Robert L. Bland Middle School

All schools in Lewis County will be closing today at 1:30PM due to high water.

Report cards were sent home today, Tuesday, January 23.

All schools in Lewis County will be on a 2-hour delay on Monday, January, 22, 2024.

All schools will be closed tomorrow, January 19th. No staff are to report, regardless of contract. Central office will be closed.

All schools in Lewis County will be on a 2-hour delay on Thursday, January, 18, 2024.

All schools in Lewis County will be closed on Wednesday, January, 17, 2024.

All schools in Lewis County will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, January 16th, 2024.

All schools in Lewis County will be on a 2-hour delay on Wednesday, January, 10, 2024.

We would like to inform you of a schedule change for Friday, January 19th. This day was originally a normal school day but will now be a Professional Learning Day for staff safety training. Students will not attend school on this day. As a reminder, there will be no school for students on January 12th, this is an OSE day and January 15th for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

All schools in Lewis County will be on a 2-hour delay on Tue. Dec. 19, 2023 due to inclement weather.

Holiday Spirit Week

Report cards were sent home today. Please look for them. We want to thank Loveberry Bake Shop, LLC for supplying cookie coupons for principal list and honor roll students.

Coming soon

All Lewis County Schools are conducting School Environment Surveys that will obtain information from students, staff, and families about conditions for learning in our schools. The surveys will be begin the week of October 16th. Keep your eye out for more information from your child’s school. Your participation is greatly appreciated.

Good morning, I have been told that there has been some concern among parents about a 15 punch bathroom rule that is in use at the middle school. This rule is in place with the 7th grade team. Teachers in the 7th grade posted the following message in their classes on Schoology to explain the rule. I figured I would post the explanation here to alleviate any further confusion. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to call the school or contact a 7th grade teacher through Schoology. Expectations regarding bathroom breaks: They are given a pass with ten punches per quarter. They are allowed to go during homeroom, advisory, lunch, afternoon homeroom and most vocational classes without getting the card punched. This is to prevent frequent flyers from missing too much of their core classes for bathroom breaks. Parents can rest assured that no teacher will prevent a student with a bathroom emergency/urgency from going to the bathroom.

Your students, in grades 3-8 and 11 last year, will be bringing home their 2022-2023 WVDE Assessment results today, September 15th! In addition to the printed score reports, students will also receive a link to a video score report in their student email addresses. For more information visit the Lewis County Schools website or Facebook page.

Today we practiced an evacuation drill for the school. Then Mrs. Benson, our seventh grade Science teacher, had a HUGE surprise for all of us, a flyover to celebrate the opening weeks of school and to promote the amazing opportunities in aviation in North Central WV. Video and more pictures will be coming later. You can also watch the TV coverage on WBOY tonight as well as read about the event in the Weston Democrat. It was a great day to be a Patriot and it has been an amazing start to the school year.

Assembly expectations were taught on Friday in preparation for the Rachel Challenge assemblies tomorrow. *Know where they will sit according to their grade level* How do they go into the bleachers? -Go to appropriate stairway and go to top of bleachers. Fill in from top to bottom. -Do not walk on seating. No jumping from seating. No moving once seated. -Fill the entire row before moving down. -Follow the guidance of the staff in your area Discuss proper behavior in the assembly -Talk quietly until program starts -No food or drink is to be brought into the assembly. -Remain quiet while program is occurring unless prompted to interact or participate -Do not ask to leave the program unless it is an emergency. During performances, do not leave until there is a break. You must ask permission from the nearest staff to leave. -Pay respect to the presenter at appropriate times (i.e. Applauding after a piece of music or at the end of a speaker presentation) Discuss how students will leave the assembly -Students do not leave until they are told to do so. -Students may talk quietly until they are dismissed. -Students will be dismissed from the bottom to the top. -Do not walk on seating. Go to the nearest stairwell to exit the bleachers. -Follow the guidance of the staff in your area

Cafeteria Expectations A. Once dismissed from your classroom, students will report to hallway in front of cafeteria doors and line up two by two, awaiting approval to enter by staff. (Grade level teacher will monitor the line and direct students to hot lunch lines.) B. Students may choose seating in correct location with no more than eight per table. (6th grade old section, 7th grade new section, 8th grade new section) C. Students must raise their hand to be given permission to get out of their seat. (Restroom, medication, forgotten food items, etc.) D. Ten minutes after the last student is seated in the grade level, students will no longer be allowed to get forgotten items from the food line. (Exceptions – napkins for spills) E. Only one boy and one girl from each grade level will be permitted to use the restroom at a time. F. When finished eating, students may dump their trays into designated trash cans and return any trays to the cart beside the cans before returning to their seat and awaiting dismissal. (Each cafeteria Zone will have a trash can and a cart.) TEACHER WILL MODEL APPROPRIATE METHOD FOR DUMPING AND STACKING TRAYS. When the bell rings, a teacher will assist with dismissal by releasing students by Zones while checking for messes and trash. Any student who has not dumped his/her tray will do so at dismissal.

Classroom Expectations -Students have exact procedures for entering the room. -Enter room in orderly fashion -Read the agenda for the day -Gather supplies for the day -Sit in assigned seat, if given -Start bell ringer -Put materials away in their proper area of the room -Wait for the teacher to dismiss after the bell rings -Ask permission to leave the room for any reason -Must sign out and back in -Must indicate where you are going on the sign out log -Must have a pass -Classroom expectations are required when a substitute teacher is in the room.