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BMS
History
BMS is named and dedicated after longtime Tennessee state Senator
Tommy Burks who represented and lived just outside of Monterey.
Senator Burks was pro education and loved the citizens of Monterey.
He will be remembered for his dedication to students, teachers,
and education in general.
BMS opened its doors for classes on September 10, 2001, after
many months of planning, building, and organizing. The school
is 5th - 8th grades, based on a two-wing system. The 5th and
6th grades are on one wing and the 7th and 8th grades are on
the other. In between are the offices, library, gym, auditorium,
music room, and cafeteria. It has a softball/football practice/soccer-field.
There are computer labs, science labs, lecture hall and a greenhouse.
Also, the school contains a CDC classroom, ISS room, Teen Living
Lab, and mini-testing rooms. In 2007, Pre-K was added to BMS with three classrooms.
The classes are
based on a 7 period scheduling format. Students take
the usual core courses: language arts, reading, mathematics,
science and social studies, along with encore classes of various
types changing at different intervals.
Students have the
opportunity to obtain a great education while attending BMS.
The courses are designed to increase students' understanding
of the curriculum, in which, they will become better prepared
for their high school years. The teachers have high expectations
of the students to achieve their best at BMS.
There is also an
excellent athletic program for student-athletes to participate
and support. BMS currently offers boys and girls basketball,
football, cheerleading, golf, baseball, softball, and boys
and girls soccer.
Overall, BMS provides
an great atmosphere for the student to achieve their utmost.
The citizens of Monterey are truly blessed with a state-of-the-art
school in which students are the number one priority. "Education
is at its best at BMS." - J. Hoover Sept. 10, 2001
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