Beech Springs Middle School

We hope to see you tonight at Carver Middle as our Volleyball team plays in their second official game of the season! 🐾💜 ⏱️ 4:30 📍Carver Middle Go, Panthers! 🎉

Starting tomorrow, Byrnes will hold Boys Open Wrestling Season on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4:00-5:30. 🤼 7th and 8th-grade boys may ride the athletic bus to Byrnes. Athletes must have a current physical and all forms completed on Aribiter in order to participate. Please reach out to Coach Pruitt at Kane.Pruitt@spart5.net with any questions.

Due to tomorrow’s heat index, our football scrimmage for tomorrow has been cancelled.

Ms. Johnson’s Social Studies classes worked together to find answers to questions on their study guide as they prepared for their upcoming unit test on the Stone Age & Mesopotamia. Students collaborated, shared their knowledge, and helped one another strengthen their understanding. 📚 Working together, supporting one another, and giving our best effort are all part of what it means to GO BE GREAT! 🐾💜

Our Theatre department will be holding auditions for our Spring Musical, The Addams Family Musical: young@part on September 14th, 15th, and 17th until 4:30 P.M. 🎭
Students will need to attend all three audition days in order to receive a role, and can pick up an audition form outside of the Theatre Room. E-mail deandra.sosa@spart5.net with any questions. 🐾

It’s GAME DAY! 🏐🔥 Come out and support our volleyball team today at 4:30 as they take on D.R. Hill in the first home game of the season. 🐾💜🎉 Students - $3 Adults - $5 D5 Staff - FREE with district ID

Panther Nation, we've got a fun week ahead! Let's make it a great one. 🐾

Monday - Home Volleyball Game vs. D.R. Hill @ 4:30 PM 🏐
Wednesday - Away Volleyball Game vs. Carver @ 4:30 PM and a Home Football Scrimmage @ 5 PM 🏐🏈
Thursday - FCA @ 7:45 AM in the Media Center and a Boys Wrestling Interest Meeting @ 6 PM in the Byrnes Cafeteria 💬
Friday - It's College Day! Wear some college gear. 🎓

Attention 7th & 8th-grade boys! There will be an interest meeting for Boys Wrestling on Thursday, September 3rd at 6:00 in the Byrnes High School cafeteria. 🤼

Wholesome moment alert! 💜 One of our wonderful Assistant Principals, Mr. Dunkin, spent some extra time tutoring students in math today, proving that great leadership starts with showing up for our kids. We love that our admin team is always here to support student growth and lead by example every single day. 📐✏️✨ Go, Panthers! 🐾

From the page to the stage! 🎭 Mrs. Sosa’s Theatre 7 class kicked off script work with their scene partners today. They're analyzing character motives and personality traits to bring their roles to life. Big thinking, big creativity, and lots of hard work! 🎉

With volleyball season officially underway, it’s time to begin recognizing our Athlete of the Week! Our first Athlete of the Week this year is Mikayla M. Mikayla plays on the Volleyball team and this week, she stepped into a new position and has shown tremendous effort. 🏐 We were really impressed with her skill, teamwork, and positive attitude at last nigjt’s scrimmage. 🔥 Congratulations Mikayla! 🐾💜

Mrs. Watson’s Social Studies students spent the day analyzing different types of maps. 🗺️ They were able to discover how the purpose of a map determines the information it includes. Great work, students! 🐾 #PantherNation

Today, Mrs. Ferraris’ classes used money and menus to add and subtract decimals. ➕➖💵

Mrs. Moore’s students are putting their measuring skills to work as they explore, create, and learn through a colorful hands-on science activity! 🧪📏🌈 A little curiosity, a little creativity, and a whole lot of learning!

Ms. Shuler’s 7th grade ELA classes worked on identifying figurative language within passages and discussing how it enhanced the story. 📖 After the students were comfortable with definitions and application, they came up with their own examples and created puzzles to help them memorize the concepts. 🧩 Way to go, students!

Open season for Boys Wrestling will begin Wednesday September 2. Practices will be in the wrestling room at Byrnes High School and will run 4:00-5:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the month of September.

Middle school athletes can ride the activity bus over for these workouts.

Anyone intertested in wrestling can attend these practices. Athletes must have a current physical and all forms completed on Aribiter in order to participate. please reach out to Coach Pruitt at Kane.Pruitt@spart5.net with any questions.

Our Panther Preview is ready! This week, we've got:

- iReady Reading Diagnostic on Tuesday
- Theatre Troupe Information on Wednesday @ 7:30 AM in the Theatre Room
- iReady Math Diagnostic on Thursday
- Volleyball Scrimmage @ Global Academy on Thursday @ 4:30 PM.
Let's have a great week, Panther Nation!

Mrs. Cauwenberghs’ class did a Bubble Gum Experiment today to perform the steps of the scientific method. 🔬

Students in Mrs. Grijalva's 7th grade Advanced ELA class put their heads together and became detectives—analyzing evidence, evaluating sources, filtering facts from assumptions and opinions, communicating, and defending their conclusions with real-world critical thinking. 🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️ Using that Panther Prowess to solve the crime!

Mapping out South Carolina, one sweet region at a time! 📍 Mrs. Collins’s students finished studying SC natural resources by putting their geography skills to the test with "Eat Your State!" Students used edible materials to build map models of SC, demonstrating their understanding of our state's distinct regions, geography, and natural resources. 🍬