The Beckwith Chronicle D.L. Beckwith Middle School News

Website: drregional.org



Dates to Remember
April 10 STEM Night
April 11 Term 3 Report Cards Issued
April 15-19 No School – Spring Vacation
April 26 Math Meet at Bridgewater
May 2 Annie 7:00 p.m.
May 3 Annie 7:00 p.m.
May 4 Annie 7:00 p.m.

Parent Portal Pilot
The Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School District is very excited to be launching a pilot for our parent portal at our middle schools and high school. This pilot will allow students and parents to track grades throughout the year in order to have a regular update on where the student stands academically. Although we recognize that this can be a wonderful tool, it is very important that we "test" this system out to find any issues, bumps, or loopholes that need to be worked out. Therefore, we are only running this as a pilot with some teachers so that we can do this "testing" throughout the spring of 2013. We know that it may be disappointing if some or all of your children's teachers are not involved in the pilot, but please know that it is our intention as a district to only have some teachers use this for now so we can find and correct any issues along the way. If any of your child's teachers are involved in the pilot, you will be or have been contacted on how to access this.
Please note the following procedures that must be in place during the pilot:
1. Grades are only expected to be updated every two weeks - please know that this is a new program and teachers are working hard to make this work.
2. Please contact any teacher directly if you have questions about their grade book. We believe in building strong communication and have found that almost all issues can be resolved between parent and teacher. Following our district norms and procedures, if you do contact a building administrator, we will ask that you start by meeting with teacher before meetings with administrators and teachers happen.
3. Please note that different courses have different grading criteria and assignments. In order to meet the needs of the students and the standards, you will see variances across the board.
4. Please keep in mind that bigger projects/assignments take longer to correct than smaller projects/assignments.
We ask for your patience as we work through this process. Our goal, as always is to do our best to meet the needs of all of our students. We are excited to partner with you on this new endeavor. That being said, every new project has its "bumps" along the way, and we ask that you work with us by letting us know what is working, what can be improved, and how can continue to work together. Thank you for your support and patience!

Message from our
Business Administrator
Dear Dighton-Rehoboth Parents,
We are writing to inform you that starting on Monday March 18, 2013, Bloom Bus Company, in conjunction with the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional Schools are slowly going to implement video cameras on all of our area buses. We feel that these surveillance devices will assist the district and the bus company to increase safety and security for our students, staff and community as a whole. We wanted to make all families aware of this change in order to keep the strong communication and response about safety and security of our students who attend the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional Schools.

Spelling Team
Congratulations to the Beckwith Spellers a/k/a Word Nerds. The team attended the spring meet at Dighton and came in second place. An individual award went to Cassidy Vincent for overall third place in the oral challenge. Team members are Jarrett Cordeiro, Alexis Braz, Julianna Springs, Bridgette Roy, Cassidy Vincent, Kaylee Weddell, Austin Caruthers, Kirsten Chambers, Colette Watson, Emily Greenberg, Allison Ainley, and Nicole Evans.

Principal’s Coffee
Please join us on May 16 at 2:00 p.m. as we continue in our series Adolescents… Is This Really Normal? The focus this session will be The Development of Responsibility: Encouragement, Support, and Setting Limits. We will discuss discipline and approaches to deal with poor choices that adolescents will make.

SEMMEA Music Festival
Congratulations to Madison Burtan, Kristina Perez, and Eveline Rossi for representing Beckwith Middle School in the Southeastern Massachusetts District Music Festival held on March 9th and 10th at Taunton High School. The students participated in two full-day choral rehearsals under the direction of Keene State College's choral director, Dr. Sandra Howard. The festival concluded with a concert that was enjoyed by family and friends.

National Geographic Bee
Congratulations to Mitchell Brown! He has qualified to compete in the state level of the National Geographic Bee on April 5.

Info at Beckwith Website*
Please check our website periodically for the latest information and memos. www.drregional.org and follow the Beckwith links