MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Code of Ethics Winners this week are:
6th grade: Sera Jordan
7th grade: Trenton McKinnon
8th grade: Fiona Hallett
BUS CHANGES:
Bus 18 is 54 Until Further Notice
Bus 11 is 42 until further notice
Bus 49 is 44 until further notice
Bus 15 is 43 Until further notice
REMINDER: Water only is allowed during school hours! This includes lunch period! No energy drinks, coffee, soda, etc.
Musical Rehearsal today is for the full cast!
Yesterday afternoon, 14 students from grades 6, 7, and 8 participated in the B.J.H.S. Spelling Bee. These students showed tremendous knowledge, poise and sportsmanship throughout the contest lasting 13 rounds. Congratulations to our school co-champions who will now advance to the Cumberland County Spelling Bee: eighth grader Sean Funderburk and seventh grader Nick Johnson. Our school alternate is seventh grader Lucy Griset.
Here are the grade-level winners:
In grade 6, Matilda Mathis placed first, Nathaniel Gorske placed second, and Rex Soucy placed third. In grade 7, Nick Johnson placed first, Lucy Griset placed second, and Theo Stone placed third. In grade 8, Sean Funderburk placed first, Felix Goodwin placed second, and Jack Doyle placed third.
Another Homework Club has been added – it meets on Mondays starting January 22 in Room 3310! You can attend homework club on Mondays or Thursdays . . . or both! Thursday’s homework club meets in room 205!
The next civil rights team meeting will be on the 22 of January. If you are interested in joining see Mr. Kosak or Mr. Levy for a permission slip. We meet after school on Mondays. It is not required to attend each meeting so don’t worry about the musical or any sports. Currently we are in the process of a Black History Month event and are in need of ideas for spring.
The 2023-2024 BJHS Yearbook is on sale! A yearbook is $27.00 and there are additional packages/extras if you are interested.
You can order online through ybpay.com and by entering our school's Yearbook ID number: 15139924
You may also order by returning an order form and payment to school with your child. If you need a paper order form, contact the Main Office.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Landry at llandry@brunswicksd.org.
Check out the Winter Explorers Club! For grades 6-8 on Wednesdays from 2:15-4:15 from January 10-February 14. This is brought to you by Teens to Trails. The fee for the program is $35. Please contact Priscilla Trimbel at ptrimble@brunswickme.org to sign up!
SPORTS:
Cheer 2:45-4:00 Practice
7th Girls Basketball 2:45-4:00 Practice
8th Girls Basketball- NO Practice
8th Boys Basketball- NO Practice
7th Boys Basketball- 6:30-7:45 Practice
Registration is now open for Wrestling on Powerschool!
BJHS partners with MTA for Wrestling. Practices are held at MTA afterschool. Students will need to have their own transportation to MTA. The season will begin the last week of January. Stay tuned for more info coming soon!
Registration is open for Unified Basketball on Powerschool. Unified Basketball will take place February 5 through the end of March, 2 days per week. We are looking for 5-6 Unified Partners (grades 6-8) to participate (see description below). There will be a referral and interview process with the Coach and Ms. Robbins in order to be part of the team. We are also seeking unified student athletes to participate.
Unified players are as follows:
Unified Student Athlete: A student will be eligible as an athlete if that person satisfies any one of the following requirements: i. The person has been identified by an agency or professional as having intellectual disabilities as determined by their localities. ii. The person has a cognitive delay, as determined by standardized measures such as intelligent quotient or “IQ” testing or other measures which are generally accepted within the professional community in that Accredited Program’s nation as being a reliable measurement of the existence of a cognitive delay. iii. The person has a closely related developmental disability. A “closely related developmental disability” means having functional limitations in both general learning (such as IQ) and in adaptive skills (such as in recreation, work, independent living, self direction, or self-care). However, persons whose functional limitations are based solely on a physical, behavioral, or emotional disability, or a specific learning or sensory disability, are not eligible to participate as an athlete, but may participate as a unified partner or other volunteer position.
Unified Student Partner: Any student that meets the student eligibility criteria outlined in MPA
More info to come!
Daily Activities and Club List
Monday
Tabletop Gaming Club will meet from the walker bell until 3:30 in room 308
Civil Rights Club - meets from the walker bell until 3:30 in Room 312
Yearbook Club in room 317 from the Walker Bell until 4
Coding Club meets in room 319 from the walker bell to 3:45.
Homework Club in room 310 - Starting January 22!
Tuesday
Chess Club meets weekly in Room 317 at the walker bell and will end at 3:30.
Whose Crime is it Anyway in room 207 from the walker bell until 3:30.
Student Council meets in the cafeteria from the walker bell until 4:00.
Homework club in room 205
6th Grade Art Club from the walker bell until 4:00
Thursday
Coffin Food Market - Open to all Brunswick Residents with school aged kids - Market is open from 3 to 5 pm weekly.
Creative Writing Club will meet from the walker bell until 3:45 in the library - canceled 1/18
Youth for Action Club will meet from the walker bell until 3:45 in the Cafeteria - next meeting is February 6.
8th Grade Math Team meets in Room 208 from the walker bell until 3:30
Homework Club meets in room 305 from the walker bell until 4:00
Robotics Club - meets in room 314 from the walker bell until 4:00
7th and 8th Grade Art Club from the walker bell until 4:00
Friday
Q&A Club - in the cafe until 3:30