BMS Parent Newsletter
March 3, 2023
School Safety - StayALERT
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
Essay Winners!
The Blanco County Pioneers chapter of The Daughters of the Republic of Texas sponsor an essay contest each year for 7th grade students. The students are given a topic and write an essay with references and using certain parameters given by the DRT. We had several students submit essays this year. We were notified this week of the results.
Layla Palmer's essay won third place and she will receive a $25 cash award from the DRT. Allison Dixon was awarded second place and will receive a $50 cash award. Alice Sorrell won first place for her essay and will receive a $100 cash award from the DRT. In addition, Alice's essay will be submitted to the state level contest and will be judged there with essays from across the state.
These students and their parents are invited to an awards presentation in March hosted by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
Michael Shehane is the 7th Grade Social Studies teacher and helped give information to students and collected essays for submission.
Thank you to all of the students who wrote an essay. All students who participated will receive a certificate from the DRT for their efforts. Blanco MS was represented well in this contest and the feedback on all of the essays was very positive. We are proud of our 7th grade students and their efforts in this contest. Last year's first place essay was written by currenth 8th grade student Cambel Plahy.
Position Open
Blanco Middle School is currently seeking a custodian. If you or someone you know may be interested please go to the district website (blancoisd.com), employment, job listings and fill out an application. Hours are somewhat flexible and pay is based on experience. If you need more information, please contact Mr. Kinney using the information at the bottom of the newsletter.
Additional employment opportunities have been added to the listings on the district website. Please check the website frequently if you are interested in working at BMS. .
Track News
BMS 7th and 8th grade students competed in a track meet here in Blanco last week. There were 7 teams involved in the meet. The 8th grade girls finished in 4th place. The 8th grade boys were 6th. The 7th grade girls finished 5th. The 7th grade boys finished 4th.
8th grade girls results
Clover Arnold - 5th place - 100 m, 2nd place - 200m, 4th place - 400m
Payton Craft - 1st place - 400m
Ashton Uballe - 2nd place - 800m
Bailey Smith - 6th place - 100m hurdles
Avery Flack - 2nd place - 300m hurdles
Autumn Seltzer - 5th place - shot put, 4th place - discus
Perla Galvan - 6th place discus
4x100m relay - 4th place
4x200m relay - 5th place
4x400m relay - 2nd place
8th grade boys results
Cason Ricke - 4th place - 100m
Herman Uballe - 5th place - 110m hurdles, 1st place - 300m hurdles
Xavier Ayala - 5th place - pole vault
Cambel Plahy - 6th place - pole vault
4x200m relay - 5th place
4x400m relay - 4th place
7th grade girls results
Josie White - 5th place - 100m
Brighton Atchley - 1st place - 400m
Allison Dixon - 3rd place - 100m hurdles, 6th place - 300m hurdles
Alice Sorrell - 6th place - 100m hurdles, 4th place - 300m hurdles
4x100 m relay - 6th place
4x200m relay - 6th place
4x400m relay - 5th place
7th grade boys results
Wyatt Allison - 5th place - 800 m, 4th place - 1600m
Henry Pfluger - 5th place - 1600m , 3rd place - 2400m,
Brycen Reedy - 5th place - 110m hurdles, 2nd place - 300m hurdles
Madden Huskerson - 6th place - 110m hurdles, 5th place - 300m hurdles, 5th place - high jump
Phoenix Arnold - 1st place - Discus
Jonah Forsberg - 4th place - Discus
4x100m relay - 4th place
4x200m relay - 5th place
4x400m relay - 3rd place
The teams will will be competing in at track meet in Comfort on March 3 and another meet in Llano on March 8th. Results will be posted once they are received.
Coming Up!!
BMS is in the planning phase for the 2023-24 school year. We will be distributing course choice sheets for current 6th and 7th grade students in March - after Spring Break. These choice sheets allow us to put together a master schedule for BMS that is accurate and to staff our campus accordingly. Please plan to select courses with your child to give us an accurate picture of our needs for the 2023-24 school year when these choice sheets are available.
SHOUT OUTS!
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:
Track teams for their success in their first meet of the year.
Ms. Ashley and Mr. Weldon for teaching our 6th grade students keyboarding skills.
Jonathan Hernandez for doing a good deed in the cafeteria.
Layla Palmer for her award winning essay in the DRT contest.
Allison Dixon for her award winning essay in the DRT contest.
Alice Sorrell for her award winning essay in the DRT contest.
Contact information
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
