10/24/22
Greetings Families,
We are excited to see some progress already on our playground construction at Beck! Construction will begin with our Kindergarten playground starting next week, there is already fencing around the area. Construction is expected to be finished around the end of November and then the large playground improvements will begin. The playground improvements will include the pour in rubber (same as what Independence Park has now) and some new playground equipment! Thanks to the success of our Bulldog Blitz this year, we will also be concreting areas where grass was not growing and adding two Gaga Pits. We will also be choosing several additional playground equipment pieces!
The Beck Bulletin is sent out every other Monday with information about important events and dates to add to your calendars (almost always on Monday afternoons, unless Monday is a holiday). Your student's teachers also sends out weeks newsletters more specific to classroom activities to add to your calendars too. Please make sure to review these newsletters as we are getting closer to the holidays. If you have any questions about events or are looking for clarification on anything, please call the school or send us an email at beckelem@nisdtx.org. Our staff is happy to help in any way we can!
Thank you for being the community of families that strive to create a positive school community!
Always True Blue,
Amanda Bunch
Upcoming Events
Oct. 24th-28th- Red Ribbon Week
Oct. 28th- Beck PTA hosts our 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat in the Beck parking lot (rain contingent plan to move to gym)
Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st- No school
Nov. 3rd- Thanksgiving Lunch for students and families
Nov. 7th- UIL Information will be sent out
Nov. 8th- Multicultural Night Workshop
Nov. 10th and 11th- Donuts with a Loved One
Nov. 10th- 2nd Watchdog orientation- 7:45-8:15 am
Nov. 10th-17th- Book Fair!
Nov. 11th- Veterans Assembly
Nov. 15th- Multicultural Night
Dec. 1st- UIL Try-Outs
Dec. 8th- School Spelling Bee
Character Parade this Friday, Oct. 28th
Join us this Friday from 8-8:20am to cheer for our students as they showcase their Halloween Costumes. Families and guests will line up under our front entrance awning, creating a path that allows the parade route to exit the front doors and round the building to enter back in at the North entrance.
We will still do the parade even if it needs to be indoors, we will share an alternate plan should that be the case.
Veteran's Day Assembly
We would love to have you join us for our Veteran's Day Assembly. Our grade-levels have been practicing several patriotic songs to honor our Veteran's. The Assembly will be from 8-8:45am on Friday, Nov. 11th.
If you have a Veteran to honor, please submit their picture for us to include in our slideshow to celebrate their service.
Thanksgiving Feast
Join your student for a Thanksgiving Feast on November 3rd during their lunch time! The sign-up to purchase the Thanksgiving meal is closed.
All families welcome to join your student for lunch.
Attendance Reminders
Doors open at 7:20, tardy bell rings at 7:40
Any students entering after 7:40 will be counted Tardy.
Students will be counted absent for the day if they are not present at 9:30am.
Excused Absences - An absence is excused ONLY for illness or medical appointments. A Doctor's note is needed to excuse those absences. Parents may send an email or note if a child is sick, but only 6 of those parent notes are allowed each school year. There are exceptions for Religious reasons, please make sure to reach out to BeckElem@nisdtx.org for these situations.
Unexcused Absences - Any absence other than illness or medical appointments are considered unexcused. This includes things such as travel, vacations, sports tournaments, etc.
Please continue to notify your child's teachers as well as emailing BeckElem@nisdtx.org if your child will be absent.
Compulsory Attendance Laws do apply. Letters and phone calls will be sent when absences occur. If you have questions regarding attendance please email BeckElem@nisdtx.org.
We appreciate your partnership in meeting attendance expectations!
Counselors Corner
Counselor's Corner
Today was the first day of Red ribbon week. All this week we will talk about how to make healthy and smart choices. We will talk about teamwork and what that looks like both in and outside of school.
We have scheduled another Watchdog orientation on November 10th from 7:45-8:15. If you attended in September, you do not have to attend this one.
PTA Info to Know
Trunk or Treat-Save the Date!
Get all the details, including how to enter the Pumpkin contest at https://beckpta.membershiptoolkit.com/treat
Host a trunk at Trunk or Treat! Spaces are filling up, only 25 spots left, sign up here to join the fun: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080545acaa2ca0ff2-trunk
Pumpkin Carving Contest
Bring your carved or decorated pumpkin to Trunk or Treat. Enter the contest here: https://beckpta.membershiptoolkit.com/treat
Multicultural Night-November 15th
Multicultural Night--sign up here to participate!
Your child should have received their invite for Beck’s Annual Multicultural Night, A Party Around the World. Grab a passport, travel around the world, experience the amazing foods, cultures, performances and more! This is one event you won’t want your child to miss. There will be a workshop the week before where students and the PTA will be working together to create the decorations and props for the party. The permission slip must be filled out if your child will be attending the workshop without a parent/guardian. Parents/Guardians are welcome to join in the workshop experience.
Workshop Permission Slip: https://forms.gle/MXVwowX3MhWnScge6
The Fall Book Fair is Coming!
November 10-17th in the library.
Please sign up to help out at the book fair:
Fall Book Fair Volunteer Sign Up!
Donuts with a Loved One
On November 10th or 11th students may invite one VIP to join them for donuts in our cafeteria. We will have a WatchDOG's orientation immediately following the November 10th gathering. This is the perfect event to bring Dad or any male who is interested in becoming a WatchDOG!
Gala Survey
We are looking for feedback for the Beck Gala next year. We really want it to be a fun event for all and have as much participation as possible! Please click the link to complete the survey:
