BMS Parent Newsletter

School safety is always an important part of the BMS educational setting. Blanco MS and Blanco ISD have partnered with Stay Alert to provide an avenue for students, parents, teachers, and community members to report issues related to school safety. If you are aware of an incident, situation, activity, etc. that needs to be reported to school officials, please utilize one of the Stay Alert program avenues to report it. Those reporting can choose to remain anonymous.

You can report:

online at www.stayalert.info

by email to report@stayalert.info

by text to 206-406-6485

by phone to 206-406-6485

The BMS Bands will have their Fall Concert on Tuesday, December 13 in the BMS Gymnasium. The Concert will start at 6:30 PM. Come enjoy an evening of music! Ms. Pranger is the BMS Band Director.

BMS Band students travelled to Burnet to try out for the Region Band on Saturday, December 5. Students perform in front of judges who rate their performance in relation to the other students from Blanco and other Region schools trying out on the same instrument. The judges fill 2 different bands (concert and symphonic) with students who performed best in the tryouts. BMS had 21 students earn a position in the region band. This was the most of any school our size, and more than most schools that are larger than Blanco. Mr. Pranger is the BMS Band Director. Below is a list of students who were named to the Region Band and their placements.

Flute

Lily Bendele 4th chair Symphonic Band

Corinne Unterbrink 6th chair Symphonic Band

Amelia Bonar 7th chair Symphonic Band

Luis Gonzales 8th chair Symphonic Band

Damien Soto 7th chair Concert Band

Chris Martinez 10th chair Concert Band

Clarinet

Chloe Green 4th chair Symphonic Band

Bass Clarinet

Isabella Carbo 1st chair symphonic band

Andrew Martinez 3rd chair symphonic band

Alto Sax

Fletcher Hall 2nd chair symphonic band

Trumpet

Avery Smith 8th chair symphonic band

Roger Barrera 10th chair concert band

Xavier Ayala 12th chair concert band

French horn

Asa Anderson 1st chair concert band

Maeryn VanOmerrren 2nd chair concert band

Trombone

Henry Pfluger 1st chair Symphonic band

Kyson Millard 8th chair concert band

Euphonium

Marcella Carbo 4th chair concert band

Keegan Darling 6th chair concert band

Tuba

Zane Hood 4th chair symphonic band

Percussion

Rocky Barrera 3rd chair symphonic band

The Blanco MS One Act Play competed in the District One Act Play Contest in Ingram Saturday, December 3. Comfort, Ingram, Llano, Brady, and IDEA are in the OAP District. Brady and IDEA did not compete in the contest. The Blanco OAP cast and crew won FIRST PLACE for their performance of The Girl in the White Pinafore written by Jiggs Burgess. This was the second year in a row that the BMS OAP won the District Contest. Ms. Moncus is the Blanco OAP Director. The Cast and Crew are below:

Stella Byrom - Honorable Mention All Star Cast

Emmalee Mendez

Sadie Walker - All Star Cast

Avery Flack

Summer Horton

CJ Kuzins

Cadence Delarosa - All Star Cast

Carlos Zarate - Honorable Mention All Star Cast

Elizabeth Snodgrass

Oliver Hayes

Hallelujah Hussing

Ethan Gonzales - All Star Cast

Kenley Ward

Salomah Macauley

Ella Tabor

Leyla Jaimes

Sofia Jimenez

Addilynn Stevenson

Chloe Herring

Ilina Lopez

The 7th grade math students completed an activity where they created a Proportional and Non-Proportional Situation and had to represent their situation with a graph, table and equation and provide an explanation of why it was Proportional or Non-Proportional. Ms. Unterbrink is the 7th grade math teacher.

EDITED!!! - The BMS Girls Basketball teams hosted Comfort on Monday, December 5. Due to illness Comfort only had one B team with combined 7th and 8th grade girls. The Blanco combined B team won their game. The 7th Grade A team won their game as well. The 8th Grade A team played hard but lost their game.

Season Records:

7A = 2-2

7B = 1-1

8A = 1-3

8B = 0-2

Combined B team = 1-0

The next game will be Monday, December 12 at Florence.

The BMS Boys Basketball teams travelled to Comfort Monday, December 5. The 8th Grade B team won their game. The 7th Grade A, and 7th Grade B teams and 8th Grade A team came up short in their contest. The next game will be Monday, December 12 at home against Florence.

Season Records:

7A - 1-2

7B - 1-2

8A - 0-3

8B - 3-0

BMS teachers, staff, and students provide shout outs to those who have gone above and beyond, provided help to another person, been a good citizen, accomplished a task/goal, won an athletic contest, participated in an activity or competition, or just need recognition for doing something nice, etc. These are our SHOUT OUTS for the week:

7th/8th Grade Girls Basketball B Team for their win over Comfort.

8th Grade Boys Basketball B Team for their win over Comfort.

OAP for winning the District Contest.

Band students for competing in the Region Band Auditions.

Band students who were named to the Region Band.

Ms. Hood and Zane for providing treats for teachers and staff.

Ms. Moncus for her hard work directing OAP.

Mr. Pranger for his hard work helping our band students make the Region Band.

If you have questions related to middle school, please contact the appropriate person at BMS:

Brad Kinney: Principal - brad.kinney@blancoisd.org

Sallie Lyons: Counselor - sallie.lyons@blancoisd.org

Cheryl Tesch: Registrar - cheryl.tesch@blancoisd.org

Paula Batey: Administrative Assistant - paula.batey@blancoisd.org

BMS Phone: 830-833-5570