Bells Mill Elementary School PTA

Come celebrate the end of the school year at the PTA Bells Mill Bash tomorrow night at 5:30-8pm! There will be fun and games for all Bells Mill families. Please pre-order wristbands, sign the waiver, and sign up to volunteer! This event is for Bells Mill families only and is not a drop-off event.

Ticketing: https://bellsmillpta.membershiptoolkit.com/store/11046 (wristband orders due by 6/8 at 11:59pm) If you miss the deadline, please email [email protected]

Waiver: https://forms.gle/n4eNcDrZWsLzZJ9v5

Volunteers: https://tinyurl.com/2kt2mpp7

The PTA is excited to purchase two funnel ball hoops for Bells Mill for outdoor recess. They will installed for next school year. Thank you to Mrs. Kemp and Mr. Tom for helping navigate MCPS requirements and Mrs. Over for helping with the ordering. We’re excited for our students to have additional infrastructure during recess!

It was great to see so many kids playing and families getting a chance to meet or catch up. Thanks to the parents who volunteered for our Breakfast with Bears last week — Jessica McClellan, Erin Penfold, Deb Palisin, Virginia Runko, Youngshin Kim, Jenna Dean, Andrew Dean, Daniela Abeid, Ugo Nwadike, Gina Hidalgo, Emily Turek, Aruni Liyanage, Heather Lazott, and Yasaman Hekmat.

On Friday, May 26 the PTA will sponsor an assembly for all students (during the school day) to mark Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The Chua Lion Dance Team will provide an instrumental performance and tell the Lion Story and discuss its cultural significance. They will also “awaken” the lion in a special ceremony and perform the lion dance, including feeding the lion.

Also, because our Holi celebration was rained out for the BMES International Festival, stay tuned for information on a raindate for the last week of school.… Read Full Post

Mr. Tom asked us to share this information about field day and the opportunities for parents to get involved! Such a fun day for the school!

Field Day for Head Start/Autism and K- 2nd grade will take place on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Grades 3-5 will have Field Day on Friday, June 2, 2023. Field Day activities will run from 9:45am to 2:30pm.  Field Day is a day where students spend part of the day outside participating in a variety of activities with their classmates.… Read Full Post

Come join your Bells Mill Bear for a special breakfast on the blacktop. Grades HS-2 will be held May 17th beginning at 830 am. Grades 3-5 will be on May 18th beginning at 830 am. Those with multiple children please select the date that best suits you. Please RSVP by May 15:

May 17th (HS-2) – https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45ACAC2BA3FAC34-breakfast1

May 18th (3-5) – https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45ACAC2BA3FAC34-breakfast

Volunteers Needed for Breakfast with Bears

We are looking for a number of volunteers to help with coordinating food purchases, set up & clean up and food distribution on both May 17th and May 18th. … Read Full Post

The PTA sends its best wishes to the amazing Bells Mill staff as we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week! We appreciate your commitment to our students, quality education and partnership. We’ve had a lot of fun celebrating staff this week! We appreciate how our families, room parents, administration and PTA have partnered to show teachers how much they mean to us!

On Sunday students decorated the sidewalk with messages of appreciation! On Monday families brought in flowers to their teacher and Georgetown Cupcake donated cupcakes to staff.… Read Full Post

It is Teacher Appreciation week and the PTA will cater a special breakfast for our teachers on Tuesday, May 9th. We would appreciate your support in showing our teachers some well deserved appreciation through your contributions.

Sign up to contribute here

Thank you!

Last week we shared an incredible celebration of the school’s diversity! We appreciate the many families who created displays, shared traditions, and offered food samples so we can better understand each other’s cultures. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! In addition, Mrs. Havenstein’s No Place for Hate group created an amazing collage. The many talented performers were fun to watch. Thank you to Georgia Karamalikis, Asmaa Seif Eldin, Varsha Morar, and Debbie Fleischer for helping to organize!… Read Full Post

On Tuesday, the PTA held its final general meeting of the school year. We elected the officers for next year and approved the proposed budget. In addition, Dr. Smith and Mrs. Kemp provided helpful information on how classes are formed and insights into changes from one grade to the next.

Meeting minutes with the slides from the meeting.