Walleye Game

The 6th grade had a great time at the Walleye game today.  Even though the Walleye lost, all the students had a great time.  Thank you to the PTSA for bus transportation and the awesome shirts.  Thank you to Mrs. Tillman for organizing this event. 

BJHS Food Drive

Thank you to Mr. Lopinski and the Student Council for organizing all of the items from our food drive.  Tomorrow the Bedford Lions will be coming to the JHS to get the food to help deliver everything.  Great Job Bedford Community!!

Quiz Bowl

Good luck to our quiz bowl teams this week at the Monroe County Quiz Bowl Tournament.  Thank you to the PTA for all of their work in organizing the kids and running the classroom tournament.

Coat Drive

This is just a reminder that we are having our coat drive at BJHS now.  Students are bringing in gently used coats.  Those coats are then being donated to the Lion's Den in Temperance for local needy families.  Thank you for all of your support.  

Veterans' Day

BJHS had a wonderful recognition of our veterans.  Special thanks goes out to Senior Airman Jacob Sorosiak, our Community Education Director of Recreation and member of the United States Airforce.  Thank you to the musicians, staff, and students for all of your work during the program.

Student speakers Nathan Kowalski, Kerragan Gandee, Kimberly Sparks, and Elizabeth Geer

Supergirls and Talented Teachers

During the Holiday, Mr. Hennessey (Health Teacher) and Mr. Snowberger (Math Teacher) try to outdo each other with Holiday drawings. It is always nice to see the diverse talents of out staff. 

Mr. Hennessey's Picture

Mr. Snowberger's Picture

Below is a juggling demonstration from Mr. Allison.  Not only has Mr. Allison been an excellent shop teacher, but Mr. Allison is very  talented.  Mr. Allison has been in charge of our building juggling club for many years.  This club will start this winter, so please watch the announcement feed for details.

Since tomorrow is a teacher work day and no students will be at school, we are having our BJHS Halloween Party Tonight.  This party starts at 6:30 and is for BJHS students only.  

Today is also the end of our Red Ribbon Week.  Today students dressed up to scare away drugs.  We also had many superheros here today.  I am the one in the middle. 

Mug Wars

Mrs. Matlow's 7th Grade English Class has partnered with http://www.highergroundstrading.com/7/coffee-bar in Traverse City to collect mugs for their company. The reason for doing this collection is that they only use recycled mugs in their business even if you purchase coffee to go. How does this connect to our learning? The class is writing persuasive papers about the theme: "Going Green". Mrs. Matlow was able to use several samples from this Michigan business about what they are doing to help the environment and keep their company green. Mrs. Matlow has shared with the class the variety of things they are doing that are "green" activities for their business such as online punch cards and delivering their coffee by bike and cart, instead of truck. All of this information can be confirmed on their website. Our students are going to write persuasive papers based on things that they think their families and people in our community can do to "Go Green" and help our environment. The classes conducted a "Mug Wars" challenge between all of Mrs. Matlow's classes. We put boxes in the back of the room and kept weekly tally sheets. The staff of BJHS also donated mugs.

Great job Mrs. Matlow and her English Classes for the awesome green effort.  Please check out the slideshow below for pictures.
   

Yearbook

Yearbook Sales:

Here is the address to purchase a yearbook online:

https://yearbookforever.com

Step 1# Enter Bedford Junior High school

Step #2 Choose options (if you want any)

Step #3 Complete the order and pay online

If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook at the school, we will be selling advance copies of the yearbook in the cafeteria each day.  Please make checks out to Bedford Junior High School. If you want to pay cash, please turn the money to the yearbook sales staff in the cafeteria, (include appropriate amount) and we give students a receipt. Thanks in advance . . . 

*Please be advised that we are running an "early bird" special. 

The price is $40.00 until Thanksgiving, then it goes to $42.00 until Winter break. 

From there, the price will be $45.00 until February 14, 2015.  

**All sales ends on the 2/14/2015 final date.

***If there are any concerns, kindly email me at the following site:

greg.robinson@mybedford.us

Let's Dance

Yesterday was our PTSA Membership Dance.  The students had a great time and I got to lecture students on the pros and cons of hair bands.  Thank you to Mrs. McNutt and PTSA for organizing and thank you to Toby Sass and the YMCA for assisting.  Go Broncos!

Fast Math

Ms. May's student enjoy showing how they work on their math.  Here is a video from Makayla and Natalie on converting fractions, percents, and decimals.

Live Your Dreams

Today BJHS welcomed Anthony Ianni to our school.  Anthony is a graduate of Michigan State University.  Anthony shared his experiences as a young man dealing with his own autism, bullying, being a member of the Big Ten Championship Spartans' Basketball Team, and a college graduate.  Thank you Mr. Ianni and BJHS appreciates sharing your story that is both motivational and inspirational.  Today Anthony closed on his moto "Live Your Dreams", so I hope that our students will hear his message and live their dreams.

To find out more about Mr. Ianni, go to his website, http://relentlesstour.com/.

Here are some pictures from today.

Pennies and Chromebooks

Over the next few weeks I will be spotlighting some of the new staff to BJHS.  Welcome Megan Salenbien to BJHS.  Mrs. Salenbien is a new science teacher in the building.  Mrs. Salenbien comes to us from Michigan State University.    In the picture below Mrs. Salenbien is doing an experiment with data collection, water, and pennies.

Welcome to BJHS Mrs. Salenbien!

Today is also 6h grade chromebook distribution.  Our tech team  is going over chromebook basics with the students.  Mrs. Powell will also be stopping in the classes to give more advance instruction.

Welcome Back

Happy first day back.  We had a great day back and the students are very excited.  We are currently working on sorting out lockers and all students should get a locker shortly. We are finishing distributing the 7th grade chromebooks this week and hopefully getting the 6th grade chromebooks out next week.  I would like to thank Mrs. McNutt and the PTA for all their help this week and at Bronco Round-Up.  Thank you to Mrs. Kraine for all of the nice work done outside to make the school look great.

We have several new teachers in the building and I would like to welcome them:

Mrs.  Salembien: 7th/8th Science

Mr. Stalker: 7th Grade Social Studies

Mrs. Green: Art

Mr. Titus: 6th/8th Computers

Ms. Harrison: Speech/Language

Mrs. Young: 8th Grade Science

Mrs. Kay: 6th Grade

Mrs. Carnicom: 6th Grade

Mr. Sanecki: 8th Grade History

I am excited for the new teachers and students in the building and I am looking forward to a great year.

Last Day Of School

Happy last day of school!  Thank you to the students and staff that have made this a memorable year.  I would like to wish good luck to our retirees Colleen Jan, Paul Ostermyer, and Jim VanWormer.  

I hope everyone has a relaxing and recharging summer and see you on September 2nd!

CP Swagger

BJHS has many superstars.  One of our outstanding broncos is Hunter Gandee.  This Saturday and Sunday Hunter will be raising awareness and bringing attention to individuals and families dealing with cerebral palsy.  Hunter is doing this to bring awareness to the condition that he deals with daily with his little brother Braden.
In order to raise awareness for people with the condition of cerebral palsy, Hunter will be carrying his brother Braden from Bedford Junior High to the University of Michigan's Wrestling facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Bedford Junior High will be hosting a send off in our gym at 8:00 on Saturday morning.  Please wear green if you plan on coming. You can follow Hunter's progress through various social media avenues:

“Follow” us on Twitter- @The_CP_Swagger

“Like” us on Facebook- The Cerebral Palsy Swagger

“Follow” us on Instagram- @cerebral_palsy_swagger

Hunter's blog: http://cpswag.blog.com/

Here is a video of Hunter from Fox News.

Here is a video of Hunter from ABC News.

Awards Day

Congratulations to all of our award recipients last Friday.  Thank you to the teachers and Ms. Newman for all of the work that they have done to make the Awards Day possible.

Outstanding Broncos Hunter Gandee and Ally Rimmer

Mrs. Eltschlager and myself handing out awards.

Mudhens Fun

Fifth Thirds Field is the place to be with our 6th graders.  Thank you to Mrs. Tillman for organizing the fun!

Collage Concert

Great job last Wednesday night music students at our collage concert.  It is always nice to see everyone perform.

James P. McHugh Academic Honors Banquet

Last Wednesday we had our James P. McHugh Academic Honors Banquet.  Congratulations to all of the students in attendance.  Thank you to BHS Senior Haley Barr for speaking.  Thank you to BJHS teacher Mr. Burgermeister for presenting to the students.  Thank you to Mrs. Brieschke, Ms. Newman, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Tully, Mrs. Connolly, Mr. Snowberger, Mrs. Spurlin, and Mrs. Hemry for helping out at the wonderful event.

Mr. Burgermeister

Crowd Shot

Haley Barr speaking

Career Day

Last Friday we had our 8th grade career day.  Our counselor Mrs. Connolly organized many speakers for our students.  Thank you to all of the community members that came in and contributed to our students.

The Monroe County Canine Unit presenting to our 8th graders.

NJHS

National Junior Honor Society applications are out.  Students can get the application by going to the office or clicking on this link.  Please make sure you get completed applications to the office by 5/5/14.  Thank you.

Green Team

Yesterday our Green Team met for the first time.  This is an opportunity for students to get outside after school and contribute to the look of the school.  Thank you Mrs. Nimigean for handling this group and to the students that are taking ownership of their school.

Play TIme

Great Job students last night at the play!  It is always nice to see the performances.

Superstars

We have a lot of superstars at BJHS and I would like to recognize a few of them.

Thank you to all of the parents and teachers that make PTA successful. Mrs. McNutt does a great job with the PTA organization and I appreciate her leadership.  Thank you to our Partners in Education, Mike's Southwest Grill for sponsoring events for our staff and students with a shout out to Mrs. McHugh for her hard work at the JHS and the restaurant.  Thank you to Mrs. Reitz and Mrs. McPhillips for running our quiz bowl program, the kids love it and you guys do a great job representing the community.  Thank you to our great secretaries Ms. Newman and Mrs. Brieschke for their work making our school run and they are well deserving of being recognized for our Lifetime Membership Award.  Thank you to everyone who works hard on our outstanding program, PTA Craft Show, especially Mrs. Kohler for her organization and leadership. Congratulations to our outstanding educator, Mrs. Verdun, for her outstanding work in the classroom. Thank you Jenn Scally for all of the work on the certificates.  Thank you Silver Spoon and Mrs. Adamski for the wonderful meal and thank you to DaCapos for the great cupcakes.

PTA Founders' Day Awards Dinner 3/20

Last night we had our annually BPS Art Show and Awards Ceremony at the Bedford Library.  This was a great event and thank you Mrs. Sansom for all of your hard work.  Below I posted just a few pieces of artwork from our fine students.

Our NJHS President, Hunter Gandee, is a superstar and a great brother!  Click here to read this outstanding article on what he has been doing to help people with cerebral palsy, including his little brother.  Hunter is a great young man and leader and I am looking forward to seeing many great things from him in the future. 

Congratulations to Jacob Goa and Noah Ansara for being BJHS top two writers for America and Me essay contest sponsored by Farm Bureau Insurance. Jacob is a finalist and will compete at the state level.

I could go on and on about the wonderful accomplishments of our students. BJHS is a great place to be because of the work that our parents, staff, and students accomplish.

6h grade Registration Information for 2014/15

Over the last couple weeks, I have spoken to the current 5th graders regarding registering for the 2014/15 school year.  Click here for a copy of the form that they needed to get to their current teacher.

Here is the presentation that I gave:

Computer Safety

Mr. Vergiels' class is currently discussing computer safety.  Here are some student tips for safety from some of our students:


For more on the technology that our computer students are studying, go to 21 Things for Students.

JHS Instagram Art

Here is a link that showcases the wonderful artwork being done by BJHS students on instagram. Mrs. Sansom does a wonderful job with our students and it is always nice to see the different ways we can showcase students' work.  To find out more about our art classes, go to Mrs. Sansom's website here.

7th Graders Registration Information for 8th Grade

Here is the registration information for the 2014/15 School Year for current 7th graders going into 8th grade.

Link to registration form.

Presentation given to 7th graders:

7th Grade Registration for 2014/15

We are currently registering students for classes for the 2014/15 school year.
Click here for the form that was given to your son or daughter.
Here is a copy of the presentation that Mrs. Johnson shared with the 6th graders:

If you have any questions regarding scheduling, please email Mrs. Johnson by clicking on this link.

Learn On!

Today we started handing out the Chromebook to our students.  To find out more information about our 1 to 1 program, click here.  All the students and the staff were really excited.  Special thanks goes out to Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Earl, Mr. Dazley, and Mr. Kohler.

Mr. Eaton & Ms. Dusa's students wait for instructions. 

Mrs. Powell going over the Chromebooks with the students. 

Mr. Eaton class busy using the Chromebooks in the afternoon.