Full night of basketball tonight at Bloomingdale. The boys and girls both won against Mendon, girls 50-25, and the boys 66-53. We also honored our seniors for senior night, crowned a king and queen for winterfest, and Tyler Starbuck was presented with his 1000 point basketball. Was happy to see everyone at the game tonight. GO CARDINALS!
Pandemic Positives https://youtu.be/7uqfpUR_ZkI
At Bloomingdale Public Schools, we love our awesome students, our amazing staff members, and our supportive communities, all of whom have had to make numerous sacrifices, learn new things, and live far out of their comfort zones over the past 12 months. Please watch this video and share with us in focusing on the positives!
Announcement:
If you plan on attending the 3/12 Girls/Boys Basketball Games at Bloomingdale the following attendance rules will apply.
1. All athletes/coaches are allowed 4 guests ($5 Paid admission for adults and $2 for students. Senior citizens and <7 children are free)
2. All members of the Winterfest Court are allowed 4 guests to attend the crowning at halftime of the boys varsity game. This should take place around 7:45pm. If you are just attending the Court presentation then you will are free to come in. If you are staying for the games than you would pay $5 admissions.
3. The senior students will be allowed to attend tomorrow nights game as well, and will sit socially distant in the top set of bleachers. Admission cost will be $2.
4. The games will be streamed on our facebook page as well, if you cannot attend.
Besides the Winterfest festivities we have a couple other things going on as well. We will be honoring Tyler Starbuck with his 1000 point ball at halftime of the girls game. We will be honoring our winter senior athletes between the girls and boys game, and we will be doing the Winterfest festivities at halftime of the boys game.
Please also remember to stay socially distant from other families and wear your mask properly when in attendance (above the nose).
Thanks and we look forward to an exciting night tomorrow.
Please follow this link to sign up for parent-teacher conferences.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bUjETl3u0AQGkYBU6WC4MmrFOGIQE1Kj_6c6HB2MeTo/edit?usp=sharing
Wrestling ticket info for tonight.
Anyone with parents wanting to go to the meet tonight in otsego needs to have them purchase tickets with the following link
https://www.otsegops.org/apps/pages/athletictickets
using the passcode: Bloomingdalewrparents (all caps)
Athletic Updates/Changes
Girls Basketball game vs Centreville Scheduled for tomorrow (3/9) is being rescheduled. Boy's home game vs Centreville on 3/9 is on as scheduled for a 6pm start.
The Boys Basketball Team has added a game vs Kalamazoo Heritage on Thursday, 3/11 @ 6pm.
GO CARDINALS!
Last week Kallie Harrison surpassed the 1000 point mark for her high school basketball career. She joins Britny Adams, Kim Greene, and Kim Remington as the only girls in school history to reach this mark. She will look to add to her total this Friday as the Lady Cardinals travel to Decatur to take on the Raiders. Go Cardinals!
Superintendent Survey - Last Chance
The Superintendent Search Survey closes tomorrow, Friday, March 5. Please provide input to help choose our next leader.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/bloomingdalesearch
Superintendent Search Survey/Input
The survey to provide input closes this Friday, March 5. Please follow this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/bloomingdalesearch
Or, contact Anita at 269-521-3903 or amanley@bdalecards.org to schedule a face to face meeting with the search consultant for Tuesday, March 2.
Attention parents and students: Gators are not acceptable face coverings. We will no longer be able to allow students to wear them. If you need a face mask, we have them available at each building. Sorry about the confusion and the change.
As winter sports start up here are a few reminders for everyone:
1. Each athlete and coach will get two tickets to each game.
2. The ticket will need to be filled out with name and phone number and presented at the gate with your admission cost (for contact tracing). Senior citizens and league pass holders will still be admitted for free with a ticket.
3. Masks must be worn at all times. Social distance when possible in the crowd.
4. There will be no concessions and no food in the stands.
GO CARDINALS!
This Week in Cardinal Athletics 2/8-2/14
Wednesday, 2/10
Varsity GBB Home vs Paw Paw @ 5:30pm
Varsity BB Home vs Paw Paw @ 7:00pm
Saturday, 2/13
Varsity GBB @ River Valley @ 5:45pm
Varsity BB @ River Valley @ 7:30pm
If you are looking for schedules please visit the athletic website @
https://www.bdalecards.com/o/activities
With winter contact sports getting the go ahead to start contact this coming Monday, February 8th, we are looking to fill some roster spots in the following areas: High School Cheerleading, High School Wrestling, JV Boys Basketball, JV Girls Basketball, Middle School Girls Basketball, and Middle School Wrestling. If the sport/level is not listed the rosters are currently not accepting new participants. At this point, wrestlers only will be COVID tested prior to each competition. If you are interested in coming out on Monday please email Mr. Vaughn @ bvaughn@bdalecards.org, and I will get you all the information you need.
All athletic practices scheduled for today (Friday 2/5) are cancelled due to road conditions. Stay safe and we will get back at it on Monday. GO CARDINALS!
Boys basketball practice is cancelled for tonight (2/4) due to weather. Stay safe!
Contact Practices are scheduled to begin Monday (2-8) however there are many details that we do not know yet - regarding testing, testing administration , schedule, length of season, masks, etc - about the only thing we know right now is fans 2 adults per participant for contests - so when that information is shared we will get it out to everyone as soon as we know.
Our girls basketball team put the following video together and I could not be prouder of what they created. Take a look!
https://youtu.be/gcIMQlW4u3E
Dear MHSAA Community,
Governor Whitmerâs press conference this morning included brand new information for the MHSAA and member schools relative to winter contact sports. We did not anticipate this delay in winter contact practices and competition, and todayâs announcement has created many new questions. That being said, we are currently working to obtain further information on the MDHHS order.
There are no changes to current winter sports practices in basketball, competitive cheer, ice hockey and wrestling as those activities can continue with no physical contact, using social distancing and face masks. The same is true for fall and spring sport 4-player workouts being able to continue now.
The Representative Council and our staff will be using the next few days to gather all information and discuss current options. Know that the MHSAA remains FULLY committed to winter and spring sport seasons as this latest set of hurdles will require continued creativity in finding the way for both remaining seasons to be played.
Further information with updated details will reach you early next week.
Many questions have been asked after the Governors press conference this morning pertaining to athletics. The MHSAA has not released an updated timeline yet. When a press release come out I will share it here. At this time non-contact practices can continue. Have a great Weekend!
Winter athletic teams are still looking for more participants. If you are interested go to www.bdalecards.com, click on athletics and check out the calendars for each sport to see the practice times.