Barrington Middle School

🎭ARTS ALIVE BRINGS MEAN GIRLS JR. TO BMS: Congratulations to our Barrington Middle School thespians and Arts Alive Barrington for a sold out weekend of Mean Girls Jr. performances! Last week, in preparation for the play, BMS embraced a school-wide Kindness Challenge to spread the message of the power of kindness. Thanks to Dr. Anderson, Mrs. Poirier, Mrs. Leary, and Mrs. Nary for leading this campaign! 💌

⚧BHS GENDER EQUITY CLUB CELEBRATES WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: In celebration of Women's History Month, the Barrington High School Gender Equality and Awareness Club recently hosted their annual Mixed Media Showcase to support girls and women in sports! Congrats to Megan, Jane, Audrey, and all members of GEAC for planning a fantastic event to support an important cause! Special thank you to Coach Gasbarro, head coach of the BHS field hockey team, for giving the keynote. 🏑

🧫🧪BPS STUDENTS PRESENT AT RI SCIENCE FAIR: Students from Barrington High School and Barrington Middle School presented their research at the Rhode Island Science and Engineering Fair this weekend! Way to go, young scientists! 💡

🏀BHS BASKETBALL TEAMS IN FINAL FOUR: On Saturday, both of our Barrington High School varsity basketball teams competed in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League State Championship Final Four semifinals. Congratulations on a well-played season, Eagles!

📓HMS RISING AUTHORS SOCIETY FEATURED IN MAGAZINE: Look at these familiar faces on the cover of this month's Greet Barrington Magazine! The Hampden Meadows School Rising Authors Society is a group of fifth graders who meet weekly to explore their passion for writing. This month, their interviews are featured in Greet Barrington! ✏️ Check out more of their writing here: https://www.hampdenmeadows.org/o/hampden-meadows/page/writing-collection

✏️BHS STUDENTS EARN NOTABLE MENTIONS IN SHORT STORY CONTEST: Five Barrington High School students recently earned notable mentions in Write Rhode Island's state-wide short story contest! This year, Write Rhode Island received more than 200 submissions from students in grades 7-12. Congratulations, Wesley, Emma, Lillian, Audrey, and Amelia! 📝 Photo by East Bay Media.

🌎💡BMS GEOGRAPHY GETS STUDENTS BUZZING: The Barrington Middle School Geography Bee had students buzzing around the world this morning as they answered challenging questions about countries, capitals, continents, and other geographic characteristics. Congratulations to all students who participated and special congratulations to Eli, our Geography Bee champion! 🐝 Watch a replay of the Geography Bee here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/9393965/video/921112651

📝NAYATT STUDENT'S POEM SELECTED FOR RI KIDS COUNT FACTBOOK: Saumya, a third grade student at Nayatt School, submitted a poem she wrote about Rhode Island to the Rhode Island KIDS COUNT poetry contest and it was recently selected for inclusion in the 2024 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook! Awesome work, Saumya! 🌈

🏀BHS GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WINS DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to the Barrington High School girls basketball team for winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League's Divisional Basketball Championship game last night! Way to go, Eagles and Coach Lenz, Coach Burns, and Coach Munzert! As Division I champs, the Eagles will play in the state quarterfinals on March 11. 🦅 Check out the Providence Journal's recap of the game here: https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/03/07/barrington-beats-nk-in-2024-riil-girls-basketball-division-i-championship/72864915007/

📚NAYATT SCHOOL WELCOMES AUTHOR MARC COLAGIOVANNI: Yesterday was an exciting day to be a Nayatt School student! Rhode Island author Marc Colagiovanni visited Nayatt while in Barrington for launch day of his new picture book, The Reflection in Me. He read both of his books, answered students' questions, and shared the importance of optimism, persistence, and self-love!🖍

🎹🏰 MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH: BHS MUSIC DEPARTMENT GOES TO DISNEY! March is Music in Our Schools Month and, this week, members of our Barrington High School Music Department showcased the importance of music education at Walt Disney World! Student musicians and singers had the opportunity to visit Disney's Imagination Campus, perform in Disney Springs, and participate in workshops with Disney conductors. Way to go, BHS Music Department!

🏆🏊‍♀️BHS GIRLS SWIM TEAM WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: It's been a decade of winning for our Barrington High School girls swim team! For the tenth consecutive year, the girls swim team outscored their competition to become Rhode Island Interscholastic League's Swimming State Champions! Congratulations to our Eagles and Coach Gorham for this incredible and historic achievement! 🥇 Photos courtesy of East Bay Media and the Providence Journal.

🚣‍♀️🚣 ROWING MAKES MORNINGS AT BMS EXTRA"OAR"DINARY: Students at Barrington Middle School have been beginning their days with early morning rowing sessions as part of the school's before-school enrichment program led by East Bay Rowing! Barrington Education Foundation grants helped fund 6 rowing machines at BMS and WaterRower of Warren donated an additional 10 machines for this program.

🥫HMS SOUPERBOWL COLLECTS DONATIONS FOR TAP IN: The Hampden Meadows Elementary School SOUPerbowl, a school-wide donation drive organized by the HMS Student Council, collected 1,019 cans of soup for TAPIN! Student Council members helped shelve, sort, and weigh the donations they delivered to Tap-In. They also received a tour of the food pantry to better understand how Tap-In helps address food insecurity in the East Bay. Thank you to the Hampden Meadows community, especially Student Council and Miss O'Neil, for making such a difference right here in Barrington!

🐋 BMS WINS WYLAND FOUNDATION NATIONAL MURAL COMPETITION: This month, a mural designed by Barrington Middle School eighth graders won first place in the middle school division of the Wyland Foundation's National Art and Classroom Mural Challenge! The Art Challenge is one of the top environmental art competitions for youth. This year's theme is environmental and water conservation, a topic that hits home for Rhode Islanders. Barrington Middle School's winning mural highlights the important message of whale conservation and protection. Working together on this mural challenged students to be collaborative, flexible, and creative. Congratulations, BMS artists and Mrs. Anderson! 🎨 Some photos were taken by Richard Dionne, Jr. for East Bay Media.

🦋🏀QUARTERFINALS GAMES DEDICATED TO MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS: It was a quarterfinals double header for Barrington High School's varsity basketball teams last night and the Birdcage came out in full force to support! Last night's games were dedicated to Morgan's Message, a student organization that strives to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health within the student-athlete community. Congratulations to both teams on their impressive records this season! Following their win last night, the girls basketball team will face La Salle Academy in a Division I play off game on Sunday, March 3. The boys basketball team ended their regular season 21-2 and will play in the Open Tournament in March.

🏮 HMS LANGUAGE CLUB BUILDS CULTURAL CONFIDENCE: Language Club is helping Hampden Meadows Elementary School students develop cultural competence through family and community involvement! Before February break, students had the opportunity to hear from parent guest speakers about their experiences learning English. They also learned more about the Lunar New Year and participated in a lantern-making activity! 🧧

🎒 CELEBRATING CTE MONTH: Did you know that February is Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month? CTE provides students with opportunities to explore different career fields of interest while earning industry-specific credentials and prepares students for the world of work by introducing them to workplace competencies in a real-world, applied context. Barrington High School offers certification and experiential pathways for students to engage in career and technical education in areas like STEM, arts & humanities, media, and business.

🏮 HMS LANGUAGE CLUB BUILDS CULTURAL CONFIDENCE: Language Club is helping Hampden Meadows Elementary School students develop cultural competence through family and community involvement! Before February break, students had the opportunity to hear from parent guest speakers about their experiences learning English. They also learned more about the Lunar New Year and participated in a lantern-making activity! 🧧

👷‍♀️👷 SOWAMS SCHOOL THIRD GRADERS DESIGN DREAM HOUSES: Last week, Sowams School third graders in Mrs. Adamson's class finished their math module on area by designing their own dream houses! This deep learning activity transformed students into junior architects and construction workers applying knowledge about area to create the house of their dreams. Students learned that math - area, in particular - is an important part of our everyday lives and even had the opportunity to discuss different careers, like construction, that use math on a regular basis. Thanks, Mrs. Adamson, for making this unit a "blast"! 🦺