Congratulations to the grade level winners for they Young Georgia Author's Contest!
4th Grade - Katherine Gowen
5th Grade - Grace Jones
6th Grade - Amelia Jacoby
7th Grade - Caitlin Varnadoe
8th Grade - Aiden Leever
The purpose of the Young Georgia Authors writing competition is to encourage students to develop enthusiasm for and expertise in their writing, to provide a context to celebrate their writing successes, and to recognize student achievement in arts and academics. Congratulations to these students!

Congratulations to Lucas Homrich on being accepted into the Georgia Music Educators All-State Honor Band. This is the highest honor in middle and high school band and is a major accomplishment. Lucas qualified for the audtion based on his district-level audition score. On January 7th, Lucas traveled to McDonough to audition against ninety other middle school percussionists for a spot in the prestigious ensemble. He will travel to Athens in March to perform with the All-State Band. We are very proud of Lucas!

Order your yearbook today for only $25, now through 2/28/2023! After that date price increases to $30 until May 2023! Yearbooks will be delivered before school is out in May.

On December 1, 2022, the fourth grade students and their parents who attended the Bethune Middle School ELA Family Night participated in a poetry contest. We are excited to announce the winner, Jazmine Deliez who wrote "Winter's First Breath." We are also pleased to award an honorable mention for Anthony Roberson. Anthony's poem was titled "A Charlton County Christmas." We had a lot of creative winter themed entries. The fourth grade teachers are very proud of all the students who entered the Winter Poetry Contest.




More pictures of Twin Day



More pictures from Twin Day


5th Grade Twins

Friends don't let
Friends do drugs.
Dress like a friend.
We enjoyed celebrating Twin Day for Red Ribbon Week!

We appreciate our custodians!

Reminder: We will have our Annual Title I Meeting tonight, 10/6, at 6 pm. The location of the meeting has been moved to the BMS Music Room. We will review the requirements and details of being a Title I school. Our Annual Meeting will be followed by the BMS Chorus Musical.
Please join us for our Annual Title I Meeting followed by the BMS Chorus Musical on Thursday 10/6. We will begin at 6 pm in the cafeteria. During our annual meeting we will discuss what it means to be a Title I School, highly qualified teachers, curriculum and assessments, Title I funding, requirements of Title I Schools, Family Engagement Plans, School-Parent Compacts, and family engagement opportunities. We hope to see you there!
Charlton County Schools will be closed Thursday September 29 and Friday September 30 due to impending weather from Hurricane Ian.
Schools will be open and on regular schedule on Wednesday Sept. 28, however all extracurricular and after school activities on Wednesday are cancelled.
Schools will reopen Monday October 3. We hope you stay safe!
Reminder: Picture today tomorrow 9/16.
Early Relase for Students tomorrow at 1 pm
Picture Day is Friday, Sept. 16th. You can order online in advance with a debit or credit card.
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Please join us for our Parent and Family Engagement Fall Input Meeting. Our meeting will take place on Tuesday September 6th at 3:30 pm in the conference room at BMS. We will review the BMS School Improvement Plan, District Parent Involvement Plan, BMS Parent Involvement Plan, Parent/Teacher/Administration Student Compacts, Title I Parent Involvement Funds, and Building Staff Capacity. If you are unable to attend this meeting and would like more information on what will be discussed please email Rebeccah Phillips (rebeccahphillips@charlton.k12.ga.us).
All ice cream prices are $1.25 or $2.00 depending on the item.
We wish each memeber of our faculty and staff a wonderful school year!




We are so happy to have our teachers back from summer break!




