BCE Bearmail 10/31/13

October 31, 2013

Dear BCE Families,

Happy Halloween! ~ I hope you had a chance to make it to our Halloween parade.  The costumes were amazing, the kids were excited, and the sun was shining! It made for quite a wonderful morning.

 

No School ~ Just a reminder that there is no school tomorrow, Friday November 1, for our students. It is a teacher workday and our staff will be down in Felton being trained in new and exciting technology and software.

New Check-in/Check-out System ~ Starting Monday we will be implementing a new computer based check-in/check-out system for students and adults.  When students are tardy to school, or are being checked out early, parents are now able to use our new computer station to input in their information and print out a tardy or early out slip.  Adults on campus will come into the office, log in on the computer and print out a bright yellow badge that will serve as identification.  The new system is easy to use and Heather, Margaret or I will be happy to help everyone feel comfortable with this new procedure.  We're looking forward to the increased accuracy and safety that this system will allow.

Family Conferences ~ Conferences will be held towards the end of November.  If you have not yet received sign-up information from your student's teacher, you should be receiving it soon.  Wednesday, November 20 is the first day of our five days of Family Conferences.

Dismissal Times: (Note that these are not EARLY OUT times.  Grades 1-5 are dismissed an hour earlier).

• Kindergarten:  11:50 am  (There will be no Kindergarten bus – the regular bus will leave at 12:20 pm)
• Grades 1-3:  12:10 pm
• Grades 4,5:  12:15 pm

Need ~ The office is in need of pants and sweatpants that would fit students in grades K-3 and boys underpants that would fit 5 – 8 year old boys. 

Donation ~ Lost and found clothing will be donated to charity on Tuesday, November 25.  If you are missing jackets, etc. please check the Lost and Found ASAP.  Please mark your child's last name or room number on their jackets and sweaters.

Up Coming Dates to Remember:

• Friday 11/1 = No School (Teacher Work Day)
• Thursday 11/7 = Family Science Night
• Monday 11/11 = No School (Veteran's Day)
• Thursday 11/14 = Parents Club Meeting
• 11/18 – 11/22 = BCE Book Fair in our library
• 11/20 – 11/26 = Family Conferences (see above)
• 11/27 – 11/29 = Thanksgiving Break

Attendance Facts = Our attendance rate last month was 96.02­­%.  Unfortunately, this is the lowest percentage of all the schools in our district and a bit shy of our goal of 97%.  Let's work together to meet our goal next month and giving our students all the advantages they deserve!

 

Thank you for supporting your student by getting them to school every day and on time!

 

Safety Tip of the Week: The 2013 Physical Fitness results show that the percentage of our students scoring in the "body composition- needs improvement - health risk" continues to be a concern.  The state reports that the students of SLVUSD are reporting 18% in this unhealthy range.

 

 Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

BCE PARENTS CLUB EVENT & MEETING REMINDERS:

WALK/JOG-A-THON:  100% proceeds stay at BCE.

Please turn in all pledges no later than Friday, November 8, in order for them to count in the classroom and individual fundraiser contests. 

All classrooms that bring in $250 or more will be rewarded with playground/recess equipment for their classroom.  The higher the amount the more they will earn.

For each $25 a student raises, he or she will earn a ticket in their respective grade level drawing for either a Yearbook or $20 for the Fall Book Fair.  Top earner will earn a special prize.

Donations can now be made online via: https://sites.google.com/site/bceparentsclub/.  Please note student and teacher names in memo box in order for the donation to count in the contests.  Checks are to be made payable to BCE Parent Club. Thanks for supporting our fundraiser!

 

FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT:  Thursday, November 7, 6:30 –8:00, at BCE MP

The BCE Parent Club has invited back the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose for BCE's 3rd Annual Family Science Night.  This year's theme is Gadgets in Motion. 

We still need volunteers to run the exhibits. CDM will provide a 45 minute training starting at 5:30PM.  Interested, please contact Nicole at Nicole.berridge@gmail.com or 831-331-3431.

 

FAMILY DINNER NIGHT:  Thursday, November 13, The Red Pearl

The restaurant will donate 20% of their proceeds to the 2^nd Grade !!!

 

SAVE THE DATE:

Thursday, November 7 – Family Science Night

Friday, November 8 – Walk/Jog Pledge Monies Due

Wednesday, November 13 – Family Dinner Night at The Red Pearl

Thursday, November 14 – Parents Club Meeting

Monday-Friday, November 18-22 – Fall Book Fair

COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY LINK

Please click on the following link to view a variety of opportunities for your child(ren) that are offered throughout the valley and Santa Cruz areas by various organizations, such as Boy/Girl Scouts, Sports, Arts-Drama-Theater, Local Events, Community Service, Quest/YMCA (before/after-schoolchild care), etc. Link here: 

https://sites.google.com/a/slvusd.org/community-link/.

This link is provided as a courtesy for parents / students, by the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, to receive information of current local events / opportunities.  The San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District does not sponsor or endorse any of the organizations or events that are located here.

 

The BCE Way:  BE RESPECTFUL, BE SAFE, BE RESPONSIBLE

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BCE Bearmail 10/25/13

October 25, 2013

Dear BCE Families,

Halloween - There are a few guidelines regarding costumes.  Costumes should be in good taste and safely constructed so that they do not interfere with regular class activities.  Gruesome costumes and bloody, fake wounds are not appropriate for an elementary school.  Weapons (including fakes), skateboards and roller blades are not allowed as part of costumes.   If you are unsure, please contact your child's teacher or the office before purchasing the costume.  The Halloween Parade is slated for 9:00 am on the upper playground.

Thank You!  - Thank you for supporting BCE with your generous donations.  The Drive for Schools fundraiser is complete and I for one will be keeping my fingers crossed that one of our BCE families will be driving a new car after the raffle this Sunday! 

Donations for the Walk-Jog are continuing to come in.  Please try and get those turned in by the end of next week.

The generous donations you make in terms of time and money are invaluable to us.  It's such a great feeling to be part of a community that supports our students in so many important ways.

No School – Just a reminder that there is no school for our students on Friday November 1^st.  It is a teacher workday and our staff will be down in Felton being trained in new and exciting technology and software.

Attendance  Facts = Studies prove there is a high correlation between chronic elementary absenteeism and high school drop out rates.

 

Thank you for supporting your student by getting them to school every day and on time!

 

Safety Tip of the Week: Please model the BCE Way by not taking a short cut through the parking lot.  Please walk around the perimeter on the outside of the chain boarder.

 

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

 

BCE PARENTS CLUB EVENT & MEETING REMINDERS:

 

DRIVE FOR SCHOOLS - Annual Car Giveaway:  Thanks to all the families who purchased and/or sold tickets.  We raised over $4,200!

The Drive for Schools drawing will be held at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk at 1pm on Sunday, October 27. You do not need to be present to win. The list of prizes keeps growing, see all the opportunity at: http://www.beachboardwalk.com/driveforschools/prizes.html  Good Luck! 

Our internal BCE Parents Club drawing will be posted in our December Bear Track Newsletter. BCE families earned one drawing entry for each booklet sold.  Prizes are gift certificates donated by local businesses such as the Boulder Creek Brewery, Boulder Creek Pizza, Jenna Sue's, Red Pearl and Taqueria Los Amigos.

 

WALK/JOG-A-THON:  100% proceeds stay at BCE.  Pledge dollars due November 8.

Please make sure to have all pledges collected and turned into your classrooms by Friday, November 8, in order for them to count in the classroom and individual fundraiser contests.  Note, this is a 1-week extension since there will be no school on November 1. 

All classrooms that bring in $250 or more will be rewarded with playground/recess equipment (balls, jump ropes, etc.) for their classroom.  The higher the amount the more equipment they will earn.

Plus, for each $25 raised, the student will be entered into a drawing for their respective grade level and have an opportunity to win either a 2013-2014 BCE Yearbook or $20 Gift Certificate to the upcoming Fall Scholastic Book Fair. Top earner will earn a special prize.

Donations can now be made through our website: https://sites.google.com/site/bceparentsclub/. Please note student and teacher names in memo box in order for the donation to be counted in the classroom and individual contests.  Checks are to be made payable to BCE Parents Club.

Thanks again to all the volunteers who made the Walk/Jog-a-thon possible!

 

FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT:  Thursday, November 7, 6:30, at BCE MP

The BCE Parents Club is bringing back the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose to Boulder Creek for the 3rd Annual Family Science Night.  This year's theme is Gadgets in Motion. 

We still need volunteers to run the exhibits. CDM will provide a 45 minute training starting at 5:30PM.  Anyone interested, please contact Nicole at Nicole.berridge@gmail.com or 831-331-3431.

 

 

SAVE THE DATE:

 

FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT:  November 7

WALK/JOG PLEDGE COLLECTION DEADLINE: November 8

FAMILY DINNER NIGHT @ RED PEARL:  November 13 (Benefits 2^nd Grade)

FALL SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR:  November 18 -22

COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY LINK

Please click on the following link to view a variety of opportunities for your child(ren) that are offered throughout the valley and Santa Cruz areas by various organizations, such as Boy/Girl Scouts, Sports, Arts-Drama-Theater, Local Events, Community Service, Quest/YMCA (before/after-schoolchild care), etc. Link here: 

https://sites.google.com/a/slvusd.org/community-link/.

This link is provided as a courtesy for parents / students, by the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, to receive information of current local events / opportunities.  The San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District does not sponsor or endorse any of the organizations or events that are located here.

 

The BCE Way:  BE RESPECTFUL, BE SAFE, BE RESPONSIBLE

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Fwd: BCE Bearmail 10/11/13

October 11, 2013

Dear BCE Families,

Another great success!  The Ice Cream Social was such a fun event.  It was a pleasure to spend the evening with the wonderful students and families of BCE.  Thank you to our Parent Club and all the volunteers for their hard work and generosity!

As the weather changes please take a moment to label your student's outerwear.  Every year we end up with hundreds of unclaimed jackets and sweatshirts that we donate to charity.  By putting their last name on the inside collar we are able to get the item back to your student.  Thank you!

Hot Lunch?  You can now prepay and check the balance of your student's lunch card online!  You can access the prepayment page on our BCE website by clicking on the Lunch Menu icon. 

Attendance  Facts = According to Ed. Code section 48260 a student is considered a truant if they are absent from school without a valid excuse more than three days, or tardy in excess of 30 minutes on each of more than three school days in one school year.

Thank you for supporting your student by getting them to school every day and on time!

Safety Tip of the Week: Please follow the directions of our staff members while they are on crosswalk duty.  They are there to protect our students and to direct traffic in a way that is efficient, but more importantly safe.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend! 

BCE PARENTS CLUB EVENT & MEETING REMINDERS:

 

Thanks to Sara Clark, all the 5^th Grade Scoopers and Parent Volunteers for such a yummy ICE CREAM SOCIAL.

 

Wow, our September Family Dinner Night at Boulder Creek Brewery raised $508 for 5^th Grade Science Camp.  Please let Nancy at the Brewery know how much we appreciate their support.

 

What a turn out at Boulder Creek Pizza & Pub for Family Trivia.  20% of the night's proceeds will benefit BCE Science.  Please let Justin at the Pub know how much we appreciate their partnership with BCE. 

 

DRIVE FOR SCHOOL:  9 more days to buy Tickets for Annual Car Give Away

Tickets are $5 each or 6 for $25. 100% of money raised will stay at BCE.  We have currently collected $2,500.  Last year, we raised $5,500.  Please help us reach our this year's goal of $6,000. Tickets can be picked up in the BCE Office or ordered by the attached form.  All tickets and monies must be turned in by Monday, October 21.  Any questions, please contact Nicole at bcepc.execs@gmail.com.

 

WALK/JOG-A-THON: 

Students will collect pledges for laps completed within a specific amount of time. Every student will receive a free t-shirt for participating.   Look for Walk/Jog-a-Thon Packets which should have come home in this week's homework folders. 

Many volunteers are needed, see packet to sign up to help or use this link:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/walkjogathon

 

 

SAVE THE DATE:

 

WALK/JOG-A-THON: Friday, October 18, 8;45AM-NOON, BCE Uppers

 

FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT:  November 7 (Volunteers will be needed!)

FAMILY DINNER NIGHT @ RED PEARL:  November 13 (Benefits 2^nd Grade)

COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY LINK

Please click on the following link to view a variety of opportunities for your child(ren) that are offered throughout the valley and Santa Cruz areas by various organizations, such as Boy/Girl Scouts, Sports, Arts-Drama-Theater, Local Events, Community Service, Quest/YMCA (before/after-schoolchild care), etc. Link here: 

https://sites.google.com/a/slvusd.org/community-link/.

This link is provided as a courtesy for parents / students, by the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, to receive information of current local events / opportunities.  The San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District does not sponsor or endorse any of the organizations or events that are located here.

 

The BCE Way:  BE RESPECTFUL, BE SAFE, BE RESPONSIBLE

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Fwd: BCE Bearmail Correction 10/7/13

October 7, 2013

Dear BCE Families,

We inadvertently gave you the wrong attendance information on Friday.  The sentence should have read "Last month 39­­% of our students missed at least one day of school."  This represents 203 students who missed one or more days in September.

  

The BCE Way:  BE RESPECTFUL, BE SAFE, BE RESPONSIBLE

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BCE Bearmail 10/4/13

October 4, 2013

Dear BCE Families,

One of the three components of the BCE Way is safety and that has been a high priority for us here at BCE.  Last week all the students participated in bus safety training and this week was all about fire safety!  We want to thank our bus drivers and Valley fire departments for their time and support in help keep all our students safe.

The YMCA is partnering with us to offer a Mileage Club for our students.  Starting today students in grades 1-3 will have the opportunity to participate during their lunch recess on Mondays and Fridays.  Students will be able to walk or run as much or little as they like and can earn "toe tokens" for every 5 miles they complete. 

Hot Lunch?  You can now prepay and check the balance of your student's lunch card online!  You can access the prepayment page on our BCE website by clicking on the Lunch Menu icon. 

Attendance = As you may know we are committed to increasing our attendance this year.  Last month 39­­ of our students missed at least one day of school.  That is a lot of important missed instructional time for our students.  The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an interesting article on the subject.

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/education/ci_24210219/empty-desks-new-report-shows-santa-cruz-county?IADID=Search-www.santacruzsentinel.com-www.santacruzsentinel.com

Thank you for supporting your student by getting them to school every day and on time!

Safety Tip of the Week: Please do not park in the yellow drop-off zone on Harmon Street.  It creates an unsafe situation for our students by forcing them to walk in front of cars.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and I hope to see many of you at the Ice Cream Social tonight!

BCE PARENTS CLUB EVENT & MEETING REMINDERS:

 

ICE CREAM SOCIAL

TONIGHT, 5:00–7:00PM, BCE Uppers

Come one; come all to enjoy dessert before dinner.  1^st scoop FREE for BCE Students!  Additional scoops 50 cents.  Don't miss out on this special treat!

 

2-IN-1 FAMILY FUN NIGHT:  Pizza + Trivia = FUN

Wednesday, October 9, 4-9:00PM, Boulder Creek Pizza & Pub

The Pub will contribute 20% of the night's proceeds to BCE Science.  For double the fun, Trivia will be hosted between 6-8PM. Order Dine-in, Carry-out, or Delivery 338-2141

 

BCE PARENTS CLUB MEETING

Thursday, October 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the MP room 

ALL are welcome.  Babysitting always provided.  The agenda is attached.  Meetings are Peanut Free and Scent Free.  Questions contact: bcepc.execs@gmail.com

 

DRIVE FOR SCHOOL:  16 more days to buy Tickets for Annual Car Give Away

Tickets are $5 each or 6 for $25. 100% of money raised will stay at BCE.  Tickets can be picked up in the BCE Office, ordered by the attached form, or purchase locally at:

TONIGHT, 5-7PM, at BCE Ice Cream Social

Saturday, October 5, 12-4PM at Boulder Creek Farmers' Market

Wednesday, October 9, 6-8PM at BCE Family Fun Night at Boulder Creek Pizza

We will also accept Credit Card and Debit Card payments at the above events.  Any questions, please contact Nicole at bcepc.execs@gmail.com.

 

WALK/JOG-A-THON: 

Students will collect pledges for laps completed within a specific amount of time. Every student will receive a free t-shirt for participating.   Walk/Jog-a-Thon Packets are coming home next Monday 10/7 or Tuesday 10/8 in the homework folders.  Please keep an eye out for them.  Many volunteers are needed, see packet to sign up to help.

 

SAVE THE DATE:

 

ICE CREAM SOCIAL:  October 4

 

2-IN-1 FAMILY FUN NIGHT (Pizza + Trivia = Fun):  October 9

 

PARENTS CLUB MEETING:  October 10

 

WALK/JOG-A-THON:  October 18

COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY LINK

Please click on the following link to view a variety of opportunities for your child(ren) that are offered throughout the valley and Santa Cruz areas by various organizations, such as Boy/Girl Scouts, Sports, Arts-Drama-Theater, Local Events, Community Service, Quest/YMCA (before/after-schoolchild care), etc. Link here: 

https://sites.google.com/a/slvusd.org/community-link/.

This link is provided as a courtesy for parents / students, by the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, to receive information of current local events / opportunities.  The San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District does not sponsor or endorse any of the organizations or events that are located here.

 

The BCE Way:  BE RESPECTFUL, BE SAFE, BE RESPONSIBLE

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