Thanks to our Birthday Bash Committee for another successful celebration! Thanks to Claire Heffez for jumping in to help out last minute with after school activities. Kudos to ourteachers as they have begun their fall conferences with parents! Thanks to Julie Lobb for identifying our PTA sign-up competition winning class. Congrats to the WhaleMart team for another successful WhaleMart! 

November 21 & 22 – BHES Early Release Days

November 23 – School Closed

November 24 – Thanksgiving (School Closed)

November 25 – School Closed

December 3 – BHES Skate Night (Cabin John, 6:30-8:00PM)

December 15 – BHES Science Fair (K-2: 6:30-7:15PM, 3-5: 7:30-8:15PM)

BHES SKATE NIGHT - DEC 3, 6:30-8:00PM

Save the date for this year's BHES Skate Night at the Cabin John Ice Rink on Saturday December 3, 6:30-8:00pm! Ticket sales will open soon via the AtoZ website/app - watch your emails and the new PTA Instagram @bradleywhalespta. We're looking forward to a fun night on the ice with BHES families, teachers and staff!

BHES HONORS NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH

November is Native American Heritage Month! During the month of November, let’s honor, recognize, and acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples who continue to thrive in our country. 

Indigenous Peoples are still with us! Too often, in school and popular media, children learn that Native Americans are people from the past, part of history, almost ‘extinct’. This is especially true around the time of Thanksgiving. Contrary to these unfortunate messages, Native peoples are still alive and thriving, including in Maryland! Read 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.

WHAT TIME IS IT? SCIENCE FAIR TIME!

Join us on Thursday, December 15 for the BHES Science Fair. 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.

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

4) Summarize your project on a tri-fold poster board.  Describe 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 Dec. 15.

Questions? Email jenvillani@gmail.com 

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 flier below 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. 

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.