We offer an outstanding athletic program. Students at all grade levels can participate. The sports include basketball, swimming, and track.
2001 is the inaugural year for the BMS Glee Club. Members of the Glee Club meet two or three times a week to prepare for Christmas and Spring Concerts. Please come to our concerts! Enjoy and support our students!
Learning to play a band instrument is challenging, rewarding, and fun. Students who play in middle school band can also look forward to participating in band during high school, college, and beyond. No previous experience is necessary to join beginning band but it does mean making a commitment in terms of time, effort, and money. Students must provide their own instrument.
(Contact Amanda Ralston aralston@escambia.k12.fl.us for further information).
The cheerleaders at Bellview promote school spirit! Whether by cheering our team to victory during sports events, or in a variety of school activities, the cheerleaders are smiling faces on Bellview's campus!
Guidance counselors assist students with problems that may impede learning. In addition, our counselor provides services to assist students in setting educational, occupational, and life goals. Next year we will begin support groups for students who are facing challenges in their personal life. On the drawing board are groups for children of divorce, grief support, anger management, etc.
Our goal is to maintain a safe and secure learning environment for all students. To ensure that this objective is met, teams are encouraged to have their own discipline plan for enforcing team and school rules. When a child is referred to the Deans, they utilize several interventions which include the following: conferencing with students and parents, guidance referral, peer mediation, Saturday work detail, in-school suspension, out of school suspension, and, if necessary, expulsion.
The National Junior Honor Society is an organization that helps provide leadership skills and encourages good academic success. The NJHS has requirements of a 3.70 grade point average, good citizenship (no referrals), and in interest in community service. Members organize the Homecoming activities and help organize dances for the school year. In additional several fund raising activities are conducted throughout the year to support school activities.
This team is a multi-year team offering academic curriculum choice to approximately 120 students. In partnership with students and parents, Inquirers engage in active learning experiences with emphasis on independence in learning, cooperation in production of products, development in critical thinking, and clarity/creativity in communication. Core instruction crosses grade levels and is based on integrated units of study spanning the content areas. Students are encouraged to use multimedia tools. Practical math applications are an important part of the integrated course of study, but math concepts are still taught sequentially on or above grade level. (Sixth graders are taking pre-algebra; some seventh graders take algebra.) Weekly goal setting by students focuses on math, communication, and reading skills as set forth on the California Achievement Test and in the Sunshine State Standards.
The Language Arts include developing reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and thinking skills. Students study grammar and literature and work to improve their writing skills. Many students participate each year in the "Big Kids Writing for Little Kids Project". Teachers at all grade levels work to prepare students for the Florida Writes test in the 8th grade.
Student lunches consist of an entree (chicken, hamburgers, pizza, etc.) vegetable, fruit, dessert, and beverage. Students may choose to buy an entire lunch or any part of the lunch. There is also a salad bar where students can make their own salad, select a baked potato and/or soup.
Mathematics is connected to other school subjects and to a student's everyday experience. Calculators and computers are used as tools for exploring concepts and solving problems. The Mathematics program ensures that each student is successful at problem solving and reasoning. Course offerings for students include General Mathematics, Pre-Algebra, and Algebra.
The Bellview Middle School Parade Team was formed in 1993. The team consitis of 170 students (boys and girls) who are chosen by their physical education teacher at the end of our six weeks dance unit. We preform folk and line dances modified to keep them moving forward. Over the last six years the team has performed regularly in the Chirstmas Pensacola Parade, Gulf Breeze Christmas Parade, and Martin Luther King Jr. Parade. The dance team has also received invitations and participated in Mardi Gras Pensacola and Fiesta of Five Flags both Friday and Saturday night functions. We also provided the entertainment for our 5th grade orientation programs. The team has received two awards: First runner-up Pensacola Christmas Parade and Second Place Gulf Breeze Christmas Parade. Our future consists of expanding the team to include ball handling, juggling, baton twirling, and in-line skating. Wish us luck!
Peer Mediation at Bellview Middle School is a way of managing student conflict through the use of conflict resolution. The program enables students to solve their differences by interacting in positive ways. Two students who are trained peer mediators work as a team to encourage problem solving between two or more students who are having a dispute.
The Physical Education Department Education Department endeavors to promote a physically active lifestyle. We offer the traditional team and individual sport techniques, along with fitness concepts, dance, innovative and popular activities such as, bench steps, scooter games, baton twirling and in line skating.
Science classes present challenging exploratory activities and investigations utilizing basic scientific laws/ standards. Teachers use a hands-on-approach method in a laboratory setting in accordance with district policies including the Sunshine State Standards.
Social Studies classes study World History, America History, and Civics. Teachers use reports, models, role-playing, projects and exhibits to make history come alive. Each year, our Media Center and the many technology resources support our participation in County, State and National History Day/Fair activities.
A stringed instrument class is offered which includes violin, viola cello, and bass. Students also have the opportunity to play in a beginning orchestra their first year. After a year of instruction they can participate in the Escambia County Youth Junior Orchestra. For more information about our orchestra program call 944-0616 to talk to Ms. Baker, Orchestra Director.
Student Council is an organized group of students who are elected to represent his/her respective homeroom. Student Council assist the school in reaching several goals by participating in various school and community projects/activities. Students acquire leadership skills and provide service to the B.M.S. community.
In order to create a more close-knit, less over-overwhelming school environment, students are grouped into "teams". Students share a group of teachers who work together to ensure their success. The team of teachers share a common planning time so that they can discuss students' needs and abilities. The teams are part of a larger "house" concept that is made up of 6th, 7th, and 8th grade.
Bellview became one of Escambia County's Wellness schools in 1996. The Warrior Wellness Team promotes wellness activities for faculty and staff. Our first annual Wellness Fair was well received. We are expanding the Wellness Team to include student participation.
WARRIOR WELLNESS TEAM: MOVEMENT TO IMPROVEMENT
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