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Veteran's Day Assembly - November 10th

On Friday, November 10th we will be honoring Veterans in our community. If you have a veteran in your family, we would love for them to be part of our Veteran's Day Assembly. We will also have a breakfast for our Veterans in the morning. Please use the QR code below to access our form to sign up for the Veteran's Day Celebration, or have your student speak with their social studies teacher.

AVID Corner - Did You Know?

Did you know...a big part of AVID is helping students learn to be organized? Two ways that you will see this with your student is by using their AVID Binder and agenda. Students should be filling in their agenda for each class, each day. This is one communication tool that will allow you to see what your student did in class and what homework they may have. Students use their binders to keep and organize their work. At any time, your student should be able to show their binder and the work they have been doing in class. Each class has its own tab and any important work, notes, etc. will be behind that tab.

Did you know...that you can find information about financial aid and scholarships at Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education? AVID focuses on college and career readiness. While our students are still a few years away, we do focus on college and career readiness with our students. If your student is already thinking about college or maybe you have a high school student looking at going to college, you can find information about scholarships and financial aid at studentaid.gov.

Bingham Middle/PTSA Chocolate Fundraiser

Our PTSA is sponsoring a Bingham Middle School fundraiser this month. This fundraiser will begin on November 14th. Students and families will have the opportunity to sell chocolate bars to raise money for our PTSA. This money will be used to support teachers and staff at Bingham Middle School. We hope that you and your student will help support this fundraiser. More information will be sent home soon. In order for your student to take home a box of chocolate bars, a parent/guardian will need to complete a permission slip.

Winter Sports Information

Bingham Middle School - Winter Sports Information

Boy’s Basketball

Head Coach: Tearle McCray

Tearle_McCray@isdschools.org

Try Out Dates:

Tuesday, October 24
Wednesday, October 25
Thursday, October 26

Athletes bring tennis shoes, athletic clothing & a large water bottle.

Girl’s Basketball

Head Coach: Zach Stout

Zach_Stout@isdschools.org

Try Out Dates:

Thursday, October 26
Friday, October 27

Athletes bring tennis shoes, water bottle, and athletic clothing.

Wrestling

7th & 8th Grade Head Coach: David Toese

David_Toese@isdschools.org

6th Grade Head Coach: Jon Heermann

Jon_Heermann@isdschools.org

Starts on Monday, October 23

7th & 8th Grade meet at Bingham at 3:00pm
6th Grade meet at Bridger North Entrance at 3:00pm

Practices are held at Bridger

Athletes wear comfortable athletic clothing, tennis shoes, and a water bottle.

All schedules will be available on www.wcbears.com

Student Physical

All physicals will now be valid for 2 years from the date of the physical, unless indicated differently by physician. Pre-Participation information will still need to be updated annually on PRIVIT.
Athletes must have a current physical uploaded on PRIVIT before any type of participation.
Please go to this website to create and/or update your PRIVIT account: wcbears-mo.e-ppe.com
For additional PRIVIT instructions, please click here.
Blank physical forms are located in the office at Bingham Middle School or at www.wcbears.com. If you have any questions, please contact us at 816-521-5427.

Parent Meeting - for all parents of Winter Sports Athletes

November 8, 2023 at 5:00-5:30 in the Bingham Large Gym
A required $50 athletic fee is due before the first scheduled season contest. The athlete will be given a student athletic pass to attend any ISD high school games (no tournaments or track relays) once the fee has been paid.

Age Eligibility

Students must meet other MSHSAA requirements to participate in activities including residency and age requirements. To participate in 7th grade activities, students must not have reached 14 years of age prior to July 1st preceding the opening of school of their 7th grade year. To participate in 8th-grade activities and/or athletics, students must not have reached 15 years of age prior to July 1st preceding the opening of their 8th-grade year.

Academic / Citizenship Eligibility

In order for students to participate in Missouri State High School Athletics Association (MSHSAA) sponsored activities and athletics at the beginning of the school year, students must have passed six (6) of seven (7) subject area classes during the last grading period of the preceding school year. During the school year, students will become ineligible if they fail more than one class at the end of the grading period. Students would remain ineligible for the duration of that grading period. His/her status would be determined the next grading period based on his/her new grades.
Athletes represent their school on their athletic team and at contests. In order to participate in school activities and after-school events, students must attend the full day of school. Participants in interscholastic sports must attend a day in order to be eligible for that day’s athletic event unless permission is gained from the administration.

Four-Day Instructional Week Information

The Independence School District will move to a four-day instructional week beginning in the 2023-2024 school year.

Please continue to use the Four Day Instructional Week Information Center for information.

Our priority is the safety and education of ISD students, and we appreciate our families, staff, and community groups who partner with us in this goal. Thank you for all you do for the students of the Independence School District.

Please email us with questions, concerns, and feedback.
fourdayinfo@isdschools.org

Title I Information

If you were not able to attend our Open House, we have included information from our Title I Parent Information meeting.

We ask that all families take time to view the slideshow or video over Title I. Once you have viewed the presentation, please take a couple of minutes to complete this FORM to let us know you have viewed the information and if you have any feedback or questions.

Connect To Your Student's Canvas Account

It is important to connect to your student's learning, ensure assignments are being completed, and help monitor your student's grades. As a parent/guardian, you can link to your student’s Canvas account via desktop web browser or the Canvas Parent app available on both iOs and Android devices to track your student’s homework and grades. Create your parent/guardian account using the following steps:

Visit www.isdschools.org/canvas/
Click “Login for Parents” followed by “Click Here for an Account” to create your free Canvas parent account. Enter your name and email address, create a password and enter the student pairing code provided by your student’s teacher or generated from your student’s Canvas account. Click “Start Participating” to create your Canvas parent account.
To generate a new pairing code, students should log into their Canvas student account, select “Account”, click “Settings” followed by “Pair with an Observer to generate a code. The pairing code will expire in seven days or after its first use.

You can find step-by-step directions to download and login into the Canvas Parent Mobile App by clicking HERE.
You can find step-by-step instructions for pairing with multiple students accounts using the iOs app HERE .
You can find step-by-step instructions for pairing with multiple students accounts using the Android app HERE .

Middle School Credit System

Please take a moment to review these requirements and go over them with your child. We appreciate home-school partnerships to encourage the success of all students!

7th Grade Credit Requirements

Earn 4.5 credits out of 6 possible credits

At least 3 of the credits must come from core classes

Core classes: ELA, math, science, social studies

Elective classes: any other class

How do students earn a credit?

Receive an A, B, C or D. An F means no credit is earned.

What Happens If Students Don’t Earn Their Credits?

Students will be required to attend middle school summer school. As long as they meet the summer school requirements, students will be able to choose their elective classes for 8th grade.

If students don’t attend summer school or don’t meet the summer school requirements, they may be retained and enrolled in Essential Literacy or Essential Math instead of their chosen elective.

8th Grade Credit Requirements

Earn 4.5 credits out of 6 possible credits

At least 3 of the credits must come from core classes

Core classes: ELA, math, science, social studies

Elective classes: any other class

How do students earn a credit?

Receive an A, B, C or D. An F means no credit is earned.

What Happens If Students Don’t Earn Their Credits?

Students will be required to attend middle school summer school. As long as students meet the summer school requirements, they will be able to attend their assigned high school next fall.

If students don’t attend summer school or don’t meet the summer school requirements they may be retained or attend the Bridge program at Independence Academy the following school year.

AVID

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) is a learning system that provides students with real-world strategies to accelerate their performance to succeed in college and life. Students learn how to ask questions that go beyond memorization and encourage higher-level thinking, providing students with an educational advantage. AVID layers on existing curriculum, allowing teachers to implement AVID strategies into any lesson or subject. Students utilize the Cornell note-taking process to organize their notes and create powerful study tools. They learn to recognize the most important parts of a lesson, create questions to guide their studying, and revisit and refine their notes to solidify learning. Students also learn soft skills, including public speaking, self-advocacy, time management and organization. The ISD is proud to offer AVID to all 6th, 7th and 8th grade students.

Student AVID Binders

Students will continue to use AVID binders to help with their organization this year. During homeroom, teachers will be working with students on their individual organization and preparedness for learning. Organization of materials, in particular, improves the frequency of work completion and ensures that assignments are turned in according to deadlines. The organization of materials, thoughts, and time is a foundational component of an AVID classroom.

Each student will be responsible for maintaining a student binder. The student binder is an effective organizational tool used by students to support independence and larger educational success. The organizational tool provided a system for storage and organization of materials, notes, and student work in order to support learning at school, as well as at home.

A student's AVID binder will consist of:

3" 3-ring binder
Student agenda
Pencil pouch (containing pencils, pens, earbuds, erasers)
Divider tabs
Homework folder

Developing solid, long-term organizational habits for material management is essential for enduring student success and we are excited to continue to provide our students with this support.

How can you help your student with organization and the AVID binder? Each day your student should bring home his/her AVID binder. Ask your student to show you the binder and walk through the different components. Check your student's agenda each day to see what went on in class and if your student has homework. The agenda is a great communication tool for school and home. Each hour students are asked to write in the in-class assignment and homework assignment. Check your student's binder to see if it is organized and that your student has the supplies needed to be successful and productive at school.

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Cornell Note Example

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Student AVID Binder Example

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AVID Binder Homework Folder

Bingham Middle School

Bingham Middle School is a positive, safe environment that promotes academic and interpersonal skills for success in the global society.

At Bingham Middle School, our staff, students and community support one another by:

encouraging collaboration and perserverance,

setting high expectations,

creating and promoting a growth mindset,

embracing diversity and individuality,

and treating everyone with dignity and respect.

Our Vision:

All students at Bingham Middle School will be prepared for success in the global society.

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