Last Week to Donate for the Read-A-Thon!

Bells Mill Elementary School readers are rounding the corner to the finish line. We have raised almost $19,000, just shy of our $20,000 goal, and have read over 120,000 minutes as a school community! We are so proud of our readers!

Would you please share Read-A-Thon with all your friends and family to support our hardworking readers one last time? Our readers want to finish strong! Here’s the link to donate before the deadline on Monday, March 24.Read Full Post

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Weekly Message from the PTA

Thank you to our students, staff, and parents for reading, logging minutes, fundraising, and donating to our annual Read-A-Thon! As of 10 AM, students have read 60,853+ minutes and raised $15,830—just $4,000 shy of our goal! With a few days left to read and 10 more to fundraise, we’re on track for our best year yet. See you at the vocabulary parade tomorrow morning!

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STEAM Night is Coming—March 27!

We’re excited to announce that our traditional STEM Night is evolving! This year, we’re adding an A for Arts to celebrate creativity alongside science, technology, engineering, and math.

Join us for STEAM Night as we proudly showcase our talented students’ submissions from the Reflections Arts Program, themed “Accepting Imperfections.” Explore the amazing creativity our students have shared while enjoying hands-on STEM activities too.

To sign your student up for a project or to volunteer to run an experiment, please see this previous post for all the details.… Read Full Post

Order Your 2024-2025 Bells Mill Yearbook!

Don’t miss out on preserving this year’s memories! Our 2024-2025 Bells Mill Elementary School yearbook is now available for purchase. Capture all the fun moments, class activities, and special events from this school year. Yearbooks are a wonderful keepsake for students to look back on their time at Bells Mill, so be sure to purchase yours by May 5.

How to Order: Visit this link to place your order today.

Community Corner

Each week in Bear Post, we will share information from other schools in the cluster or community events that provide opportunities to connect and help each other. If you have anything you would like to add, email [email protected]While these are not sponsored or endorsed by the BMES PTA, we’re happy to help share information as appropriate.

Brit-Am Soccer Academy is hosting a 5-week after-school soccer program this spring, starting on Monday, April 7. Come and learn soccer fundamentals in a fun and dynamic environment with your friends—and make some new friends in the process!… Read Full Post

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Support the Bells Mill PTA Through Our Biggest Fundraiser of the Year – The Read-a-Thon!

The Bells Mill PTA is on a mission—to support our students in the most fun (and slightly competitive) way possible! But we can’t do it alone… None of this would be possible without the generous financial contributions and volunteer efforts of our families.

That’s why we’re thrilled to launch our BIGGEST fundraiser of the year—the Read-a-Thon! From today through March 24, we’re turning pages and raising funds for awesome school programs, resources, and activities. It’s a win-win: kids get lost in books, and our school gets the support it needs!… Read Full Post

PTA Read-A-Thon Begins Monday March 10

The Bells Mill PTA’s largest fundraiser of the year, Read-A-Thon, starts Monday, March 10 and fundraising ends on Monday, March 24. Read-A-Thons actually get your reader excited about reading and it gives friends and family the opportunity to encourage your child to read even more!

We encourage you to activate your reader’s account today by clicking on https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/323738333036/1 and following the instructions. Help us reach our goal of raising $20,000 and reading 525,000 minutes!

We’ve chosen Read-A-Thon because it will not take much of your time, gives your child a reason to read, helps in the development of stronger reading skills, and raises money for the PTA.… Read Full Post