The halls were abuzz as students finished out the week before spring break. Finishing projects and enjoying time with classmates before a week apart was the theme at BCMS. 6th Graders worked with groups in Language Arts to discuss their current novel about refugees. They brainstormed solutions and discussed barriers refugees may come up against. Students in 7th grade got …
Students in Mr. Harmon’s College & Careers made paper airplanes to discuss the various strengths and skills needed if a plane crashed on an island. They then talked about who they would want from different career fields and why those individuals would be important to have. Joshua Streiff a community partner from Indiana University’s Hacker House talking to students about …
Happy Valentine’s day from BCMS!! Here is a look at what’s been going on this week around the middle school as well as an introduction to 8th Grade’s Community Problem Solving Partnerships that begin next week!! Silly times in 7th Grade Band!! Art got messy this week as students were able complete the printing process for step one of their …
Starting off February strong at BCMS! 7th-Grade Visual Art students learn about making textures and patterns by analyzing different tools and hypothesizing what designs they will make. They then tested their hypotheses and noted whether they proved their hypotheses right! 6th-Grade students take time to build connections through board games during their SRT time! 6th-Grade Visual Art students learn about …
After a wild beginning to the new semester, BCMS is finally getting back into order. Check out what the kids have been up to during our time back over the last couple weeks! Students in 8th Grade Graphics & Media practice making video advertisements by creating a video ad for an art supply! Students in both 7th and 8th grade …
Students experienced lots of fun this week to end the semester. Check it out below!
6th Grade Academy had the opportunity this week to travel to the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington to see the Wizard of Oz! They also got to have lunch together in Bloomington to talk about their experience in seeing the show. 7th grade worked this week to make rubbings of plants to create “carbon film” fossils. They have been using a …
Mr. Webb’s 1st Period class celebrates their win!! They won the competition to bring in the most non-perishable goods for Mother’s Cupboard and were rewarded with a pizza party during lunch. 7th Grade Science classes studied different types of fossils during a recent unit. They then got the chance to make casts out of plaster that helped create molds of …
Seventh grade Science classes have been working on blogs about Earthquakes as well as dioramas to show the process of erosion! 6th grade was learning about the Mayans in social studies. To make a connection to the Mayans’ lives students worked to study and create Mayan calendar glyphs. Using air dry clay and acrylic paint 6th graders designed their own …
Honors Art is a class at BCMS where 8th-grade artists grow their art skills and learn techniques normally found in a high school setting, by passing the class they also earn a high school credit. The students in Honors Art vary in their styles and medium of choice but they all are talented, work hard, and push themselves to try …
