney Jones
Fundraising Chair: Beth Webb
Membership Chairs: Conchita King and Suzanne Fioravanti
For more information contact the PTSA at BCMSPTA@yahoo.com.
Welcome to the updated BCMS Web Site!
If you have any suggestions for what you would like to see on this web site, please contact the BCMS Webmaster.
For easy access to our counseling office information choose (click on)Counseling Department for general information or for grade specific information choose your student's counselor.
Counselor assignments for the school year 2008-09 are as follows:
Grade 6 - Mrs. Krauss
Grade 7 - Ms. Peck
Grade 8 - Mrs. Reddington
Important Dates
April
23 - MSA Science Grade 8 only
24 - MSA Science Grade 8 only
25 - Multicultural Festival 8:00am - 8:00pm
29 - Sixth grade Spring Concert 7- 9:00pm
May
6 - Seventh grade Spring Concert 6:30 pm
13 - Eighth grade spring Concert 7:00 pm
16 - Drama Club Performance of "Aladdin" 7 pm
17 - Drama Club Performance of "Aladdin" 7 pm
21 - Parent Information Night 6:30 to 7:30 pm
22 - High School Assessment - Algebra
August
13 - Open House
(for all BCMS students and their families) 9am - 6pm
20 - Back-to-School Night
(for ALL GRADES) 6:30pm - 8:00pm
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PARENTS COUNT!
WHY FINANCIAL LITERACY COUNTS
Earning money and knowing how to use it wisely are arguably two of the most important skills needed to survive on this planet.
Studies show that if a child doesn’t learn financial literacy at home, chances are he or she won’t learn it at all. That’s why your role as a parent is key.
Here are some tips on helping your child to become financially literate:
Give your child a piggy bank, or open a savings account
for him or her and encourage regular deposits.
Let your child make small choices about what to buy with his or her
own money.
Demonstrate setting a budget, comparison shopping, paying bills.
Have a conversation with your teen about the real cost of life after
high school. Share what you know about rent, mortgages, taxes, health
insurance, car payments and saving for retirement.
Explain the pitfalls of using credit cards. Do not let your young teenager
have a credit card.
Encourage your child to take an economics or financial literacy class
in high school.
Help your teen set short- and long-term financial goals, and work out
a budget with them when they get that first part-time job.
To find more tips on helping your child become financially literate, visit: http://www.mbrt.org/parents/default.asp http://financialeducation.citigroup.com/citigroup/financialeducation/index.htm www.fpa.net and www.jumpstart.org.
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