PTA General Meeting – Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Our next PTA meeting will be held on May 2 at 6:30PM in the APR. The agenda will include board elections, approval of next year’s budget, and presentations from the school on preparing your students for moving to the next grade level and the process for class assignments.

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Invitation to Join the PTA Board for Next School Year!

It’s hard to believe but we need to think about next year already! While we have several current board members who will be running for re-election, there will be a few open positions to fill. We are looking for PTA board members, including President, Treasurer, and VP for Community Events. While each board member has a particular focus, we work together to support the school.  In addition, the PTA board regularly meets with school leadership. If… Read Full Post

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Two more volunteers needed for PTA Board Nominating Committee

Our bylaws require us to form a nominating committee to fill next year’s PTA board. We need to identify at least three volunteers who are current PTA members. The nominating committee will be responsible for formally nominating eligible persons for open PTA board positions and reporting their nominees to the general membership prior to the PTA election at a general membership meeting in May. The estimated time commitment is less than 30 minutes! If you are able to serve on the nominating committee, please email us at [email protected]Read Full Post

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Study for GeoBowl!

Students in Grades 3-5 are invited to participate in Geo Bowl 2023! Teachers will be distributing a packet to study and there will be a quiz in mid-May with teams announced in Late May. The GeoBowl will occur in early June!

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Last call! Register for Spring FLEX After School Enrichment Programs by tonight!

Due to spring break, FLEX extended registration for spring programs through tonight! The following programs will start this week: Cartoon Drawing (Tues), Pottery for Kids (Wed), Chess Club (Thur), and Fashion Design (Thur).

The following programs will begin next week IF MINIMUM ENROLLMENT is met: Musical Theatre — 8 more students (Tues), Crazy Chemworks — 6 more students (Tues), Little Pediatrician School — 4 more students (Wed), Earth Science — 7 more students (Wed), and Battle Robots — 5 more students (Thurs).… Read Full Post

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PTA Meeting Recap

Thank you to families who joined our PTA meeting on Tuesday for a discussion of upcoming PTA activities, volunteer opportunities and the School of Excellence survey results. The minutes will be posted when they are available and the slides are available here. We welcome your thoughts regarding topics covered in the survey, including:

  1. Ways to better recognize and respect diversity?
  2. Ways the school could be more welcoming?
  3. How would families like to be more involved in decision making? 
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Reminder! Tonight – Town Hall with Dr. Monifa McKnight

MCPS Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight will share her vision for MCPS and discuss disturbing recent anti-semetic incidents in county schools. This program is open to the public and intended for all MCPS parents and guardians, teachers, and middle and high school students. It is closed to press.

Thursday, March 23, 2023 – 6:30 – 8:00 PM

Congregation Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Road, Potomac

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Bell’s Mill’s got talent

Congratulations to our talented students on terrific talent shows! Thank you to the parents who helped coordinate and volunteer for this event, including: Jennifer Nwadike, Amanda Klueger, Scott Cullum,Ugo Nwadike Teresa Weingart, John Sorrent, Tianying Chen, Jackie Ocasio, Emily Turek, and Mahesh Aiyer.

Congratulations to our National PTA Reflections participants who were honored at this year’s show. Thank you to Holly Cullum and Xiao Xiao Min for coordinating the BMES Reflections program and putting together the art show of the entrants’ work.

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