Announcements – Wednesday, September 8, 2010

• Extra yearbooks from last school year are available, cost is $23.00, stop by the office to purchase.

• The first student dance is Friday, September 10th.  The dance starts at 7:00 and lasts until 8:30.  There will be dancing in the Commons, dodgeball in the gym, and the East computer lab will be open.  Cost is $4.00.  Information will go home on Friday.  Tickets can be purchased next week.

• Any Batesville Middle School 6th grade girl interested in the 2010 Lady Bulldog Basketball Camp may pick up registration forms in the office. Grades 4-6 will work one-on-one with the coaching staff, as well as freshman through senior players. A camp photo will be taken and each participant will receive a camp t-shirt. Cost of the camp is $30. Camp dates are October 18th - 20th from 3:30 - 4:45. The camp will take place at the Middle School gym.

• Want a place to let your IMAGINATION run wild?! A place where creative thinking is not only rewarded, but REQUIRED! Love to build, discover, act, design..then DI is the place for you! Destination Imagination is looking for students from 4th thru 12th grade to participate in this year's challenges. Teams will compete at one of three levels: Elementary, Middle or Secondary. Information on this competitive problem solving organization will be shared at a gathering on September 21st at Batesville Memorial Public Library. Each student must be accompanied by a parent. Information on how to get started and the schedule of the year's events will be shared. For questions prior to the meeting, contact Rosena Kennedy via email at rkennedy@batesville.k12.in.us.

• Youth Bowling League - Bring your friends and come join the fun! Learn the basics of bowling and have a chance to win prizes. Sign ups will be Saturday, September 11, 2010 @ East Bowl from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Teams are made up of 4 people. For more information call East Bowl at 934-4211 or call Scott at 212-0613. First session starts September 18, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.

• The Batesville Middle School Art Club will meet every Tuesday after school until 4:15.

Sports:        

VB - Last night in volleyball action the 7th grade Lady Bulldogs were defeated by North Decatur in a close match with scores of 20-25 and 21-25. Samantha Heidlage led the team in scoring with 13 aces and Madeline Cook~contributed 3 aces.

The 8th Grade Lady Bulldogs defeated North Decatur in two games with scores of 25-22 and 25-18. Brooke Bradford and Katie Thomas were the leading servers scoring 8 points each with 5 aces each. Bradford led the offensive attack with 7 hits, 2 of those hits resulted in kills. Sydney Strickland contributed to the offensive attack with 3 kills and 2 blocks. The team's record is now 4-0. The teams will next be in action Thursday, September 9th at Batesville Middle School versus Milan. Come out and support the Lady Dogs!

CC - The BMS boys' and girls' cross country teams both added two more wins on the season as they ran past Connersville and South Decatur.  Both teams started strong, worked together well, and took control of the race early.  Garrett Yorn won his third race of the year in the boy's race (11:41). 

In the girls' race, the Lady Dogs captured 7 out of the top 10 places. 

In the top 10 were:
                                        Anna Kick                 7th
                                        Bailey Lynch            9th
                                        Bre Hartman          10th

In the boys' race, the Dogs also took 8 out of the top 10 places.

In the top 10 were: 
                                        Garrett Yorn                   1st
                                        Cole Nuhring                 2nd 
                                        Justin Fledderman        5th
                                        Luke Wukusick              6th
                                        Conner Bell                    7th 
                                        Kurtis Koury                    8th
                                        Alex McPherson          10th

Both teams are 7-0 on the season.

Lunch: Spaghetti casserole, Tossed salad OR Fresh vegetables, Breadstick, Peaches, Milk OR Salad Bar