Bells Mill Elementary School PTA

We need your support for the Bells Mill STEM+families night on Friday, January 31st, 6:30-8:00pm. Please RSVP here to attend.  There is no cost, but we need to get a good sense of how many people will attend.

We are still looking for parent volunteers to support the hands on activities and experiments. All parents are encouraged to volunteer for supporting the STEM activities! The activities range from simple and interesting chemical reactions with every day material, building models to understand how our body works, to small coding projects.… Read Full Post

Come join your classmates at the next Restaurant Night on January 22nd.  Meet us at Potomac Pizza in Potomac Village between 4-9PM.  Just mention Bells Mill when you order and 20% of sales will be donated back to the school!  Hope to see you there!

Get your pictures in the yearbook! The Yearbook Staff invites parents to submit photos for the yearbook. If you’ve got great photos of school and community events (please do not submit pictures taken at birthday parties or i.e. sleepovers) we’d like to see them. Our photographers can’t be everywhere. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have.

Here is how you can submit photos online:
• Click here.… Read Full Post

The PTA Recess Committee needs your help in providing teachers indoor recess games and supplies. We have wish lists for all of the teachers that signed up and we would be grateful for either donations of gently used games/supplies or purchases of new items from Amazon Smile.

Reporting an absence just got a lot easier! Go to the Bells Mill Elementary School home page and under quick links on the left hand side you will see Report a Student Absence. Fill this out and Mrs. Marcoux will receive an email with the information that you submit! There is no need to call the school if you fill this form out online.

As part of the MCPS initiative to evaluate boundaries districtwide, they are holding community engagement meetings.  There are only 3 left to attend.  See below:

· January 11 at Montgomery Blair High School
· January 14 at Northwest High School
· January 23 at Walter Johnson High School

RSVP here.

MCPS and the Montgomery County Council of PTAs (MCCPTA) are hosting a Science Night from 6:30–8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at Gaithersburg High School. (Snow date: January 28)

At the event, parents will hear from MCPS teachers about science standards and what they can expect their children to learn in class. Sessions are targeted to parents with students in elementary and middle school.

Gaithersburg High School is located at 101 Education Blvd. in Gaithersburg.

Please see the information below for the upcoming Annual Mental Health and Wellness Forum on January 11, 2020 (En Español)

Event: Third Annual MCPS-MCCPTA Mental Health and Wellness Forum
Date/time: Saturday, January 11, 2020, 1-5 pm
Location: Wood Middle School, 14615 Bauer Drive, Rockville, MD 20853
Register here

As you know, the impact of mental health and wellness challenges is not limited to select families. Not acknowledging and addressing the challenges impairs learning now and life prospects later.… Read Full Post

It’s time to schedule out your child’s winter enrichment activities!  See the attached Course Listing as well as the Course Descriptions.  Registration open until January 8th.  Sessions run from Jan 14 – Mar 3.

Please see the note from our art room:

Happy New Year!

Thanks to everyone who voted, Sophia was the winner of the Artist of the Week Contest on Artsonia(grades pK-3)! I wanted everyone to know that your votes all mattered. Thank you for taking the time to vote for Sophia. You helped us celebrate the creativity of our students in Bells Mill, especially Sophia.

Thanks again!

Sincerely,
Jennifer Park
Art Teacher
Bells Mill ES