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Mr. McClure's Weekly Blog 
“The Principal’s Post”

UPDATE ANNOUNCEMENT (Monday, November 23rd)

Please note that school will not be in session this Wednesday, November 25th through Friday, November 27th.  Classes will resume on Monday, November 30th.  Have a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving!

Washington, D.C.
October 3, 1863
By the President of the United States of America.
A Proclamation.

“The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consiousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom. No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed.  Done at the City of Washington, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the Unites States the Eighty-eighth.”

By the President: Abraham Lincoln

Internet Source: http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/thanks.htm

I wanted to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for, and to, the students, staff, and our parents of BCMS for their efforts to date this year.  And in thanksgiving for blessings and opportunities afforded us, may we, in the days and months ahead, remember and accept our responsibility in the role that education plays for our future prosperity as individuals, as a school, as a community and as a country.

God bless, and Happy Thanksgiving!

BCMS HYBRID SCHEDULE . . . GOING FORWARD
We continue to monitor our county’s weekly coronavirus spread level designation.  It is the intention of BCMS that we NOT continue in our current Red Day/Black Day hybrid schedule any longer than is required by our state and local health officials.  BCMS plans to return to daily in person instruction for all BCMS students as soon as it is permitted.

Click here for the hybrid schedule which includes the planned Red and Black days at BCMS as we continue into Trimester 2 prior to the Christmas holiday.  Should BCMS be given the permission to return to everyday in person learning, students and parents will be notified of this change.

BCMS WINTER ATHLETICS – VISITOR CAPACITY FOR HOME CONTESTS

Please click here for important visitor capacity information for our scheduled home winter athletic contests.

1. Behave in a manner appropriate for school
2. Show respect for the people and property around you.
3. Be in class every day with a positive attitude
4. Come to class prepared with the appropriate materials
5. Keep a folder, notebook, or binder for each class
6. Update your agenda daily
7. Complete daily assignments
8. Participate in class discussions and activities
9. Ask for extra help when needed.
10. Study outside of school