Greetings families!

I am humbled by the sheer support we received from families and our PTA last week, but mostly Thursday. Last week may have put the largest strain on our teachers and staff that we have seen yet. As they always do, all stepped up and worked admirably through the challenges. We are blessed to have some of the best staff at our great school. If you haven't reached out lately, please help fill the buckets of our great educators and staff. Your kind words carry so much weight in our world.

At this time, we are in a Moderate Risk level status between 5-10% positive Covid cases at Beck. For the next 2 weeks, our Moderate Risk status will have the following impacts:

• No lunch visitors

• Campus visitors will be upon approval only (including Watch DOGS and classroom readers/volunteers)

• Teachers will still hold tutoring groups and beginning at the end of the month our UIL teams will begin to practice as planned.

We expect to move out of the moderate risk status in the next two weeks allowing lunch visitors and volunteers to come in again starting January 31st. I will send an update about our risk status and opening our campus to visitors again early next week.

Thank you for working through all things Covid with us still. We share your prayers for normal days to return and closing this Covid chapter soon.

Please stay safe and healthy.

Always True Blue,

Amanda Bunch

January 28th- Jump Rope for Heart Kick-Off

February 7th - 11th - Kindness Week

February 8th - Multicultural Night 5:30-7:30pm

February 14th - 1st Grade Fairytale Ball

February 15th - Beckopoly 5:30-7:30pm

February 16th & 17th- Jump Rope for Heart Challenge

February 18th - Father/Daughter Dance 5:30-7:30pm (Changed from original date of Feb. 4th)

March 1st- Open House

March 4th- Beck GALA

March 14th-22nd- Spring Break

Have you wondered about becoming a Guest Educator?

A Beck parent, Beth Ann Sands, joins me in answering a few great questions that all folks have when considering supporting our school as a guest educator.

Interested in after school programs? Check out the flyer below.

Watch D.O.G.S

We welcome all Watch DOGS (Dad's of Great Students) to come volunteer. If you are interested in volunteering, please select a date and time slot that you want to volunteer on the sign up. When you arrive at school on the date you've signed up for, please check in with the front office. They will sign you in and you will receive a schedule based on the grade-level of your student.

Watch D.O.G.S. schedules follow the schedule of your student for either the a.m. or p.m. time slot. While your student is in class, your child's teacher may have some tasks they would appreciate help with, we like to have our D.O.G.S. do a safety check around the building and report any needs to our Office Manager, and overall support students in class where needed.

Dads, please be sure you have already completed the online background check before signing up. A new background check is required for each school year.

Please note one change to Watch D.O.G.S., we now have time slots set up for 1/2 days, either 7:40-11:30am or 11:30-3:00pm.

Save the date for our 4th Annual Beck Gala March 4th

Want to get involved?! Please email beckelempta@gmail.com to share your interest.

Make sure to save the date for these upcoming events, more information will be shared soon.

• Kindness Week - February 7th-11th - Details will be shared by February 1st

• Multicultural Night - February 8th - 5:30 - 7:30pm - See Flyer for more information below

• 1st and 2nd Grade Fairy Tale Ball - February 14th - All information has been shared through teachers and grade-level newsletters

• Beckopoly - February 15th - 5:30-7:30pm - Is your student an entrepreneur looking to build their business? This is their chance to create and sell!

• Father/Daughter Dance - February 18th - 5:30 -7:30pm - See Flyer for more information below

Multicultural Night

If you are interested in attending and/or participating by representing a country at our Multicultural Night, please fill out the RSVP at this link. This will help us plan for how much space we will need and how many tables to acquire.