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EARLY
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION SOON
Early registration for next
year’s kindergarten will be taking place in Marion County
after Easter Break on March 28 and all children must be
registered in their attendance area home school only.
Students will need to be 5
years by September 1 and bring to the registration their
current immunizations, certified birth certificate,
social security number, proof of residency, and
information of several emergency contacts phone numbers.
Some immunizations needed
to enter school cannot be given until after May 15.
Something new that
enrolling children will need this year will be a
Wellness Medical Exam as directed by Governor Manchin’s
current legislation.
These will be conducted by
children’s doctors prior to entering kindergarten and
the results will be recorded on a form the doctors will
have, which then will need to be turned into the
schools. The exams costs will be covered.
More information about
these Wellness Exams will be described in the newspaper
soon.
LOOKING AHEAD, SCHOOL EVENTS:
*Wednesday, March 12:
School class pictures (K-8)
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Price brochures were sent
home over a week ago.
*Thursday, March 13:
Marion
County
8th
Grade Career Fair at Marion
County
Technical Center
– Students will leave immediately at
8:45am, return by 11:15am and will travel by Marion
County School bus.
*Friday, March 14:
Early Release Day.
Barrackville Students are
released at 12:50pm
*Monday,March
17 – Friday, March 21:
No School – Easter/Spring
Break
*Tuesday, March 25:
8th
graders of GEAR Up will spend a “Day on Campus” at
Fairmont State University.
SCHOOL
TALENT SHOW
The school Talent Show will
be 9:30am this Friday, March 14.
The students have already
gone through auditions and have looking forward to being
able to perform.
Instead of charging
admission to the show, students are asked to bring one
item of canned food to be donated to the Soup Opera or a
dog/cat product that will be donated to the Animal
Shelter.
PENNIES FOR PATIENTS
The last day to bring in
change for “Pennies for Patients” will be Friday, March
14.
The class bringing in the
most money will win a pizza party.
The winner of that party
will be announced after Easter/Spring Break.
HELP THE SCHOOL TRY FOR NEW COMPUTERS
Dear Family and Friends of
Barrackville
School,
We are asking for your help in a quest to win a grant to
get new computers at Barrackville Elementary and Middle
School. This grant is through through the
"Hamburger Helper/My Hometown Helper". As a part
of that grant, it is needed for folks to log onto the
web site and to add a simple comment in support of Barrackville School purchasing those new
computers.
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Be 18 or older
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Have an e-mail address
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Only give first name
Also,
we would ask readers who would log in to please send
this information to anyone that may help support this
cause. A big thank you from the students, community,
and teachers at Barrackville Elementary and Middle
School.
2nd
GRADE ENTREPRENEURS
The second graders of
Barrackville would like to thank all the school staff
members, parents, students, and community for their help
in making the trip to Charleston
and making their participation in “The Lemonade Stand
Project” a successful one.
Governor Manchin tasted
their product and commented on how very good it was!
Their profit from sales at
the Lemonade Stand was donated to The Marion County
Animal Shelter.
Shelter representatives
came to the school on Friday, and talked with the
students about the Animal Shelter.
The students would like to thank
Nancy Securro and her dog “Big Dog” and Nancy Smigock
and her cats “Cassie”, “Cherise” for visiting the
classroom!
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to two
Barrackville 4th
graders who did very well last weekend in the Federal
Order of Eagles speech contest.
Students had to write a 3
minute speech about “Good, Flag, and Country”.
Claudia
Sheets took 2nd
place in the contest and Kailee Latocha took 1st
place.
CHECK GRADES
ON EDLINE.NET
All students grades can be checked online at
www.edline.net
Activation codes from last year continue to work for
this year if your child was at Barrackville School.
If you did not receive an activation code or have
forgotten your screen name/password, contact school
counselor, Susan Boore.
CHURCH AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
The Barrackville United Methodist Church
has begun a unique after-school program for kids in
Barrackville. “Bison for Christ” or BFC began on
Wednesday, October 3 and will be held every Wednesday
that school is in session from 3:30 to 4:30pm in the Old
Stone Church. It will be open for all students
from Barrackville School, regardless of religious
affiliation.
Children attending will receive an after
school snack, followed by an opening with music in the
church sanctuary, then a weekly lesson that is not
doctrine-based.
All children attending must have a
completed registration paper on file with the church.
Children will be getting these slips from the school in
the near future.
Parents must be responsible for picking
their children up promptly at 4:30pm each Wednesday.
For more information, contact church pastor Scott
Ingleton at 366-8342.
SCHOOL HANDBOOK ONLINE
The 2007 - 08 School
Handbook is now available on-line as a PDF file.
It is available under the "School Policies" button. The
handbook file can be read after downloading the free
Adobe Reader software. A link to Adobe is listed
in the far left-hand column.
Highlights of the
Discipline
Policies
General
School Rules for All
Students
*Dress
Code:
Students are NOT
to wear items with insulting, vulgar, suggestive, and/or
inappropriate words or pictures; apparel supportive of
tobacco or alcohol products, either by pictures or
slogans.
*Dress Code:
Rooms are air-conditioned; therefore students are
NOT permitted to
wear tank tops, spaghetti straps, crop tops, mesh
tops, short-shorts, or any other clothing that would be
inappropriate and/or distracting in class. Girls
tops should not show cleavage.
Clothing tops and bottoms
must overlap, even when sitting. At no time should
student’s underclothes be visible.
Shorts and/or skirts should reach beyond the tip
of the middle finger of the students’ arms while
standing. Students will be asked to change or will be
sent home for being dressed inappropriately.
*Not
permitted at anytime in school is the use of:
Cell phones, pagers, CD players, MP3 players, radios,
hand-held games or walkie-talkies.
(Exceptions may
be made by teachers within their classroom only.)
It is highly recommended that these items not be brought
to school. Any valuable item that is brought to
school should be kept in a locked locker.
*Also
NOT permitted in school:
Chewing gum, white-out correction fluid, wearing
hats (by boys or girls), playing cards,
trading cards, or laser pointers.
*Students
should not use any spray toiletries in the school
hallways due to allergy reactions they can cause.
BEHAVIOR EXPECTED IN SCHOOL:
*Students are to follow all
classroom rules and classroom management plans.
*Students are to remain
honest (includes assignments, possessions, witnessing,
etc.)
*Students are to
show respect for others. No physical or verbal
disrespect is permitted to fellow students or adults.
*Students are not to throw any objects
(including snowballs) in the building or on the school
grounds.
*All Students are
expected to follow ALL guidelines and policies which
include, but are not limited to
Barrackville
School
policies and updates throughout the year, Marion County
Schools policies, West Virginia State Law, and West
Virginia State Board of Education policies.
BISON
BANK
As a Partner in Education with Barrackville School, the
First Exchange Bank in Barrackville is in charge of the
Bison Student Bank program. Student Banking Days
will be the second Tuesday of every month beginning in
October and ending in April with checks being sent home
in May 2007,
It is asked that the student open the account with a
minimum of $1.00. Deposits can be made in any
amount after that. They will receive 2% interest
on the dollar amount deposited each month along with a
gift from the bank.
BONUS FEATURE: Students who have “Perfect
Attendance” in school at the end of the school year will
receive a bonus deposit in their account of $5.00.
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SCHOOL
SUPPLY LISTS FOR 2007-08
School supply lists (Note Open In Adobe PDF)
Elementary School Supply List
Middle School Supply List
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TOO EARLY!
Parents are reminded to not send or bring their children
to Barrackville School BEFORE 8:15am! No staff
members are available to supervise students before that
time. That also means that they should not be
waiting outside on the school grounds before that time.
STUDENTS REQUIRED TO HAVE TB TESTS
Please take note of a change in West Virginia state law
concerning the enrollment of students from outside of
the state of West Virginia: These students
MUST
have a TB test and have it read
BEFORE
being allowed to attend school in West Virginia.
Therefore it is encouraged for parents to get this done
in the next few weeks so no school time will be lost.
Days missed will be days counted absent.
Free T.B. tests are given every Wednesday at the Marion
County Health Department from 1:00-3:00pm. They
then must be read on the following Fridays at the Health
Department from 1:00 - 3:00pm. Their phone number
for more information 366-3360.
T.B. tests can also be obtained at the John
Manchin Sr. Health Care Center on Monday, Wednesday, and
Fridays from 8:00am to 3:00pm. Their phone number
is 363-2500.
FACULTY PAGES NOT WORKING
Around 2000,
Barrackville School was
one of the first to have their entire faculty build
their own web pages. As the computer age marches
on, some companies bid adieu and leave the scene.
The company that has hosted that portion of our website
has gone out of business. That is the bad news.
The good news is that Marion County Schools will be
moving to "web-based" teacher grade books, Grade Quick
and their accompanying teacher - parent pages EdLine
As soon as that is up and running later in the 2006-07
school year, we hope to re-construct the important
teacher portion of our web site.
BARRACKVILLE SCHOOL A GEAR-UP SCHOOL
Barrackville Middle School is proud to have now been
designated a GEAR Up School in partnership with Fairmont
State University. For more information about this
wonderful opportunity, check out the FSU GEAR Up website
by Clicking
here
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Here
at Barrackville Elementary and Middle School we are a
unique public school setting which houses grades
kindergarten through the eighth grade. An
Elementary School and a Middle School are both contained
within one school setting. Enrollment in the whole
school usually is around 350 students for all nine grade
levels. Our mascot is the mighty American Bison, and we
are all very proud to be a school of "Winners"! To
see our Alma Mater and Fight Song please click below on
the mighty American Bison.
Our low teacher-pupil ratio allows us to really
get to know our students and to give the personal
attention to students who need it right away. We believe
that all students can learn...and our job is to help
them do their best. To learn about our
Vision and Mission
here at Barrackville Elementary and Middle School
please
Click Here.
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Kurtis Helgeson
Updated by
Barrackville School and Kurtis Helgeson
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