A huge round of applause to our Financial Review Committee: Laurel Keating, John Jacobson, Marilyn Wilkins and Neel Sukhatme for their efforts to double check our 2022-2023 financials! Big thanks to Rachel Kessler for volunteering to be our Onsite Coordinator for our after-school activities! 

October 26 – BHES Bingo Night (6:00pm, Pyle MS)

October 31 – BHES Halloween Parade (2:00-2:30pm)

November 1 – Professional Day (No School) 

November 2 – Deadline to Register for the BHES Science Fair (Extended!)

November 2 – BHES Geography Bee Finals (7:00pm, BHES APR)

November 3 – Whale Mart (8:30-9:00am, BHES Blacktop)

November 2-6 – BHES PTA Book Fair (See below for details!)

November 6-10 – STEM Week

November 9 – BHES Science Fair (6:30-8:15pm)

BHES '80s BINGO NIGHT! BRING FOOD TO DONATE! (OCT 26, 6:00-7:30PM, PYLE MS)

**To close out our Food Drive, we would appreciate it if all Bingo night participants could bring ONE THING to contribute to the Food Drive. Any healthy non-perishable food item will do. A can of soup, a box of crackers, anything will do! Collection boxes will be set up at the entrance to Pyle on Thursday evening.** 

Come to Bingo Night dressed in your favorite 80's wear on Thursday October 26, from 6-7:30pm in the Pyle Middle School Cafeteria. Be sure to buy your bingo boards ahead of time, as well as order your pizza! -- by Sunday night!

Use this link to order everything you need!

Have questions? Reach out to Michelle Feld (michelle.feld@me.com)

NEW BOOK CLUB FOR STUDENTS + MAKING BOOKMARKS!

We are excited to announce that students in grades 2-5 have the opportunity to participate in Book Club during recess. Mrs. Park will be sharing a sign up with these grades during Media Center this week in hopes for interested students in their grade to meet and discuss their favorite books and also make bookmarks. We would love for parents to volunteer during book club to help with the discussion. Please sign up using this link.

• 2nd Grade (11:55-12:30): 10/25 and 11/29
• 3rd Grade (11:25-12:00): 11/15 and 12/6 
• 4th Grade (11:00-11:35): 10/25 and 11/29
• 5th Grade (12:55-1:30): 11/15 and 12/6

BHES PTA FALL BOOK FAIR! (NOV 2-6)

Readers get ready! The BHES PTA Book Fair is happening from November 2-6. Come shop for books and take part in the daily contests and activities! Students and parents may come to the library and shop daily from 9:00am - 3:00pm. Teachers will be bringing students to the fair as a class. Parents may join their students during their class shopping time! See the schedule for your teacher's time slot. Sign-in at the front office before heading to the media center to meet your student. 

Click here to find the schedule of when classes will be visiting the Book Fair.

Parents and students can come shop outside of school hours on Monday, November 6 from 6-8 PM.

Want to help out with the fair? 

• Volunteer: We're seeking volunteer parents to help staff the fair for set-up, class visits, and pack-up. Volunteers must complete the child abuse and neglect training and show proof of vaccination. Click here to volunteer: 

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F4CABAC2AA4FA7-44516966-bhes?useFullSite=true#

• Purchase Books: The easiest way to help is to purchase books during the classroom book fair visits. Scholastic rewards a generous percentage of our sales back to us as Scholastic Dollars, 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 to our school, all purchased with our rewards! 

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

Set up an eWallet: eWallet is an easy way to send your child to the fair with money in an online account where it can't be lost.  Visit  https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/how-ewallet-works.html?fairId=5417293 to set up an eWallet for your child before their class visits, or to check or reload the balance on an existing eWallet. Please note that funds added to an eWallet that aren't used will be available for use at Scholastic.com and/or at a later BHES PTA Book Fair but will not be refunded.

SCIENCE FAIR DEADLINE EXTENDED! REGISTER SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS BY NOVEMBER 2!

Remember, there’s no school on Nov 1, so that’s a great day to work on your Science Fair projects!

The BHES Science Fair will be held on Thursday, November 9! Science Fair project presentations will occur in 2 sessions:

    6:30-7:15pm for students in grades K-2  

    7:30-8:15pm for students in grades 3-5

How to participate:

1) Check out ScienceBuddies.org for project ideas by grade level and topics of interest.

2) Register your science fair project by November 2.

3) Apply the scientific method while you do your project.

4) Summarize your project on a tri-fold poster board.  Describe all aspects of the scientific method on your poster, including the Research Question, Background, Hypothesis, Materials & Methods, Results, and Conclusion.  

5) Practice telling people about your project.

6) Present your project at the Science Fair on November 9!

We need judges! No scientific expertise needed, just a willingness to talk to students about their projects! If you're interested in volunteering as a judge for the Science Fair, please email Jen Villani at jenvillani@gmail.com or Colleen Fahey at cefahey@yahoo.com. 

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

Media Center: Email Tracy Sislen, tracysislen@gmail.com, to be put on the schedule. Media Center volunteer details.

Lunch/Recess: Sign-up for RECESS slots here. Sign up for LUNCH slots here.

Volunteer for PTA Events, Committees, Board Roles: Click here.

MCPS and BHES Volunteer Requirements: Click here.

Questions, comments, suggestions for the PTA? Contact PTA President Jenni Weinstein at bradleyhillsptaprez@gmail.com

Have PTA news to share or Community Event Information? Contact Communications Chair Lesley Freiman at bhescommunications@gmail.com

Want to volunteer? Please sign up here. 

Visit our website at www.bhespta.com

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

MCPS COVID 19 Info: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/

CDC Travel Guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/travel-during-covid19.html

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" .

Scan Receipts for Box Tops and Register Your Grocery Store Cards: Download the box tops app and scan grocery store receipts to redeem box tops earnings for BHES. Register your grocery store cards at www.escrip.com (school ID: 6477724) and www.giantfood.com/aplus (school ID: 00665).