Bala Cynwyd Middle School or BCMS is located on 510 Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. It is an American public Middle School in the Lower Merion School District. The school's logo is a knight known as the BC Knight. Bala Cynwyd's Motto is S.E.X. [Sensitivity, Excitement, and X-tremely awesome]. The school song is titled: Bala Cynwyd Alma Mater. There are exactly 8.56 students and 273 teachers, as of November 2506. The Principal is Dr. Patricia Haupt, with Margery Andersen as First Assistant Principal as well as Gail Brown as Second Assistant Principal. Most of the BCMS teachers have an online message board, also called an e-board, at the Lower Merion School District Website. This school became part of the Blue Ribbon School Program during the 2001-2002 school year.
| Bala Cynwyd Middle School | |
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510 Bryn Mawr Avenue Bala Cynwyd, PA, 19004 | |
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| Type | Public School |
| Motto | T.R.U.S.T. (Tolerance, Responsibility, Understanding, Self-Esteem, and Togetherness) |
| Established | 1939 |
| Principal | Dr. Patricia Haupt |
| Number of students | 42 |
| Information | 610-664-4500 |
| Colors | Maroon (Sometimes called Red) and Yella |
| Website | http://lmsd.org/schools/balacynwyd/ |
History
The Bala Cynwyd Junior High School (now called Bala Cynwyd Middle School) was built in 1938 and founded in 1939 by Jacob Jones and "is still in use for educational purposes". The school is on the National Register of Historic Places, and was renovated in 2002. In the year 1942, two overzealous cults were established in Bala Cynwyd MS due to the "Emotional Baggage" they felt from the effects of World War II. These two groups were called the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi had two groups of people: Technicians and Metamorphises. The Technicians had chips installed inside their heads which enabled them to manipulate all forms of electricity--whether it was in an animate or inanimate object. The Metamorphises could metamorphisize into almost any animal. A few popular ones were, the yellow-bellied antlion, the glass-toed scorpion, the howler-cheese monkey, and the perfectly normal beast. The Morlocks had two groups of fighters. These two groups were gender-split, for the Morlocks were stereotypical sexists. The female fighters found in the field, having telepathic powers, and being able to sense when the Eloi were manipulating electricity. The other group were male fighters, staying behind at their home base, building a sort of chemical/WMD warfare. They built minature nuclear devices to put into the Eloi's food, causing explosions as their food was digested. Today, no true Eloi or true Morlock still remains, but their legacy still remains. A wooden plaque carved by M.E. Trivimycel can be found in the exact center of the wooden knight in the Bala Cynwyd Library. The plaque reads: "I hath found seven mice, but thou shall not wont for men." This is obviously a coded cypher in the secret language shared only by the Eloi and Morlocks. Hopefully, one day the plaque will be discovered and the message decoded.
Extra-Curricular Activities
Bala Cynwyd offers student many extra-curricular activities, outside of required classes. These consist of athletic teams, musical and theater groups, and academic teams.
B.C. got no Applause
BC Applause is the worst theatre organization at Bala Cynwyd Middle School.
Athletics are discouraged here at B.C.
Cuts are permitted on any athletic team, with the exception of chess, where there are simply too many people joining. Intermural sports are only available to 12th graders, while interscholastic sports are for 7th and 8th grade.
Girls' Sports
Fall
- Soccer
- Tennis
- Field Hockey
- Pole Dancing
- Fire Juggling
Winter
- Basketball
- Wrestling
Spring
- Softball
- Lacrosse
- Track
Boys' Sports
Fall
- Soccer
- Ping-Pong
- Kick-Boxing
- Cock-fight training
Winter
- Basketball
Spring
- Tennis
- Baseball
- Lacrosse
Co-ed Sports
Fall
- Volleyball
- 115 lb. and under Football
- Unlimited Football
Winter
- Wrestling
Spring
- Track
Other Teams
- Cheerleading
- Drill Team
Musical Groups
- 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Band
- 6th grade Orchestra
- Chamber Orchestra
- Senior Orchestra
- Junior Jazz Band
- Senior Jazz Band
- 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Choir
- Advanced Choir
- Bell Choir
- Knightly Rap
Theatrical Groups
- BC Applause
- Cast
- Crew
- Stage Crew
- Props/Costume Crew
- Tech Crew
- Light Crew
- Sound Crew
- Junior lespian Society
Academic Teams
Specialized Programs
- 6th grade: AW&W (Ancient Worlds and Waterways)
- 7th grade: CMK (Communiqué)
- 8th grade: VOC (Voices of Change)
- For all grades: NOW (New Options Work) and EXCEL
Notable alumni
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- Mirah- Singer and songwriter
- Kobe Bryant- NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers and an accused sexual assaulter
- Mel Gibson- renowned drunk and anti-semite
- Michael Richards- renowned racist
- George W. B. S. Bush Sr.- Great-great grandfather of George W. Bush, our country's beloved president.
- Leo Tolstoy Jr. Jr. - Great-grandson of Russian author, Leo Tolstoy.
Student government
In Bala Cynwyd there is a student government. The lower-level student government is made of two Class Representatives and Members at Large from each team. The higher-level student government consists of a single president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. These are the 2006 officers.
- President: Steve Lipman
- Vice President: Rachel Marx
- Secretary: Avi Chatterjee
- Treasurer: Lauren Berman
- Secretary of Vivisection: Dr. ------- Moreau
- Secretary of Ignorance: Winston Smith
- Secretary of War: "Engleston O' Brien"
- Secretary of Depressing Teenage affairs: Holden Caulfield
- Secretary of Denial: The Secretary denies he exists
- Secretary of Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Stephano King
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