Welcome to Benicia Middle School!

Benicia Middle School provides a safe and respectful learning environment where students are encouraged to meet their full potential as life-long learners and productive citizens.

Have a Wonderful Summer Break!!

Volunteers for Registration

We are looking for volunteers to help with our registration in August.  Here is the schedule for volunteers:

August 16th - 6th grade:  9:30am-1:30pm

August 16th - 7th/8th grade:  3:30pm-7:30pm

August 19th - All grades:  4:30pm-7:30pm

If you can volunteer, please e-mail Mrs. Moore at cmoore@beniciaunified.org

Attention Parents and Families,

It is critical that you are informed and aware of what your children do while they are online. This is a new day and age and one that we cannot ignore. Yes, unfortunately, we must embrace the huge shift in technology since we were children, but what we cannot do is ignore the online capabilities accessible to our children. We are urging you to talk to your children about what they do online. It is critical that children and families know whatever is put ‘out there’ on the internet is permanently out there. It may be deleted from a phone or a computer, but it is still out there and can be retrieved. Please remind yourself that you have every right and should regularly be checking your child’s search history, calls, texts, videos, photos, etc. You should have their passwords and have full access to their phones and computers at anytime. It is also our recommendation that children do not have their phones with them in their rooms as night, even if they are turned off. We see that kids are more tired. They are not able to get the sleep they need if they are subconsciously listening for their phone to notify them of a text, call, or social website posting. We strongly urge you to set up a charging station somewhere in your house away from the bedrooms, where everyone can plug in at night, ensuring that our children can unplug their brains and truly get the rest they require.

We took a poll at BMS and found your children may be utilizing the following websites. We strongly urge you to check out each and every one and talk to your children about whether they are utilizing any of these websites:

Facebook

Instagram

Oovoo

Snapchat

Twitter

Tumblr

Skype

X-Box Live

KIK

Ask.fm

Voxer

Keek

Vine

iFunny

Pinterest

Viber

Tango

Tohla

Christina Moore

Vice Principal

Benicia Middle School

1100 Southampton Road

Benicia, CA   94510

707-747-8340

STEM Program

The district STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Program has openings for the 13-14 school year.   If you are interested in this academic before and/or after school program for your student, you can call 747-8367 or email June Regis at jregis@beniciaunified.org.  Click on the link below to access the registration form.

STEM Flyer with Registration Form

How to Succeed at BMS

The following are legal reasons why you may be absent from school:

*  Medical/dental appointments

*  Personal illness

*  Bereavement/death of a family member

For detailed information about our attendance and tardy policies, please click on the link below.

Attendance and Tardy Policy

BMS SARC REPORT

To access the BMS SARC report, please click on the link below.

SARC Report

Common Core State Standards

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a shared set of learning expectations in English and Language Arts and Mathematics developed by teachers, administrators, parents, and education experts across the nation to ensure that all students graduate with the skills they need to succeed in life. The California State Board of Education adopted the CCSS in August 2010.

The Benicia Unified School District (BUSD) is transitioning to the CCSS. While the new standards are very similar to our previous state standards, some content will be taught at a different grade level than in the past. Next school year our Kindergarten and firstgrade teachers will fully implement the CCSS. All other grade levels will begin to align their curriculum to the CCSS with the goal of full district implementation by the 2014-2015 school year.

Please watch for upcoming information about CCSS and how they will impact your child’s education. The BUSD staff will be working collaboratively to prepare for the transition to the CCSS. We look forward to continuing to provide an excellent PreK-12 education to our students.