👩🏫RAZZ CLUSTER WAX MUSEUM:
Barrington Middle School's Grade 7 Razz Cluster spent Tuesday morning, June 6, turning their school's Library Media Center into a wax museum.
A “wax museum” is an interactive exhibit where students, costumed as well-known figures, stand at attention like a museum mannequin in front of a visual display describing the life of the person they are representing. Visitors "activate" a wax museum figure by pressing a button on the display. This signals the student to begin reciting a short monologue as their historical figure.
Wax museums are immersive learning experiences - and require lots of hard work! Razz Cluster students each chose a historical figure and researched their life, their experiences, and their accomplishments. Based on their research, students designed a visual display showcasing the biographical information they learned and wrote and memorized a monologue speech to deliver as their wax museum figure. Finally, students created a costume representative of their figure to wear during the presentation.
Kudos to Razz Cluster students and their teachers for today's well-attended wax museum exhibit!
🎓BHS SENIOR SCHOOL WALK:
Students and staff in the District showed out to congratulate the Barrington High School Class of 2023 during the first annual senior school walk!
Dressed in their graduation regalia, BHS seniors visited Primrose Hill School, Nayatt School, Sowams School, Hampden Meadows Elementary School, and Barrington Middle School and walked through each school building to excited applause and cheers from students lining the hallways. Seniors stopped often to high-five elementary and middle school students and hug their former teachers.
What a fantastic send off for Barrington's next graduating class as they head into graduation weekend. The graduation ceremony for the Class of 2023 is scheduled for 2:00 PM on Victory Field.
Pending inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved into the large gymnasium with additional overflow seating (livestreaming the ceremony) in the auditorium.
🗺BMS GRADE 8 VISITS WASHINGTON, D.C.:
Barrington Middle School eighth graders left Barrington for their class trip to Washington, D.C., on June 1 and safely arrived in the nation's capital after a 9-hour drive.
Today, they kicked off Day 2 of the trip with an early morning visit to the White House. While exploring landmark locations in the District of Columbia, BMS students are learning about how the United States and its government operate.
Thank you, Mr. Moran, for photographing the experience.
BARRINGTON MEMORIAL DAY PARADE:
Barrington Public Schools students remembered those who have died in military service to the United States by participating in Barrington's Memorial Day celebrations.
Barrington High School seniors walked alongside the Barrington Education Foundation in Monday's Memorial Day Parade while bands from Barrington Middle School and Barrington High School played music. Members of BMS Best Buddies also walked in the parade carrying a handmade banner honoring Barrington's fallen heroes.
This story was covered in the Barrington Times on May 30: https://www.eastbayri.com/stories/photos-barrington-celebrates-memorial-day,113117?fbclid=IwAR2HfafWxMv1BZtAKM--Lcv5wytwS0yExvrO5v79rVEAunk_XlCNVRlF2S8
All photos were taken by Julie Furtado for East Bay Media Group.
🧘BEF/BPS WELLNESS EXPO:
On May 13, the Barrington Education Foundation partnered with Barrington Public Schools to host a Wellness Expo for students, families, and the Barrington community. More than 30 vendors and local organizations shared health and wellness resources and activities. The Expo reflected a joint commitment by BEF/BPS to prioritize social, emotional, and physical wellness for all.
Zoom is not available at tonight's school committee meeting. We are live streaming.
The Rhode Island Art Education Association (RIAEA) has recognized 6 Barrington Middle School students for their outstanding artwork with Honorable Mention awards at this year's RIAEA Anchor Awards. Submissions by three Barrington High School students were also awarded Best in Category.
All BMS submissions will be on display in Alex & Ani Hall at Rhode Island College through the month of March. RIAEA is hosting the Anchor Awards opening reception and awards ceremony on the afternoon of Saturday, March 12, 2023.
Best in Category Award:
Eden White, "Stone Cold" (10th grade)
Jane Bryant, "The First Holy Communion (11th grade)
Fiona McManus, "Grounded" (12th grade)
Honorable Mention:
Tessa Rigamonti, "2022" (7th grade)
Myles Hosey, "Landscape" (8th grade)
Ana Mycue, "Mountainscape" (8th grade)
Carla Chen, "Grandeur of the Seas" (8th grade)
Mira Scheiner, "Serenity" (8th grade)
Myles Acosta-Gil, "Snowy Fox" (8th grade)
Maddi Cohea, "A String of Me" (9th grade)
Keta Douglas, "Recovery" (9th grade)
Adrienne Kollie, "A Winning Solute" (10th grade)
Ryan Bianco, "Reaching from Darkness" (10th grade)
Ian Pirraglia, "(almost) timeless" (11th grade)
Jane Bryant, "What I Used to Hold Dear" (11th grade)
Nicole Becker, "The Wolf Strikes at Sunset" (12th grade)
Rosie Delaney, "Laundry Day, 1750" (12th grade)
Rosie Delaney, "Pizza Parlour, 1790" (12th grade)
Beginning January 19th Barrington Schools will be offering a complete online student registration module. Registration will be done through our Aspen Portal, https://ri-barrington.myfollett.com/aspen/logon.do
Information and instructions on registering is available on our website, https://www.barringtonschools.org/page/student-registration.
The online registration portal for the 2022-2023 school year opens February 1st and Kindergarten registration will run from February 1st through 11th.
Immediate Help Wanted. Barrington Middle & High School are ready to return to full in-person learning 4/26. We need lunch monitors to help us achieve this goal. As an employee, you would be eligible to receive RI COVID vaccination. https://www.schoolspring.com/job.cfm?jid=3490394
Gov. Raimondo & RI Commerce announced recipients $3 million grants to help Take It Outside to encourage & increase outdoor use & reduce the transmission rate of COVID-19 @BPS_RI was awarded, $55,000 & Town of Barrington was awarded $30,000 https://www.ri.gov/press/view/...
Barrington Public Schools is experiencing a shortage of PreK-12 substitute teachers. Subs must have an associates degree or higher & a Background Check. Daily rate is $90.00. If interested contact Nancy Gladney, gladneyn@barringtonschools.org Please spread the word.
Barrington Public Schools is experiencing a shortage of elementary recess&lunch monitors. Monitors must have a background check. 180 day position $11.50/hr. For full or part time work. contact Nancy Gladney, gladneyn@barringtonschools.org. Please spread the word.
BMS Bus 10 is just leaving BMS. Bus 13 has not yet arrived.
BMS Bus Delays - Buses 6, 13 and Mini Bus 1 are delayed today, Wed, 9/16 in the afternoon. Bus 6 is just leaving BMS now. Buses 13 and Mini Bus 1 have not yet arrived to BMS.
BPS Important Updates and Just One Thing for Familes Updated at https://www.barringtonschools.org/article/259659?org=barrington-schools for August 11, 2020
Barrington Public Schools' Update for 8/4/2020 has been emailed to families and staff and is available at https://www.barringtonschools.org/article/259659?org=barrington-schools
BPS updated its FAQs and has placed the draft copy of our draft re-entry plan on our District re-entry page awaiting RIDE review. These documents include our most up to date protocols and revisions. https://www.barringtonschools.org/o/barrington-schools/page/reentry-2020-2021
Please see our update about the family focus group for re-entry on July 13th at 6 PM https://www.barringtonschools.org/article/259659?org=barrington-schools
Summer learning through Roger Williams University https://www.barringtonschools.org/article/259659?org=barrington-schools and on the summer learning page.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vbrGWBbWmUw6HEcFkssaZqKjcYD4Yv4eS00udc9jdC4/edit?usp=sharing
An important BPS update on re-entry feedback for 6/23/2020 https://www.barringtonschools.org/article/259659?org=barrington-schools