Bethel Middle School

‼️Community Members, We Want to Hear From You‼️ Please TAKE 5 minutes to respond to our annual Strategic Plan Survey. Survey closes Friday, April 11. Community members: Click Here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://bit.ly/BryantCommunitySurvey2025 Parents, check your email for the survey link!

🎯 Help support the Bryant Blue Archery team as they aim for Nationals this May! 🏹

💙🎉 Bethel sent 28 students to the FBLA State Conference at the LR Convention Center yesterday with our sponsors Mrs. Maxwell and Ms. Parker, and we are beyond proud of their achievements! 🏆 A huge shoutout to Ella for earning 2nd place in Career Research and to Bailey for taking 1st place in Exploring Parliamentary Procedure! Both have qualified for Nationals! Way to represent, future business leaders! We couldn’t be more proud of these students and their hard work. #bethebest #FBLA

💜 Tomorrow is Purple Up Day in honor of April being the Month of the Military Child! 💜 Let’s show our support by wearing purple to celebrate the resilience and courage of military children. 🇺🇸 #bethebest #PurpleUp #monthofthemilitarychild

Congrats to our Boys and Girls Track teams on a great meet Monday! 🥇🔥 We’re proud of the effort, energy, and sportsmanship you showed on and off the track. Special shoutout to our 1st place event winners -- 100m: Bennett B., 100 Hurdles: Jalil R., 200m: Ayden H., Braxton R., 300 Hurdles: Ezek S., 400m: Ethan J., Jake M., Braxton R., Jalil R., High Jump: Jalil R., 4x200 Relay: Ava B., Ellie C., Kayleigh L., Zoey C. #bethebest #bryantproud

🤖⚙️ Let’s support our Bethel Robotics team headed to Worlds in May! Mark your calendar! 🗓️

TAKE FLIGHT EDUCATORS We’re proud to celebrate five more dedicated staff members who have successfully completed the rigorous Take Flight Training Program — a two-year journey of intensive coursework, practicum experience, and structured literacy instruction. Please join us in congratulating Robin Gilchrist (CES), Lameria Tripplett (BJHS), Lindsey Holloway (SPES), Susanna Crow (BHS), and Darnell Rancifer (BeMS & BMS) on this incredible achievement! This accomplishment required:
 📚 700+ clinical teaching hours
 🧠 10 demonstration lessons
 📝 Coursework, workshops, and in-depth assignments They are now eligible to sit for the ALTA Competency Exam to become Certified Academic Language Therapists (CALT). We are #BryantProud of their commitment to our students and literacy excellence.

We had a fantastic time at our Incoming 6th Grade Parent Night last night! 💙🐝 It was wonderful to welcome the over 250 families who joined us last night as we prepare for the 2025-2026 school year. Mr. Sims shared great insights about what to expect in middle school, and our Student Council and teachers led tours throughout the building. We were so excited to meet everyone and can’t wait to work with our future Bethel Hornets! #bethebest #bethelfamily #bryantproud

✨ Science Class Spotlight ✨ Today, Mr. Christmas's 6th grade science students worked on a "Pony Bead Lab" to explore the concept of adaptation. They discovered that beads in different colors were much easier to find and pick up than those that matched the color of the sheet on their desk! This hands-on activity helped them understand how animals adapt to their surroundings for survival! Great job, Bethel Hornets! 🕵️💙 #bethebest

✨ Math Class Spotlight ✨ Our 7th grade math classes put their heads together today to explore probability! They tackled the question: What are the chances of drawing a vowel out of the word MATHEMATICAL? With fun, hands-on stations, students worked as a team to solve the problem and sharpen their math skills! 🔢💪 #bethebest

☀️🥣 It’s that time of year again! We’re collecting breakfast items for the THV11 Summer Cereal Drive and the Arkansas Foodbank all month long!! Students can drop off donations in their Hornet Time class – the class with the most donations will earn an extra recess! Our school-wide goal is 350 items (double last year’s goal), and if we hit it, Officer B., Mr. Sims, and Mr. Nivens will take on the ultimate challenge of eating some CRAZY weird cereal! 🔥 Let’s show our generous spirit and make a positive impact in our community! 💙 #bethebest #ARFoodbank #THV11SCD

Each spring, we ask our parents and community members to complete a yearly survey, which provides data to help us track progress in meeting our Strategic Plan goals. Parents, check your email for a link to your survey. We would love to hear from our community members. We sincerely value your input and would appreciate your feedback. We use the information to guide decisions so we can continue to provide the very best education for our Bryant students. Click here ⇒ https://bit.ly/BryantCommunitySurvey2025

The following bus routes and stops have been modified for Tuesday, April 8: ROUTE 1, ROUTE 5, ROUTE 21 and ROUTE 78. Visit bryantschools.org for details.

Bryant Schools will be in session on Monday, April 7. Some bus routes and stops have been modified to ensure the safety of our students. ROUTES IMPACTED: ROUTE 1, ROUTE 21 and ROUTE 78. Visit bryantschools.org for details.

This week we celebrated Paraprofessional Appreciation Day, and we’re so lucky to have the BEST team at Bethel! 🙌💙 Our paraprofessionals are always there to support and uplift our students. We couldn’t do it without you! Thank you for everything you do, Ms. Neal, Ms. Donna, Ms. Grice, Ms. Vickie, Ms. Morales, Ms. Ellis, Mr. Sam, Ms. Bennett, Ms. Leah, Ms. Dinsmore, Coach S., Ms. Smith, and Ms. Roark – your dedication and hard work make all the difference! 🌟 #bethelfamily #bethebest

🎉 Congratulations to our Hornet Time Lexia Contest Winners! 🎉 Mrs. Weaver's class earned an extra recess with an amazing 3,442 minutes in Lexia this week! While Coach Smith's class earned snacks & a drink after completing 958 units! 👏 Special kudos to these outstanding students: Jayden W. with 764 minutes ⏱️, Gabriel G. with 640 minutes ⏱️, and Eden L., who completed 226 units. They each earned Chick-fil-a gift cards for their hard work! A BIG round of applause to Sean B. for completing the entire Lexia program and also earning a gift card! We are SO proud of all our Bethel Hornets for working hard and pushing themselves to #BetheBest this week! 🐝💙

📚🎉 Today is National School Librarian Day, and April is School Library Month! 💙 Shoutout to our amazing library media specialist, Ms. Chastain, for inspiring our students to love reading and reach their fullest potential! #bethelfamily #bethebest

💜🇺🇸 April is the Month of the Military Child, and at Bethel, we're proud to celebrate the incredible students from military families who are part of our school community. Today, students added pins to our display, representing the many places their parents have served. Next Friday, April 11th, we will all wear purple to celebrate their families' service and sacrifice! #bethelfamily #monthofthemilitarychild #purpleup

Our monthly district e-newsletter, Success Happens Here, is one way we share important information with our parents and community members. Please visit one of the links below for the April 2025 edition: English: https://5il.co/3cbjz Spanish: https://5il.co/3cbjy

After reviewing the most up to date forecast from the National Weather Service and looking at the forecast for severe weather, Bryant Public Schools will dismiss school early on Wednesday, April 2. We will follow the same early dismissal schedule used for parent-teacher conferences. All after school student activities and practices are canceled. Visit bryantschools.org for more details. Our district spans 350 square miles, and some bus routes lack safe shelter options in extreme weather. Administrators have carefully considered these factors, and out of an abundance of caution, early dismissal will help ensure that students arrive home safely and that bus drivers can return should conditions worsen. In the event that severe weather arrives earlier than the prediction of the recent forecast, students and staff will shelter in place until it is deemed safe to dismiss them. Student and staff safety will always come first. We appreciate your understanding and flexibility as we make safety the top priority for students and staff in making these difficult decisions.