Dear Middle School Families,
Here's a look at what is happening in the Middle School.
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- Middle School students who participated the Hiatt Summer Fellowship program spoke about their experiences including what they did everyday, their favorite part of their fellowship, and their biggest take-away. Presenters included: Vivian Mandelman ‘26, Caroline Agola ‘26, Jasmine Idehen ‘26, Zach Litwinsky ‘26, Raul Cruz ‘26, Maddy Bell ‘26, Thayer McClintock ‘25, Emma Thiebault ‘25, Sam Fishman ‘25, and Kayla Toussaint ‘25.
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Skyler Montgomery ‘25 and Cece Proctor ‘25 announced the fall play, A Simpler Time. They said, “the play is about three people traveling in a time machine to the past, in search of a simpler time to be alive. The plays are connected to historical events but are also really funny.” This year’s fall play will be recorded on Zoom and then released to the MS community later this month.
- Ms. O’Toole talked about the winter musical and our plan to run it virtually this year. She showed a clip of a song from the Upper School spring musical, Rent, from last spring. Students received a form today to let us know if they are interested in being part of the virtual musical. Sign ups will help the Theater Department choose the musical!
- Wellness Classes start next week and are led by Tammy Graham, Middle School Counselor. Classes will cover mental health topics; and the first one will be focused on life in a pandemic. The first class will be on Wednesday, October 14 for section 6.2 Humanities. Ms. Graham will send a Meet link to students. All classes are virtual, take place during BVRFIT, and happen about once a month.
- Launch, Test, Refine: Now that we’ve lived with our schedule for a few weeks, we are making some tweaks, including clarifying when advisory and sports happen when students are remote, adding a few minutes to some passing time, and adding 5 minutes to first period to help with hallway flow.
- After today’s MS Meeting announcements, we transitioned to the 8th grade president debates! Three students ran for office: Gabe Cohen ‘25, Emma Thiebault ‘25, and Kayla Toussaint ‘25. Robin Murphy ‘25 was the debate moderator. Students answered questions related to their leadership qualities, their ideas for fun student activities in a pandemic!, and their goals for Student Council this year. The person with the most votes will be Student Council president. The runner up will be Vice President. Now that the president debates are complete, the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders have received their applications for Student Council grade representatives. Applications are due Monday, and their debates will be next week.
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Associate Director of Middle School
617-738-2780
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Reminder: All the latest information you need about the 2020-21 Beaver Middle School experience—including links to past MS Meeting Recaps—is available on the Middle School section of our website. |
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