Benjamin Rush Middle School

Last week was assistant principal's week. BRMS is blessed with a fabulous assistant prinicipal, in Mr. Dusty Neal. He builds positive relationships with all students, staff, and community members, works hard on a daily basis, and is truly a positive light at BRMS. We are very thankful to have him at BRMS!

A huge thank you to Natasha Farley for volunteering to teach our 8th grade students crocheting. The students have enjoyed this experience.

Congratulations to our student and staff members of the month who were recognized at tonight's school board meeting. 8th grader Emily Rouse and Ms. Amy Hedrick and Mrs. Becky Wicker.

Hello BRMS Family! Below you will find the link for our April Newsletter. Everyone have a safe and wonderful spring break! https://www.smore.com/n/jqpa4

Congratulations to our 7th and 8th grade students who received a positive office referral in March.

Earlier this school year BRMS was awarded a grant to bring archery into our school. This week Mr. Martz's classes have begun the archery unit. We plan to offer this as a club next year and begin participating in competitions. What a great opportunity for our students!

Our middle school bands sounded great tonight at the All County Band Festival. A huge thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell and their student teacher Mr. Weaver for a great evening.

Earlier this semester many of our 8th grade students lost out on some real life experiences that were going to be provided during the school day. We are wanting to at least be able to provide a fraction of those experiences to those students. We are in need of parents, local businesses, community volunteers, etc. to provide the following experiences to our students. 1. All things money (banking, budgeting, spending money) 2. Food unit (learning how to cook, bake, etc.) 3. Sewing, crocheting, etc. If you or someone you know that might be interested, please contact Jeremy Powers, principal at 765-932-2968 or powersj@rushville.k12.in.us to discuss further how this would look during the school day.  Sincerely, Jeremy Powers Principal

Congratulations to the following 8th grade students who placed at the FFA Discovery District contest last Friday in Connersville. 1st place - Penolope Davis and Peyton Wisler - Food Science Demonstration Olivia Naylor - Prepared Public Speaking Payton Moore and Tessa Spears - Horticulture Demonstration Trimm Anderson - Extemporaneous Public Speaking Addie Horn - Creed Speaking Addie Horn, Ryder Flannery, Lilli Rapp and Garrett Ray - Quiz Bowl 2nd place - Ava Evans and Addy Rogers - Animal Science Demonstration 3rd place - Addie Horn, Olivia Naylor, Penelope Davis, Payton Moore, Gracie Basham, Realeigh Frye, Rebecca Scott - Parliamentary Procedure

A huge thank you to Pizza Hut of Rushville for sponsoring our student of the month lunch for February.

Congratulations to our students of the month, Zaidyn Farley and Abel Coon and our staff member of the month, Mrs. Anna Angle who were recognized at tonight's board meeting.

If you're interested in supporting BRMS Athletics this spring, please click on the link below to order your apparel. A portion of the sales goes back to the BRMS Athletics Department. https://brmsspring24.itemorder.com

Hello all! Please follow the link, https://www.smore.com/n/eax39, for our latest BRMS Newsletter. Have a great weekend! -Mr. Neal

Congratulations to the following students who have been named student of the month for February: Aiden Kamman Zaidyn Farley Abel Coon Elise Cain Leland Webb Vera Mullis Emma Booher

Congratulations to Mrs. Anna Angle, 8th grade Algebra I and Advanced Math teacher, who has been named the staff member of the month for February. Anna is always willing to give up her prep period to help students who are struggling, always willing to join in on our staff meetings and other PLC times even though she only teaches in the morning and is truly a team player. We are very happy to have Anna at BRMS.

RCHS Theater Clinic. Use the link below to register. https://forms.gle/Rk8vtvE2WdaMNfnG8

Congratulations to all of our students who received a positive office referral for February.

Today 12 of our 7th grade BRMS students visited all of the county elementary schools including St. Mary's and Mays to prepare the current 6th grade students for middle school next year. The current students also heard from Ms. Hedrick about scheduling for next year and Mrs. Campbell about band and choir. It was a great day visiting all of our elementary schools and we look forward to having them join us at BRMS next school year.

Congratulations to Ella Tressler, Jasmine Isaacs, Ava Fields, and Emma Booher who correctly guess the Staff Senior Pictures Guess Who Game courtesy of Ms. Gina in the library. Staff dug up their old high school pictures and students had a mission; play detective and pair them with their rightful staff member.

Next week is National FFA week and BRMS is celebrating with spirit days.