Bells Mill Elementary School PTA

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The Hoover MS PTA would love to invite all the Churchill cluster parents to Hoover to hear internationally recognized speaker on social media Dr. Sameer Hinduja on September 24th at 7:00 PM.

The schools have been telling us for several years that one of the MAJOR problems they deal with every single day is disruption to a student’s day caused by fallout from social media/phone/tech use and misuse that happens in and out of school. Some of those issues include heightened anxiety and stress, school absences, cyberbullying, and sexting just to name a few.… Read Full Post

See you tonight (Wednesday 9/11) for the grade K-2 Back to School night

For tonight – the agenda is as follow:

6:00 – All families in the APR for an Introduction to Benchmark Reading System – APR
6:30 – Classroom presentations will begin
7:15 – transition to next session
7:20 – Classroom presentation will be repeated
8:00 – Evening ends

Please note, for those of you who have been at Bell Mill in previous years, our program will be a bit different due to our new Benchmark Reading/Language Arts Curriculum rollout.… Read Full Post

Back to School Night for Grades 3-5 will be held on Thursday evening from 5:45pm – 8:00 pm.

The schedule is as follows:

5:45 pm – Ms. Parenti will meet with grade 4 and 5 parents about the Instrumental Music Program in the APR
6:10 pm – Mrs. Abramson and Mrs. O will present an overview of the new Benchmark Reading System to grade 3,4 and 5 parents in APR
6:30 pm – Classroom presentations will begin
7:15 pm – Transition to next session
7:20 pm – Classroom presentations will be repeated
8:00 pm – Evening Ends

This year Mrs.… Read Full Post

Online pre-orders extended through Sunday, September 15th

Show your Bear pride every Friday at Bells Mill! Make sure to check out the new SPF athletic shirts, cozy hoodies, tank tops, and soft T-shirts. Adult and youth sizes are available.

Order online by Sept. 15th in our online store.

If you would like to pay by check, please complete this form and return it to the PTA Mailbox in the Bells Mill front office no later than Monday, September 16.… Read Full Post

The WCHS field hockey team is looking for ball girls for our home varsity field hockey games this season. If your daughter is available/interested in being a ball girl for us this season, please let me know which date(s). We’ll also be looking for ball girls for any home playoff games we may have in the postseason (TBD).

Our regular season home games this season are:

9/12 – 5:15 game time
9/16 – 5:15 game time
9/23 – 5:15 game time
10/01 – 5:15 game time
10/07 – 4:00 game time
10/11 – 5:15 game time

Ball girls should arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the game and come straight over to the player bench area across the field to check in with Coach Cay, Coach Shelby, Coach Margaret or Coach Candy.… Read Full Post

WCHS Girls Golf is sponsoring a golf clinic for girls from 6-13!  Free to all attendees from 4:30-5:30pm on Sept 13th.  You do not need to be a part of the Churchill cluster to participate!  See the attached flyer for details.

Join us for our annual PTA sponsored Back to School Picnic on Friday, Sept 6 from 5:30p – 7p!  There will be food trucks, games, music, crafts and more to help welcome our students and parents back for another year!  Hope to see you there!

In addition to our weekly emails, this year we’ll be distributing a paper copy of the Bear Post newsletter. You may have noticed one in your child’s folder this week. It’s also available here. We also sent home this printable version of the calendar. There are lots of events coming up!

The PTA is always looking for volunteers and there are lots of ways to help in ways larger and small.  Despite busy schedules, we hope you can find a way to help out!  Check out our volunteer interest form to learn about volunteer opportunities, particularly where we are looking for help this year.