Exciting growth is happening with some of our newest musicians at BMS! Students in Beginning Trumpet đŸŽș and French Horn learned how to hold their instruments correctly. This is the first time they have been able to get their new instruments out of their cases! We can't wait to hear all the things you'll learn to play đŸŽ¶đŸŽŒ this year!

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2 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite
Students in Coach Rickett's PE class are having fun this school year. The name of the game is "Bean Bag Toe Tag" đŸƒâ€â™€ïžđŸŽŻ. If students are tagged, they must perform some type of movement to get back in the game. This could be jumping-jacks, push-ups, sit-ups, or any type of movement that will aid in muscular strength and endurance! đŸ’Ș

Good job, Panthers! Keep building those muscles!
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2 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite
Let's cheer on our BMS Panthers Volleyball team this afternoon as they take on North Little Rock. The game is today at 4:30 in North Little Rock at the NLR Auxiliary Gym.

#GoPanthers
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2 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite
Mrs. Charrier's 6th grade science students went on an adventure to observe and record living đŸŒ±đŸŒż and nonliving things đŸȘšđŸ’§. Afterwards, they discussed what makes something living vs nonliving.

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2 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite
Mr. Gaither's sixth grade social studies classes have been learning about life during the Stone Age đŸȘšđŸŠŁ. The students played the hunter-gatherer game to help them better understand the difficulties of surviving the Stone Age. đŸčđŸŒżđŸ”„

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2 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite
Panther fans! Come out tonight and support the Benton Middle School football team as they take on Conway in their first game of the season!

The game is tonight, August 31st, at 5 PM at the Benton athletic complex.

#GoPanthers
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2 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite
Mrs. Harris’s 5th and 6th graders put their teamwork and problem-solving skills to work during Building Thinking Classroom tasks! đŸ§ đŸ€

Students worked together to share ideas, persevere through challenges, and build a strong thinking community. We love seeing our students learn from one another and grow as collaborative thinkers! 💡✹

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2 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite
Students in Mrs. Heard's GT class participated in the activity "2 and a Crayon đŸ–ïž" where they had to work with a partner to create a picture, but both had to hold the crayon and draw without talking.

They learned about working together đŸ€ when communication is a challenge, and how to share control when working with a partner/team. They developed strategies for working through the challenge to communicate silently and learned that it's ok to share the power to create a shared picture so that both partners had input! 🎹✹

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3 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite
In Mrs. Simpson's science class this week students are learning all about observations and inferences! Students participated in a card sorting activity with their table groups to practice these skills!

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3 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite
Students in Mrs. Medders 7th grade social studies classes practiced growing their map skills đŸ—șby finding their home 🏠, our school đŸ«, and other local landmarks 📍 on a map of Benton.

Students practiced using map features and map tools such as the key, the street name index, and the coordinate grid.

Special thanks to the Benton Chamber of Commerce who provided Mrs. Medders with a class set of analogue maps!

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3 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite

Today we want to celebrate one the fantastic kids in Mrs. Brasel's KeyCode class.

Mrs. Brasel tells us "I’m excited to share that Asher was selected as our GOAT of the Week in KeyCode class! 🐐⭐

Each week, I recognize a student who stands out through active participation, good character, completing their work, and helping others. As our GOAT of the Week, Asher gets the honor of keeping our GOAT trophy at his desk all week! 🏆🐐

At the end of the week, he'll get to pass the GOAT along to next week’s honoree — a fun little tradition that celebrates students who help make our classroom a great place to learn!

I’m proud of Asher and wanted to make sure you could celebrate this recognition with him, too!"

From everyone here at BMS, great job, Asher!

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3 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite
Great things are happening at Benton Middle School! đŸŸ

Mrs. Green's students are practicing important life skills while also keeping their space neat!

They also get to spend time playing as hard as they work!🏀

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3 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite
Simulation Stimulation!

The 🚀đŸȘ Mars Rover has transmitted back stunning images of the Martian surface. But did you know that it takes several minutes to transmit to Earth and vice versa? NASA has a lot of technology at their disposal but ultimately, it’s all used to transmit instructions to the rover. In the same manner, the robot students build will require instructions to operate.

In the Mars Rover Activity, students simulate the interaction between a student (acting as the Mars Rover) and Mission Control on Earth.

This activity fosters communication skills, team work, and critical thinking skills🧠; all of which are necessary for the 21st labor force.

Follow the adventures and creations of đŸ€– Robotics @ BMS this Fall!

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3 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite
Mrs. Moore's art classes are already off to a great start as they grow their art skills!

In 5th grade students are working on drawing a self portrait in proportion. They're coloring it with with a rainbow pencil! Then they're going to put all the portraits together in a community mural for the hall.

In 6th grade students are working on shading skills: they're shading basic shapes and drawing a close up of a dragon eye that they will shade and blend with colored pencils.

In 7th grade they have finished their first weekly zine, which is a little book about a topic of their choosing.

Excellent job, everyone!
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3 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite

Mrs. Smith shared that her students were super pumped to get to watch the senior parade last Friday! They loved all the cool themes and were already talking about what they wanted to do for their senior parade! #WeAreBenton

3 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite

Benton Middle School students were so excited to celebrate this year's senior class and watch the senior parade last Friday. 🎓🚗

Many celebrated by wearing Panther gear for our very first spirit Friday of the year! đŸŸ #WeAreBenton

3 months ago, Bonnie Wilhite
BMS map of pick up / drop off locations. Please remember that School Drive is a one-way street.
4 months ago, Ashley McKell
Please note our updated start time of 7:55 am. We will still dismiss at 3:10 pm.
4 months ago, Ashley McKell
BMS students will need to bring the following supplies for school:
4 boxes of tissue
Pencil pouch
Wired earbuds or headphones
4 months ago, Ashley McKell

New to the Benton School District? Check the info here for additional new student registration for BMS. https://ww2.bentonschools.org/o/bsd/page/registration

4 months ago, Ashley McKell