National Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony

The Floyd T. Binns National Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony was held Monday, April 27th during first block. The new inductees were welcomed during the traditional candle lighting ceremony, and the 2008 - 2009 officers tapped in the new officers for the 2009 - 2010 school year.

(Pictured from left to right: Treasurer Tanvi Tyagi, Secretary Destiny Rodriguez, President Tanae Holmes, and Vice President Tyeshia Tibbs. Not pictured Historian Bryan Fox)

Click here for a complete list of members

National School Scrabble Tournament

Floyd T. Binns Middle School would like to congratulate the Blackhawks Scrabble Team on a job well done at nationals. There was a lot of tough competition and more than one hundred teams participating. President Barack Obama and Shaquille O'Neal gave prizes to the competition and there were lots of scrabble winners. Our school placed 34th in the nation overall. Congratulations goes out to: Michael Bayne and Preston Shaw with a high score of 305, and Courney Dalimonte and Jordan Smith with a high score of 294.

In the picture from left to right: Mrs. Garton, Preston Shaw, Michael Bayne, Jordan Smith, Courney Dalimonte and Mrs. Beachboard

Links to team information from the tournament:

http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nssc/build/player/1/033.html

http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nssc/build/player/1/034.html

2008 - 2009 D.A.R.E Graduation

(Top Row: Sheriff Branch, Deputy Clatterbuck Binns SRO, Sergent Owen Bullard Bottom Row: Paige Hockman, Jace Cook, Danya Abutaleb)

Culpeper County Sheriff's office presented the 2008 - 2009 D.A.R.E. Graduation on Friday, April 24th. The Drug Abuse Resistance program (D.A.R.E.) is a five week program that 6th grade P.E. students participate in. The program teaches students realistic ways to think through, plan, act and reflect on their actions when faced with tobacco, alcohol or illegal drugs. The program is designed to help students develop the skills that are needed when faced with potentially violent situations. The program was taught by our school resource office Deputy Gail Clatterbuck during their PE time. Each year students in the county compete in an essay contest. In the essay students are to share what they've learned in D.A.R.E and how they can apply it to their life. Each middle school in the county has a girl and boy winner and then one overall winner is picked for the county. The Binns girls essay winner was Danya Abutaleb and the boys winner was Jace Cook. The overall essay winner receives the Sergent Marjorie J. Scott Memorial D.A.R.E Award and the 2008 - 2009 recipient was Paige Hockman a student from Binns Middle School.