Mrs. O’s Spotlight Week of Nov. 8
Please see mrs-os-spotlight-week-of-november-8 for updates about this week. Please note that there are professional days and early dismissal days.
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Skate Night: This Saturday, Door-Only Tickets Left
The PTA sponsored Bells Mill Ice Skating night is this Saturday, November 5, 2016 (6:30-8p). Pre-Registration is now closed, but all are welcome to join in on this fun community night and pay door prices for rink time and skate rentals.
See the bells-mill-skate-night-2016-registration-form for more details.
Attending? Please take some group photos to share with the yearbook and send to PTA Yearbook Coordinator Lina DeChiara [email protected].
Mrs. O’s Spotlight for the Week of October 31
Please see mrs-os-spotlight-week-of-october-31 for important details about this week at Bells Mill.
Help Make Our Yearbook Awesome! Submit Halloween Parade/Party Photos!
As classrooms start to head on field trips and with Halloween parties around the corner, help us make our yearbook awesome by submitting photos for consideration. The PTA coordinates the annual yearbook that will be sold in the spring. We do not have one photographer and we want every single student represented in our yearbook!
Please send group photos of events at school — field trips, classroom volunteer experiences, class parties, etc — to the PTA Yearbook Coordinator Lina DeChiara [email protected]… Read Full Post
Dinner & Dessert or Dessert & Dinner: 11/1 Community Night @ Cal Tort & Baskin Robbins
Celebrity Scoop Night is coming!
Date: Tuesday, Nov 1, 2016
Time: 5-9PM
Location: Cabin John Baskin Robbins
Come see your favorite BMES Staff Members behind the counter scooping ice cream at the Cabin John Baskin Robbins. Many of our wonderful staff will be volunteering for this fun event, so join them for a delicious treat! See caltort-flyer celebrity-scoop-night for more details.
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California Tortilla Restaurant Night
Date: Tuesday, Nov 1, 2016
Time: 5-9PM
Location: Cabin John California Tortilla
Before (or after!)
… Read Full Post Art Reflections Program @ Bells Mill: DUE NEXT WEEK 11/3
Dear Bells Mill Elementary,
We are thrilled to announce the National PTA Art Reflections program is coming to Bells Mill this fall! Please read bmesreflectionsltr-docx_11, a letter to our community the for an introduction to the program. All submissions are due on November 3, no exceptions.
Also please see the student entry form (bmes-student-entry-form1) and the national rules packet (16-17_national_rules_packet1) and read both very carefully as each category has its own rules.
… Read Full Post Gifted Child Information Session Next Wed, Nov. 2
During the 2016-2017 school year, the MCCPTA Gifted Child Committee will continue the tradition of bringing a series of information night meetings to MCPS parents and GT liaisons. Here is information on the first meeting.
Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Time: 7-9pm
Location: MCPS Carver Auditorium, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, MD 20850
Agenda:
MCPS Presentation:
- Hear the MCPS message about the Choice Study as it relates to elementary school programming and the system‘s proposed 3 year response plan for elementary to high schools
- Hear the updates for Math 4/5 and Math 5/6 student programming
- Hear plans to work collaboratively with fellow MCCPTA and GTA members on strategies to support students and respond to questions about schools through a liaison to liaison approach
Speakers:
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Club Bells Mill THIS Weekend– Volunteers NEEDED!
The first Club Bells Mill will be on Saturday, October 22 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.! Please see the club-bells-mill-informational-flyer for more details. We need volunteers for this to be safe and fun!!
Membership for all Club Bells Mill events is $30 or it’s $15 at the door. Please see cbm-16-17-membership-flyer to print the membership form at home (they also came home in backpacks).
This event cannot run without volunteers! We are seeking student (for SSL) and parent volunteers.… Read Full Post
Weekly Volunteer Position Needed for PTA in School
The PTA is seeking a copy chair to volunteer in the school one day a week. The copy chair will pick one day/time per week to go to the copy room and help make copies for the PTA. PTA committee chairs will send the desired material to the copy chair within a determined timeframe. The PTA supplies all paper and materials. The copy chair will make the determined amount of copies and then collate for teacher mailboxes.… Read Full Post
Mandatory MCPS Volunteer Training (30 Min. Online)
*** THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL AND YOU WILL BE TURNED AWAY FROM VOLUNTEERING***
MCPS has initiated for the 2016-2017 school year mandatory child abuse and neglect training for all volunteers. All volunteers who regularly support schools need to complete the online module, “Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect for Volunteers and Contractors,” which is accessed on the MCPS website.
Lunch/recess, field trip, media and classroom volunteers MUST take the training.
Once you have completed the 30 minute module, you will receive a confirmation of completion. … Read Full Post