Bullock Creek Middle School was excited to welcome members of the Home Builders Association of the Great Lakes Bay Region to our 6th grade classrooms! During their visit, students learned about the many aspects of building a single-family home, including financing, planning, and the skilled trades involved while using math skills taught to them throughout the year. To wrap up the experience, students designed their own home floor plans, calculated costs by room type, and determined the average price per square foot. Thank you to our guest volunteers from HBA for sharing your time and expertise to inspire our students!
Shoutout to Ms. Monique, the awesome social worker at Pine River. Thanks for all you do to support students, families, and staff. We appreciate you!
Let's Go Creek!
Pine River third graders visited the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library for a hands-on field trip. Our students learned how to care for books, practiced their book-finding skills, and enjoyed a guided tour. Throughout the visit, they participated in fun, interactive activities. A huge thank you to the library for welcoming our students and to the Friends of the Library for generously giving each student a free book to take home.
After collecting sap around the middle school for about a week, our Nature Exploration class boiled about 25 gallons of the sap down to 3.5 quarts of syrup. After this, the students made their own pancakes to enjoy with the syrup that was made. Not pictured: the pancake breakfast as students scarfed down the everything that was made before pictures were taken. :)
The end of day time change for Floyd Elementary's Coffee and Connect was a success! Be on the lookout for the April date--coming soon!
Floyd 3rd graders enjoyed their outdoor learning during Creek Week. So many neat experiences and memories made! Thanks to all who make these special weeks happen.
This month our Board of Education recognized three very deserving Lancer Leaders for their dedication to the Creek. Congratulations to Ashley McCollum, Misty Dopp and Josephine Bossenberger! Nominations were made by Kim Gagne, BCEL second grade teaching team and Beth Bredt.
This month our Board of Education recognized three very deserving Lancer Leaders for their dedication to the Creek. Congratulations to Ashley McCollum, Misty Dopp and Josephine Bossenberger! Nominations were made by Kim Gagne, BCEL second grade teaching team and Beth Bredt.
A huge thank you to our Bullock Creek Jazz Band for playing at our March Board of Education meeting in celebration of March is "Music In Our Schools" month.
Opening night of The Mystery Club: Episodes 1 and 3 did not disappoint! The BCMS Drama Team did an absolutely fabulous job with their performance. All of their hard work paid off as the audience laughed the night away. In case you missed it, there's still one more performance this Saturday at 2 pm at the BCHS Auditorium. It's a great time for the whole family.
Just another calm, cool morning at BCMS!
Congratulations to Bullock Creek Middle School's very own Morgan Dukarski! She finished second in this year's Middle School Battle of the Books competition hosted by the Grace A. Dow Library. Over the past three years Morgan has been an absolute star when it comes to the Battle of the Books. Not only did she finish in second place this year, she also finished in second place when she was in 6th grade. In addition, Morgan finished in 1st place when she was in 7th grade! As Morgan gets ready to move on to high school, she's leaving some big shoes to fill. We're eager to see who is going to be the next to step up.
Mark your calendars for this Thursday and Saturday as the BCMS drama team will present Episodes 1 and 3 of The Mystery Club. Thursday's performance begins at 7 and Saturday's performance begins at 2. We hope to see later this week at Bullock Creek's High School Auditorium for these wonderful performances!
The Creek Band did not disappoint this weekend at MSBOA Band and Orchestra Festival! The Varsity Band earned a Division I rating of Superior. The band took on the added challenge of moving up in classification and sight reading harder music this year & passed it with flying colors! They qualified for the state festival with their performance! Way to represent the Creek!
From 70° to snow, what a week! Pine River 3rd graders dove into Creek Week at Chippewa Nature Center, extending their Michigan history study. They explored Indigenous peoples, Europeans and the fur trade, lumbering, homesteading, and maple syrup, plus how jobs, trade, and natural resources shaped the Great Lakes, especially Midland.
BCMS student council kicked off March is Reading Month with a visit to Pine River, reading aloud and leading a lively rock‑paper‑scissors game! Such a great experience for all students. Huge thanks to Mrs. Gillean and Mrs. Holzhauer for organizing.
Don't miss next week's performance of The Mystery Club! A play put on by our Bullock Creek Middle School's Drama Team. We'd love to see you come on out and support these kids as they've worked hard to put together top-notch performance. Showtimes are Thursday, 3/19 at 7 pm and Saturday, 3/21 at 2 pm. All performances take place at the Bullock Creek High School Auditorium.
Here are some photos from tapping maple trees last week the 8th grade Nature Exploration class. They ended up tapping nine trees in the middle school woods. The students in this class plan to boil the sap down to syrup and enjoy the syrup on some pancakes when they finish the process.
Mrs. Stevens and her 1st graders are reading The Rainbow Tulip. Estelita has just moved to Texas from Mexico and she loves bright colors and lime sherbet. Today at Nature, the students tasted lime sherbet and agreed with her that it tasted both sweet and sour. It was a favorite!
