Monday, November 25, 2013

Monday, November 25, 2013

UP COMING . . .
November 18 - Holiday Food Basket Requests Due - It's still NOT too late  
November 20 - Holiday Food Drive Began
November 25 - Boys' Basketball - Red - Home Saline Gold 4:15 p.m.
November 25 - Boys' Basketball - White - Away - Lincoln 4:15 p.m.
November 25 - Staff Meeting - 2:30 p.m. - Media Center
November 26 - Boys' Basketball - Red - Away - Monroe White 4:15 p.m.
November 26 - Boys' Basketball - White - Home - Adrian 4:15 p.m.
November 28-29 - Thanksgiving Break - No School - HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
December 2-6 -Scholastic Book Fair
December 2 -   Boys' Basketball - Red - Away - Ypsilanti 4:15
December 2 -   Boys' Basketball - White Home - Monroe Red - 4:15 p.m.
December 3/4   Bedford Branch Library Christmas Tree Lighting
December 4 -   Boys' Basketball - Red - Home - Tecumseh - 4:15 p.m.
December 4 -   Boys' Basketball - White - Away - Saline Blue - 4:15 p.m.
December 5  -  Board of Education Meeting - 6:30 p.m. - MRE Cafeteria
December 5 -   Parent/Teacher Conferences - 4-7:30 p.m. - 1/2 Day of School - Dismissal 10:55 a.m.
December 6 -   Parent Teacher Conferences -  11:55-2:25 p.m. - 1/2 Day of School -Dismissal -10:55 a.m.
December 7 -   Holiday Baskets Delivered to Families
December 9 -   Annual Theater of the Absurd Puppet Show - Bedford Library - 7-8:00 p.m.
December 9 -   Boys' Basketball - Red - Away - Chelsea Gold 4:15 p.m.
December 9 -   Boys' Basketball - White - Home- Dexter Maroon 4:15 p.m.
December 10 - BJHS - PTSA Meeting - Downstairs Lounge - 7:00 p.m.
December 10 - Orchestra Concert - 7:00 p.m. - BJHS Gym
December 11 - Boys' Basketball - Red - Home - Dexter Gold 4:15 p.m.
December 11 - Boys' Basketball - White - Away - Chelsea Blue 4:15 p.m.

MORLEY FUNDRAISER
If you brought your Morley Fundraising Money in to school, please bring it to the office at this time. If you forgot your money, please remember to bring it to school tomorrow.

GOOGLE APPS PERMISSION SLIPS
Google Apps permission slips were mailed home.  Please return your signed permission slip as soon as possible to the junior high office. If you misplaced your form, please stop in the office, and pick up another one.

ALSO. PLEASE TURN IN YOUR . .
EMERGENCY MEDICAL FORMS
If you did not turn in your Emergency Medical Form, please turn it in.  (Forms are green, yellow, or salmon;.and they were mailed home in the summer mailing.)  Remember to update all contact numbers and sign the back.  To change a student's address, you must present a Michigan Driver's License with the current address, mortgage or lease paper, and a utility bill.


CHARITY CLUB AND BIBLE STUDY CLUB COLLECTION
The Charity Club and Bible Study Club are teaming up to collect socks, gloves, and mittens.  Let's all work together and bring in some socks, gloves, or mittens and hang them on the tree in the cafeteria.  What a great idea!

AFTER SCHOOL CODING-BUILD SOME AWESOME GAMES AND APPS GRADES 6, 7, 8
Do you want to have some fun after school?  On Tuesdays, attend the After School  Coding Club in lab 34 with Mrs. Adkins from 2:30-3:30 p.m..  Build some awesome apps and games with friends. Be sure to have a ride home.  


REFLECTIONS
The theme for this year is "Believe, Dream, Inspire"
Enter in any of the 6 categories: Visual Arts, Photography, Literature, Film Production, Music Composition, and Dance Choreography. You can enter more than one category and/or more than one entry within a category.
The entry deadline is December 6th, at Noon! Entries can be turned in at the Media Center. Entry forms are on the counter in the Media Center. 
There is also a copy of the rules in the media center and posted in the Media Center windows. Rules are also available online at http://www.michiganpta.org/program/reflections.html or at http://bedfordptareflections.weebly.com/. Please check the rules before turning in your projects.
For every Reflections project entered, the student will earn one entry into a drawing for a $25 gift certificate.

YEARBOOKS ON SALE TODAY
Yearbooks are on sale now; and it is the cheapest time to purchase one.  Make sure you order your yearbook early; the price increases soon.  The cost is only $43.   Yearbooks are sold during all lunch hours. Make checks payable to BJHS. Flyers were given to each student, and additional flyers are also available in the office.

FRIENDSHIP PHOTOS
Have your friendship photos taken during lunch!  The cost is only one dollar per person.   

7/8TH GRADE BOYS' BASKETBALL
The 7 and 8th grade boys red basketball teams will host Saline Gold today.  Come back to school at 4:15 p.m. and support your Broncos!

The 7th and 8th grade white teams will travel to play Lincoln today.

HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE
Once again, our junior high school students, in partnership with the Bedford Lions Club, is sponsoring the BJHS Annual Holiday Food Drive for families who are in need of community support this season.
Please consider donating to our food drive by having your child bring in non-perishable food items during our food drive   The collection will last until December 6, 2013.  Food baskets will be delivered on Saturday, December 7, 2013.  

The class that brings in the most will win a breakfast put on by the Student Council.

Families are invited to receive holiday food boxes.  As a result of the commitment of our students and staff members, our community will be provided with a happy holiday.  Our students and staff will be aware of the number of people in each  receiving family; however, they will NOT be aware of the identity of the families. If you wish to apply for a basket, please complete the form that was mailed to your home by November 18. Additional forms are available in the junior high office.  

2013/2014 PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES
Parent/teacher conferences are coming!
December 5, 2013 - 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. - Students dismissed at 10:55 a.m.
December 6, 2013 - 11:55 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. - Students dismissed at 10:55 a..m.

Open times for parents of 7th and 8th graders with a 5 minute time limit
By appointment with 6th grade homeroom teachers. Teachers will contact parent to set up appointment 

THANKSGIVING BASKETS
Many families are struggling right now because of the economy.  The Lewis Avenue Baptist Church would like to be a blessing to families in need in Bedford Township this Thanksgiving season.  Simply call the Lewis Avenue Baptist Church (734) 847-6771, and they will deliver the basket to your home on Monday, November 25th through Wednesday, November 27th.  They would like  every home to have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

SAVE YOUR POP TABS!
Here is your chance to take part in a community service project!  Bring in your pop tabs, and they will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House. They will be recycled for cash to help the children in the hospital. The Ronald McDonald House is a Children's Hospital that helps children in need of medical care and allows the family to stay close to the hospital.  Bring in your pop tabs now to the office or to Mrs. Currie's room 
# 203.   

NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY
NJHS students should remember to check their email for upcoming events.

BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU WALK!!!
When students walk to school, they should please use the sidewalk next to the high school by the grass and not the sidewalk island next to the bus depot.  We want to make sure everyone is safe.  With the dark mornings now, it is unsafe to walk on the through the depot.

8TH HOUR
There will be no 8th hour on Wednesday,  November 27th.  Take the bus home as usual that day. Eight hour will resume on Tuesday, December 3rd.  Any questions, see Mrs. Benisatto in room # 49.  
Eighth hour is open to all students at BJHS. Eighth hour is held every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 2:35-3:25 p.m.  Mrs. Benisatto will meet students at the double doors in the front lobby. Any questions, contact Mrs. Benisatto in room # 49 cheryl.benisatto@my bedford.us or call (734) 850-6253.
Attention Girls Cross Country team:  Practice will end early today at 3:30 p.m.  Make sure you have a ride home.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY
Hunter Duran