It's Teacher and Staff Appreciation week!
B-UMS Families-It’s State Testing Week! Please help us help your student! Have your student to school by 7:50am to allow them time to be settled for testing-which starts at 8:00am, refrain from picking your student up prior to 11:00am as they will be in a secure testing environment, and it cannot be interrupted. Remind your student that no personal electronic devices are permitted in the testing environment, Smartwatches, earbuds, phones, etc., eat a good dinner, and go to bed early!
8th Grade Test on Science on Monday
All grades test on English Tuesday
All Grades Test on Math on Wednesday
Make-up testing begins Thursday
Thank you for supporting your student in their education!
Nine of our highly skilled students from our institution had the privilege of participating in the honor band event at Glenville State University over the weekend. The university hosts two distinguished bands, namely the Pioneer Band and the Blue Band, and our students successfully auditioned for chair placements within these ensembles.
Amidst a largely high school student population at the event, we are delighted to announce that our middle school students achieved the following commendable chair placements within both bands:
🎶Pioneer Band:
💙Serenity Posey-3rd Chair Flute
🤍Leigha Manspeaker-7th Chair Flute
💙Elana Hayes-4th Chair Trumpet
🤍Micah Batchelor-3rd Chair Trombone
💙Scotty Woody-1st Chair Tuba
🤍Seth Auvil-10th Chair Percussion
🎶Blue Band:
💙Sage Fleck-12th Chair Flute
🤍Parker McCann-7th Chair Alto Sax
💙Gavin Bosley-1st Chair Horn
We commend our students for their outstanding performance and commendable placements, and we are immensely proud of their continuous efforts to excel in their musical pursuits. They have demonstrated a strong commitment to personal growth and learning and exemplify that by pursuing opportunities like this one!
Great job! 💙🤍
Check out the sports calendar here at B-UMS for the week of April 29-May 5th! Come out and support our athletes.
SCHOOL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR
Students MUST show proof of these vaccinations to enter 7th and 12th grades.
Please take your child to their health care provider or Health Department for these required vaccinations with this form. These are mandatory WV State Requirements. You will not be able to attend school for the 2024-2025 school year without these. Proof of an up-to-date physical and dental visit is also recommended.
Friday May 3rd is School Lunch Hero Day. We started a little early so our cooks can enjoy their treats all week long! At B-UMS we appreciate our cooks sooo much. They seem to always put a few extra sprinkles of love and kindness in the meals. 🍴💙
We are looking for a few good folks with strong backs, quality tape measuring and drilling skills, and the ability to go up and down a ladder.
Our School's high tunnel is set to arrive this week! (Monday or Tuesday, we don't know which day for sure yet. ) We need a few volunteers for a few hours for a few days to complete the installation. Hours would be about 8:30am-1:30pm. Please email sleput@k12.wv.us if you able to help-or comment. We will work a schedule out for our volunteers! You will be guided on what to do by our partners with Plant the Seed Project WV. Thank you!!!
Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School is excited to announce the acceptance of the Northern West Virginia American Chemical Society grant award of $750 for the Substance of Substrate project that will begin at the start of school year 2024-2025. Students in our Agriculture classes will participate in soil and water testing throughout the school year. Students will work through the scientific method to compare and contrast multiple samples of water and growing substrate from different sources such as home wells, school spigots, older school garden beds, straw bales, etc. These chemical analyses will allow students the data required to challenge their critical thinking skills and application of knowledge. With this information, students will be able to strategize for highly productive crops based on the correct water/substrate combination.
Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School is excited to begin the process of revamping our Agriculture Program for the 2024 – 2025 school year. Teacher, Jessica Manzo, is hard at work reimagining and planning experiences that will be available to our students through this program--including student access and use of a new high-tunnel greenhouse, a fully operating chicken coop (and possible addition of other livestock), reinvigoration and on-going maintenance of our fruit trees, and the addition of a multitude of other crops that will be grown in the high-tunnel in raised beds and straw bales. This project will ultimately serve thousands of students—approximately 600 students a year. Not only will students enrolled in Ag courses here at B-UMS benefit from this project, but the crops grown will be harvested and prepared for students to enjoy at lunch by our cooks. In other words, all students attending B-UMS will have the opportunity to experience the products of the Agriculture Program.
B-UMS would like to thank Dr. Edward Wovchko of WV Wesleyan College and the Northern West Virginia American Chemical Society for this grant award. Shown in the picture is Dr. Wovchko and Joyce Harris-Thacker, Communities In Schools Coordinator, who accepted the grant at the recent North WV American Chemical Society annual awards banquet on behalf of B-UMS.
📣Parents of 8th graders entering B-UHS next school year! Make sure to check out the updates and announcements on Schoology for scheduling information for next year. The master schedule is also posted there to help with course selection. 📣
Hello B-UMS Families! Important Upcoming Dates:
April 30th-8th grade students will go to B-UHS in the Morning for Scheduling
May 6th-8th Grade take Science State Testing
May 7th ALL students take ELA State testing
May 8th All students take Math State testing
All testing is completed in the morning. Please refrain from picking your student up from school these days as they are in a secure testing environment.
Help us, help your student do their best on their test! Good nights rest, and eat a good dinner and breakfast before testing days! Check our website for more important dates: https://bums.upshurschools.com/o/bums/ Thank you!
Check out this weeks Sports Calendar!
The principals at Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School were very kindly surprised and humbled at 6th grade lunch today with a class and team project completed by Mr. Stemple’s 6th grade students. Students have been working on the periodic table and elements. Mr. Stemple turned this into a kindness project. After researching the elements student picked an element, thought what each principal represented, and then they had to provide facts about the elements and compare their properties to what they thought of the principals. The cards are wonderful and impressive! We have really great students and staff at B-UMS!! (We can’t believe they kept this project a secret!!!)
Congratulations to our Upshur County Student Scholars with their work in the State Social Studies Fair!
https://www.mybuckhannon.com/upshur-county-students-excel-at-west-virginia-state-social-studies-fair/
📣 Check out the sports calendar for this week at B-UMS! Come out and support our athletes! 🤍💙
The Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School band performed at their highly anticipated annual Region VIII Ratings Festival over the weekend. With finesse and passion, they executed grade 2 and grade 3 level pieces, earning themselves an impressive accolade of “Excellent” ratings.
The sheer musicality displayed by our talented band members, coupled with the heartfelt dedication they poured into their performance, left spectators in awe. We couldn't be prouder of our budding musicians for their exceptional achievement.
Congratulations on a job well done, BUCS! Keep shining bright!
Your Vote matters! Students at B-UMS are in partnership with Mountain Roaster Coffee located in Buckhannon, WV. B-UMS students created a manufacturing video and have entered into the 2024 North Region contest. Let’s support our community by voting! Scroll to the bottom to find the voting boxes, multiple votes ARE ALLOWED! Thank you!
https://www.exploremfgwv.com/2024-north-central-region-video-contest?
Incoming 6th grade families come see us!
B-UMS Reminder spring school pictures are Friday, April 12th in the morning. These are prepay pictures and students must have their order form with with them to have their picture taken. You can also order online at https://cardinal.onlineimages.biz/OrderOnline
Thank you!!!!
B-UMS Fall Sports Sign-Ups! 🏈⚽📣🏐🏃♀️🏃♂️
Students must have a sports physical dated after May 1, 2024, and additional information will be sent out as it is received. For any questions, please contact Mr. Mouser at trevor.mouser@k12.wv.us.
B-UMS School Yearbook- Last Call- April 12, 2024. This ensures a book delivery in May! buytheyearbook.com When you go to the site, in the upper left corner click "Buy the Year Book" you will then complete the dropdown boxes to find our school and make your purchase. Thank you!