SIGN UP TO HOST A TABLE AT HERITAGE NIGHT (FEB 22)
Heritage Night is a beloved tradition celebrating cultural diversity at Bradley Hills!
Each year, we open up the school for one evening and children and their families "tour the world", visiting display tables that celebrate cultures, traditions, countries, and religions. Tables are set up by generous BHES volunteer families. It's always lots of fun, and very educational.
Are you interested in hosting a table at Heritage Night on Thursday, February 22nd? We would love your support! Heritage tables may include informative posters, displays, arts, crafts, music, instruments, and also food and beverages.
Sign-up to represent your heritage (country, region, state, religion, cultural tradition) HERE by February 9th.
Sign up to perform! We’d like to invite the BHES community to offer a dance and/or musical performance, story-telling, or other cultural demonstration on the APR stage for all to see! Please let us know in the link above if you’d like to perform at Heritage Night!
Let’s make Heritage Night 2024 amazing! Thank you!
- The Heritage Night Committee
SIGN UP FOR THE BHES VARIETY SHOW!
BHES will be putting on its annual variety show on March 9, 2024. It’s the highlight of the year for our community and tons of fun!
Register: Check out our 2024 Variety Show Website, with everything you need to know about the event! Click here to learn more about registration, auditions, signups to volunteer, and answers to FAQ's. Registration for acts are open now through February 15.
5th Grade: While the variety show is open to all grades, there are two traditions that are unique to fifth graders: participating as an emcee and/or participating in the 5th grade song that closes the show. We will need 5th grade parent volunteers to make this happen. Please click here to participate as an emcee and/or to participate in the 5th grade song that closes the show.
Volunteer: Please volunteer to make this year's show the best one yet. The event requires a LOT of parent support and involvement. We need assistance with all aspects of the show, from lighting, sound, and stage management to event coordination. Please sign up to volunteer. Volunteers are needed for March 8th (dress rehearsal) and 9th.
Sponsors: if your family or company would be interested in sponsoring the show or have any questions about sponsorship, please email us at bradleyhillsvarietyshow@gmail.com.
Questions: Review our FAQ’s or email bradleyhillsvarietyshow@gmail.com.
PTA NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR 2024-25 BHES BOARD AND PTA COMMITEE POSITIONS
It is time to start thinking about next year’s Bradley Hills Board of Directors and WE NEED YOUR HELP. We are looking for 3 volunteers to serve on the PTA Nominating Committee.
This group will identify and present candidates to serve on our BHES PTA Board of Directors and help find committee chairs for the 2024-25 school year.
This is a perfect role for those who are interested in volunteering but for whom a long-term position is not a good fit. This short-term role is a perfect way to give back and help our community with a time commitment of approximately a few hours over a two-month period (Mar-May).
The Nominating Committee holds the key to a successful PTA. It is both a very important and light job.
If you are interested and would like to know more about this position -- or about any position within the PTA Board or Committees -- please contact Jenni Weinstein bradleyhillsptaprez@gmail.com
SAVE THE DATE - CHIPOTLE NIGHT TO SUPPORT OUR SISTER SCHOOL! (MARCH 14)
Mark your calendar and join us for yummy Chipotle on March 14th! Bradley Hills Elementary School Community Service Committee is partnering with our sister school, Weller Road Elementary School, to host a joint restaurant night to benefit their school.
25% of all proceeds will go to Weller Road Elementary School to help support great programs like their in-school food pantry.
Spirit Wear for both schools and raffle tickets for great prizes will be available for purchase.
Location: Chipotle Kensington - 10526 Connecticut Ave., Kensington, MD 20895
See you there and thank you!
- The BHES Community Service Committee
SPELLING BEE WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP!
Congratulations to the winners and runners-up of the classroom level Spelling Bees! All of the students demonstrated not only excellent spelling skills, but outstanding integrity and camaraderie as they encouraged and congratulated each other throughout the competitions. Many thanks to the parent volunteers who made this possible! The following students will advance to the school-wide Spelling Bee that will take place on February 8 at 9:15am. Further details will be emailed directly to the parents of the finalists.
Ms. Hicks' Block 1 (4th Grade)
Winner: Ethan Albert | Runner Up: Blake Berman
Ms. Hicks' Block 2 (4th Grade)
Winner: Dylan Samantaray | Runner Up: Leo Sun
Ms. Hicks' Block 3 (4th Grade)
Winner: Ira Gupta | Runner Up: Alex Luh
Ms. Dyer's homeroom (5th Grade)
Winner: Ani Lebensohn | Runner Up: Keisha Kaul
Ms. Swinehart's homeroom (5th Grade)
Winner: Danis Kottak | Runner Up: Arianna Zambotti
Mr. Sichler's homeroom (5th Grade)
Winner: Deniz Ozenci | Runner Up: Caroline Carvel
THE PTA IS HERE FOR YOU!
The BHES PTA is committed to promoting an enriching and supportive climate where all members of the BHES community feel safe, seen, and respected. The PTA -- primarily through its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee -- works to advance this goal through the following means: dissemination of educational resources for parents/guardians; organization and facilitation of Heritage Night as well as other events and small-group community conversations to help parents/guardians explore their family identities and issues of bias; financial support of assemblies and other in-school programming to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging goals; and collaboration with school administration, teachers, and staff on development of materials to supplement teacher lessons on anti-bias and commemorative months. The PTA's DEI Committee welcomes input from all members of our community about how we collectively work to prevent and respond to hate-bias incidents within our community. If you are interested in sharing feedback, or joining the DEI Committee, please contact DEI Committee Co-Chairs Britt Hogue and Kathleen Foster at dei.bhes@gmail.com.
The DEI January newsletter is now available! Click here to read about upcoming BHES events and cultural observances and for resources to support engagement with the Anti-Bias Building Blocks Curriculum at home.
