Month: September 2021

Join us on zoom for our first Parent Teacher Association meeting of the year! We will provide a quick overview of the PTA, preview upcoming activities, and address community questions. BMES Principal Dr. Stacy Smith and Assistant Principal Mrs. Brooks Kemp will be available to answer questions during part of our next PTA meeting on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. The meeting log-in will be distributed soon. All BMES families and staff are invited to attend. 

To help us develop an agenda, please use the form below to share questions that you would like addressed.… Read Full Post

Model UN (or MUN) is an authentic simulation of the United Nations General Assembly in which students act as country delegates and engage in acts of diplomacy, negotiation, and decision making.

For detailed information, please click here for the Model UN Club Flyer.

Registration opens: September 23 – for 5th Graders only. To request a Fall Session registration form, click here:

BMES Model UN Registration Request Form

Date & Time: Fall Session starts, Thursday, October 7 at 8:00am – 8:55am (8 weeks)

Coordinators: Audré Park and Shreelata Durbhakula

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Are you looking for an after school opportunity that helps students use their engineering, artistic, and theatrical skills to conceptualize and create new solutions to intriguing problems?  If so, then Odyssey of the Mind is for you. Please join us for a virtual parent interest meeting on Wednesday, October 6 at 7pm to help us craft the program in this current COVID world.

We need your assistance to make the program work this year!

Fill out the parent interest survey here:  https://bit.ly/OOTMinterest… Read Full Post

As PTA activities get underway for the school year, we’re looking for volunteers to help with our programs and events. Below is our list of committees and we’re looking for volunteers! If you would like to volunteer, please complete the google form and we’ll be in touch. 

Bells Mill PTA Volunteer Opportunities 

A description of the committees is available at https://bellsmill.org/about/committees/. Events and activities occur throughout the entire school year and we will be developing a full calendar shortly.… Read Full Post

Our restaurant night fundraisers kicks off with crowd favorite California Tortilla and Baskin Robbins Scoop Night! 

California Tortilla: Wednesday, September 22nd from 11am – 9:30pm

Orders must be placed online at www.CaliforniaTortilla.com for in store pickup, curbside pickup, or delivery from the Potomac, MD restaurant. 25% of group sales will be donated to the Bells Mill Elementary PTA!

It was great to see everyone at last week’s Back to School picnic! Thank you to Georgia Karamalikis for organizing the picnic, Fayuan Wen for running the craft table, and our PTA board members for helping to set up! We appreciate that the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Pros to You, Bar-T, and Soccer Shots came to share information about their offerings! 

The Bells Mill Parent Teacher Association (PTA)  invites all Bells Mill students and families to celebrate the new school year! We will be hosting a picnic at Bells Mill on Friday, September 10 from 5:30-7:30.

Bar-T and Soccer Shots will host activities, craft tables will be available, and the Scouts programs will have information about local troops. Be sure to join the PTA while you are there and check out samples of shirts for our spirit wear fundraiser! … Read Full Post

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’d like to add, email communications@bellsmill.org. While these are not sponsored or endorsed by the BMES PTA, we’re happy to help share information as appropriate.

• Girls on the Run is coming to Bells Mill this fall! The program is open to girls in 3rd – 5th grade.