Bastrop Middle School

About BMS

Directions

From Austin: Take Hwy 71 to Bastrop, left on Old Austin Highway

From Elgin: Take Hwy 95 to Bastrop, right on Hwy 71, right on Old Austin Highway

From Smithville: Take Hwy 71 to Bastrop, right on Old Austin Highway

Bell Schedule

7th GRADE
8:30 - 9:15	1st Period	Elective	45 minutes
9:18 - 10:03	2nd Period	Elective	45 minutes
10:06 - 10:51	3rd Period	Elective	45 minutes
10:54 - 11:58	4th Period	Core	64 minutes
12:01 - 1:36	5th Period	Core	65 minutes w/lunch
1:39 - 2:43	6th Period	Core	64 minutes
2:46 - 3:50	7th Period	Core	64 minutes
8th GRADE
8:30 - 9:35	1st Period	Core	65 minutes
9:38 - 10:43	2nd Period	Core	65 minutes
10:46 - 12:21	3rd Period	Core	65 minutes w/lunch
12:24 - 1:28	4th Period	Core	64 minutes
1:31 - 2:15	5th Period	Elective	44 minutes
2:18 - 3:02	6th Period	Elective	44 minutes
3:05 - 3:50	7th Period	Elective	45 minutes
Lunch Schedules
10:46 - 11:16		A Lunch, 8th Grade
11:16 - 11:46		B Lunch, 8th Grade
12:01 - 12:31		C Lunch, 7th Grade
12:31 - 1:01		D Lunch, 7th Grade

Core = Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies
Electives = Physical education (athletics), fine arts, computer technology, Spanish I, Health, Communication Applications, etc.

Cafeteria

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Dress Code

General Guidelines:

Clean body and clothing;
Pants, slacks, shorts, or skirts worn at the waistline;
Covered midriff;
Shirts may be worn out, unless they are longer than the bottom of the fingertips when the arms are fully extended at the side;
Appropriate shoes; no house shoes;
Appropriate undergarments;
Shorts must be as long as the bottom of the fingertip with the arms fully extended at the side.

The following clothing/ornamentations are not permitted:

Cut-offs, biker shorts, boxer-style briefs and wind shorts;

Sexually suggestive clothing (see-through, tank tops, spaghetti straps, clothes with holes that are cut-up, or exposed backs and fronts, visible underwear, etc.

Crude or vulgar language or pictures;

Drug, tobacco, or alcohol related language or pictures;

Racial/ethnic slurs, or discriminatory language or pictures;

Gang affiliated clothing (altered hats, shirts, hairnets, belt buckles, etc.)

Flagging or posting of colors. No items draped over shoulder, neck or hung out of pocket;

Oversized clothing (pants, shirts, belts);

Unhemmed clothing;

Metal or hard tap shoes;

Sunglasses inside building unless prescribed by a doctor;

Headbands, neckbands, legbands, armbands, bandanas, etc.

Hats and caps in building;

Visible tattoos;

Earrings on students in any body parts except ears (See Specific Guidelines General);

Wallet chains;

Extreme hairstyles (mohawks, spikes, etc.) and coloring.

Specific Guidelines General

Appropriate earrings or studs are acceptable in girls ears. Boys may wear no more than one stud.

Specific Guidelines for Boy's Grooming:

Hair must be neat and clean.

Specific Guidelines for Girl's Grooming:

Hair must be neat and clean.
Girl's skirts must be as long as the bottom of the fingertip, with normal movement, with the arm fully extended at the side. If the skirt has a slit, the slit may not be higher than the bottom of the fingertip with the arm fully extended at the side.