Parents:
Spring Standardized Testing is May 2 - 18. See the included testing calendar for your child's specific testing days. Let’s work together and make your child’s experience positive and successful!
Here are some suggestions you can do to help every day:
✔ Ensure your child arrives to school on time each day.
✔ Have your child eat a healthy breakfast at home or at school. Remember: School breakfast is currently free for all students.
✔ Ensure your child gets a good night’s sleep.
✔ Encourage them to do their best.
Please note: All electronic devices—smart phones, smart watches, wireless earbuds, etc.—should be left at home. Any item brought to school must be powered off and turned into the homeroom teacher.
Sonoraville High School cheer tryouts will be April 18-22. There will be an informational meeting Tuesday, April 12, at 6:30 in the SHS gym. All teams will be chosen during this time which means varsity football, varsity basketball, varsity competition, game day, and possibly JV. You must have an updated physical on file. Please see the SHS website for more information. https://www.gcbe.org/o/shs/page/shs-cheerleading
Check out this week’s events.
RBMS will be on Spring Break from April 4-8. Enjoy your time off and we'll see you April 11.
Attention sixth grade students:
Both field trip forms for your upcoming Junior Achievement Field Trip are due tomorrow, Friday, April 1, 2022. Because of Spring Break, late forms will not be accepted. Please turn in all forms to your homeroom teacher Friday morning,
Gordon County Schools will be on Spring Break, April 4-8. We'll see everyone back on April 11! Have a safe and happy Spring Break!
Do you need plants to brighten up your springtime? If so, be sure to checkout the RBMS Agriculture Plant Sale--April 11-16!
Activities at The Bud March 28-April 1
On Thursday, March 24, Red Bud Middle School inducted seventy 7th graders into the Jr. Beta Club. The Jr. Beta Club promotes the ideals of academic achievement, character, service and leadership among students. Students must be in academic good-standing to be eligible for this honor. Congrats to these students!
RBMS Weekly Events
The RBMS Jr. Tome Society recently competed and won the state Jr. Tome Reading Bowl Competition. Forty-seven middle school teams competed by reading ten books throughout the season. Students took three tests via computer throughout the competition in order to determine who would compete in the final competition at TomeCon. RBMS entered the competition in 4th place due to the valiant efforts of our TOME members. Total points were calculated to determine RBMS won 1st place after 4 rounds against other schools from around our state. In addition to the reading bowl, students also participated by creating projects in both the fall and spring. The following students won TOME awards for their projects:
Kaleb King & Pippa McKinney-
1st Place for Infographic
Cooper Maytum & Willie Parish-
1st Place for Current Issues Portfolio
Preslie Parish-
1st Place for Book Print Video
Makayla Burgraff-
2nd Place for Book Cover Redesign
William Parish-
2nd Place for Character to Author Letter
Cooper Maytum-
3rd Place for Like-Try-Why Graphic
Kaleb King, Pippa McKinney, & Madelyn Scroggs-
3rd Place for Library Video Commercial
Serenidy Wood-
3rd Place for It List Book Review Vlog &
3rd Place for It List Book Trailer
Jr. Tome Team Members (left to right)
Front Row: Madelyn Scroggs, Pippa McKinney, Preslie Parish
Back Row: Michala Burggraf, Madison Ensley, Kaleb King, Rayne Gibson, Cooper Maytum, William Parish, Serenidy Wood, and Caroline Soesbe
Red Bud Middle School is proud to announce that Mrs. Brooke Roberts has been selected as our 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year.
Mrs. Roberts teaches Connections Reading classes at RBMS. She reaches beyond daily and is a very kind person. In the classroom, she has found numerous ways to motivate her students to improve their reading skills. Her students make tremendous achievement gains on an annual basis. Mrs. Roberts has 23 years of teaching experience and was the 2009 Teacher of the Year at Red Bud Elementary.
Please join us in congratulating Mrs. Brooke Roberts for being recognized for this prestigious honor.
Individual student MAP and lexile information needed for Literacy Night will be sent home with your student on Monday, March 14.
View the welcome video at this link. https://5il.co/175cz
View the powerpoint presentation at the provided link. https://5il.co/172c3
Spring Picture Day is this Wednesday, March 16. The following clubs & sports will take group pictures that day as well: Wrestling & Managers, Baseball, Tennis, Track, Band, Sources of Strength, 4H, Jr. Beta Club, Jr. Tome Society and Yearbook Staff. Please make sure your child brings their uniform or shirt for group pictures.
Check out what’s going on at RBMS this week!
Individual student MAP and lexile information needed for Literacy Night will be sent home with your student on Monday, March 14. View the powerpoint presentation at the provided link. https://5il.co/172c3
Students:
Help raise money for the American Heart Association by participating in Red Bud Middle's Dodgeball for Heart fundraiser. Every penny earned will help dodge heart disease!
Check out the busy week at RBMS!
On February 25, at the Georgia Junior National Livestock Show, Aaron Romero, a sixth grader from Red Bud Middle School on the Gordon County 4-H Show Team, won 1st place in his age division in showmanship qualifying him to compete for the most coveted award offered in Georgia 4-H. Aaron and two other Gordon County 4-H’ers, Breana Manning and Hunter Petty, competed against four other 4-H’ers around the state (all grade level showmanship winners for 4-H) for the title of Master 4-H Showman, with Aaron winning it all! Congrats to Aaron!
Make your plans now to attend RBMS Chorus’ production of “Beauty and the Beast, Jr.” Thursday and Friday, March 10 and 11, at 4:00pm and 7:30pm. Admission is $5.00 and the concession stand will be open before the show and during intermission. Join us in the RBMS Gymatorium as we present the classic “tale as old as time…”
