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Saturday November 10th, 6:00-8:00pm

This is the chance to drop off your kids for 2 hours of fun with friends, dancing to DJ music, participating at arts and crafts, playing gym games, and more while being supervised by parent volunteers!

Included is a Magic Show by Drew Owen at 6:30pm!

Cost is $15/child at the door. Registration forms and waivers are required for every student who attends and went home in school folders. Pizza, water, and treats will be available for a small cost ($2 slice/$1 water bottle/treat prices vary).… Read Full Post

Do you enjoy art, music and dance or have an interest in writing, producing films and taking photos? Then join us and have fun unleashing your inner artist with PTA Reflections! This year’s theme, “Heroes Around Me,” calls for your own unique interpretation through the arts.

Who do you admire? Who inspires you? Who do you see as a hero? What do heroes do and how are they important? Choreograph a dance, produce a film, write a poem or story, compose a song, take a picture or create a piece of visual art and tell us your interpretation of the theme: Heroes Around Me.… Read Full Post

You can buy a $50 CalTort gift card for only $40! There is no limit to how many you can buy so get your holiday shopping done early. Order forms went out in the folders but you can also download one here. All order forms must be received by November 19th.

Cards will be available for pick up at the December 4th PTA meeting. For any questions please contact treasurer@bellsmill.org

We had another fantastic book fair this year complete with a very impressive enchanted forest entryway. Through the generosity of the Bells Mill community, $18,733 was raised through the book fair. These sales resulted in $10,303 scholastic dollars earned for the media center!!

The book fair would not be a success without our tireless parent volunteers. The PTA would like to thank Kerry Iseman, Jackie Iseman and Michelle Martin for heading up this amazing event and all those parents who assisted.22

There is still time to support your school PTA programs and help us close our budget shortfall. Please remember to return your PTA donations in the envelope sent home or online at https://bellsmill.org/fundraisers/ by Nov. 2nd. Every year we rely on your generous family donations to support the enriching PTA programs for our students and teachers. In order to avoid fundraising throughout the year, we ask every family to donate $100 towards our enrichment programs and pay the $25 PTA membership fee.… Read Full Post

Thank you to everyone who placed an order for Spirit Wear!

If you placed an order during the Back to School Sale (Aug 9 – Oct 14), your items will be sent home in mid-November through the youngest BMES student in your family that you indicated. The Spirit Wear committee will deliver the items to your student’s homeroom teacher and teachers will then pass along to your student. Thank you, teachers!

If you placed an order during the Summer Pre-Sale (Jul 1 – Aug 8, 2018) you should have received your items already.

Join us for the annual Bells Mill PTA Spirit Night at Cabin John Ice Arena on Saturday, October 27 from 6:30-8:00 pm. If you have not already turned in your form, you will have to pay the full skating admission price of $7.00. All skaters that require skate rental will need to pay the fee of $4.00. All family & friends of current BMES students are welcome. Please note this is NOT a drop off event – no child will be admitted unless accompanied by a responsible adult.… Read Full Post

With the Halloween party fast approaching, just a reminder that ALL VOLUNTEERS who come to BMES must complete the mandatory Child Abuse and Neglect training program provided by MCPS.  This is a 30 minute online course and once completed you will need to submit the certificate to the front office at BMES.  The training must be completed once every 3 years, so you do not have to take annually.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/childabuseandneglect/#Volunteer

As you are likely aware, there have been some changes to how we will conduct our Halloween parties.  (Please see Mrs. O’s newsletter for more detailed information).  While this is a big change for parents who have traditionally enjoyed spending time with their children during the party,  it is only through these measures that the school can continue to remain committed to providing the safest environment for our children at all times.  Understanding that these new procedures limits resources for room parents who are planning the party, there have been some additional changes to help accommodate. … Read Full Post

Come join us for our Celebrity Scoop night at Baskin Robbins after getting dinner at Cal Tort for Restaurant Night on Wednesday, Oct 24.  Wondering when your favorite celebrity scooper is going to be there?   See the schedule below to make sure you can catch your favorite current, past or future teacher!

5-530p:  Ms. Matthews, Ms. Rooke, Ms. McKee

5:30-6:30p:  Miss Hickey, Ms. Abramson, Mrs. Over

6:00-6:30p:  Ms. Jackson, Ms. Lillis, Ms. Weisenthal

6:30-7:30p:  Ms. Davidson, Ms.… Read Full Post