Lower Merion School District: Daily Announcements

Press release from Lower Merion School District:

2021-09-22

BCMS Daily Announcements

September 22, 2021

Hello BC Students! Life has changed for everyone...why not try Big Life Group??Please join us to learn more about BIG LIFE changes, find new ways to connect with others, gain support from peers and navigate the personal-social challenges of middle school life!!! Please speak with Ms. Brett, Mental Health Counselor located in RM 233 to confirm your interest. Parental-Guardian consent forms will be sent home to those students who express interest in joining a BIG LIFE Group. Deadline for Small Group Registration is September 30th!! THANK YOU!!!

The Geekery will be meeting in the library Monday September 20th with Mz G. If you have a passion and want to find others who share it, come to the Geekery for discussions on games, movies, costuming, and more!

The 1st meeting of the BC Reading Olympics team will be Friday September 24th afterschool in the library. We will be going over the book list and expectations for competition in the spring. If you would like to be part of the team but can't make the meeting on the 24th you can come to the library to speak with Mz G anytime before that. Happy reading!

The BC Applause Board will meet on Friday during LEARN in the auditorium. For more info, please check your email from Mrs. Knight.

Please participate in Hispanic Heritage week. On Monday-REP The FLAG. Wear Colors of your favorite Hispanic country. On Tuesday-DRESS to IMPRESS. On Wednesday, wear college shirts or sweats. On Thursday, wear a soccer shirt. On Friday wear RED-Red symbolizes struggle and RED is a lucky color!! Questions? Talk to a Spanish teacher. Remember to SHOW your Spirit and participate!!

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents CITY OF THE PLAGUE GOD, an adventure based on ancient Mesopotamian mythology written by Sarwat Chadda. Thirteen-year-old Sikander Aziz has to team up with the hero Gilgamesh in order to stop Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, from wiping out the population of Manhattan in this adventure based on Mesopotamian mythology*. Visit the BC Library today to check out City of the Plague God! *Summary compliments of the publisher.

A Galaxy of Stars by Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo is the BC Library's Top Pick of the Day! Eleven-year-old Izzy feels as though her whole world is shifting, and she doesn't like it. She wants her dad to act like he did before he was deployed to Afghanistan. She wants her mom to live with them at the marina where they've moved instead of spending all her time on Block Island. Most of all, she wants Piper, Zelda, and herself—the Sea Stars—to stay best friends, as they start a new school. Everything changes when Izzy's father invites his former interpreter's family, including eleven-year-old Sitara, to move into the marina's upstairs apartment. Izzy doesn't know what to make of Sitara—with her hijab and refusal to eat cafeteria food—and her presence disrupts the Sea Stars. But in Sitara Izzy finds someone brave, someone daring, someone who isn't as afraid as Izzy is to use her voice and speak up for herself. As Izzy and Sitara grow closer, Izzy must make a choice: stay in her comfort zone and risk betraying her new friend, or speak up and lose the Sea Stars forever. *Summary compliments of MacMillan Publishing Company.

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