Club News

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Tuesday
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM Bagels and Books
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Honors Orchestra
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11:10 AM - 12:50 PM Broadcast Team
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3:15 PM - 4:30 PM Forensics/Debate Club
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Wednesday
7:30 AM - 8:10 AM Kind Club
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7:45 AM - 8:15 AM Equestrian Club 6th Grade
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11:10 AM - 12:50 PM Broadcast Team
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11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Equestrian Club 7th/8th Grade
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12:30 PM - 1:00 PM 6th Grade Steam Club
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3:15 PM - 4:30 PM Forensics/Debate Club
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3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Garden Club 6/7/8
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Friday
11:10 AM - 12:50 PM Broadcast Team
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3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Coders Club 6th Grade
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April 4, 2023
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM Bagels and Books
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Honors Orchestra
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11:10 AM - 12:50 PM Broadcast Team
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3:15 PM - 4:30 PM Forensics/Debate Club
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April 5, 2023
7:30 AM - 8:10 AM Kind Club
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May 6, 2023
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Robotics Club Workshop- Seaholm in Room C103 (Grades 5-7)
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May 13, 2023
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Robotics Club Workshop- Seaholm in Room C103 (Grades 5-7)

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Bagels & Books 6/7/8
This Club encourages students to explore books of many different literary genres by discussing together in a social setting. Come for the bagels (or muffins!), stay for the books!
Club Leader: Mrs. Jefferson
Location: Media Center
Day and Time: Mondays, 7:30am, beginning October 2nd -
Berkshire Pride Alliance Club 7/8
Berkshire Pride Alliance ClubThe Berkshire Pride Alliance at Berkshire Middle School seeks to create greater awareness about the issues and unique experiences faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, plus community and allies of this community. We provide a safe and welcoming space for any student who wants to talk about issues related to sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. Everyone is welcome to come, regardless of identity.
Visit our website at: Berkshire Pride Alliance website.Club Location: TBDDay and Time:TBD -
Broadcast Team 7/8
Broadcast Team
The Broadcast Team is responsible for our Daily Announcements and this year is open to 7th and 8th grade students. Responsibilities include editing script, announcing, videotaping, checking the set, and editing the final production.We also work on creating informational videos to us as commercials during our broadcast.
Club Leader: Mrs. Garbutt
Location: Media Center/Broadcast Room
Day and Time: Starting September 27th -Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at lunch/REC -
Coders Club 6th Grade
Coders Club
This club is designed to introduce the basics of programming to participants in a fun and encouraging way. It gives the students an opportunity to practice what they learn in interesting and engaging activities and projects.Club Leader: Mrs. Jefferson
Location: Media Center
Day and Time: Wednesdays and Thursdays during lunch/rec, Fridays after school
Website: Coders Club -
Debate & Forensic Club
Debate & Forensic Club
Do you like to perform? Have the gift of gab? Berkshire Debate and Forensic might be the place for you! Debate and forensics are forms of competitive public speaking and drama and it could be a place for you to shine! Meetings and practices will be held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the fall. Email Ms. Sarah Scurti, if you're interested, at sscurti@birmingham.k12.mi.us for more info
Club Leader: Sarah SucurtiDay and Time: TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS after school -
Equestrian Club 6/7/8
Equestrian ClubT
Equestrian Club
The Berkshire Equestrian Club provides a place where equestrians can come together in their shared enthusiasm of horses and riding.
Equestrian Club members will spend time learning about horses, riding styles, horse maintenance, horse science, and horse-related activities and practices in order to expand and share their knowledge and love of all things horse-related. During our meetings, we will provide activities and discuss topics that will prepare us for a year end field trip to an actual riding stable where we will participate in a one day riding camp. All students who have an interest in horses are welcomed, whether you already own your own horse, ride horses, or simply love horses and want to learn more about them, Equestrian Club is a fun place to meet with peers who share a common interest in horses. Equestrian Club will meet Wednesdays during lunch/rec for 7th and 8th graders and before school from 7:45-8:10 for 6th graders. Meetings will be held in Ms. Rodriguez’s Room 208. -
Garden Club 6/7/8
Garden ClubDo you enjoy being outside? Garden Club is the place for you! Beginning on September 29th, Garden Club will be meeting after school on Wednesdays, until 4:30pm. Meet on the benches in the fishbowl outside the media center and we will head to the garden. When the weather gets too cold or is inclement, we will head inside for Green Club.Club Leader: Mrs. LuckenClub Location: Meet at the fishbowl, outside the media centerDay and Time: Wednesdays, after school until 4:30pm -
Green Club 6/7/8
Green ClubIn Green Club, we work on projects to make our school and community more environmentally friendly. We’ve made things from upcycled materials, we’ve started campaigns like the food cart, we’ve helped recycling in the school. We’ve done some good learning about the environment also. We make sure to fulfill all the qualifying activities to be designated a Green School.During the fall and spring, Wednesdays will be for Garden Club, and we will head outside. Once the weather is unsuitable for gardening, we will transition to Green Club.Club Leader: Mrs. LuckenClub Location: room 108 (Mrs. Aubrey's room)Day and Time: Wednesdays after school, when the weather is not good for gardening, until 4:15pm. -
Honors Orchestra 6/7/8
Honors OrchestraThe Berkshire Honors Orchestra is an advanced voluntary ensemble that meet outside of the school day. The goal is to give talented and hard-working enrolled orchestra students, from the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, the additional opportunity to perform challenging literature together. The Berkshire Honors Orchestra will perform on both the Winter and Spring Orchestra Concerts. All minutes spent in Honors Orchestra rehearsals will count towards practice logs.
Club Leader: Mr. Shawver
Location: 123
Day and Time: Tuesdays mornings 7-7:50am
Website: Mr. Shawver's Berkshire Orchestra website -
Kind Club
Hello, Berkshire Wildcats!!! KIND Club is meeting on Wednesdays, at 7:30am in Mrs. Jolokai's room, 120. What is KIND Club? KIND stands for Kids Inspire Nice Deeds. Our focus will be on making Berkshire a better place by spreading kindness for our staff, students, and the community. We have lots of ideas as to how to do this, but we would really like your input as well. So, if you are interested in being a peer mentor, participating in gratitude projects, want to work on school beautification, like to do nice deeds for others, etc., please come join us. Again, we will be meeting on Wednesdays at 7:30 in the morning, in room 120. And if before school doesn't work for you, we will also be opening up the club time to meet during lunch, once things are up and running. Looking forward to seeing you all there.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Mrs. Jolokai – Djolokai@birmingham.k12.mi.us
Ms. Dittrich – Kdittrich@birmingham.k12.mi.usKINDNESS MATTERS
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Robotics Club 6/7/8
Robotics - Berkshire Hazards FTCIf you are interested in Berkshire Robotics with a focus on programming, problem solving, and teamwork skills, these are the workshops for you. The class is designed for current Berkshire Robotics students and potential robotics students trying to build up their skills in programming. We will focus on 2 programming languages, Blocks (like Scratch), and Java, using FTCSim.org as our virtual platform.
The first half of the workshops are designed around 6th, 7th, and 8th graders, using a virtual robot programming environment. The final 3 classes will be designed for creating small teams to try out their skills on a real robot chassis and mentor 5th graders from BPS students interested in joining the 2023 Fall FTC season. Some programming skill is desired, but there is enough platform support to enable self-learning between workshops for beginners.
All workshops will take place at Seaholm in Room C103.
The dates of these workshops are:
- February 4th 2:30-4:00pm (6-8th Grade)
- March 4th 2:30-4:00pm (6-8th Grade)
- May 6th 2:30-4:00pm (5-7th Grade)
- May 13th 2:30-4:00pm (5-7th Grade)
- June 3rd 2:30-4:00pm (5-7th Grade)
Robotics club is a team of 6-8th graders that compete in the FTC Robotics competitions. Students use the process of engineering and design to build a robot that competes in an annual challenge that changes from year to year. Students in this club also develop their collaboration skills, computer programming, social media marketing, outreach, and fundraising skills in this dynamic team challenge. Our team's efforts culminate in a competition with other teams in the surrounding districts. If our teams advances we could compete with team from around the world!
Robotics begins in September and continues minimally through early December. To sign up, please use this Robotics FormSpace on the team is limited and applications for joining the team will close on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020. Interviews for spots on the team will be conducted after that date.We compete with other FTC robotics teams in the area. We typically have 3-5 scrimmages and then our official qualifier to potentially advance to the regional matches.
Club Leader: Mr. Goeman
Location: Room 129
Days and Times: Tuesday-Thursday 3:30-5:30pm -
Steam Club 6th Grade
Steam Club
STEAM Club is designed to engage students with aspects of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math through fun interactive activities. The club engages students and promotes creativity, using problem-solving skills and critical thinking.
A few STEAM projects include:
Origami - History and Technique
Pi Tie - Computer programming
Lego - Character and Environment Challenge
Recycled Book Art
Night Lights - Completing a circuit
Catapults - Engineering & Mechanics
Augmented Coloring Activity
Maze Creation
Bracelets- Stamping creations
Media center webpage:
https://www.birmingham.k12.mi.us/Page/11406Club Leader: Mrs. Jefferson
Location: Media Center
Day and Time: Wednesday's, during 6th grade lunch/REC 12:30 pm -
Yearbook Team 6/7/8
The yearbook club is responsible for creating the yearbook. Students will have the opportunity to practice basic photography, learn the interview process, layout and design, and distribution.
As part of the yearbook staff, you will be undertaking a great responsibility.
We are looking for students who are self-motivated, cooperative, and responsible. Students will need to be comfortable using computers. Creativity is a plus! This club will meet in the mornings and after school. Our schedule is flexible so you can pick what works best for you.Club Leader: Mrs. Gacki
Location: Room 203
Time: stay tuned for more information about how to participate