Browns River Middle School

05/25/2022

Best wishes to our retirees! Dodi Gomez, Scott Cole, Raymond LaRose, Dianne Sisson, and Tamara Pless we'll miss you! Thank you for all you have done for BRMS!

05/25/2022

05/11/2022

We love our school nurses who make a difference in the lives of children every day. School nurses lead the way to support health and ensure that students are healthy, safe, and ready to learn. Thank you for everything you do Wendy and Ainee! ❤️

05/02/2022

Teachers: You constantly inspire us with what you accomplish day to day in the classroom, but we also know that your impact extends well beyond that. This week, we want to honor all that you are and shine a spotlight on you as dynamic, resilient, truly extraordinary human beings.

05/01/2022

Happy ! We are so thankful for Mr. Hamilton and Mrs. Marsh and the work they do each day for our students, staff, and community.

04/28/2022

We are technically a day late, but we didn't forget and we want to publically acknowledge our administrative assistants! Thank you for all that you do to make BRMS a wonderful place to be!

04/26/2022

04/26/2022

Henry Rogers, an 8th grader on Team Fusion, is headed to the National MATHCOUNTS Competition in Washington, DC on May 7-9 after placing Second in States on March 31st! This is an all expenses paid trip for him and his family! We are so proud of you Henry and are wishing you the best of luck in the next phase of this competition!

📸: Superintendent John Alberghini giving Henry his award at MMUUSD Central Office on April 25th.

04/15/2022

So many talented students at BRMS! Today we feature our gymnasts:

Payton Moore- State Champion for Xcel Silver!
Anna Colby - 12-year-old state champion! Level 5
Audrey Rogers - 11/12-year-old state champion! Xcel Bronze
Izzy Dale - 2nd place Xcel Platinum 13/14 year old
Cayla Wimette - 2nd place Xcel Silver 11/12 year old.

All of these gymnasts also qualified in their respective levels to represent Vermont at Regionals in MA in May as well (Regional teams are made up of the top 7 gymnasts across all age groups).

Congratulations to all of our talented gymnasts! We're so proud of you!🎉

04/15/2022

MMUUSD schools will be on break next week, April 18-22. We hope you have a safe, healthy, relaxing week!

04/14/2022

This school year, a lively group of Browns River student “mathletes” met weekly after school, November through February, to play games and solve tough math problems. The BRMS MathClub is a member of the National MathCounts Program and is eligible to send 4 students through the Competition Series.

Henry Rogers (8th grade), Eli Wimette (8th grade), Micah Foster (7th Grade), and Seamus Dumas (7th Grade) competed individually and as a “virtual” team in the Northwest Vermont Chapter Competition in February. Three students’ scores moved them on to the state competition held in March. The state competition was also virtual, but the BRMS mathletes met “in-person” in Coach McDevitt’s classroom. After a hearty meal of Mountain High Pizza Pie, the students worked for approximately 2 hours on 2 plates of cookies and 40 problems like the ones below.

“The number a is 5 times as large as b. The sum of a and b is 15. What is the value of the product ab?
Express your answer as a common fraction.”

“A nonzero number of goats, each with four legs, and a nonzero number of chickens, each with two legs, are living on a farm. Between all the animals, there are 3/8 as many heads as there are legs. Assuming that all animals have all of their limbs, what is the fewest possible number of chickens on the farm?”

Congratulations to Henry Rogers who placed 2nd in the State and will represent Vermont at the National Competition, May 7th-10th! This is NOT virtual and the MathCounts organization is flying Henry and 3 other Vermont Mathletes to Washington D.C. where they will stay and dine at the Renaissance Hotel while practicing and competing. Good Luck, Henry !!

(Answers to the questions above are 125/4, and 2 chickens)

04/11/2022

So proud of our librarian Nicole Thompson! Nicole has been nominated for the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year award for the junior division of the National History Day (NHD) National Contest. The award is sponsored by Patricia Behring in recognition of the pivotal role teachers play in the lives of students.

Each of the 58 National History Day affiliates may nominate one high school and one middle school teacher for this award. Every nominee for the $10,000 award is a teacher who demonstrates a commitment to engaging students in historical learning through the innovative use of primary sources, implementation of active learning strategies to foster historical thinking skills, and participation in the National History Day Contest. All nominees will receive $500 as a result of their nominations.

“This award recognizes the very best educators from across the nation and beyond,” said National History Day Executive Director Dr. Cathy Gorn. “These educators are leaders and innovators in the teaching of history, and we are all the more impressed because of the extended difficult teaching circumstances due to the pandemic during the last year...”

The national winner will be selected by a committee of experienced teachers and historians, and announced on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at the National History Day National Contest Awards Ceremony to be held virtually due to COVID-19. Nominees’ work must clearly illustrate the development and use of creative teaching methods that engage students in history, and help them make exciting discoveries about the past.