Peek of the Week
Beech Hill Elementary School
2019-2020 ~ Theme: Blue for a Reason
- May 27, 2020 Edition
- Mission Statement: Beech Hill will lead the way to lifelong learning through excellence, leadership and empowerment.
- Vision Statement: All students will meet or exceed academic standards as measured by grade level benchmarks.
Summer Camps for Continued Learning
Free Virtual Summer Camps For 2020
Camp Wonderopolis
Website: https://camp.wonderopolis.org/
One of the most highly regarded digital summer camps on the planet that is completely free. Parents and children will find a wide variety of fun and engaging summer camp activities to take part in when they dive headfirst into Camp Wonderopolis. Some of these activities revolve around STEM field careers, others are designed to boost literacy and comprehension, and others still are designed to help foster improve critical thinking and creativity in young minds.
Best of all, after downloading the free Camp Kits you and your campers can go at your own pace to take full advantage of all that this unique digital summer camp has to offer.
Website: https://events.withgoogle.com/summercampwithgoogle/
Google offers a four week interactive summer camp at absolutely no cost. Offering some of the highest quality educational content, Google partners with other giants like NASA, Khan Academy, National Geographic and NPS to create fun and engaging content for children.
The summer camp learning activities explores things like the ocean, space, nature and music. Although it's official start date is July 13th, kids can still watch last years educational videos and activities.
Varsity Tutors Virtual Camp
Website: https://www.varsitytutors.com/virtual-summer-camps
Varsity tutors offers week long interactive summer camps to keep your child's mind active. They have quite a few options so depending on your child's interest it's easy to find something suitable for them. Some of the virtual camp themes they offer are art, lego, detective and fairy tales. Your child can work with campers all across the world and open their mind to new things. Taught by professional instructors and with a focus on encouraging your child to try new things, this virtual summer camp is a great choice for any K-12 student.
Makers Summer Camp
Website: https://makercamp.com/
Makers Summer Camp focuses on hands on learning for children. It's project focused where your child builds things based on their interests. With a focus on science, technology, and art it brings multiple disciplines together. Your child receives daily potential activities they may like ranging from creating slime to building unique art portraits.
With these free summer camp options it's a great way for your child to continue their learning at no cost to you and in a safe way. It also helps them prepare for more digital school learning if things don't get better by the end of the summer. Find more helpful summer camp guides on our homepage.
Materials Pick-up and Beacon Goodbyes
Parents,
We have one final pick-up day for student materials that have been left at the Beech or for families that would like to leave gifts for teachers.
Thursday, May 28
Beacon Grade Level Goodbyes:
- 3rd - 8:30- 9:15
- 4th - 9:30- 10:15
- 5th - 10:30-11:00
- PK, 4K & K - 12:30- 1:15
- 1st - 1:30 - 2:15
- 2nd - 2:30- 3:15
Join grade level teachers in the front loop as they say goodbye to Beacons and distribute the last of the student bags.
All student items that have not been retrieved by Thursday, May 28 will be discarded. Due to COVID 19, we will not have sufficient space to store these materials. Please plan to pick up your child's bag of items on Thursday during the designated "goodbye" time or later that day. The office will be open until 4:00 accommodate work schedules.
Don't forget, fifth grade Beacons will have a very special parade on Tuesday, June 2nd at 10 a.m.
Details will be shared via classroom teachers.
Fifth Grade ~ Beacon Milestone Celebration
Please note the following plan:
9: 30- Students will line up in Car Rider Loop 1 (beside the kindergarten playground). Staff members will be on hand to assist with parking, directions and line up. Beacons are encouraged to decorate their personal vehicles (but don't have to do so). Beacons are also encouraged to ride-share (but don't have to).
10:00- The parade will begin promptly following this route: Loop 1 to the Front Loop, the Front Loop to Loop 2, Loop 2 to the exit of the campus.
- Drivers, please suspend the use of cell phones during the parade to ensure attentive focus on the parade, the traffic pattern, and its route.
- Personalized decorations will be on display during the parade. These items will be available for student pick-up AFTER 1:00 on Tuesday, June 2nd.
Put Me In, Coach
As we end this year and begin to make plans for the next one, please know that I value the input from parents relative to class placement. Parents, if you would like to weigh-in, please do the following:
- WHO: Email: Ms. McClain @CMcClain@dorchester2.k12.sc.us
- WHEN: After -May 18, 2020 and By- June 15, 2020
- WHAT: Give me 5 important things about your child- bullet the items. No paragraphs or lengthy narratives. Be sure to put your child's name, gender and current homeroom at the top of your email. This is the most effective method for sharing your input for placement consideration. Feel free to describe briefly what kind of teacher your child needs. DO NOT NAME A SPECIFIC TEACHER...These requests will not be granted.
PTA Update
School Improvement Council~ Members Wanted
Parents, if you want to help make our school better, lead relevant initiatives and serve along with school leaders to analyze data and generate solutions, please consider serving on the BHES School Improvement Council. The dates of the monthly meetings will be posted in the school calendar and rarely last more than an hour. This cohesive action-based team serves as a positive vehicle in leading school projects and events. If you are willing to serve, contact Principal Harris at rharris@dorchester2.k12.sc.us by June 15, 2020.