Bells Mill Elementary School PTA

This is an invitation to join us at Global Minds LLC for BMES Model UN for the Spring session, the last session for the school year. Global Minds offers three 8-week instructional sessions (Fall, Winter and Spring) throughout the year, and serves as instructors and administrators to register students in local Model UN conferences at the U.S. Department of State, universities, high schools and middle schools throughout the DMV area. 

Date & Time: Spring session starts, Thursday, February 23 at 8:00 am, ends on April 20 (8 weeks) and meets in Ms.… Read Full Post

The Winston Churchill Athletics Program is holding its first annual spring mulch sale to support our athletic teams and the student athletes with the help of Denchfield Landscaping Inc. All proceeds will go towards equipment for athletes, facility improvement, and to meet the needs of all of our student-athletes and their teams. Your orders will go a long way to keeping WCHS Athletics amongst the best in the state of Maryland. We are also offering families the opportunity to donate mulch to the beautification of their school.… Read Full Post

The PTA is excited to design the yearbook this year! Parents and staff are invited to submit photos to help us remember the school year! If you’ve got great photos of school and community events we’d like to see them! This could include:

   • PTA events, including the back to school picnic, Magic & Muffins, and the Outdoor Movie

   • Fall festival events and costume parade

   • Spirit days

   • Community service projects at the school

   • Sledding at Bells Mill on snow days

   • Sports teams or clubs associated with Bells Mill 

   • Class projects and other special memories

Please do not submit pictures taken at private events, such as birthday parties or playdates.… Read Full Post

Friday, February 24 is our School-Wide Vocabulary Parade at 10:15AM on the blacktop. Parents are invited to watch!

CREATE. Help your child select an AWESOME vocabulary word for this project. It should be one that would be fun to make a costume to show the meaning. Design the costume using paper, boxes, hats, etc. Be sure your child can see and walk safely!

MAKE A VOCABULARY CARD. Make a large vocabulary card with your child’s word on it so everyone knows what vocabulary word is being represented.… Read Full Post

The PTA is excited to host a combined Science Fair & STEM Night on Friday, February 24 at 6-8 pm! Join us for a fun night featuring the hard work our students have put into their Science Fair presentations, as well as hands-on STEM activities with water balloons, edible DNA, chemical reactions, and more! No RSVP required. This is not a drop-off event.

BMES is proud to announce that 6 students from our school community are honorees in this year’s MCCPTA Reflections Program:

Visual Arts: Vivian Tang, Award of Merit (Intermediate group)

Literature: Javier Gilbert, Award of Excellence (Primary group)

Dance: Jennifer Dong, Award of Excellence (Primary group); Surina Chawla, Honorable Mention (Intermediate group)

Photography: Rosalie Cullum, Award of Excellence (Primary group); Sloane Cypes, Award of Excellence (Intermediate group)

These students will be celebrated by the MCCPTA at an awards ceremony in May and all of them will compete in the state Reflections Program. … Read Full Post

Calling all student scientists!  The BMES Science Fair will be held on Friday, February 24, 2023 from 6-8pm in the Bells Mill ES APR.  Create a display to share with others or simply come and explore all the wonderful experiments from your classmates.  If you are interested in showcasing your independent experiment, please sign up no later than Feb 14, 2023 using this link.  Information about projects and displays can be found here.  If you have any questions, please email Helen Maurer at [email protected]. … Read Full Post

Our annual STEM Night & Science Fair will be held on February 24. We are looking for a volunteer to help lead the STEM Night portion of the program. We use the APR and a number of classrooms for students to use microscopes, build DNA models, learn to code and much, much more! We are looking for a volunteer who can help finalize the selection of activities, purchase materials (reimbursed, of course!), and coordinate on STEM Night.… Read Full Post

Ever wonder how Peter and the Lost Boys got to Neverland in the first place? Based on Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s 2006 humorous young adult novel and adapted for the stage by Rick Elice, the play Peter and the Starcatcher shares the backstory of Peter and his pals.

A tale of marauding and magic and hijinx on the high seas, Peter and the Starcatcher is a delight for audience members of all ages.

Performances Friday, February 10th at 7pm, Saturday, February 11th at 2pm and 7pm, and Sunday, February 12th at 2pm.… Read Full Post

We’re excited to welcome back our talent shows this year! The talent shows will be held on Friday, March 10 (grades K-2) and Friday, March 17 (grades 3-5). New this year we will also feature BMES entries to the National PTA Reflections Art program. Stay tuned for more information on how to participate. If you are interested in volunteering — on-deck volunteers, AV technicians, green room and more — email [email protected].