🌟 Wednesday is Custodian Appreciation Day! 🌟 A heartfelt thank you to our amazing custodians for their hard work and dedication in keeping our school clean and safe. Your efforts make a huge difference every day! We appreciate you! 🙌 #CustodianAppreciation #BettPride

🌟 October is National School Principals Month! 🌟 A huge thank you to our dedicated principals for their leadership, vision, and unwavering support for our students and staff. Your hard work inspires us all! 🙌 #NationalPrincipalsMonth #BettPride

NEW DATE - Oct. 16! The BHS Cheerleaders for the Little Bulldog Cheer Clinic will now be Wed. Oct. 16 at Mark Twain Elementary! It’s a great opportunity for kids ages 4-14 to learn cheers and have fun. Don’t miss out—sign up here: https://forms.gle/t8fjzsHF5KbhJjKx6! 🐶📣

Sarah Holbert from Cares Inc. recently visited to recertify our professional therapy dog team! 🐾 A huge shoutout to our dedicated handlers and their amazing therapy dogs for their hard work and commitment. Together, we are #BETTerTogether! 🌟#BettPride
Thanks to the Iowa Local Food for Schools grant from the IA Dept. of Agriculture, we can serve students food sourced directly from Iowa farms. On Thursday, BMS featured pork sausage links for breakfast. For lunch, students enjoyed a taco bar with food from farms across Iowa.
Hannah and her neighbors run a lemonade stand every year, and over the last 4 years, they’ve raised over $10K for charities! This year, they raised $4K, which was matched with $12K to donate to Trinity Health Foundation for breast cancer. 🍋💖 #BettPride #BETTerTogether


Join the BHS Cheerleaders for the Little Bulldog Cheer Clinic on NEW DATE - October 16 at Mark Twain Elementary! It’s a great opportunity for kids ages 4-14 to learn cheers and have fun. Don’t miss out—sign up here: https://forms.gle/t8fjzsHF5KbhJjKx6! 🐶📣

Check out the back-to-school edition of the BCSD Libraries newsletter! 📚✨ Stay updated on all the latest resources, events, and exciting library programs for the new school year. #BettPride #BCSDLibraries #BackToSchool

BMS is remembering the lives that were lost, 23 years ago today - 9/11 we will always remember and never forget 🇺🇸

Mr. Hartley, Mrs. Dierickx and their kids lined Bettendorf Middle School with American Flags for Labor Day. Thank you for making BMS look great for Labor Day!

BMS staff and 8th Grade WEB Crew gave our 6th grade students a dynamic welcome on their first day of the school year! 🎉 #BettPride #BETTerTogether
Our offices will be closed until 1:30 PM tomorrow (Thursday) as we gear up for the new school year with our All Staff Welcome Back event. We apologize for any inconvenience. 177 Days of AWESOME begin on Friday! #BacktoSchool #BETTerTogether #BettPride

The BMS apparel store is open for business. Please your order by Aug. 27! #BettPride https://bit.ly/BMSFallStore2024

Liam (11th) and Alana Peitscher (7th) at the Four Seasons Lāna'i, HI with their parents, Aunt and Uncle!


Please join us for our Open House on August 21, 2024
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

We had a great turn out for our New Family Night at BMS! We can’t wait to see all of our students at Open House to kick off the 2024-2025 school year 🐾
(Wednesday August 21 6:00-8:00)

Mr. Hartley and his family (PN 3rd grader Emma and 1st grader Alex) have enjoyed visiting several places this summer, including Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, the Omaha Zoo, Lambeau Field, and the shores of Lake Michigan.





Can't wait? Send us a video of what excites you most about the upcoming school year - cmiller@bettendorf.k12.ia.us or message us on Facebook. The video clips will be shared at the staff welcome back and online. #BETTerTogether #BettPride

Elementary and secondary teachers, instructional coaches, interventionists, special education teachers, and administrators are kicking off two days of data literacy learning in support of strong Tier I instruction and the BCSD strategic plan.
Summer Adventures for Leilani Lindell (7th Grade at BMS), climbing to 3rd tier with the Backwater Gamblers Waterski Shows!


