Spout outs this week go to Elisabeth Haile and Tomoko Hosaka Mullaney for organizing the 4th and 5th grade spelling bee! Thank you to Dave Filbeck, Anjum Malik, Soumya Korde and our 4th and 5th grade teachers for serving as judges.

January 24 - No School

February 1st - No School

February 10 - Schoolwide Spelling Bee 7 pm

February 14 - Valentine’s Day Parties - 2:30 p.m.

February 21 - No School

February 24 - Heritage Night

SPELLING BEE RESULTS

Congratulations to the class winners and runners-up of the 2022 Bradley Hills Spelling Bee! All 16 students below are eligible to participate in the school spelling bee on Thursday, February 10 at 7 p.m.

WINNERS

4th grade

Rania Malik (Ms. August) 

Kai Mills (Mrs. Dyer)  

Emma Gold (Mrs. Hitchcock)  

Samantha Harder (Mr. Rodriguez) 

5th grade

Deven Collie (Ms. Campbell)  

Noah Bush (Mr. Sichler)

Adam Hashim (Ms. Sung) 

Krishna (Zaki) Rajkumar (Ms. Tate)

RUNNERS UP

4th grade

Enzo Salvadore (Ms. August) 

Mila Gischler Valencia (Mrs. Dyer)  

Lillian Albert (Mrs. Hitchcock)  

Jordan Weinstein (Mr. Rodriguez)  

5th grade

Madeleine Haile (Ms. Campbell)

Liv Koprivica (Mr. Sichler)

Ella Bataillon (Ms. Sung)

Rohan Patel (Ms. Tate)

YEARBOOK CALL FOR PICTURES

The Yearbook Committee is now collecting photos for the 2021-2022 Yearbook! If you have photos from the 1st Day of school, Back to School Picnic, Book Fair, Five Guys, Winter Sing-along please SUBMIT ALL PHOTOS to: BHESYEARBOOK2021@gmail.com

WELLER ROAD ES BOOK DRIVE

Please consider supporting Weller Road's Winter Wonderland-themed Book Fair where Weller students will be able to shop for books free of charge. The fair will take place on February 8th and 9th. 

- We are asking for donations of new or gently used children's books. The book fair is for students in Pre-K to 5th grade so please only donate children's books.

- We would love for our students to leave hand-written notes including recommendations for the books they donate! 

Please drop off donations in the BHES foyer, the 5412 Glenwood Rd side porch, or 5708 Glenwood Rd beginning now until Sunday, February 6th.

Please let us know if you are available to help us pick up donations from school.

Becky Trent and Veronica Velez-Burgess 

RECESS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Please support BHES recess by volunteering for one or more recess slots.  This is a great way to get outside and help supervise fun and games! All volunteers must complete the required training and be fully vaccinated.  Sign up HERE.

IF YOU LOVE YOUR PTA...DONATE TODAY!

Did your student have a blast at the Fall Picnic? Look fantastic in a new blue PTA hat? Come home raving about Book Fair fun? Get out of bed on Fridays just for WhaleMart? If so, show your PTA some love by donating HERE today!

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 bhescommunications@gmail.com

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

Visit our website at www.bhespta.com

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 Websitehttps://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/bradleyhillses/?utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atoz-app

Bradley Hills PTA Websitehttp://www.bhespta.com

Bradley Hills Education Foundation Websitehttps://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

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 reciepts 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).

Amazon Smile when Amazon Shopping: There are three easy ways to earn money for BHES while shopping on Amazon. 1. Click through to Amazon at www.bhespta.com. 2. Type Smile.Amazon.com into your borwser when you shop or 3. Open the Amazon app on your phone, find "settings" in the main menu, then tap AmazonSmile and follow on-screen instructions. A portion of your purchases will be sent to BHES.