BPMS Family News
August 26, 2024
Important Dates
September 2nd - Labor Day, No School
September 11th ~ Early Release/Staff PD
September 12th ~ BPMS Open House, 5pm-6pm
September 30th ~ School Picture Day
October 1st ~ School Picture Rain Date
October 9th ~ Early Release/Staff PD
October 10th ~ PK-9 Parent/Caregiver Conferences, No School For Students
October 11th ~ School Recess, No School
October 24th ~ BPMS Flu Clinic, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
FROM THE KITCHEN
Kitchen Volunteers Needed
Are you interested in an opportunity to be involved in your child(ren)’s life during the school day? Would you like to get to know every child at BPMS by name? Curious to know if your kids are actually eating their vegetables at school? If so, volunteering in the kitchen as a lunch server might be a great place to start! The BPMS kitchen team is proud to make fresh, wholesome, and delicious food, however, we are dependent on volunteers to help serve lunch. Please consider signing up for a day or two to join the kitchen team and be a part of the school lunch hustle. The time commitment is from 10:50-12:30 and no experience is required! And, you get to see your kiddos and squeeze in a few extra hugs! Please check out the SignUpGenius HERE to sign up for a shift or contact Hilary at hilary.redman@mmuusd.org for more information.
The Kindergarteners are enjoying some play with math materials, delighting in wearing newly-designed crowns and interacting with new friends and new teachers.
What a great first day of school!
HEALTH UPDATE
Allergy Safe School Updates from the district
As a district we reviewed and renewed our district wellness policy. One important piece we want to highlight is how celebrations are handled in the school buildings. To review the full Food Allergy Safe School Information for Celebrations - please click on the link. Here are some of the main points we want to relay to families.
We are asking that families not send in food for birthday celebrations. We still want to celebrate birthdays but without food.
Classroom celebrations and whole school celebrations with food may occur during the school year
The classroom teacher, school administration, or the parent-teacher organization will provide the food for these celebrations.
The provided food will be allergy-safe.
Please do not send in homemade baked goods for classroom celebrations.
Flu clinic:
Flu Clinic
Thurs 10/24 3-4:30 for community members
Flu, COVID, Flu 65+ vaccines will be available
Sign up information will be sent in October
Contact lindsay.wilcox@mmuusd.org with questions
FROM THE LIBRARY
Welcome back, booklovers! While every student starts the year in the library with a "clean slate" with respect to book loans, I always do hold out hope that perhaps some lost books have been found over the summer months. I will send out one last round of overdue notices to address any outstanding items from last school year. These notices shouldn't cause stress, but are my final attempt to round up items still missing. Do your best, and if nothing turns up, kindly let me know that items are gone for good so that I can make a plan to replace them if necessary. I look forward to sharing many wonderful books with your students this year! Appreciatively, Mollie Sprague
LIBRARY FAQs
When does my student have library?
Pre-K (3 yo students): TBD
Pre-K (4 yo students): Tuesday
Grades K-2: Monday
Grades 3/4: Tuesday (book checkout) and Wednesday (library learning)
How long can we keep the books?
You can keep books for 2 weeks, but many young children love to return them every week to get new ones. Your student can renew books by asking me, and if no one else is waiting for it, you can keep it longer than 2 weeks.
How can we keep track of books?
I also have young kids at home who love books! We *try* to keep library books in a special tote or cardboard box. Our system is very imperfect, but is better than having no system for keeping track of books.
What if we lose or damage library books?
Accidents happen! Please email me at mollie.sprague@mmuusd.org, and we can make a plan to replace the damaged/lost items.
I am at BPMS every Monday-Wednesday, and I am looking forward to this year with all of you!
PE CORNER
Hello families, I am so happy to be back this year for Physical Education. I know that you have had an email about footwear and water bottles. Please, send you child(ren) with sneakers and a bottle for PE on Thursdays and Fridays. Thank you
A SLICE OF P.I.E.
Hello families and welcome back! For those of you who may not already know about us, BPMS Partners in Education (PIE) is the family-school collaboration group for BPMS! We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit who exist to cultivate connection and belonging within our school community and enrich our kids' educational experience at BPMS with events, activities and more!
Wednesday, September 4, will be our first PIE meeting of the year - 7pm at the Huntington Public Library (2156 Main Road) or via Google Meet!
We meet monthly, and all interested parents/caregivers are invited to attend! New parents/caregivers are *super* encouraged to come check it out, no RSVP required! We absolutely love to see new faces and hear new ideas! Come as early as 6:45pm for pre-meeting snacks and chats! We’ll be making plans for upcoming events and fundraisers - agenda and link to join virtually to come soon. If meetings aren’t your thing but you want to get involved, just email chair@bpmspie.org or ask Sue in the front office about us! If you haven't joined our mailing list yet, you can do that on our website www.bpmspie.org and follow us on instagram @bpms_pie for updates!
See ya soon!
BPMS PIE