Bell Creek Middle School

09/07/2026

09/06/2026

WEEK 3 🗓️🐾 We hope everyone enjoys another day off tomorrow!

• Wednesday’s spirit day theme is tiedye
• Our fall sports kick off their season this Thursday! Boys Soccer, Girls Basketball, and Girls Tennis all play Pocahontas Middle School at BCMS this Thursday. Games begin at 5pm! ⚽️🏀🎾

Coming up!
• Sign up for Reading Olympians by 9/14 on Schoology 📚
• Auditions for The Little Mermaid, Jr. on 9/22🐠🧜🏻‍♀️
• Yearbook pictures will be taken 9/28 and 9/29 📸

09/06/2026

LAST CHANCE TO ORDER! 💙🐾 Our “Class of” shirts are on sale through this Wednesday, 9/9! 🎉

Show off your Bulldog spirit and represent your graduating class all year long. Whether you’re Class of 2031, 2032, or 2033, grab your shirt and wear your class year proudly!

👕 Order yours today and get ready to fill our hallways with Bulldog pride! Sales are available online in OSP and at the link below.

🔗 www.bit.ly/3UINEBk

09/04/2026

COLLABORATION CELEBRATION! 🎉📚 Students in Mrs. Young’s 8th-grade ELA class were introduced to vocabulary from their first mentor text, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, by completing a word sort. They collaborated to create their own categories, explain the relationships they noticed, and then came together as a class to sort the words by syllables.

Later, students completed a hassle line! A fun and easy way to get students moving, talking, and sharing the genres of their engaged reading books. 💬📖

We love seeing our students reading & sharing what they’re learning! 🐾💙

09/03/2026

READING OLYMPIANS WANTS YOU🥇Bell Creek is gearing up for another fabulous year of Reading Olympians!

Students, you are welcome to select your favorite book from the list (https://bit.ly/BCMSREAD2026) and start reading! 📚Sign up in the library Schoology course.

Parents, if you would like to volunteer to assist with our Reading Olympian program twice per month during the Flex block (8:45-9:25am), please e-mail your name and your student’s name to Mrs. Carter at [email protected]. You will be contacted early September with more information.

09/02/2026

READING UNDER WATER! 🌊 📚🐠 Wait, what?!

Mrs. Bestafka’s students traded the traditional classroom setting for a little under-the-sea escape in our new Immersion space! 🪸🪼

With soothing instrumental music playing and sea life surrounding them, students settled in, opened their books, and enjoyed some uninterrupted reading time. 📖

Sometimes a break from the norm is exactly what we need to reset, refocus, and get lost in a good book! 💙🐾

09/01/2026

SPORTS UPDATE☀️🥵 Due to the high temperatures and heat index we have several changes to today’s sports practice schedule!

All sports have been moved inside except Girls Tennis.

• Girls Tennis - CANCELED
• Boys Soccer - indoors (cafe)
• Cheer - relocated to band room
• Cross Country - indoors (stage & hallways)
• Football - indoors (locker room)
• Girls Basketball - unaffected (gym)

Stay cool & hydrated, Bulldogs! 🎾🏀🏈⚽️📣🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️

09/01/2026

CAN YOU STICK TOGETHER? 📏Teamwork was put to the test in Mrs. Johnson’s science class with a challenge that looked simple—but required some serious collaboration! Using just one finger each, students had to work together to lower a meter stick all the way to the ground without dropping it.

Along the way, they practiced communication, patience, problem-solving, and teamwork—while giving their teacher a chance to see some natural leaders emerge.

Sometimes the best learning happens when we learn how to STICK together! 💙🐾

08/31/2026

We love seeing these smiles in Art 6! 🎨

08/31/2026

MORE THAN JUST BOOKS! 📚Our library is truly at the heart of our school! 💙 It’s a place where students can discover a new favorite book, explore their interests, conduct research, collaborate with classmates, and find a space where they belong.

Today Mrs. Spain & Mrs. Frobe took their class for a tour of our library, a lesson from our Librarian, Mrs. Carter, and they checked out books!

Every visit is another opportunity for our Bulldogs to read, explore, create, and grow. 📖✨ We’re so grateful to have a space that keeps our students connected to stories, ideas, resources, and one another. 🐾