The 3/4 students thoroughly enjoyed every moment performing in the live show! There were nerves as well as excitement during the days leading up to the performance. Everyone did an incredible job. A huge thanks to the third and fourth grade students and teachers for your hard work and dedication.

Dear Families,

As the end of the year nears we have several events that are BPMS traditions that we hope to bring back after a long break due to COVID procedures. One of our favorite and most loved tradition is our weekly All School Morning Meeting (ASMM), which we host on Friday morning from 7:40-7:55 am. In the past each class has hosted a meeting and families have enjoyed participating in the meeting that their child leads. For the remainder of this year we are taking turns leading meetings and some will be hosted by individual classes. If your child will lead a meeting, their classroom teacher will let you know the week before. For some meetings other staff will lead the meeting with a song or activity. We really miss ASMM and we're excited to bring it back. Families are always welcome to join our meetings from 7:40-7:55 am.

Please check the important dates list below to see some of the dates we have confirmed between now and the last day of school. We look forward to welcoming families back for some of our favorite end of year traditions!

Have a wonderful April break ~

for the children,

Sally

Wednesday, April 13th, Early Release, 12:20 pm (2 hours early)

Friday, April 15th, last day of school before spring vacation

April 18th-April 22nd Spring Vacation

Monday, April 25th, return to school

Friday, April 29th, Arbor Day Celebration at the end of the school day

Tuesday May 10th - Friday 13th, SBAC testing 4 mornings

Thursday, May 12th Walkathon, students during PE and staff walk at lunch day

Thursday, May 26th 4th grade TRACK MEET at MMU

Thursday, June 2nd Sandy’s BBQ at lunch, 11:00-12:00 pm

• Ticks are here!!!!! We have already removed several ticks from students last week!
• Please check your student’s backpacks today to find a tick kit with information and tweezers for each family.
• Contact me if you have any questions or comments heather.fergerson@mmuusd.org.
• If you would like more information on ticks and Lyme disease, please visit healthvermont.gov/BeTickSmart

Please return overdue library books before April break! Spring is a time when many of us aspire to clean and declutter. I encourage you to return all overdue library books before April vacation. Return to school in May with a clean slate and ready to take out more amazing books from our lovely library.

Please join us for our April virtual Parent Meeting on

Thursday 4/28 at 6:30 pm in the evening or

Friday 4/29 at 8:00 am in the morning.

Links will be sent one day ahead.

Dear Families,

As we approach the end of the school year we are in the process of planning for the upcoming school year. During April and May we spend several weeks working on class placement for the '22-'23 school year and your input is vital to this process.

Please take some time to complete the form attached below before Friday, April 15th. If you have specific questions, please let us know. Thank you for taking time to fill out this important document.

Sally