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PRINCIPAL'S
MESSAGE Welcome to Bellmar Middle School for the 2006-2007 school year. We live
in an age when human talent is of utmost importance. In this, the 21st
Century, you will need to be innovative to be able to compete in the
global economy. As middle school students, your education is a vital first
step in becoming contributing members in this ever changing economy. To attain the proper direction in school you must
practice these steps. Be at school every day and arrive promptly. Maintain
a positive mental attitude and believe in a healthy work ethic. Organize
your academic work. Manage your time well, allowing the proper schedule
for studying and reflecting. Believe in the goalmaking process. Write
down your ambitions and read them every day. Visualize your objectives.
Familiarize yourself with the rules and procedures for our school as
outlined in this handbook. Learn how to adapt to your teachers and follow
their classroom procedures. Be prepared by having everything necessary
when you arrive in class. Always do your homework. Carefully listen and
think about what your teachers are saying. Know how to read a textbook,
and if you have difficulty in doing so, ask one of our reading teachers
for their help. Participate in school activities. By following these
recommendations, you will certainly have a successful school year. Each year at Bellmar we promote a school year theme.
This year we will contemplate the idea of the "Great Society."
May 22, 1964 was a glorious, sunny commencement day in the stadium of the
University of Michigan when President Lyndon B. Johnson urged the nation
to move "upward to the Great Society." President Johnson told
his fellow Americans, "The Great Society rests on abundance and
liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to
which we are totally committed in our time. But that is just the
beginning. The Great Society is a place where every child can find
knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents ... where the city
of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce
but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community." We can heed
President Johnson's words even today. Here at Bellmar we strive to promote
the ideals of the Great Society. Finally, we ask that you become contributing citizens
to your community and to our greater democracy. This year you will not
only be rewarded for your academic achievement but also your civic
achievement. You have my best wishes for success. Stephen V.
Russell
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