Hello, Middle School Students and Families! Here is a recap of today’s Middle School Meeting.
Jack Ledley ’31 and Sam Springer ’31 ran today’s meeting. You can check out the slides from this week’s meeting here.
Announcements
Ellery Harper ’31 and Alex Squire ’31 presented Values Mistakes and Takes Responsibility for Actions.
“This means when you make mistakes, you don’t beat yourself up for it, you learn from it and try again. When you make a mistake, you tell an adult about it, you own your mess, and you clean it up. This can be hard because people can call you out, and it can be hard to admit. It can be hard to learn from it because it feels like something bad you did.”
Sometimes when you make a mistake (a fall or a bad grade on a test), you want to beat yourself up, but it’s important to encourage yourself, go up to the teacher to ask for help, and don’t be mean to yourself or others.
Ellery Harper '31 and Alex Squire '31
Announcements
🌎 The Social Justice Retreat is this Friday! Ms. Garayúa expressed her pride that so many middle school students have signed up for the retreat. She reviewed the schedule for the day; we are all starting the day in Gym A for the keynote speaker, Jesse Epstein P ’31.
🎶 Jack Ledley ’31 and Lael Hackshaw ’30 announced the Middle School Musical, The Lightning Thief. The musical is on Thursday and Friday, February 5 and 6, at 6 p.m. in Bradley Hall. Students were encouraged to sign up to be ushers for the show; tickets go on sale next week.
🧠 Feed Your Brain Day is Thursday, February 12. This day is for Middle School teachers prepare for conferences while students have enriching learning experiences led by BVR administrators and staff. Students will participate in a series of workshops, including cooking class, building drones, sports, and more! Students will sign up this week for the workshop they would like to participate in.
🫙 Caroline Mitchell ’30, Student Council Vice President, announced the winner of the candy jar! Three people had the correct answer; they will split the candy three ways.
The winners are: Cat Townsend ’31, Caroline Coe-Rohl ’30, and Kate Daley Demerle ’31.
📷 8th graders were reminded that they need to submit a picture of themselves as a baby (two years old or younger) for the 8th grade baby pictures pages of the yearbook. They can email them to Kat Nahvi ’31 or Olivia Smith ’30.
📚 Students were encouraged to pick up a copy of this month’s Book Club book: Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray. All middle school students are encouraged to read the book and join the book club discussion on Wednesdays.
🎵 Students were reminded that there isn’t music R-TIME today or the next three Tuesdays. There is music R-TIME on Thursdays.
Student Reminders
We watched a video created by Ruby Parker-Geller ’31 and Ru Thomas-Epstein ’31 about where to put your stuff at school.
- Athletic bags and coats: on the shelves outside the locker room, or students can ask to use space in their advisor’s room.
- Bags in the hallway during lunch: against a wall, never next to a door, and never on or next to the HVAC vents.
We reminded students to let me know if they want to run a MS meeting and to pick up trash on their way out of Gym A.
Happening This Week
✨ RISE: Painting sun catchers
📋 Advisory agenda: Fun debates