The top five earning students went to Embassy Suites to speak on behalf of BMS at the Have a Heart Wishathon for raising $8700 dollars!! We were able to grant a wish for a Make-A-Wish kiddo! Way to go Bearcats! #bearcatproud




6th & 7th graders interested in trying out for the BJHS Dance Team need to join the Google Classroom 65nw2c3. Must be logged in with their Brookland Gmail account!
https://classroom.google.com/c/NTgzNDQ2OTQzMTIy?cjc=65nw2c3
The Informational Parent/Student meeting is  Monday, February 13th, at 6:30pm at the Middle School. 

Brookland Jr High Cheer tryout packets are now available for any 6th grader who wants to try out for the junior high cheer team! Packets can be picked up from Mrs. Akin's office or in the main office. Jr High tryout clinics are March 6th and 7th in the high school cafeteria, and tryouts are March 9th. Tryout packets are due back by Wednesday, March 1st. Go Bearcats!!
Make-A-Wish updates! Currently in the lead for 3rd grade is Mrs. Haden's class, 4th grade is Mrs. Stallings' class, 5th grade is Mrs. Sandy's class, and 6th grade is Ms. Thomas' class! Our current total is $6800! We are so close to granting a Wish with our goal of $8,000! Let's go Bearcats! Tomorrow is the LAST day to raise funds! Incentives: Top 5 earning students in BMS will go to the radio-a-thon, reaching our $8,000 building goal means that our administrators and several teachers will be S'mored!, and the top earning homeroom in each grade receives a pizza party!
Congratulations to the January students of the month!




Make-A-Wish updates! Currently in the lead for 3rd grade is Mrs. Haden's class, 4th grade is Mrs. Stalling's class, 5th grade Mrs. Sandy's class, and 6th grade Mrs. Reynolds' class! If we reach our building-wide goal of $8,000 the top 5 earning students in each class get to S'more their administrators! If a  grade-level raises $2,000 then one of their teachers joins in on the fun with the administrators!  The PTO will be sponsoring a pizza party for the top earning class as well! Fundraising goes through this Thursday!
REMINDER!! There will be a mandatory parent meeting for the parents of girls who want to try out for the 2023-24 Brookland Middle School Cheer Team. The meeting will take place at 6pm in the Middle School Cafeteria. For those who are unable to attend in person, the zoom link for the meeting is below:
Topic: BMS Cheer Parent Meeting 2023
Time: Feb 6, 2023 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/5716584921?pwd=Vzd3aklHbURBTk5ON0d2Wm1wUGJxdz09
Meeting ID: 571 658 4921
Passcode: BMSCHEER
Please email Brittany Akin at bakin@bpsbearcats.com with any questions. Thanks!
Make-a-wish fundraiser week has been extended through this week! Our goal is $8,000! Let’s grant a wish Bearcats!
MS boys basketball and cheer teams will be recognized tonight at halftime of the Sr. High boys game! Go bearcats! 

Brookland Public Schools will be closed Friday, February 3rd.  Bus routes, back roads, and parking lots are still dangerous.  This will be AMI day #4.  Unfortunately the groundhog saw his shadow today!
Brookland Jr. High Dance Team Tryout Information

Brookland will be out of school tomorrow, Thursday, Feb 2 because of slick road conditions and bad weather.  All basketball games  for tonight are cancelled as well.  This will be AMI day #3.
Optional Tryout Clinics at JGA for BMS Cheerleading that were scheduled for tonight have been cancelled. Those clinics have been rescheduled for March 1st please email Mrs. Akin with any questions.
Cheer updates!

With the predicted ice storm for this evening and tomorrow, Brookland Schools will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, January 31st.  Cat Club will also be closed for tomorrow.  Thank you for your understanding and please be safe.
BMS Choir practice is cancelled for this afternoon.
Make-A-Wish fundraiser kicks off on Monday! Our goal is $8,000 so that a wish can be granted! Top earning class in each grade receives a pizza party! Top 5 earning  students gets a spot on the radio! Parent volunteers are needed! Sign up here: https://m.signupgenius.com/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ#!/showSignUp/5080f45aca72cabf58-makeawish
There will be a mandatory parent meeting for the parents of any student wanting to try out for the 23-34 BMS Cheer team on January 31st at 6:30pm in the Middle School cafeteria. For those that absolutely cannot make the meeting in person, a zoom link will be provided. Mrs. Akin will discuss the tryout packet, and answer any questions parents may have. Students do not need to be present for the meeting. Middle School cheer tryout packets are available in Mrs. Akin's office, and are due back by February 16th. 
4th graders learn about the Chinese New Year in music this week!

3rd grade boys basketball had a great game on their home court! They had some awesome teacher fans as well!

