Bells Mill Elementary School PTA

The Montgomery County Council of PTAs (MCCPTA) is asking our PTA members to sign this petition to MCPS, the Board of Education, and the Montgomery County Council urging immediate action to support students with disabilities. Please READ AND SIGN THE PETITION and SHARE YOUR STORY about how distance learning has affected your special education student(s) and your family.  Please note:  this petition is NOT taking a position on the larger issue of reopening schools; Rather, this petition is asking specifically for an emergency solution to help students with disabilities.… Read Full Post

The Peace Mountain Theatre Company is offering up a free interactive ZOOM theater experience for young viewers on Sunday, Jan 24th at 4pm. This will be a short, one-act play called “The Other” which follows four young people lost in the woods – when they find a shack and now have a decision upon them. What do they do? What would YOU do? The play is best suited for late elementary school through middle school and allows viewers to tell the actors what to do and say!… Read Full Post

The Winston Churchill High School Performing Arts department is performing CLUE – The Stay-At-Home-Version and it will stream online on Friday through BroadwayOnDemand. Learn more here

The Montgomery County Council of PTAs invites you to join them on Saturday, Jan 16th at 10am to engage on the MCPS anti-racist system audit. Learn what it’s all about, what’s happening now – and share your thoughts and questions with MCPS and community leaders.

Sign up here. More information here, Spanish here.

The PTA wishes all our families and staff a happy and healthy new year! We appreciate the commitment, resilience, and support of the Bells Mill Community and we are honored to work with you all to the benefit of our students.

Right before break the staff were treated to a curbside pick-up of Crumbl cookies and a tea-themed goodie bag as small tokens of our appreciation. Bells Mill staff are amazing and we appreciate everything they are doing to make virtual learning the best it can be. Wishing all staff a happy and restful holiday break! Thanks to committee chairs Haley Iseman (Teacher Appreciation Chair) and Kemi Macaulay (Teacher Breakfast Chair) for figuring out how to pivot some of our long-standing Bells Mill traditions for modern times!

We are so proud of our fabulously talented students who reflected on this year’s theme for the National PTA Reflections Art Contest, “I Matter Because…” We invite you to visit our BMES PTA Reflections Art Show online at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hI2mm6RkME0ANYOJPjiv0WeOadkl0ZtRolLdO0F89hs/present?slide=id.p

The NAACP Parents Council has been actively engaging on issues surrounding school reopening. A recording of their latest meeting is available at https://www.dropbox.com/s/h7g6g24i2r20atf/NAACP-MC%20Parents%27%20Council%20Mtg%2016Dec20%20Derek%20Turner%20%20Presentation%20Video.mp4?dl=0
Tonya Hughes is the BMES Parent Council representative and we will be sharing additional information on NAACP activities throughout the year. 

Hello Friends, we have been committed to the BMES PTA for the past 6 years and as part of my community building efforts, I would like to invite parents, grandparents, students and other family members to a free 30-minute virtual “Chairobics” session every Saturday and Wednesday at 11am. This winter, let’s together relax, renew and reconnect with our families & friends through this gentle yoga based aerobic routine involving deep breathing and stretching exercises on/with a chair!… Read Full Post

The Bells Mill Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is a non-profit organization that enhances educational excellence and strengthens the community. We’re working hard to refocus our priorities and efforts to support the unique needs of distance learning this semester. We’re also finding new ways to do some of our traditional activities, such as BINGO night, and providing new enrichment opportunities, such as virtual assemblies. To accomplish these goals, we need families to join and support the Bells Mill PTA.… Read Full Post