Happy Friday!
One of the most important things we do for students is help them establish routines and now that we are closing our first full week of school it feels like we’re there. I thanked our teachers for their work to orient students back into school routines and I’d also like to thank parents for all of your work to get back to routines also. Bedtimes, organization, lunches, homework, and a list of many other things all fall back into order this week and we’re grateful… AND students success these last two weeks are a direct result of their adaptability to getting back into routines.
We had our first fire drill yesterday (Thursday, Sept 14) and conducted a lockdown drill today (Friday, Sept 15) and the students were outstanding in understanding the purpose of practicing how to be safe and courteous during drills.
If you missed our morning announcements this past Monday, I reminded students of why we take a moment to remember all those who were affected by the September 11, 2001 tragedy. Specifically, we talked about the model that was set by those who escaped that day and that not a single person was trampled because of how calmly and courteously thousands of people exited the building. We also remember those service people; police, fire, EMS, and first responders who bravely went into the World Trade Center buildings after they had been struck. We lost more than 3,000 lives that day but we would have lost thousands more if not for the actions of so many. They set a powerful model of bravery, courage and heroism!
Student Leadership!
I spend a lot of time studying adult-student relationships as you might imagine. A trend that has changed in the last 20 years is that adults are doing more for children and it’s not hard to figure out why. The security of our children and an ever-shrinking global community brought closer by the internet and cell phones have changed parenting dramatically. As much as this is understandable and in many cases necessary, all of us parents and teachers run the risk of removing tweens and teens decision making skill and initiative completely. BCMS therefore is responsive to this by promoting students into leadership opportunities with intention.
The Student Leadership concept is described here and we will be encouraging students to submit their initiatives into next week. More to come with regard to what their ideas are next Thursday or Friday.
The link above will redirect students to a 1 question survey that simply asks them what they would like to do to make our school better! Please take a moment to read this with your child. This is his or her opportunity to join other groups of students in our school-change leadership program.
Lastly, I’d like to congratulate our 6th grade students and teachers for a great Fun Fair tonight. More than 300 students showed their spirit and community by coming out in the interest of having fun!
On behalf of all of our Staff, Have a Great Weekend!
Mike Klugman
