BG eNews
October 5 , 2022
Notes from Mrs. Klueppel...
OCTOBER
10/6: PreK-12 Parent/Teacher Conferences (No Students)
10/7: PreK-8 Parent/Teacher Conferences (No Students)
10/10: Columbus Day (No Students)
10/11- Big Hearts Holiday Toy Drive Begins - donation box by main office
10/12: Walk to School Day
10/14: Wear Red to promote Big Hearts Holiday Toy Drive - donation box by main office
10/19: Picture Retake Day - sign your child up below
10/26: Early Release (2:10 pm dismissal)
NOVEMBER
11/4: End of 1st Trimester
11/6: Big Hearts Holiday Toy Drive Ends - donation box by main office
11/7-11/8: School Improvement Day & Election Day (No Students)
11/21-11/25: Non Attendance Days & Thanksgiving Break (No Students)
11/30: Early Release (2:10 pm dismissal)
Car Visor Tags:
For car riders, we use a Visor Tag System. If you need additional visor tags, please email Mrs. Kirincich.
Want to Volunteer at BG this year?
Please read our volunteer protocol. Take note that the requirements are different based on if you are a one time volunteer or repeat volunteer.
Reminder:
If there is a change to your child's dismissal plan you must contact the office. Please do not contact your child via their phone or watch to relay the change, we can only honor a change in dismissal plans if the front office is contacted.
Walk/Bike to School Day 10/12
Picture Retake Sign-Up for 10/19
Student Picture Information
The prepay website closed at midnight on 9/12. If you missed prepaying you will have a chance to order pictures with your child's Ticket Code. When placing an order after Picture Day with a Ticket Code a shipping fee will be added on and picture packages will be shipped directly to the home.
Ticket Codes will be delivered with the bulk picture package order approximately three weeks post Picture Day (early Oct.). Link to order with ticket code. (you can't place an order until the individual student ticket codes are delivered to the school)
Help Lost & Found Items return home!
As the weather gets colder, students are wearing more sweatshirts and coats. These items get lost easily and our lost and found table has grown considerably!
We highly recommend labeling these items with your child’s name so hopefully they can be returned to their owner more easily. Labeling lunchboxes and water bottles is also a good idea.
Quite a few lunchboxes and water bottles have shown up in lost and found also. Encourage your child to take a look at the lost and found table if you have noticed anything missing from home!
Outdoor Clothing
Please label your child's jacket, gloves, hat, etc. whenever possible. It helps us return items to their owner when they end up in lost & found.
Cub Scouts Crayon Drive 10/11-10/14
Cub Scouts Pack 801
Crayon Drive
October 11-14
Cub Scouts Pack 801 is hosting a used crayon drive to benefit SCARCE. They will be collecting used crayons during the week of October 11 to 14. These crayons will be recycled and used by children in our area with special needs. Please drop your crayons in the box placed outside the school front office.
Help us be our BG Best!
Click here if you are interested in helping us be our BG Best!
Empower
Volunteer Protocol
Watch D.O.G.S.
Bell-Graham PTO
NEW COMMITEE CHAIR NEEDED
The PTO is looking for someone to co-chair the ASE (After School Enrichment) committee. Remember if you sign up to co-chair this committee you get to sign up for the ASE classes first! Great perk! Please contact Lauren Dethloff at 773-844-5092 or laurene314@aol.com if you are interested!
FALL FEST FUNDRAISER
WE ARE 11 DAYS AWAY FROM BELL GRAHAM'S MOST SPOOKTACULAR EVENT! PLEASE PRE-PURCHASE YOUR WRISTBANDS BEFORE OCTOBER 10TH TO BEAT THE LINES AND RUSH!
FEELING SWEET WITH TRICKS AND TREATS? PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING BAKED GOODS FOR OUR FABULOUS CAKE WALK! WE WILL BE COLLECTING BAKED GOODS BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL ALL NEXT WEEK. LOOK FOR ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE CHAIRS AT THE DROP OFF AND PICK UP LINE. NO NEED TO GET OUT OF YOUR CAR. WE WILL MAKE IT NICE AND EASY WITH THE DROP OFF AND GO! WE CAN'T MAKE THIS GAME WORK WITHOUT ALL OF YOUR HELP!
WE ALSO ARE STILL IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS TO HELP SET UP AND TAKE DOWN BEFORE AND AFTER THE FEST AS WELL AS WORKING A STATION. ALL BIG AND LITTLE ZOMBIES HELP IS MUCH WANTED!
PLEASE FIND THE LINKS BELOW FOR WRISTBAND PURCHASES AS WELL AS THE SIGN-UP GENIUS TO HELP WITH SUPPLIES AND TO WORK A STATION. WE CAN'T MAKE ANY OF THIS HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU!
WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL THERE! IT'S GOING TO BE SUCH A FESTIVE AND FUN EVENING FOR ALL!
Please join us on Friday, October 14th from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at Windy Acres Farm for Bell Graham's Fall Fest.
37W466 Fabyan Parkway, Geneva, IL 60134
Beat the lines and purchase your wristbands now! Wristbands will be sold at $15 a person , children 2 and under are free. Sales will close on October 10th. Wristbands will be given out at the day of the event upon check in. https://bell-graham-pto.square.site/
There will be fun for all ages. Kids can wear costumes and enjoy festivities. Cake Walk will return in the BG tent along with the spooky hair and nails salon , raffle for a lunch with your favorite teacher and guessing the weight of the biggest pumpkin in the patch . Windy Acres also offers so many new attractions like: corn maze, jumping pillow, bouncy houses, ziplines, petting zoo, mini-golf, haystack maze & mountain, lots of playgrounds and climbing, and tons of games!
(Most farm attractions will need to shut-down when sun sets for safety, around 6pm)
*BG tent will be lit-up to continue our games & cake walk. Food & drinks available at the farm concession stands.
In order to make this event a success we are going to need all of your help and support. Please consider signing up to donate items needed for the Fall Fest as well as volunteers needed to help set up, run stations and help take down after the fest is over. We appreciate all of your help and support!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f4fa5ab2da0ff2-fall1
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS! WE APPRECIATE YOU!!!
It is because of you that we are able to have unlimited rides throughout the night on the Pumpkin Express! CHOOOOO CHOOOOO! WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!
A special shout out to:
- Joann Coghill and Jenna Coghill Smulski Keller Williams Premiere Properties
- Tsiftilis Family Business
- Nudera Orthodontics
- Anthony Talbot, Robertson Ryan & Associates Direct:630-468-5431 atalbot@robertsonryan.com
- Christian Jackson 312-613-0270 Portfolio Instagram Gig work
To sponsor or help out, please email Candace Kloss at candacedanko19@hotmail.com
If you are still interested in ordering from Windy Acres, you still have time! Our pre-sale event is over, but you are still able to order online for PICK UP AT THE FARM till 10.14, which is the date of our Fall Fest. If you would like your orders sooner, please reach out to me and I can contact the farm to have those items ready for you sooner for pick up at the farm.
https://windyacresfarmstand.com/fundraising/windy-acres-fall-fundraiser-2022/
WEBSITE
For additional information on the PTO please visit our website or our Bell Graham Elementary PTO Facebook page.
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Any questions or comments? Please contact our PTO President Kate Bennett at kate.bennett82@yahoo.com or 630.461.7606.
Health Office
REMINDER!
Please turn in your required health forms to the Health Office!
Kindergarten- Physical, Vision, Dental, Health survey
2nd Grade- Dental
3rd Grade- Updated Health Survey
All of the forms are linked here for your convenience or you can go to the District Website and find them in the parent section under Forms. We will be sending home letters to the students who have missing medical records after Labor Day weekend.
Thank you,
LeeAnna Anzaldi, RN, BSN, PEL-CSN
Stephanie Hilgers, RN, BSN
Health Office Email Address
Parents, please send any communication or test results to
bel-nurses@d303.org to ensure that all of our Bell Graham nurses receive this important information pertaining to your student(s)
How to Report Absences
Picking up your child early?
How to Report Baker Station Absences
If your child will be absent on a day they would normally attend Baker Station, you need to email your site directly bellgraham@stcparks.org or email Angela Coppola, Baker Station Coordinator at acoppola@stcparks.org , ALL absences must be reported by 12:30pm on the day of your child’s absence. The St. Charles Park District and Baker Station staff does not receive this information from the individual school sites.
Kick-a-Thon 10/7
Campton PD Fundraiser 10/8
Big Hearts Toy Drive 10/10-11/7
Bell-Graham Resources
Bell Graham Elementary School
Website: bellgraham.d303.org
Location: 4N505 Fox Mill Blvd St. Charles, IL 60175
Phone: 331-228-2100
Facebook: facebook.com/BellGrahamElementary
Twitter: @BellGrahamD303