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| | BMS Closing Ceremony 2009! | | | | | Friday, June 5, 2009 11:26 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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After the fun and games of Field Day. We celebrate all we accomplished this year at Blake Middle School at our Closing Ceremony.
Our Grade 8 students enter the chapel to Pomp and Circumstance being played by our Grade 6 and Grade 7 students.
Our Grade 8 students sit at the front of the chapel.
Welcome everyone to our Closing Ceremonies!
Mia was chosen by her peers to deliver the Class of 2013 speech.
Steph and Alex performed for their peers.
As did Andrew
and Jacob
The Eveline Barber Medals were awarded to an individual student from each class honoring her or his work and accomplishment in the classroom this year.
Thomas for PE with Mr. Vartabedian
Sarah for Health with Ms. Whipple.
Winston for Music Mrs. Shrenker.
Alex for Art with Ms. Palmer
Shannon for Spanish Mr. Lautenshcleger.
Jackson and Kristin received their National Latin Exam Certificates from Magister Ayers
Jacob with the Latin Barber Prize from Magister Ayers
Alex for Mandarin with Dr. Gao
Brian for Grade 6 Science with Mr. D'Avanzo
Gillian for Grade 7 Science with Mr. Lagomarsino
Riley for Grade 8 Science with Mr. Lagomarsino
Marcus for Grade 6 Math with Mrs. Dangleis
Maria for Grade 7 Math with Mrs. Dangleis
Josh for Grade 8 Math with Mrs. Dangleis
Steph for Algebra 1 with Ms. Kelly
Ben for Humanities 6 with Mr. Moran
Kristin for Humanities 7 with Ms. Krassin
Christine for Humanities 8 with Mrs. Barnes-Vallandingham
Our Class of 2013's final gift to our community, their rendition of "Lean on Me".
Thanks everyone for a great year!!
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| BMS Breakfast and Field Day!! |
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| Friday, June 5, 2009 10:52 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Thursday, May 28, was the last day of school for our Blake Middle School 2008/2009 academic year! The year flew by! Registration day, Nature's Classroom, Halloween, Election Day at Lake Paradise, all of the things you see on this BLOG make it hard |
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| BMS at the Relay For Life |
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| Friday, June 5, 2009 10:34 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Wilbraham & Monson Academy hosts The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life event every spring on our track and athletic fields. The event helps to raise money for the ACS to help make cancer a part of our collective past. Our BMS students we |
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| Grade 7 Humanities Plays |
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| Friday, June 5, 2009 10:17 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Ms. Krassin's Grade 7 Humanities classes wrote 2 one-act plays that allowed her students to depict some of the themes and historical events that were covered in her humanities class this year. The titles of the two plays were, "Ain't I A Man? |
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| BMS Art Show |
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| Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:10 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| The Blake Middle School Art Show opening was held Friday, May 1 in Binney. The show featured the work our students have created under the excellent tutelage of Ms. Palmer. [Image:IMG_7355.jpg][Image:IMG_7376.jpg] The pieces displayed above were part |
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| Grade 8 Travels to 6 Flags!! |
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| Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:47 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Our Grade 8 students traveled to 6 Flags New England on Friday, May 8 to participate in "Outdoor Classroom". Mrs Dangleis and Mr. Lagomarsino enjoyed the day with their math and science students. [Image:DSC00339.jpg] Mr. Lago in the park w |
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| Maracondo Fever Hits BMS!! |
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| Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:07 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| A very timely activity given today's headlines and the daily updates on the Swine Flu is an activity titled "Modern Outbreaks". The activity features a mystery illness called Maracondo Fever and our students, working as young epidemologist |
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| ToyChallenge 2009 |
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| Monday, May 18, 2009 9:05 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Blake Middle School students were, once again, selected to participate in the national levels of the Sally Ride/ ToyChallenge competition.[Image:wma2009toychallenge 049 6.jpg] Heather, Christine, Riley, and Stephanie competed from Blake Middle School |
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| Grade 7 science "tests" blood types |
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| Monday, May 18, 2009 9:03 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| The final activities of our Grade 7 science program has our students studying human blodd types, investigating bacteria and viruses, learning about the transmission of diseases and illnesses, and studying the effectiveness of medicines and innoculati |
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| BMS Lego Robotics |
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| Monday, May 18, 2009 8:27 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| The Blake Middle School Lego Robotics Team traveled to WPI Saturday, May 9 to see a competition called "BattleCry" featuring contraptions built and designed by high school teams from around New England. The trip began with a tour of a WPI |
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| BMS Student Council Semi-Formal Dance |
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| Monday, May 4, 2009 3:19 PM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| The BMS Student Council organized a semi-formal dance that was held in our Campus Center Friday night following our BMS Art Show Opening. The dance featured a raffle of an I-Home, lots of good music, yummy treats and delicious drinks. [Image:P101 |
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| Lego Robotics at BMS |
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| Monday, May 4, 2009 11:09 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Our Lego Robotics group is in full R&D mode this spring. We meet during our Activities Block on Wednesdays and on Friday afternoons. The group is led by current BMS parent, Mrs. Lori Pelletier and she is very ably assisted by Luke Pelletier, Cl |
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| More Grade 8 Science |
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| Friday, May 1, 2009 4:08 PM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Grade 8 science continued their investigation of energy by designing and performing an investigation to determine the effect of height and mass on the energy transferred to a falling object.[Image:P1010002.jpg][Image:P1010003.jpg][Image:5109_40745_0. |
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| Grade 8 science begin a unit on energy |
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| Tuesday, April 28, 2009 4:53 PM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| After just completing a unit on materials that had our Grade 8 science students investigating plastics, metals, corrosion, chemical reactions, and many other cool science concepts, Mr. Lago's students began a unit on energy. The first investigation |
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| Grade 7 science studies cellular respiration |
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| Thursday, April 23, 2009 4:02 PM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Back in the day when teaching in Florida, I was introduced to a new style of music called "rap". I had been teaching overseas for three years and never heard rap. I think Duran Duran and Boy George were big over there at the time. I was |
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| BMS Spring Concert 2009 |
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| Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:45 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Congratulations to our students for putting on a wonderful performance at our Spring Concert! Many thanks to Mrs. Shrenker for all she does to help our students play such sweet music!! [Image:DSCN0282.jpg] Our students opened the performance with th |
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| Honor Roll for Winter Trimester |
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| Saturday, April 18, 2009 3:59 PM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| We recognized, during our All School meeting on Thursday, all of the students who earned academic honors for the Winter Trimester. Earning Honor recognition were the following Blake Middle School students... Charles Callahan 7 Olivia Milne 7 Thoma |
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| New BMS Director!! |
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| Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:08 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Blake Middle School announced a new director on Monday!! Kristin served as Blake Middle School Director for the day while I went to her classes as a 7th grade student.[Image:P1010001.jpg] Kristin logged on and collaborating with the WMA administratio |
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| 6th graders perform outdoors |
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| Friday, April 10, 2009 11:07 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Mrs. Shrenker made the most of the nice (and unfortunately, infrequent) good weather we had on Thursday to bring her Grade 6 strings class outside to the Levy Courtyard to play. [Image:P1010001.jpg] The caution tape has nothing to do with the quality |
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| Grade 8 studies plastics |
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| Tuesday, April 7, 2009 2:09 PM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| For those of you old enough or perhaps just movie afficionados, I have just one word... "Plastic!" No, this isn't a preview of the movie The Graduate but a BMS BLOG entry for our Grade 8 science class and their continuing investigation of |
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