March 30, 2017 Buzzness

The Buzzness 

Calendar April               3-7          No school- Spring Break 11           PTO meeting                National Library Day   12           4th Grade Field Trip to Jamestown 8:30am-5:30pm                Kindergarten Field Trip to the Paramount 13           Fire Drill 8:20am                Ms. Mason’s Field Trip Little Feet Meet 9:00-12:15p                Work on Class Lists 2:45-4pm 14           Individual and Classroom Pictures                Report Cards Due for Admin review  17-21      Scholastic Book Fair - Family Night, April 20  17           Spring BEE classes begin 18           3rd Grade Music Performance (Robinson Henry Crotteau) @ 1:25, K attends 19           5th Graders visit Henley for Orientation/Tour  9:45-11:20 am 20           3rd Grade Music Performance (Chernauskas Simounet Balnave) @ 1:25, 1st attends                                Book Fair Family Night 5 - 8pm                 Performance Task Scoring 2:45-4pm 21           Parent Portal Opens 23           Fun Fair 25           2nd Grade Music Performance (Carew Livermon Palmer) @1:25, 5th attends 27 -         2nd Grade Music Performance (McCreight Hunter Hyde) @ 1:25, 4th attends May 23   1st Gr Performance (all classes) @ 1:25 2nd attends 25    Kdg Performance (all classes) @ 1:25 3rd attends

Building Access during Spring Break For anyone wanting to get in the building next week, Luis will be here from approximately 7am to 2pm Monday through Friday.

  

Bee Team, It is my honor to announce our 2017 Brownsville Elementary Better Living Golden Apple Award winner: Teresa McCreight!      We are so proud of you Teresa and we know you will represent the BESt at the Golden Apple Awards Ceremony on Thursday May 11, at Lane Auditorium, COB. ·         4:00- 4:45pm Light refreshments will be served on the 2nd floor lobby. ·         4:45pm Presentation of awards in Lane Auditorium. Bee sure to celebrate, Teresa!

Watchlist Discussions Teams, Be prepared for watchlist discussions during PLC’s the week of April 17.

Curry School Leadership for Change Academy If you are interested in this June 20-22nd class, you can find more info at the link below. http://curry.virginia.edu/curry-leadership-academy-coaching-for-change

Spring 2017 SOL Test Dates Date Test Thursday, May 11 G3 Reading, Section 1 Friday, May 12 G3 Reading, Section 2 Tuesday, May 16 G3 Math, Section 1 Wednesday, May 17 G3 Math, Section 2 Thursday, May 18 G5 Reading Friday, May 19 G4 Reading Tuesday, May 23 G5 Math, Section 1 Wednesday, May 24 G5 Math, Section 2 Wednesday, May 24 G4 Math, Section 1 Thursday, May 25 G4 Math, Section 2 Friday, May 26 G5 Virginia Studies Thursday, June 1 G5 Science Make-ups and retakes will be on-going, scheduled as needed, between May 11 and June 8.

 

March 24, 2017 Buzzness

The Buzzness 

Only one more week!

Calendar March 29         PTO lunch for Teachers             Teacher’s Assistant Meeting 10am 30         K Community 8-11:15am              Vertical meeting: K, 1 Literacy              Parent Portal Closes 3pm April               3-7          No school- spring break 11           PTO meeting 12           4th Grade Field Trip to Jamestown               K Field Trip to the Paramount 13           Fire Drill 8:20am               Mrs. Mason’s Field Trip to Little Feet Meet 9:00-12:15 pm 14          Spring Individual and Classroom Pictures               3rd Frontier Culture Museum Field Trip

Honors for Cheri! Announcing that our own bee, Cherie Witt, was named the Milestat Indoor Track Coach of the Year in Virginia for her work with the Girls Track Team at WAHS. Check it out:  http://va.milesplit.com/articles/204777-milestat-coach-of-the-year-award- Bee sure to give her a cheer! P.S. - Daughter Avery is also a bee!

Practicum Student Placement Let Jason know if you are interested. Holly Bond is one of our traditional MBCW students.  She is taking ED 110 during May Term which requires a full-time practicum placement between April 26th and May 15th.  She will be required to be at school every day for student hours, if not longer (based on the teacher's preference).  She will be required to accumulate at least 90 hours.

Report Card Comment Recommendations -       Reserve bulk comments for classroom newsletters. -       Express that you enjoy their child and what strengths you have seen. -       Generally describing if they are on or how far below grade level they are in a subject. If they are below, a brief comment about the plan to get them caught up: *   …is slightly below grade level in mathematics, performing at about a 3rd grade. We have interventions in place to support their progress. Bee Positive.

March 17, 2017

The Buzzness 

Calendar 21         Tornado Drill 9:45 22         5th Gr Trip: Fest of the Book -St. Anne’s 9:45 am-12:15 pm 22          Honors Choir Monticello H.S. 5:30 23          Up / Down Meetings Session 1: 2:45 - 3:05                                               Session 2: 3:15 - 3:35 29          PTO lunch for Teachers 29          Parent Portal Closes 3pm 30          Vertical meeting: K, 1 Literacy - Library 2:45 30          K Community Day 30          End of the 9 weeks 31          No School Green Work Day

3rd Quarter Report Card Timeline March 29     Parent Portal will close 3pm April 14     Report Card comments due 3pm 20     Corrections due 3pm 21     Parent Portal opens 8am

Tornado Drill Sorry for the late addition to the calendar. Our tornado drill will take place on Tuesday March 21, 9:45am. The plan is to have a demo of the tornado drill position for students, during the morning announcements Tuesday morning. Also, notice that there is a tornado drill map attached to this email. Here are the general procedures: General procedures will be given over the all-call PA.  I will begin with “We are now going to practice our Tornado Safety Drill, at this time everyone needs to get to their Tornado Safety Zone.” I will give classes two / three minutes to get to their Tornado Safety Zones. Once classes are in their Zones, I will announce for students to, “get into tornado safety positions.” Students should be on their knees, crouched over with their hands covering their heads. We will have students hold that position for 5 seconds and then I will announce “all clear”, to return to class. Please leave instructions for your substitutes. Use your judgment in dealing with student health concerns while performing this drill.

The BES Reading Philosophy First 5 Bees to recite the reading philosophy to Nancy or Jason, next week, gets a free Burrit-oh!

 

The Buzzness March 10, 2017

The Buzzness 
 

Calendar 10         Families in Motion 6:30 - 8pm Gym 12         Daylight Savings, spring forward 12         Visual Arts Festival 3/12 - 3/26 Fashion Square Mall 14         3rd Grade Trip to VA. Museum of F. Arts (Balnave, Simounet, Chernauskas, Henry) 15          3rd Grade Field Trip to VA. Museum of Fine Arts (Robinson, Crotteau) 15          K Registration Opens 2017-2018 9am- 1pm, 3-6pm 15          Used Book Sale for Staff 1-4pm 16          Used Book Sale 5-7pm and #BeeHiveNIght 5:30-6:30 17          Wear Green 22          5th trip: Festival of the Book.  St. Anne’s  9:45am-12:15 pm 23          Up / Down Meetings 24          Honors Choir    Monticello H.S. 5:30pm

3rd Quarter Report Card Timeline March 29     Parent Portal will close 3pm April 14     Report Card comments due 3pm 20     Corrections due 3pm 21     Parent Portal opens 8am

 

The Buzzness 
  Only 4weeks until Spring Break.
We will do our BESt to keep you energized!

Calendar 9           Faculty Meeting 2:45pm 10          Families in Motion 6:30 - 8pm 12          Daylight Savings (spring forward) 14          PTO meeting 6pm 14          3rd Gr Trip VA  Museum of Arts (Bal, Simo, Cher, Hen) 15          3rd Gr Trip VA. Museum of Arts (Rob, Crotteau) 16          Used Book Sale 5-7pm   16          #BeeHiveNIght 5:30-6:30 (S.T.E.A.M.)

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