Family Communication Archive

Dear Beagle Middle School Families, 

Here are some updates that we wanted to share at this time:

Winter NWEA Testing: Winter NWEA testing will take place next week for ELA on Wednesday, January 15th; Math NWEA will take place on Wednesday, January 22nd.  Students will engage in NWEA testing by reporting to their CNC class first thing in the morning.  After NWEA testing, students attend their classes on an altered schedule.  After the NWEA window closes on January 27th, each student’s data will be incorporated into their individualized Skill Plans within the IXL platform, so that they can work on their areas of focus during CNC on Wednesdays and while at home.  

Parking Lot Reminders: We have been opening up around 7:25 on cooler mornings to keep students out of the cold. Despite doing this, we have had a few mornings where traffic is backed up on South Street before 7:30 due to cars parking and not moving up in the drop-off loop.  Cars cannot be stationary in the drop-off loop; this causes significant back-ups for other parents and our buses.  Families arriving early must take a parking spot in the parking lot.  We will continue to open up a little early during the winter month (7:25-7:30) to keep students out of the cold and to help move traffic along.  We thank our families for pulling all the way down in the drop off loop when dropping off their students and for taking a parking spot when arriving early.  If we all do our part, there will not be traffic jams. 

PaperGator Contest: At Beagle, students from Ms. Gooley’s program support our building each week by gathering up each teachers’ recycling materials.  We have entered a contest with PaperGator that could potentially earn our school up to $5000 in prizes based upon the number of recycling materials collected from the bin in our parking lot.  We are reaching out to the community at this time to encourage placing paper-based recycling materials in our bin.  Please click here for more specific information: PGator Contest (1).png 

Winter Dance: Our PTO-sponsored informal winter dance will be held on Friday, January 31st from 2:45-4:30 pm.  Tickets, $10 each, will be sold the day of the dance during both lunches, and students may also purchase a ticket after school at the dance.   The week prior to the dance, we will be sending our students a survey to solicit interest, so that our PTO has a firm number for pizza and other snacks.  If your student plans on attending the dance, please encourage them to fill out the google form that will be sent the week of January 20th.  We will also announce the form during morning announcements.

PTO Meeting: We thank our families that attended the previous PTO meeting; your support is appreciated.  We wanted to take this opportunity to remind our families that attendance at PTO meetings does not require an every month commitment; family support and input is appreciated whether it’s attending one or several PTO meetings. Our next Hayes/Beagle PTO meeting will be on Tuesday, February 11th at 6:30 pm here in the Beagle Media center.  Families may also attend this meeting virtually as there is currently a hybrid offering.  Please use the following link for more information: https://www.glcomets.net/ourschools/beagle-middle-school/pto/

Upcoming Events, District News, & Community Information: To review what the school district shares in newsletters about events, news, and information, please visit http://GLcomets.net/Upcoming.

Students’ of the Week:  Please click on the following link to view this week’s Students’ of the Week: https://www.glcomets.net/ourschools/beagle-middle-school/studentoftheweek/
Please note that the list may not be updated until the following Monday as students are celebrated on Friday mornings. 

Upcoming Important Dates:
1/20/25–No School, MLK Day

2/14/25–Teacher PD, No Students

2/17/25–No Students, Presidents’ Day

3/7/25–Half-Day, Trimester 2 Ends

3/21-3/31/25–Spring Break, No Students, includes Teacher PD on the 31st

4/1/25–Classes Resume

These are all of the updates that we have at this time.  Again, we thank you for your continued support.  Please reach out with any questions or concerns. 

Take care,

Dave and Kelly