Dear BAMS Families,
The BAMS Student Council is organizing a Food Drive to support families in our own community who may be impacted by the recent government shutdown. Our goal is to help ensure that everyone has what they need during this time — right here at BAMS.
🗓 When: November 3rd–November 14th
📍 Where: Students can drop donations off each morning in the Chill Zone from 7:30–7:55 a.m.
We are collecting non-perishable canned and boxed goods. Please be sure to check expiration dates and avoid sending any damaged cans or boxes.
💙 A Fun Incentive:
Student Council will be tracking donations by homeroom! The homeroom that collects the most items will win a morning donut party as a thank you for their generosity.
All collected items will go directly to BAMS or BASD families in need — not to an outside organization. After the food drive ends, Student Council will spend time packing bags and boxes of food for distribution to our own families.
If your family is in need of support, or if you know of another BASD family who could benefit from this effort, please don’t hesitate to reach out (confidentially) to Natalee West (nwest@basd.net) or Billie Heverly (bheverly@basd.net). We will share details soon about when and how families can pick up items.
Thank you for your generosity and for helping our students make a positive difference in our community.
BAMS Student Council
The BAMS Student Council is organizing a Food Drive to support families in our own community who may be impacted by the recent government shutdown. Our goal is to help ensure that everyone has what they need during this time — right here at BAMS.
🗓 When: November 3rd–November 14th
📍 Where: Students can drop donations off each morning in the Chill Zone from 7:30–7:55 a.m.
We are collecting non-perishable canned and boxed goods. Please be sure to check expiration dates and avoid sending any damaged cans or boxes.
💙 A Fun Incentive:
Student Council will be tracking donations by homeroom! The homeroom that collects the most items will win a morning donut party as a thank you for their generosity.
All collected items will go directly to BAMS or BASD families in need — not to an outside organization. After the food drive ends, Student Council will spend time packing bags and boxes of food for distribution to our own families.
If your family is in need of support, or if you know of another BASD family who could benefit from this effort, please don’t hesitate to reach out (confidentially) to Natalee West (nwest@basd.net) or Billie Heverly (bheverly@basd.net). We will share details soon about when and how families can pick up items.
Thank you for your generosity and for helping our students make a positive difference in our community.
BAMS Student Council
If your student is interested in a free 4-day science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workshop mini series at Penn State, please have them see their Science teacher, the front office, or Ms. Carra for more information. We will be taking a bus after school on November 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th, and will then return to BAMS around 5:45. It's a great time! You don't want to miss out!
The Bellefonte Area School District is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year for its Free and Reduced Meal program! Please visit the following link for access to the application and more information on this program:
https://www.basd.net/o/basd/page/free-and-reduced-meals
https://www.basd.net/o/basd/page/free-and-reduced-meals
Please join us for a 6th grade shindig. This gathering is for all incoming 6th graders in the BASD going into Bellefonte Middle School. We are hoping to introduce students to new potential friends and future classmates to help decrease anxiety around starting a new school with so many new faces. The PTOs and PTAs of all BASD elementary schools will be providing breakfast items (including allergen free options), water, and flavor packets for the water. We will be having some ice breaker activities, bead activities, and a variety of free play items such as soccer, footballs, kickballs, and frisbees. We hope you can come out and join us and meet some new friends along the way. Time is 10 am - 12 pm at Governors Park, pavilion 6 & 8. This is not a drop off event, please plan to stay with your child and siblings are welcome. We hope to see you there!
Moriah Gause PGE PTO President
Last day of school slideshow and celebration!!
Thank you for a great year!
Have a wonderful summer!
The Bellefonte Area Middle School is seeking a dedicated and skilled Middle School Counselor to join our team and make a profound impact on our students' lives. You would be part of designing and implementing an innovative school counseling program that promotes positive development, academic success, and a supportive school climate. Our middle school serves approximately 600 students in grades 6 - 8. Please visit Employment Opportunities on our district website to apply!
https://www.basd.net/page/human-resources
BAHS is hosting a Community Day this Saturday, March 15th!
OPEN INTERVIEWS!!!
BASD is looking for new members for our cafeteria and custodial teams!!
Today was the in school performance of The Little Mermaid.....and WOW!!!! What a show!!!! The cast and crew did a phenomenal job! The rest of the BAMS students showed support with cheers and kindness...
just a wonderful day to be at BAMS!
Señorita Waite was able to secure a very exciting opportunity for her Spanish students this year during the always popular and student favorite competition, Locura de marzo! She happened to be in the right place, at the right time, and was able to sign her class up to promote the #1 Seed song: Turista, by Bad Bunny. Tens of thousands of students all over the world participate in this competition, and there are only 16 songs, so this is a very rare opportunity!
Students had 1.5 days to create a backdrop, and film the video, with very little rehearsal time. The video will be released this month when the Spanish teacher that runs the world wide competition posts the "Long Promo" video to hype up students for the competition. Students will vote for their favorite of 16 songs using a bracket similar to that of the basketball one.
What an exciting opportunity for our students!!!
BAMS Families and Friends!!!
We are excited to announce our upcoming Food Drive, taking place from January 21st to January 30th! This is a wonderful opportunity for students to give back to the community while also having the chance to win fun prizes.
Here’s how it works:
We’ll be collecting cans and non-perishable items from 7:30–8:00 AM in the Chill Zone.
For each item donated, students will receive a raffle ticket to enter drawings for these amazing prizes:
Owala water bottle
Amazon gift card
Chick-fil-A gift card
Roblox gift card
Candy basket
Chill Zone pass for lunch
We encourage everyone to participate and support this meaningful initiative. Let’s work together to make a positive impact!
Thank you for your support,
BAMS Chain Reaction Club
BAMS is looking for a Reading Specialist!! The position will focus on students who are struggling with reading at the middle school level. Responsibilities include teaching reading intervention classes, collaborating with classroom teachers and building principals, assessment, review of data, and planning and implementing interventions for students.
Please click here to apply: https://www.basd.net/page/human-resources
Papa Noel at BAMS
Thank you BAMS families and friends! With your generous donations, we raised over $,1,500 for our Papa Noel program! We were able to give over 60 gift cards away to students this holiday season! We are grateful to have so much support for our students and school!
Thank you!!
The Chain Reaction Club spent time spreading joy and cheer as they did some caroling for the residents of The Oaks and Centre Cares.
Mrs. Tucker's 8th grade Art students are filling our hallways with the holiday spirit as window paintings of Snoopy and winter scenes cover our windows!
The school is under "Elf Surveillance"!! Check out the little elves who are watching over our school and library. Thank you Mrs. Sarge and Mrs. Crater for making our library and school an extra special place!
BAMS is looking for a Reading Specialist! The position will focus on students who are struggling in reading at the middle school level. Responsibilities include teaching reading intervention classes, collaborating with classroom teachers and building principals, assessment, review of data, and planning and implementing interventions for students. Visit www.basd.net to apply!!! Applications will be accepted through Sunday, November 24th, 2024.
Looking for a book recommendation? While at the BAMS Library, check out Gleep's monthly recommendation on his tiny library book cart that they 3D printed.
Last round of BAMS Halloween fun from today!
We hope everyone has a safe and exciting night of trick-or-treating!!
Halloween, round 2! The BAMS faculty and staff outdid themselves this year!
