Thank you to our BHES community for your generous in-kind and online donations to the Manna Food Center food drive in support of food-insecure families in Montgomery County! We filled an SUV with food and raised more than $1,600. Thank you also to Veronica Velez-Burgess, Melissa Davis, and Sarah Zetterli for coordinating the food drive. Kudos to Jen Villani for coordinating a successful Geography Bee! Finally, a round of applause to everyone who made the Book Fair possible: Sharon Hanna, Jim Luh, Jessica Ryckman, Julie Lobb, Soumya Korde, and all the parents who volunteered for shifts! 

November 7 – End of Quarter (No School)

November 8 – Election Day (No School)

November 11 – WhaleMart (8:30-9:00AM on the Blacktop)

November 11 – November Birthday Bash (2:30PM in the APR)

November 21 & 22 – BHES Early Release Days

November 23 –School Closed

November 24 –Thanksgiving (School Closed)

November 25 –School Closed

WHALEMART - FRIDAY, NOV 11th, 8:30-9:00AM

Our second WhaleMart is Friday, November 11th from 8:30-9:00 on the blacktop at BHES. We’ll be bringing back some bestselling items from our previous WhaleMart, and we will also have some new really exciting merchandise on sale. We hope to see everyone there!

***For students who plan to arrive on the early side at 8:30 am, an adult must stay with them at school until the doors open at 8:45 am.

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY BASH, NOV 11th, 2:30-3:00PM

Friday, November 11th, we will hold the November Birthday Bash! Students with NOVEMBER birthdays will come to the APR from 2:30 pm - 3 pm on Friday to enjoy cupcakes and Birthday Bingo!

We will need 8 volunteers/parents to help us set-up and clean up the Birthday Bash from 2:00 pm to 3:25 pm in the APR. All Bash supplies are provided by the PTA. If your child has a November birthday and you have completed the  volunteer requirements, please sign up here to volunteer.

Allergy Reminder: Giant Bakery cupcakes and Goldfish crackers are served for the snack at the Birthday Bash. The cupcakes are nut-free. If your child has an allergy of concern PLEASE send them with a snack to enjoy at the Bash. We are very happy to make them a plate!!

PTA CLASS SIGN-UP CONTEST - THE RESULTS ARE IN! 

Congratulations to Ms. Berger's 3rd grade class who has the highest percentage of PTA family memberships. The kids will enjoy an ice cream party to celebrate! It's not too late to join the PTA. Membership dues pay for all our community events, learning materials, after school activities and much more!

SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY GROUP SURVEY  

The Bradley Hills PTA wants to optimize access to resources for Bradley Hills students with special education needs. If you have a student with special needs, please complete the brief, anonymous questionnaire that will help identify areas that we can better support in the future.

BHES GEOGRAPHY BEE WINNER

Congratulations to the BHES Geography Bee Champion, 5th grader Chetan Korde, and to all the class champions and the runner up who competed: 

  4th grade
  Alex Caruso
  Julian Camero Ferrer
  Henry Figoten

  5th grade
  Eloise Tran
  Elio Bonnevie
  Chetan Korde
  Maya Cohen (runner up)

GET SOCIAL WITH US ON INSTAGRAM!

The Bradley Hills PTA is now on Instagram! Follow us at @bradleywhalespta (BradleyWhalesPTA) for all the latest and greatest! 

Want to help run the account? Have ideas on things to post? Reach out to Bradleyhillsprez@gmail.com

GREEN TEAM UPDATES 

Recycling Programs: Did you know that your student can recycle prescription eyeglasses, batteries, markers, pens, and glue sticks at school? Pens, markers, batteries, and glue sticks are sent to the sustainability department of MCPS, which enables us to recycle items that can't be readily recycled through the Montgomery County Recycling Service. We are also working with the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington to collect used eyeglasses to help people who cannot afford eyeglasses in the DC area and in other countries. For more information, visit youreyes.org. Please place items in the box in the front foyer of BHES or the box in front of Mrs. Hicks’ classroom.

Trex: Starting November 15th you can also begin sending plastic bags and other plastic film for the Trex plastic film recycling challenge (see attached flier for details). Help BHES join other schools across the country in collecting and recycling plastic film and compete to recycle the most film by April 15th. 

Compost Kudos: Our compost program is off to a terrific start; BHES students should be so proud of what they accomplished in the very first month of school! Students were able to divert 505 lbs of food from landfills and incinerators in September. See the attached report for how this translates to offset equivalents. 

Thank you! - Green Team

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

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

Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/bradleywhalespta/(NEW!)

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 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).

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 browser 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.