Blennerhassett Middle

Phones and internet are down at Blennerhassett Middle School. MIS is currently working on the problem. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Wood County Schools: Good morning. Please click the following link to view the instructional plan for the next two (2) weeks beginning November 23. https://5il.co/n906 . This is also a reminder that November 23-November 25 are Non Traditional Instructional Days (NTID), in which teachers will have assignments pre-loaded into Schoology by 9:00 a.m. for students to complete. Also, I have made the decision to make December 3rd a "Full Remote Instructional Day". If there is a significant drop in our infection and positivity rates, our plan is to bring all Elementary students back beginning December 7th for 4 days of in-person learning. We will closely monitor many data points before a decision is made. Ultimately, if the WVDE Saturday map has Wood County as Red or Orange, we will continue Full Remote Instruction. Please stay safe and healthy. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving

Internet and phone service has been restored at Blennerhassett Middle School. We apologize the text message did not go out the first time the message was sent. Students will not be marked absent if they did not attend a TEAMS meeting. Students should continue to complete work in the classes that they did not attend a TEAMS meeting for. Again, we apologize for the technical difficulties we were having this morning with the messages not going out.

BMS internet has been restored. TEAMS meetings will continue this morning as scheduled. 2nd period starts at 8:57.

The internet at Blennerhassett Middle School is currently out. Teachers will not be able to have TEAMS meetings this morning. We will notify everyone when the internet is working.

Pre-Order Meal Delivery Bus Hub & Curbside Tuesday, November 17th - Friday, November 20th Meal pre-orders for Nov. 17-20 are now open at https://tinyurl.com/yyndu3tl As we transition our students to remote learning in orange during the week of November 16th, WCS will be providing students' with meals curbside at your school for walkers and drop offs as well as providing meal delivery via bus routes. School buses will travel to their afternoon stops carrying pre-ordered meals (Breakfast and Lunch) Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Bus routes are 3 1/2 hours before the normal afternoon drop off time. Meals will need to be reheated. There will be instructions for reheating. For information regarding bus times, please call 304-420-9636 extension 101. If you are picking up curbside at a school. Pickup times are from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Please complete the pre-order form for the the Week of November 16th (Tuesday - Friday) for all bus deliveries and curbside . Deadline for pre-order is 2 p.m. on Monday, November 16th. You will need to place an order separately for each student. If you are requesting for bus delivery and your student currently rides a bus, please place the bus number that your student rides home. This program is solely for the pick-up of meals; meals will not be consumed on site. We encourage families to continue to be proactive in reducing the risk of COVID-19 by not congregating at the pick-up locations. Allergy Disclaimer: During this remote and curbside feeding situation, Wood County Schools Child Nutrition Department will be operating under a special waiver for distribution of meals. This option does not allow us to identify students by names and therefore we are not able to identify special food allergies. Please contact the Child Nutrition Department if you have any questions, 304-420-9631 extension 103. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Per Governor Justice’s executive order, all winter sports will be postponed until January 11th. All practices scheduled for today (Nov 13) until further notice are cancelled. We will keep you updated as we receive more information.

Full Remote Instruction Schedule

Good Morning ! This is Mrs. Arthur, Principal at Blennerhassett Middle School. According to the WVDE weekly COVID map, Wood County is in Orange for the week of November 9 – 13. When a county is designated as Orange, that means students attend school remotely for the entire week. Blennerhassett Middle School students will attend all classes through Microsoft TEAMS this week. Teachers have spent the last week teaching student how to log in to TEAMS and access their courses. Teachers will be on TEAMS to provide instruction to students and help with assignments. Students are required to follow their normal schedule of 1st – 7thperiod on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Wednesday is a holiday and Friday will be a normal remote day. 1st period begins at 8:08, 2nd period begins at 8:57, 3rd period begins at 9:45, 4th period begins at 10:33, 5th period begins at 12:45, 6th period begins at 1:33, and 7th period begins at 2:21. If you do not have internet capability to join a TEAMS meeting, please have your child message all their teachers through Schoology. Staff will be at Blennerhassett Middle School from 8am – 3:30pm each day if you need assistance with Schoology. Boys basketball tryouts will still take place next week at BMS following WVSSAC guidelines of drills and conditioning only. 6th Grade boys will have try outs on M, T, TH, and Friday at 3:30. 7th/8th Grade boys will have try outs on M and T at 6:30. All students trying out for basketball must have a current physical on file or bring one on the first day of try outs.

Buddy Bags will be available for the Middle and High School students on Thursday, November 5th. The link will open on Wednesday, November 4th at 8 a.m. and close on Thursday, November 5th at 9 .m. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=S7AZ4AwzekaLrgn7FzdNangEykcNexdFkE2s4gTI-YpUQVdVS0EzVFpVME9HTlNXQ0xCRFRITkJXVC4u

Blennerhassett Middle School students who have been attending in person 2 days a week and learning remotely 3 days a week will transition to in person learning 4 days a week November 16th. If your child will begin coming 4 days per week nothing is required for the change as WCS as a district is transitioning to this instruction method. Parents who do not want their children to attend 4 days a week and would like to have their students utilize Schoology 5 days a week remotely until January 22nd, 2021 may contact Mrs. Arthur or Mrs. Mendez to set up a meeting this week to review the COVID -19 Learning Commitment form. Please understand if parents select the remote option this learning delivery method will continue to January 22nd, 2021. Once again, if your children will be transitioning from 2 days a week in person to 4 days a week in person learning, nothing is required for this change.

Good Morning, This is Mrs. Arthur, principal at Blennerhassett Middle School. Last night the Wood County Board of Education approved Mr. Hosaflook's proposed plan for students to return to school 4 days a week starting November 16th. Parents also have a choice of doing remote learning 5 days a week through Schoology. If you would like your child to participate in remote learning only, please contact the school and speak to Mrs. Arthur or Mrs. Mendez by November 6. We are finalizing our plans for arrival, breakfast/lunch, and dismissal so we need an accurate number of students who will be attending. Students who are currently taking courses through WV Virtual School will have the option of returning to school at the end of the semester. Thank you for your help with this.

Yearbooks for Sale $25 for a softcover $30 for a hardcover Please make checks payable to Blennerhassett Middle School

Congratulations Ava Vandyke and Brycen Arthur for being nominated by your coaches for the WVSSAC Academic Achievement Student Award! We are very proud of your hard work and dedication to Blennerhassett Middle School! Keep up the great work both in the classroom and sports.

PTSA: If you haven't had a chance, please join our PTSA. This is a great way to support students and staff at BMS. The PTSA provides activities for students at our Bobcat Bashes and the Olympics, supports technology, and improvements around our school. They also provide our staff with appreciation lunches throughout the year. Fundraising is limited this year so they are also taking donations at this time. Please join by clicking the link below: https://bmsbobcatptsa.new.memberhub.store/store

Schoology Parent Access Codes: If you did not receive your parent access code, please call the school or email Mrs. Mendez at amendez@k12.wv.us and we will provide it to you. Schoology will allow you to see what assignments your child has turned in, what they are missing, and communicate with staff at BMS. I encourage all parents to sign up.

Schoology Calendar Info Here is a great tool to help parents and students know what assignments need completed each day. You can only access this on the website, not the app. Thank you for your continued patience as we are all learning Schoology together. When we learn new, helpful information about Schoology we will be sure to share it with you. Schoology help desk hours are Monday - Thursday from 3:30 - 5:30 at 304-863-3356.

Who Wants to go to Italy? On Thursday, Oct 8th at 6:00 pm there will be an EF Tours trip meeting at the Front of the school for those interested in taking a student learning trip to Italy in July 2022. Students of all grades and parents or guardians are welcome on this trip, regardless of what grade you will be in at that time. Logistics of the trip and costs involved will all be discussed. Students do not need to be present for the meeting, but parents or guardians must be. If you cannot make the meeting time, see Ms. Whirtley in room 31 to discuss other options. www.eftours.com/2419477dx

Updated: Congratulations to the following students for receiving the Tri-Star Award for the 2019-2020 school year: Jayden Dearth Samuel Marks Lydia Miller Anthony Ott Ariel Smith Erin Carmicle Audrey Sundstrom We will be sending your certificates to South in the next couple weeks!

Congratulations to the following students for receiving the Tri-Star Award for the 2019-2020 school year: Jayden Dearth Samuel Marks Lydia Miller Anthony Ott Ariel Smith Erin Carmicle We will be sending your certificates to South in the next couple weeks!