Bowling Green Middle School

(Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance: (pause so students can stand) “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” 4 school days until break BGHS Interact Club are collecting plastic caps and lids. The box is located outside the office by the lunch envelopes. Please only put clean lids in the box. If you need a bus pass you need to get it before the end of the day. December 14th – Sports pictures afterschool start time 3:30 December 15th – Chess Club is cancelled December 16th – 1st Chapter Reading Club and Band Concert start time is 6:00 pm December 17th – Last day of school and Holiday Smash this just in there will be prizes!! You must be present to win. There will be 50 pairs of Bluetooth ear buds that will be given away. Also prizes for winning games.. December 20th – January 3 – Winter Break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lunch Menu: BBQ Rib on Bun or Buffalo Chicken Wrap, Salad, Fruit, BBQ Bacon Beans, or PB&J Sandwich with Cheese Stick or Taco Salad with Cornbread Today’s Birthdays: Josee Kraft Our mission: Empowering Our Students for Life’s Endless Opportunities

NOTICE OF FILING FOR TWO BOARD OF EDUCATION DIRECTORSHIPS The Bowling Green R-I School District encourages qualified persons interested in running for a position on the School Board to file to be a candidate in the April 5, 2022 election. There are two positions available with three-year terms. Interested persons may file at the superintendent's office located at 700 W. Adams St., Bowling Green, MO 63334. For more information, contact the superintendent's office at 573-324-5441. Filing will begin on December 7, 2021, at 8:00 a.m. Filing will end on December 28, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. and will continue during the district's regular business hours, which are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Candidates may obtain the official candidate filing packet of forms and instructions in advance from the superintendent's office. Except for the first and last day of filing, filing will not occur on days that the school district's central office is closed due to inclement weather or health-related reasons. Filing will also not occur on the following holidays and breaks when the school district is not in session: December 24 and December 27. The names of the qualified candidates will be placed on the ballot in order of filing.

BGR-1 Families, As a follow-up to my communication yesterday, I find that a need for an additional update is needed in light of continued anxiety and rumors. To reiterate, there has been no threat uncovered of any sort or type of shooting and no list with any names on it and no date identified for anything like this to take place. What has been fabricated from a simple “hitting” type of communication between two students has been augmented and changed and passed around creating anxiety. We have gotten permission from the family to share this information (since we typically do not share information related to student discipline). But we need our families to help stop the spread of these rumors and refrain for posting them on social media. This continued focus causes anxiety in our students and staff and disrupts the educational process. People speculating at every little item they notice and turning these into something they are not is not helpful for any of us. Safety has and continues to be one of our district’s top priorities. Over the last five years, we have taken many important steps to help further safeguard our school community and ensure a safe learning environment for our students, staff, and visitors. Some of these improvements have been the addition of card readers and airphone/buzzing in system at school entrances, safety film added to exterior glass, a School Resource Officer, and two new guidance positions (and we are planning to add another counseling position for next year paid for by a grant we recently were awarded). We have also increased the availability of counseling services through partnering agencies. The BGR-1 Schools regularly participates in drill exercises and advanced training to ensure everyone is able to respond swiftly and appropriately if an incident occurs. Table-top simulations with local first responders, reunification plans, unified threat-response plans, and ALICE (Active Shooter Civilian Response) trained expert led training have been a very important part of our prevention plan. While we hope we will never need to deal with the worst imaginable situation, we train in hopes of minimizing or even preventing incidents. One of the common threads of recent national and state safety audit reports for schools points out that “A risk assessment can identify vulnerabilities and enable the development of a strategy to address any security gaps,” and that “effective security plans use a layered approach across all three areas of a school: entry points, the building envelope, and the classroom.” Both reports go on to emphasize the need for school resource officers, additional counseling resources, and training. Many have noticed new entrances we built with Prop S funding and buzzing in capability at every entrance. These entrances are monitored by staff to ensure only those who are supposed to be in the building enter. We have enclosed our courtyards, so students have places to experience them without exposure outside. Additionally, our classroom doors that were still hollow core type doors were replaced with intruder prevention approved solid doors and locking systems. These and other improvements mentioned before, and most importantly, training have been instrumental in our prevention. We do and have shared real threats when we unconsider them to be viable with our community. We do not, however, share every little discipline event where there might be a physical altercation event or suspision of one with our public. After hearing that this had grown into something unrecognizable from its orgin by Tuesday night, we had messages to our community the next morning. This update is another attempt to ask for help in squelching the misinformation. Being vigilant, while very important, is very different from expanding and sharing ideas that are not founded in truth. We teach students to think critically about every claim or counter claim, and we ask for your help to make sure this is an area of focus. Matthew L. Frederickson, PhD Superintendent Bowling Green R-1 School District 700 West Adams Street Bowling Green, MO 63334 Phone: 573-324-5441 Fax: 573-324-2439 http://www.bgschools.k12.mo.us/ Follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/BGSUPT or @BGSUPT For our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bowlingreenbobcats/

(Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance: (pause so students can stand) “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” 8 school days until break BGHS Interact Club are collecting plastic caps and lids. The box is located outside the office by the lunch envelopes. Please only put clean lids in the box. December 8th – 7th grade Clopton Basketball Tournament time TBA December 9th – 7th grade Boys and Girls vs Centralia start time is 5:30 December 10th – Choir Concert 6:00 pm December 11th – 7th grade Clopton Tournament December 13th - Boys basketball away and girls at home vs Hannibal both start at 4:00 December 14th – Sports pictures afterschool start time 3:30 December 15th – Chess Club is cancelled for tonight December 16th – 1st Chapter Reading Club and Band Concert start time is 6:00 pm December 17th – Last day of school and Holiday Smash December 20th – January 3 – Winter Break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lunch Menu: Chicken Patty, mashed potatoes with gravy, carrots, hot roll, fruit or Ham and Cheese French Toast Sandwich with syrup or PB&J with yogurt, Green, Eggs and Ham Salad with Hot Roll Today’s Birthdays: Abigail Kurz Our mission: Empowering Our Students for Life’s Endless Opportunities

(Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance: (pause so students can stand) “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” 10 school days until break Just some friendly reminders hats, hoodies are not to be worn in the building. Purses and coats must be left in your locker. Cell phone are to be put away in your locker during the day. If you are feeling sick you need to go to the nurse not call your parent to come get you. BGHS Interact Club are collecting plastic caps and lids. Acceptable lids are laundry soap, drink bottle caps, flip top caps, medicine bottle caps, lids from cottage cheese, sour cream, cool whip etc. The box is located outside the office by the lunch envelopes. Please only put clean lids in the box. December 6th – Boys Basketball at home vs Troy Middle school @ 5:00 and Girls at away start time is 5:00 December 7th – Girls basketball @ home vs Montgomery start time is 5:30 and boys are at Montgomery start time is 6:00 December 8th – 7th grade Clopton Basketball Tournament time TBA December 9th – 7th grade Boys and Girls vs Centralia start time is 5:30 December 10th – Choir Concert 6:00 pm December 11th – 7th grade Clopton Tournament December 13th - Boys basketball away and girls at home vs Hannibal both start at 4:00 December 14th – Sports pictures afterschool start time 3:30 December 15th – Chess Club December 16th – 1st Chapter Reading Club and Band Concert start time is 6:00 pm December 17th – Last day of school and Holiday Smash December 20th – January 3 – Winter Break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lunch Menu: Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Tomato Soup or Club Stacker or PB&J with Hard boiled egg, sides Salad, corn, fruit or Cobb Salad with Italian Bread Today’s Birthdays: Daniel Matlock Our mission: Empowering Our Students for Life’s Endless Opportunities

Bowling Green Families, Opaa! Food Management is in search of a qualified candidate to Manage the Middle School Kitchen in the new year! If you are interested or have questions regarding the position please contact the food service director Whitney Keith 573-639-2338 or Email @ wkeith@opaafood.com. Apply to the Link Below: https://jobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?PageType=JobDetails&partnerid=26579&siteid=7047&Areq=9465BR

We are so excited to share that Kailey Flowers Luebrecht, a junior at Bowling Green High School, will perform with Saint Louis Ballet in the Nutcracker at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the University of Missouri - St. Louis Campus, December 17-23. During the Nutcracker, Kailey will be seen as a Lady Mouse during the Battle Scene between the Mouse King and the Nutcracker. Kailey also has a special role as a Flower where she dances on pointe with the Dew Drop Fairy during the Waltz of Flowers. Tickets for the performances are available at https://www.stlouisballet.org/nutcracker. Saint Louis Ballet is the only professional, resident ballet company of metropolitan St. Louis. The Ballet’s Executive and Artistic Director is Gen Horiuchi, who performed as a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. Kailey has been training at the Saint Louis Ballet School for the past nine years and has performed in such Nutcracker roles as grey mouse, lead white mouse, red soldier, blue soldier, and party girl. In each of her roles, she has had the opportunity to rehearse with the Saint Louis Ballet professional Company dancers and has been directed by Mr. Horiuchi. Kailey takes classes six days a week at Saint Louis Ballet and trains during the summer at intensive ballet programs. This past summer, Kailey attended the Ballet Arizona Summer Intensive in Phoenix for six weeks. Kailey is the daughter of Daryl and Krista Flowers Luebrecht and the granddaughter of Judy Flowers. Photograph: Kailey Flowers Luebrecht, Photograph by Pratt + Kreidich #BGBOBCATPRIDE

There will be a public school board meeting Tuesday December 14th @1:30 p.m. in the Frankford Elementary gym.

As we head into December and winter approaches, we want to remind parents how they can stay informed when inclement weather affects school. The decision to delay the opening of school, dismiss early, or close school for the day due to weather conditions is never an easy one. Our priority is always the safety of the children. School closings, or early school dismissal, will be announced on the district website and sign as soon as the decision is made. In addition, we will send emails and autodial phone calls and text messages to BGR-1 families. Our community will also find accurate information about school closings on the following television stations: WGEM, KTVI (Ch.2), and KSDK (Ch. 5), both TV and online, on the Townsquare Media Quincy/Hannibal KHMO‐AM/KICK‐FM/KRRY‐FM/WLIQ‐AM and KJFM (Eagle 102) radio stations and websites, The Bowling Green Times and Peoples' Tribune online broadcasts, and on our District Facebook page. When we experience inclement weather conditions, safety is the most important consideration. Parents can help their students and the district prepare. Make plans ahead of time and communicate them with your children so they understand what to expect during an early school dismissal due to inclement weather. Understand that school closings are for the safety of children throughout the district. While the condition of your neighborhood streets may be fine, other areas of the district may be experiencing harsher weather. Please review the information you have listed as emergency contacts and make sure that the numbers are updated in our Student Information System by contacting your building office. Lastly, I am thankful we have not had any snow days within the first semester of this year so far. You may know that schools can attend remotely this year on days where schools are closed due to inclement weather and can count these for attendance and not be made up. This was new last year. We still plan to use the first five of our built-in snow days as regular nonattendance days if we have to close for inclement weather before using this remote option, otherwise known as AMI (alternative methods of instruction days). If we have more than five snow days, our plan is to use our Alternative Methods of Instruction plan approved by our state education department. Look for more information about this after the first of the year.

The MS girls' games for tonight and tomorrow are cancelled due to COVID.

8th Grade will be taking a field trip tomorrow to Pike Lincoln Tech Center. Your student will be in 1 of 2 groups (they were informed of their groups today). The first group leaves at 8:40 am and will return by 11:15 am. The second group will leave at 12:10 pm and will return by 2:30 pm. All students will eat lunch at school as normal. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Gregg at egregg@bgschools.k12.mo.us. Happy Thanksgiving!!

The 7th grade B/G games against Centralia that was originally scheduled for Saturday Nov 20 has been rescheduled to Thursday Dec 9 at 5:30.

The boys game at Clopton tonight has been moved to 5:30. The bus will leave at 4:15 pm.

Trimble House forms are due November 24th and Toys for Tots forms are due December 1st.

(Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance: (pause so students can stand) “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” November 17th – Chess Club from 3:15 – 4:15 in Mrs. Frederickson’s room November 18th – Boys basketball @ Elsberry start time 5:30 and girls’ basketball at home start time is 6:00 November 19th – end of 2nd progress November 22nd – Boys basketball @ Clopton @ 6:00, girls are at home vs Clopton start time is 5:30 November 23rd – boys’ basketball @ home vs North Callaway @ 5:30, girls @ North Callaway start time 5:30 and Grades are due in the office November 24th – Trimble forms are due November 29th – December 2nd - Boys and Girls 8th grade tournament start time 5:30 November 30th – Grades go home with students December 1st – 7th grade Boys & Girls basketball tournament @ Troy South start time 5:00 and chess club afterschool. Toys for Tots forms due December 2nd – 1st chapter reading club December 6th – Boys Basketball at home vs Troy Middle school @ 5:00 and Girls at away start time is 5:00 December 7th – Girls basketball @ home vs Montgomery start time is 5:30 and boys are at Montgomery start time is 6:00 Lunch Menu: Roast Turkey or Chicken Patty with mashed potatoes with gravy, corn, hot roll, fruit or BLTE Salad with Hot roll Today’s Birthdays: Bristol Doggett and Simon Motley Our mission: Empowering Our Students for Life’s Endless Opportunities

Trimble House and Toys for Tots forms have been handed out to students. Trimble House forms are due on November 24th and Toys for Tots forms are due on December 1st. Extra forms are in the office if your student needs one.

(Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance: (pause so students can stand) “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” November 16th –8th grade Boys & Girls at home vs Palmyra, Picture retake day, all orders are online only. If you are taking retakes make sure you bring in your picture packet to turn into the photographer. Also, Art Club – Culinary Arts – are you interested in playing with food and creating art? Then this is the class for you. November 17th – Chess Club from 3:15 – 4:15 in Mrs. Frederickson’s room November 18th – Boys basketball @ home start time 5:30 and girls basketball at home start time is 6:00 bus will leave at 4:30 November 19th – end of 2nd progress November 20th – 7th grade Boys and Girls in Centralia start time is 10:00 am November 22nd – Boys basketball @ home vs Clopton @ 3:30, girls are at Clopton start time is 6:00 November 23rd – boys’ basketball @ home vs North Callaway @ 5:30, girls @ North Callaway start time 5:30 and Grades are due in the office November 24th – Trimble forms are due November 29th – Boys and Girls 8th grade tournament start time 5:30 November 30th – Grades go home with students December 1st – 7th grade Boys & Girls basketball tournament @ Troy South start time 5:00 and chess club afterschool. Toys for Tots forms due December 2nd – 1st chapter reading club December 6th – Boys Basketball at home Troy Middle school @ 5:00 and Girls at hom Lunch Menu: Tacos with salad, refried beans, fruit or Chef Salad with fruit muffin Today’s Birthdays: yesterday’s birthday was Miguel Leon and no birthday’s today Our mission: Empowering Our Students for Life’s Endless Opportunities

Saturday's game against Centralia has been postponed due to the Varsity Football game in the Elite 8. We will communicate if/when the game is rescheduled.

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(Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance: (pause so students can stand) “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Just wanted to give a big shout out to Mr. Gregg and Mrs. Kettenbach and all the students who helped organize our Veterans Day program. Also a big shout out to the middle school and high school kitchen staff and Mrs. Whitey Keith for the wonderful dinner they prepared for our Veterans. November 15th – Boys Basketball at home start time @ 5:00 vs LA and Girls at Louisiana start @ 5:00 November 16th –8th grade Boys & Girls at home vs Palmyra, Picture retake day, all orders are online only. If you are taking retakes make sure you bring in your picture packet to turn into the photographer. Also, Art Club – Culinary Arts – are you interested in playing with food and creating art? Then this is the class for you. November 17th – Chess Club from 3:15 – 4:15 in Mrs. Frederickson’s room November 18th – Boys basketball @ home start time 5:30 and girls basketball at home start time is 6:00 bus will leave at 4:30 November 19th – end of 2nd progress November 20th – 7th grade Boys and Girls in Centralia start time is 10:00 am November 22nd – Boys basketball @ home vs Clopton @ 3:30, girls are at Clopton start time is 6:00 November 23rd – boys’ basketball @ home vs North Callaway @ 5:30, girls @ North Callaway start time 5:30 and Grades are due in the office November 29th – Boys and Girls 8th grade tournament start time 5:30 November 30th – Grades go home with students December 1st – 7th grade Boys & Girls basketball tournament @ Troy South start time 5:00 and chess club afterschool December 2nd – 1st chapter reading club December 6th – Boys Basketball at home Troy Middle school @ 5:00 and Girls at hom Lunch Menu: Italian Pizza with broccoli and ranch, salad, fruit or Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad with Chocolate Chip Muffin Today’s Birthdays: Traci Wehmeier and Bennett Hickerson, Saturday’s birthdays Avery Eskew and Sunday is Kylie Fuerst Our mission: Empowering Our Students for Life’s Endless Opportunities