W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School
Week at a Glance, News and Notes
October 28, 2022
Note from the Principal:
This was a good week at Du Bois. We are well into the school year, and school is humming. We had two fabulous field study experiences with the seventh and eighth grade these past two weeks. The entire grades visited the Norman Rockwell Museum and the W.E.B. Du Bois Childhood Homesite. The museum has an exhibit called “Imprinted: Illustrating Race” that examines the role of published images in shaping attitudes toward race and culture. The homesite is the first time we are sharing the life and legacy of Du Bois with a whole grade in a deeper manner, so they can understand who Du Bois was as a leader and educator. Both trips were very satisfying and productive for staff and students.
Please drop me a note if you have feedback or questions at ben.doren@bhrsd.org.
Be well!
Ben Doren
Principal
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Monday, October 31
Regular School Day
Tuesday, November 1
Regular School Day
Wednesday, November 2
Regular School Day
Thursday, November 3
Regular School Day
Friday, November 4
Regular School Day
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SEPAC/District Online Posting for Parent Orientation
The Special Education Parent Advisory Council, in collaboration with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will be hosting a parent orientation to learn about the upcoming Special Education and Civil Rights review in our district. The parent orientation will
be held at the Berkshire Hills District Office in Stockbridge at 4:00pm on November 10, 2022. Please join us! You may contact Kate Burdsall at Kathryn.burdsall@bhrsd.org with questions about the parent orientation or the review. You may also find this information on our district website. Thank you.
7-8th grade Halloween Harvest Dance
October 28th
6-8 pm at Berkshire South
$5.00 tickets, snacks available for purchase
Costumes welcome – no gore/violence, weapons, or non-medical masks allowed
Tickets will be sold at lunch starting Monday, October 24th by the student council.
Du Bois Library on Instagram
Parents, if you have an Instagram account, please follow the Du Bois Middle School Library! Our handle is @du_bois_ms_library. Here, you’ll find updates and fun posts on exhibits and student work, library lessons and new materials, and all things DBM. Encourage your kids to follow us, too, so they can be in the loop about contests and prizes in the library. It is our policy not to follow back any individual student accounts. – Ms. Guerin, School librarian
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REMINDERS:
Bus Routes
Here is a link to the bus routes.
Family choice for student name and identity
Massachusetts now allows for families to tell their child’s school to use a different name for a student that is not the same as the name on the birth certificate and other legal documents. Please use this form to tell us at the middle school that you want us to use a name for your child that is different from the legal documents we have from when you enrolled them at the school or in the district. We will update our Student Information System, PowerSchool, with the information you tell us to use, so your child’s name appears as you direct. If this is a legal name change, please provide the documents to us so we can make the update for the legal name of the student. Email ben.doren@bhrsd.org if you have any questions about this form or this process.
Form in English: https://forms.gle/PALB99wyuE29gW1Z7
Forma en Español: https://forms.gle/jcFoaQAB8KkGPWhH6
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Flyers and School Letters
Flyers and School letters are available on our website at this link: https://dbrms.bhrsd.org/category/families/flyers/
This week’s flyers:
- CHP Family Services November Playgroup Schedule
- Girl Scouts
- Basic Rights: Understanding the IEP
Recent flyers:
- Ski Butternut 22/23 Lesson Program Application
- Ski Butternut 22/23 Student & Family Pass Application
- Southern Berkshire Winter Coat Drive
- Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
- Housatonic Youth Basketball Registration
- Teen Chefs: Learn & Master
- Great Barrington Libraries Newsletter
- CHP Family Resources Oct 2022 Paygroup Schedule
- Truck Day
- Berkshire County Steam Challenge Night
- Community Boxing Gym
- An afternoon of Outdoor Fun for the Special Needs Community Oct. 9
- Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Public School Monitoring (PSM) Tiered Focused Monitoring Review
- YA Author Barbara Newman @ The Mount
- Southern Berkshire Winter Coat Drive
- Cub Scouting for Boys and Girls K-5
- Yearbook staff needed
- Halloween Painting Contest
- Housatonic Party in the Park
Older flyers:
- Festival Latino
- Latinx Festival–English and Spanish versions
- RSYP Bilingual Club–English and Spanish versions
- Great Barrington Libraries Newsletter
- Du Bois Yearbook Cover Contest for 8th Grade Students
- Babysitter Training: BSRCC
- Free Story Walk and Live Bilingual Concert @ The Mount, Sun. 9/11/22
- Heart and Sole
- Berkshire HorseWorks Fall Programs
- Ski Butternut Student & Family Season Pass Application
- BCAC Elf Warm Clothing Program applications due 9/30
- Free School Supplies from Berkshire Money Management
- School Supply Lists
- Bus Routes
- Family Forum in Spanish
- Family Forum in English
- Blue Rider Pony Rides for Rico
- Read-Learn-Play: Wingmaster’s
- The Children’s Attic Fall/Winter Consignment Sale