A belated spout out to Ms. Swineheart, Mrs. Carascio, and Mrs. Ajasafe for an incredible winter sing-along! Huge thanks to Laurel Keating and Anne Reid for coordinating and getting us ready for Winter Enrichment. 

Happy 2023 to the Bradley Hills Community! Here's hoping everyone had a healthy, fun, and relaxing winter break and the new year brings wonderful new adventures!

January 16 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day (No School)

January 12 & 13 – BHES Classroom Spelling Bees (4th & 5th Grade)

January 20 – Whale Mart (8:45AM)

January 20 – Birthday Bash (2:30PM)

January 27 – End of Quarter (No School)

February 9 – BHES School-Wide Spelling Bee

READ-A-THON UPDATE

The readathon is still on until January 6th. Please encourage our readers to keep up the good work and log their reading minutes on the read-a-thon page (click the link). Please contact BHESReadathon@gmail.com with any questions!

BHES SPELLING BEE! (4th & 5th GRADERS)

Mark your calendars for the Bradley Hills Spelling Bee! Classroom bees for 4th and 5th graders will be held on January 12 and 13. Each classroom winner and runner-up will be eligible to compete in the BHES schoolwide bee on February 9. The BHES spelling bee winner will go on to represent the school in the regional bee and have a chance to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

This is a great BHES tradition and requires parent volunteers to help run the classroom bees each year. If you are available in the morning for at least an hour on either day, please let us know. Any BHES parent can volunteer (although you can't volunteer for your own child's bee). You'll be trained on how to run a classroom bee, and it is a fun, limited time commitment. Please contact PTA Spelling Bee committee chair Tomoko Mullaney at tomoko.hosaka@gmail.com for more information

AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT (REGISTRATION JAN 3, 10AM)

The Winter session will run from Jan 23 – March 16 with classes available Mondays – Thursdays. (No enrichment on Fridays this Winter.) Please see the attached flyer for the class schedule and pricing information. More details about each class and registration information can be found online at Bradley Hills PTA Enrichment Programs, powered by Baroody Camps (https://bc-mco-bradleyhills.jumbula.com/#/home). 

You will be able to register directly from this site beginning on Tuesday, January 3 at 10am.  Don’t delay! Your favorite class will fill up quickly.

 All after school enrichment classes are held onsite at Bradley Hills from 3:35 – 4:35pm. Students go directly from their classrooms to their enrichment programs. This program is provided in partnership with Baroody Camps and is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Montgomery County School Board, the Superintendent or Bradley Hills Elementary School. Email Laurel Keating at laurel.keating@gmail.com or Baroody Camps at info@baroodycamps.com with any questions.

GREEN TEAM UPDATES (AND OLD SPORTS SHOE RECYCLING!)

Athletic Shoe Recycling Drive: We will be collecting used athletic shoes too worn to be suitable for donation/ reuse from January 3rd to January 13th for recycling. Please place athletic sneakers (but not sandals, dress shoes, boots, or shoes with metal (like cleats or spikes)) in the box in the front foyer of BHES.

Also, a reminder that recycling of prescription glasses, batteries, glue sticks and markers continues all year. Those boxes are outside Mrs. Hicks’ room (107).

Trex: The Trex plastic film recycling challenge is off to a great start with over 100 lbs of film recycled in just the first month!

Compost Kudos: Students are continuing to do a great job and were able to divert 705 lbs of food from landfills and incinerators in November. 

Thank you! - Green Team

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