Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School

PGLO - Students in Science 8 continued with their Biotech Exploration by making their own GMOs! They took a plasmid, which is a small piece of DNA that had genes from a jellyfish...

Students in Science 8 have been learning Biotechnology Techniques. To start off, the students learned how to load a gel with dye samples. The electrophoresis machine sends elect...

Students in 7th grade science worked on a lab to see how friction affects speed. Students used a smooth surface, a rough surface, and a matchbox car to conduct trials to collect ...

Over the past few days, students in Mr. Heater's WV History class were given the task to research West Virginia land battles of the Civil War. Students were required to create a ...

On Feb. 14th Angie McDaniel from WVU STEAM Technical Assistance Center visited with our 6th grade students' in Mr. McClain and Mr. Stemple’s classes to problem solve a way to mak...

Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School cheerleaders competed in the Valentine’s Day Cheer Competition this past Friday at Buchkannon-Upshur High School! The team won 1st in routine, 2...

Today B-UMS took time to recognize the wonderful work and achievements of our students and staff! Those recognized included Spelling Bee and Young Writers winners, the top twent...

Students completed a physics exploration lab using light and varying mediums. Students used a 3 line laser to explore reflection, absorption, transmission, and refraction of light...

February 1st is World Read Aloud day. 6th grade students traveled to Mountain Cap child care where they were paired with children from the ages 2-5 group to read with.

B-UMS will be hosting a career exploration extravaganza on Thursday, March 9, 2023. We are looking for presenters/representatives for all career types! If interested in participati...

B-UMS will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair on January 23-27, 2023. 8th Grade will be shopping Monday, 7th Grade on Tuesday, and 6th Grade on Wednesday. Thursday will be a makeup ...

Students in Mr. McClain’s 6th grade science class learned about the diet, food web, and habitat of barn owls during their ecology unit this winter. Based on skulls, jaws, and oth...

B-UMS Activity Night was held in our gym for students and families where all enjoyed the showing of The Polar Express along with hot chocolate and popcorn. Also, Communities in Sch...

In Mr. McClain’s 6th grade science class, students learned about accurately measuring objects using triple beam balances, including reading the scales. They competed to see who w...

This week all students at BUMS were given the opportunity to participate in one hour of coding to celebrate computer science education week! Students used Sphero robots to code an...

Students in 8th grade found the optimal temperature for the enzyme catalase. Catalase is an enzyme found in liver which breaks down hydrogen peroxide into hydrogen and oxygen gas. ...

Students on the 7 th grade 007s team worked to create ideal civilizations. One part of the project involved mapping coordinates to place landforms and buildings for their commun...

B-UMS students launched their first project last Thursday and Friday. Moon colonies and ideal civilizations will be imagined and planned during our first project for Project Base...

iPad agreement by scanning the QR code or clicking on the link below. This for is for B-UMS families only and will need to be filled out in order to get an iPad assigned to you...

Students in 8th grade tried their hands culturing bacteria! They tested to determine which method of washing was most effective. They designed experiments which tested hand saniti...