RLA/Hybrid Change Request Form

The following message went out today from BMS Principal Lisa Oliver. It is included here for your convenience.

Please disregard this email if you do not wish to make a change at this time. Please use the link below to communicate with the Leadership Team a request to change your student's RLA/ Hybrid placement.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUylT0_dVO6cNKI2iC0vwGNlwbW74R_IzZaQTVgLTYDDagJg/viewform

Fill out the form in order to change a student’s placement from our Remote Learning Academy (RLA) to our hybrid in-person learning model (or from in-person learning to RLA). 

As a reminder, currently our in-person model is two in-person days per week (Monday/ Thursday OR Tuesday/ Friday) with a three day remote component. Our RLA is fully remote and students must attend virtually Monday - Friday, 8:45- 3:00. Consistent attendance (including virtual attendance) is an expectation for both models. If you choose to change your child’s placement, please know that this will result in a change of your student’s team and teachers.

If you would like to change, please submit the form no later than Friday, March 12th. The 3rd trimester begins on March 17th.

Para cambiar la ubicación de su hijo en español para el tercer trimestre, llame a la oficina principal al 978-921-6103

Para alterar a colocação do seu aluno em português para o terceiro trimestre, ligue para o escritório central em 978-921-6103

No School Friday March 12

There will be no classes -- in person or online -- on Friday, March 12. Teachers will be engaged in professional development this day.

Please note that Thursday, March 11 is a regular school day for BMS students. They will attend all in-person or online classes as they normally would on a Thursday. It is noted as an "early release day" on the district calendar, but since most students leave the building anyway at 1:00, we do not need to adjust our schedule for the day.

Summer @ GUS

The Glen Urquhart School in Beverly has 4 summer programs running from June 21 to August 20, 2021 for students entering grades 2 through 9.

See this flyer for more information or go to gus.org/summer.

Yearbook Cover Preview!

 Congratulations to 8th grade Tara MacNeil for winning the yearbook cover contest!

If you want to order a yearbook, don't delay! March 31 is the deadline.

Order today at 
www.jostensyearbooks.com 
The deadline for yearbook orders is 
March 31, 2021 

By Tara MacNeil

Yearbook Cover Winner Announced!

Congratulations to 8th grade Tara MacNeil for winning the yearbook cover contest!

If you want to order a yearbook, don't delay! March 31 is the deadline.

Order today at 
www.jostensyearbooks.com 
The deadline for yearbook orders is 
March 31, 2021 

By Tara MacNeil

BevEd Grant Workshop 3/10 - Sign Up Now

The Beverly Education Foundation's Annual Grants Program is open! Teachers and parents may apply for grants to support Beverly Public School students.  The deadline for grant applications is Friday, March 12 @ 5 pm. Apply now for programs & initiatives for the 2021-2022 academic year

Not sure how this works? Don't miss the grant writing workshop on March 10. To sign up, please email Liz at: erc7@comcast.net. You will receive an email back with a link to attend the workshop on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, from 3:15-4:30 p.m.

For more information, go to 
https://www.bevedfoundation.org/grants/

Summer Activities List

Many camps and other organizations have registration open now for summer programs. 

The Beverly Rec Department CIT Program: Students who will be at least 13 by July 1 may apply to be a CIT (counselor in training) for a small fee. Complete this application then either mail it to the Rec Department (55 Ober St., Beverly, MA 01915) or scan it and email to Jon (jpaddol@beverlyma.gov).

Local Youth Sports Signup Links

 Registration and tryouts for many local youth sports leagues is going on now:

• Beverly Girls Softball
• Beverly Little League
• Beverly Youth Soccer
• Beverly Youth Football & Cheerleading
• Beverly Youth Hockey

Morning Student Announcement Video

 Today's Morning Student Announcement is here!

Yearbook Ordering Deadline Approaches!

Masks. Elections. Virtual classes. This school year will be talked about forever. The yearbook is truly the most important keepsake from this remarkable time. Our yearbook staff is working hard to put together a historic book that will be looked back upon to remember one of the most unpredictable school years of all time. 

WE WANT EVERYONE INCLUDED!
If you did not get your photo taken on school picture day, we still want to include you in the yearbook! Please submit a photo with your full name and grade to yearbook advisor Mrs. Vanderslice at kvanderslice@beverlyschools.org.

This year’s book will include:

• Cover and back page art created by student artists
• Professional photos of staff and students by grade
• Pages highlighting each dynamic team at BMS

Order today at 
www.jostensyearbooks.com 
The deadline for yearbook orders is 
March 31, 2021

Final Call: Teen Poetry Contest Deadline Wednesday

The Beverly Public Library is accepting entries from local teens in grades 6 through 12 for the Annual Teen Poetry Contest.

The contest will close for entries on Wednesday, March 3 at 4 PM.

Find complete information about the contest, including rules, submission form, and other details, at www.beverlypubliclibrary.org/teens.

Beverly Youth Sports Sign Ups

Registration and tryouts for many local youth sports leagues is going on now:

• Beverly Girls Softball
• Beverly Little League
• Beverly Youth Soccer
• Beverly Youth Football & Cheerleading
• Beverly Youth Hockey

Apply Now: Beverly Education Foundation Annual Grant Program

The Beverly Education Foundation's Annual Grants Program is open! Teachers and parents may apply for grants to support Beverly Public School students.  The deadline for grant applications is Friday, March 12 @ 5 pm. Apply now for programs & initiatives for the 2021-2022 academic year

Not sure how this works? Don't miss the grant writing workshop on March 10. To sign up, please email Liz at: erc7@comcast.net. You will receive an email back with a link to attend the workshop on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, from 3:15-4:30 p.m.

For more information, go to 
https://www.bevedfoundation.org/grants/

BPL Teen Paper Flower Making Workshop

Hop on Zoom to learn how to make paper flowers bloom. Join Katie N., the Beverly Public Library's teen librarian, to learn how to make origami flowers or storybook roses out of book pages. 

Register before March 1 and then pick up a Craft Kit next week, between March 1-5 during Front Door Service hours. 

You'll get the Zoom link before the event -- then join in on Zoom on March 6 at 2 PM for a workshop on making paper flowers. 

Student Council Meets Next Monday & Thursday

Attention Grade 5, 6, and 7 Students:

Are you interested in student government? Have you considered joining Student Council?

The eighth grade would love to have students representatives from each team involved! We will be working on creating bylaws, ideas for School Spirit and Social activities, Civic Engagement, and many other student government-related activities.

Meetings are on alternating Mondays and Thursdays via Google Meets. This should meet the needs of most students who may be involved in other after school activities.

The next Monday meeting is Monday, March 1 at 3:15; the next Thursday meeting is Thursday, March 4 at 3:15.

If you are interested, please contact Ms. Benosky as soon as possible at jbenosky@beverlyschools.org.

Equity - Diversity - Inclusion Club Starts Monday

Madame Faria invites students and staff to join her in a new club that gets started on Monday, March 1 at 3:15 p.m. It will meet here: https://meet.google.com/jhd-qaxo-mes

Questions? Reach out to Mme Faria at lfaria@beverlyschools.org

Message from the Superintendent

A message from our Superintendent, Sue Charochak, went out via email on Thursday afternoon and is replicated here for your reference:

Good Afternoon Beverly School Community,

I am writing to you today with an update regarding our District Reopening planning process. On February 24th, the School Committee met to begin considering options to increase in person learning as part of the transition to a return to full in person learning in Beverly. Our goal throughout the year has consistently been the safe return of as many students as possible to in-person school settings. We cannot underscore the benefits of attending school in person and the positive impact it has on students’ mental and social emotional health.

In considering all options, the district is engaged in consultation with our local public health experts, including the Beverly Public Health Department, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Massachusetts chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the state Department of Public Health. The Beverly school community, staff, students, parents and families, have all been vigilant in implementing all our key mitigation strategies including face coverings, distancing, hand hygiene, and staying home when you are experiencing symptoms or have had a risk of exposure. We will continue to work together to ensure these standards are met and that we are doing everything we can as a district to keep students and staff safe and healthy.

Our next step is to survey parents and staff to better understand their preferences moving forward with respect to in-person learning models. We acknowledge that parents value in-person learning and are also cognizant of the importance of protecting the health of our staff and students, which has been our paramount concern over the last year and will remain so going forward. Parents that have elected to participate in the Remote Learning Academy will have the opportunity to remain in that model through the end of the school year.

Yesterday’s announcement by the state’s Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jeffrey Riley, served as an affirmation of our goal to expand in-person learning. Beverly has addressed the challenges of this pandemic from the beginning with the closure in March of 2020, finding innovative ways to keep students engaged in their learning. We are committed to that same innovative approach in the next phase, our transition to full-time in-person learning. We will continue to work collaboratively with all of our stakeholders — teachers, students, staff, families, healthcare providers and public health experts — to safely expand in-person learning, and we will make every effort to keep you all engaged and informed throughout this process.

Sue Charochak, Ed.D.

Beverly Public Library Teen Poetry Contest

The Beverly Public Library is accepting entries from local teens in grades 6 through 12 for the Annual Teen Poetry Contest.

 
The contest will close for entries on Wednesday, March 3 at 4 PM.

Find complete information about the contest, including rules, submission form, and other details, at www.beverlypubliclibrary.org/teens.

Postcard and Stamp Donations Sought

Postcard from student in Taiwan

The BMS Postcrossing account has sent and also received 34 postcards to/from 23 countries around the world. The PTO has generously been supporting this program to help pay for postage and postcards purchased at Gordon's.

You can see many of these cards and the messages people have written on the BMS Postcrossing blog.

We would love to get some postcard donations with images of the local area (Beverly, the North Shore, Boston, Massachusetts), as well as cards featuring art, sports, animals, and more that we can use to send to people! They must be unused postcards and not be folded notecards. 

If you have some postcards or interesting stamps (including low value stamps) that you can donate to us, please contact Ms. Woznick (awoznick@beverlyschools.org).

Here's a picture of a packet of materials that a school in Taiwan sent us just this week - and today we received some cards as well!

BMS Raises Over $2000 for Family Promise

The Color Wars fundraiser before vacation was a great success - it was fun AND it raised $2,117.96 for Family Promise! 

A special shout-out to Grade 7, who "won" by raising the most money: $651.32!