Originally delivered on 9/13/2021 6:00 am

SUBJECT: Weekly Whale 9/12

SPOUT OUTS!

A huge that you to our volunteers that made our back to school picnic a super fun time: Jeanna Koski,Maggie Langer,Anne Sherman, Carolyn Figoten, Monica Sukhatme, Audrey and Terence Goggin, Julie Lobb and Veronica Velez-Burgess and SSL volunteers! We cannot forget our wonderful BHES staff for attending and those specail volunteers for the dunk tank!.  Thank you to Joanna Marsh for hosting our parent volunteer session.  A very special thank you to Veronica Velez-Burgess for all the work in the back to school drive for our sister school Weller Road. A spout out also to those that purchased back to school supply kits from School Toolbox that raised $411 for the PTA! 

UPCOMING EVENTS

September 15 - Flex Academy Registration Begins

September 16-23 - Book Fair BHES Media Center

September 16 - No School

October 5 – General PTA Meeting

October 7 - BHES Foundation Five Guys Night (5-9 pm)

October 14 - BHES Bingo Night

October 16 - BHES Foundation Social (5-8 pm) Adults Only


WHALE WATCH

FLEX ACADEMY REGISTRATION

The after school class schedule is available NOW!  See the flyer below to view the exciting options being offered!  Make your choices and get ready; registration will open September 15.  More details on how to register coming soon.  Email laurel.keating@gmail.com with questions.  See the flyer HERE!

ODYSSEY OF THE MIND

The PTA is looking for 1-2 parent volunteers to chair/co-chair the Odyssey of the Mind committee for this school year.  Please email Nicoleg23@gmail.com if you are interested.

BOOK FAIR

The BHES PTA Book Fair is happening from September 17th through the 23rd. This fair's theme is "A Whale-y Good Time to Read". We have contests and fun planned to celebrate!  Due to Covid-19 considerations, we're running things a bit differently than in years past.  

All in-person shopping will be done by students, during their classroom visits.  Unfortunately, non-volunteer parents will not be able to physically shop at the fair, but still may do so online through this link: ONLINE SHOPPING 

Want to help out with the fair? We're seeking (preferably, fully Covid-19 vaccinated) volunteer parents to help staff the fair for set-up, class visits, and pack-up.  Volunteers must complete the child abuse and neglect training. Please see this sign-up genius link to help! SIGN UP 

Another way to help is to purchase books for classroom libraries. Books chosen by our teachers will be available for purchase at the fair!  

The easiest way to help is to purchase books, either online or during September 17 - 23!  Scholastic rewards a generous percentage of our sales back to us as Scholastic Bucks, which are used to purchase books for our media center and classrooms.  More than one of our recent in-person fairs provided over $5000 worth of books, each, to our school, purchased with our rewards!

E-Wallets are an easy way to send your child to the fair with money in an online account, where it can't be lost.  Please visit our fair homepage above to set one up for your child before their class visits.  Please note that funds added to an E-wallet that aren't used will be available for use at scholastic online and/or at a later BHES PTA Book Fair, but will not be refunded - this is a change from last year.

MORE ROOM PARENTS NEEDED

Many thanks to the dozens of volunteers who have signed up over the past week to serve as classroom volunteers! We're getting closer to having a full slate of room parents for the school but still need support. Please contact bhesvolunteers@gmail.com with any questions and available classrooms!

JUST IN CASE CLOTHING DRIVE

Accidents happen, and sometimes students soil or wet their clothes at school, and the school administration helps them change into something more comfortable. We are asking for gently used clothing donations of varying sizes to keep at school for these emergencies. There is a bin in front of BHES, and we thank you for your contributions! The most needed items are: unisex sweat pants, socks, and unisex shirts for grades K-2.  Anything that the school administration does not use may be donated to Weller Road. 

SPIRIT WEAR SALE

Check out our new BHES gear for sale at our online store

PRINCIPALS CORNER

Principal's Monthly Newsletter
Click here to read Mrs. Caroscio's most recent newsletter.

CONTACT US

Questions, comments, suggestions for the PTA? Contact PTA Co-Presidents Jen Villani and Molly Wilson at bradleyhillsptaprez@gmail.com

Have news to share in the Weekly Whale? Contact Communications Chair Tara Peterson at tarapete1@gmail.com

Want to volunteer? Contact Volunteer Chair Joanna Marsh at bhesvolunteers@gmail.com

Visit our website at www.bhespta.com

RESOURCES

MCPS Quarterly Parent Newsletters (for examples of the material children are learning): https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/2.0/parent-newsletters.aspx

Bradley Hills Elementary School Website https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/bradleyhillses/?utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atoz-app

Bradley Hills PTA Website http://www.bhespta.com

Bradley Hills Education Foundation Website https://www.bradleyhillseducationfoundation.org/?utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atoz-app

A to Z Connect (for school directory & to join or donate to PTA)  https://bhespta.membershiptoolkit.com/home

Bus Routes: Please see the link here for our 2021 school bus routes.

PLEASE SUPPORT THE PTA

Join or Donate to the PTA: Fill out the PTA membership and donation form found HERE or login A to Z Directory (https://bhespta.membershiptoolkit.com), select “Membership” on the left side menu then "Join" and/or "donate" .

Clip Box Tops and Register Your Grocery Store Cards: Don’t forget to clip and turn in box tops in the school office and register your grocery store cards at www.escrip.com (school ID: 6477724) and www.giantfood.com/aplus (school ID: 00665).

Shop at Amazon Via www.bhespta.comClick through to Amazon at www.bhespta.com and a percentage of your purchases goes to the PTA. Also, choose BHES when using the Amazon Smiles program. Click here to go directly to Amazon and support BHES!

BHES staff and PTA volunteers can post informational emails via AtoZ by sending the email to: BHESAtoZConnect@gmail.com. Please include PLEASE POST in the subject line.  Ads or announcements for non-school sponsored events can be sent to the community announcements moderator at BHEScommunityannouncements@gmail.com.

If you do NOT want to receive these informational emails in the future, you may click "unsubscribe" at the bottom of any AtoZConnect email.  Warning - by unsubscribing you will no longer receive updates about any PTA events.  

To access your AtoZConnect account anytime to update your directory/contact info and/or to pay your annual BHES PTA family membership dues of $35, go to https://bhespta.membershiptoolkit.com/home If you forgot your password, go to the link and click "Forgot password."  

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