Meetings:

March 15th: 6:00 BMS Library -1) Roommate request and assignments

                              2) Research topic assignments and

                              3) Guidelines PowerPoint Presentations Guidelines

                              4) Behavioral Contracts Signed (Must be signed by both student and parent and sent to Mrs. Davis before May 1st meeting)

May 1^st: 6:00 BMS Library-    1)    Research Topic Presentations

                               2)                    Bring favorite food for everyone to share

                               3)                    Packing List Refresher

June 1st: Finalize Plans – 1) Take care of last minute details and concerns

                           2) Review Departure times and Locations

                           3) Review Luggage Restraints

June 12th: Departure

June 16th: Return to Carteret County

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Research Topics: Samples – You choose!
Topics in red have been chosen. If you haven't chosen your topic, please choose one and send me your choice. First come, first served.

Everglades National Park Overview – Lauren B.

Turtle Hospital Casey D.

Coral Reefs - Paige N.

Seismic Activities and Environmental Issues– Brian M.

Sonar Technology and how it affects marine life – Kegan R.

Marine Careers – Avery W.

Food Webs in Everglades

EcosystemPennekamp

Pennekamp State Park, Fl

Key Largo, Fl

Fauna: Adaptations,

Mangrove Swamps

Palms

Sea Grass Beds

Flora: Physiology, Classification, Adaptations, Behavior Patterns, Anatomy

Turtles: Green, Leatherback, - Baleigh B.

Dolphins (South Fl) – Brady T.

Sharks(South Fl)

Avian Species: Herons, Cormorants, Egrets

Crustaceans: Urchins, crabs, stars, chonch

Squid

Insects

Reptiles

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Worldstrides has requested items to be entered into a time capsule to be done on the trip. They just want a list of items to be included. If any of you have an idea you would like to submit, please email me your idea so I can forward it to the individual responsible. I have a Dec. 15 deadline so get your idea to me as soon as possible. There will be fifty dollars awarded if your ideas or in on time and submitted. Give your idea some thought.

I would like to have a meeting before or right after Christmas: Wed., Dec. 16 at 5:00 or maybe Jan. 4th at Clawson's at 5:00. Which would be better for you guys?

Happy Holidays!! and Merry Christmas to each and everyone of you and your families!!!!

Turn in a COPY of ButterBraids forms to Ann Nyberg by Monday, November 9 so that she can tally up how many to order.
She has to call the order in by Nov. 10th.
Pick up day will be on Nov. 17th at BMS from 3-5.

Ann Nyberg

Please see Mrs. Nyberg for your Butterbraid information packet at the Motorcycle Fund Raiser this Saturday.

Butterbraid info:

1. The order forms are being mailed to my house and I will get them to the parents from there.

2. Due date will be November 6th. All orders must be placed by then.

3. Ann Nyberg will need a copy of all order forms from each parent by Nov. 8th so that I can call in the complete order by Nov. 10th. Parents will need to keep the origional for distribution.

4. Each child is responsible for their own orders and money. The suggestion was that for every Butterbraid that is sold, the check is made out to that child's parent (since we don't have an organization per say). Of course cash is always good. The cost of each Butterbraid is $12.00, but $5.00 from each sale will go to the child's cost of the trip. Therefore, each parent must write a check back to Butterbraid for the total number of braids sold times $7.00. For example if your child sells 10 Butterbraids, they keep $50.00 and I write a check to Butterbraids for $70.00. This was the easiest way to handle this.

5. On Nov. 17th each parent is responsible for being at the BMS cafeteria to pick up their order.

If this is confusing or you have any questions, call me at 241-4053

We need to meet and talk about the upcoming Motorcycle fundraiser, Oct. 18. I hope you have seen some of the signs up already. I hope you all had a great summer and an even better opening to school. Things at BMS have been very busy with the new schedules.

I would like to schedule a meeting for Monday afternoon at 5:00 if possible at BMS cafeteria. I hope you do not mind, but that is the easiest for me at this time. My father is getting ready for major surgery and I am trying to keep things simple. Please try to be present at the meeting.

I do not think it will last longer than 30 to 45 minutes. Marti Stel has already gotten a long list of prizes from local businesses showing their support. We need at least ten students working that day. I hope you will all be there! Remember the money will be split between those working hours at this event.

All of your accounts are up to date and current - Thank you for being a great group!

Thank you again! I sincerely hope to see each of you there and hope you are all loving high school. I miss you all!! This years group is wonderful too.

OH Yeah- THANKS for the wonderful present in our work room - those of you who helped!!!

Summer Fundraiser

It’s almost summertime, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop fundraising! The Gift of Education Letter is a great way for students to fundraise by themselves over the summer. The Gift of Education relies on small gift donations from students’ friends, family members, and local organizations. Have your students go to www.worldstrides.org/gift to customize their own letter and start this fun summer project!

Turn off your computer

The head of the world's most popular search engine recently urged college graduates to step away from the virtual world and make human connections. Speaking at the University of Pennsylvania's commencement, Google chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt told about 6,000 graduates that they need to find out what is most important to them by living analog for a while. "Turn off your computer. You're actually going to have to turn off your phone and discover all that is human around us," Schmidt said.

Parents, please see Mrs. Davis for the spreadsheet phone# and email addresses of participates that are going on the trip. This list will help those in charge of fund raisers contact you. We don't want to send them out through the Internet.

This is a non-school sponsored trip. This trip is organized by a school employee acting as an independent agent, without the sponsorship of the school or school system. If an employee of the school system acts as an independent agent and plans a non-school sponsored trip involving school students, the employee must inform parents and students that the trip is not sponsored by the school system and that the school system and school officials assume no responsibility or liability for the trip.