NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

RECYCLE   RECYCLE   RECYCLE

The shark shop is collecting used ink cartridges and recycling them to help purchase school supplies for the shark shop.  When your child needs a journal, folder, pen or pencil they can use their scholar dollars and get one at school.  Please help us out by dropping your used ink cartridges in the box at the front office.  Thanks!

Physics Outreach Program

The University of Maryland Physics department is offering two camps for girls entering the 9^th grade. The camps will be offered July 6th through July 16th and July 19^th through July 30^th.  To apply for the program, each girl must: be entering the 9th grade in September 2010, complete an application and write a short paragraph stating why they would like to attend this program.  For details on the program, email Bernie Kozlowski at berniek@umd.edu

Instrument Donation

The Music Program is always interested in obtaining more musical instruments for the students.  If you have a working instrument you would like to donate, please contact Beth Tray at 410-730-5358 or btray@thehill.com.

OPEN YOUR DOOR TO THE WORLD

             HOST AN EXCHANGE STUDENT

                                             

Families are needed for teens from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America who will be spending the
2010/11 school year in the United States. 

As a host family, you see American life from a new perspective and share a young person's excitement
at discovering the true USA.  And, you get a preview of high school.

Families include the student as a member of the family, providing care and  parental counsel.  Students
have their own spending money and health insurance.  The host family provides a bed and three meals a day.

AFS Intercultural Programs has an active chapter in Howard County.  Families and students are supported
by local volunteers and AFS staff.

For more information, go to www.afs.usa.org or write or call Cindy Clemens at cindy.clemens@verizon.net

OUR NEWEST SPONSOR

We would like to thank our newest sponsors, Bellia Mia Resturaunt and Nora's Cafe in Ellicott City for supporting our school, students and PTA.  Rumor has it, that you can’t get any better food, so give them a visit. Please visit our sponsor page to find out more about this wonderful restaurant.

Please remember to visit our Volunteer Page for volunteer opportunities.

Trying to eat healthy? Concerned where your produce comes from? Want to help support the local economy?
The BBMS and IES PTA's are looking for 50 families to join a Community Supported Agriculture Co-op through Breezy Willow Farm that is located in West Friendship. This is not a fundraiser just a service the PTA would like to offer to our community. See the attached brochure for more information but basically when you join you will receive organic, local grown produce each week from June through November. The price is very reasonable at about $35. a week (feeds a family of 4). The produce will be delivered each week to the school for pick up.
To make this work the farm needs committments and deposits (pricing is on the brochure) by May 1st.  Please make checks payable to Breezy Willow Farm and note in memo BBMS/IES. Forms and checks may be sent to school .... please mark "PTA/Breezy Willow Farm".
The farm website is  www.breezywillowfarm.com/ 
 Please email Tiffany Wendt (BBMS PTA President) at tiffany_wendt@hcpss.org
or Donna Sudbrook (IES PTA President) at donnasudbrook@verizon.net

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
Tiffany Wendt
Media Assistant/PTA President
Bonnie Branch Middle School

Dads on Campus   Friday, May 14

Dads (or Grandpas, Uncles, father figures,...) are invited to join their Bonnie Branch student for lunch.  Please bring your lunch and you are welcome to bring their favorite lunch too, if desired.

Grade      Lunch  Schedule

6               11:23 - 11:53 am

7               12:03 - 12:33 pm

8               12:50 - 1:20 pm