Buffalo Middle School

Parent Community Liaison

Please see the attached photos with information about an upcoming webinar opportunity for parents/guardians. This is hosted by Homeland Security Investigations and will include important information about the threats children and teens face online and how their trusted adults can help. Here is the link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rV97ADXURkOvOSbmpD355A#/registration

Please see the attached information about the annual Academy Days. If your student is interested in possibly joining the military after high school, this is a great event to expose them to the opportunities available! The closest one is on September 20th at South Charleston High School.

We would love to have every child at school every day, but we know kids get sick and emergencies come up. If they do, please use our form to submit your excuses!! https://bms.wayn.k12.wv.us/o/bm/forms/19043

We are still in need of volunteers for events coming up in October. There are 2 programs we run with 7th and 8th grade students that teach them financial education through a budget simulation (Reality Store & Get a Life) as well as our Annual Career Day which will be on Friday, October 24th this year. If you are able to volunteer at any of these events, please use the QR codes on the pictures to sign up! Thanks in advance for all willingness to volunteer - our students look forward to these events each year, and we could not do them without you!

Tomorrow is a day full of fun on Buffalo Creek! Come out for a yard sale at the school from 9-1 and then movie night at the football field at 6 pm!

We are so excited to share that we have had AMAZING attendance the last two days of school! Today, we had 99.2% attendance. One of our schoolwide goals this year is our attendance rate, and we are off to a great start! Let's keep this up!! Attached to this post is some information about attendance, our attendance rewards, and a newsletter from the school counselor for the month.

Students are bringing home a stack of paperwork this evening. Please go through it together and return what needs to be returned. Attached is a graphic that lists all the paperwork and the details about each one. Also, we collect a fee for our lockers and agendas each year - this fee goes towards our annual locker maintenance and the printing of our agendas. This can be sent to school any time this week using cash or a check written out to Buffalo Middle School. We had an amazing first day, and we are so excited for this school year!

We are looking forward to seeing everyone in the morning! Drop off starts at 7:05 in the gravel lot, and the tardy bell rings at 7:25. We're excited for a new school year together!

IMPORTANT: Please read! We are still working on student schedules for this school year. What your students are seeing on Schoology are NOT FINAL! We make changes daily on these schedules. The paper schedules the students will receive on Tuesday will be the official schedule for the year. Please do not contact the school for schedule changes because your children do not have classes with all of their friends - we do not make schedule changes based on grouping with friends. Students have multiple opportunities throughout the school day to hang out with their friends, including related arts and lunch rotations. There are several factors that we have to take into consideration to determine the schedules, and it is not possible to accommodate every request made. We do the best we can to provide our students with the best schedule for their education and their mental wellbeing. If for some reason a schedule does need changed, all requests must go through Mrs. Ryder. Thank you for understanding!

We are searching for parent and community members to be included on this year's LSIC committee. Please fill out this form if you are interested: https://forms.office.com/r/q8m51EPU5m

Families: Please fill out this form with your updated information, so you can stay up to date on all of our information this school year! https://forms.office.com/r/wxek7nziJF

We are so excited to meet our incoming 6th graders tomorrow!! Dropoff starts at 9 am in the gravel lot. Staff will be outside to direct students where to go. Pick up will start at 1 pm. We will also have an orientation for sixth grade & any new to the school families tomorrow at 6 pm starting in the gym. You will get to meet the staff and tour the building! We hope you all are as excited for the new year as we are!! #HERDstrong

We have multiple events coming up this fall that we would love volunteers for! We have 2 programs we run with 7th and 8th grade students that teach them financial education through a budget simulation (Reality Store & Get a Life) as well as our Annual Career Day which will be on Friday, October 24th this year. If you are able to volunteer at any of these events, please use the QR codes on the pictures to sign up! Thanks in advance for all willingness to volunteer - our students look forward to these events each year, and we could not do them without you!

Beginning of year updates attached: sixth grade orientation, medication updates, immunization reminder, first day of school details and updates from the school nurse!

Today our sixth grade team came together to learn about the Botvin Life Skills program. Our school is part of a 3-year grant cycle utilizing this program through the University of Colorado Boulder. We are so excited to begin implementation and see the growth our students make in the next three years and beyond!

Buffalo Middle School is forming a School Counseling Program Advisory Council—and we want YOU! Help shape the FUTURE of our students by sharing your voice and ideas. Fill out the form below if you are intrested in joining the HERD! #TheHerd #FUTUREReady #BisonStrong #BuffaloMiddle #SchoolCounselingMatters https://forms.office.com/r/FadEtVy5Fh

25-26 Calendar Highlights

Last call for 2024-2025 yearbooks - Orders are due THIS Friday, August 1st.