Bedminster Bobcat
March 2017
Date to Remember
March 1 – Wear a t-shirt/sweatshirt from a place you traveled
March 1 – Bring a beach towel for relax and read time
March 2 – Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
March 2 – Wear your craziest socks
March 2 – Bring in a pair of socks to donate to Pennridge FISH
March 2 – Theater Club – 3:50 – 5:00 p.m.
March 3 – Pretzel parties for winning classes from BoxTop collection
March 3 – Snow date for grade 4 & 5 Dance
March 6 – 8:10 – Grade 5 Chorus
March 7 – 8:10 – Grade 4 Chorus
March 8 – NOVA – Grade 3 classrooms
March 9 – NOVA – Grade 1 classrooms
March 9 – Theater Club – 3:50 – 5:00 p.m.
March 10 – 8:10 – Grade 5 Chorus
March 10 – NOVA – Grade 4 classrooms
March 13 – 8:10 – Grade 5 Chorus
March 14 – 8:10 – Grade 4 Chorus
March 14 – 9:15 a.m. – Math Breakfast for parents in the cafeteria
March 15 – 7:00 p.m. – PTG Meeting in the library
March 16 – NO Theater Club
March 17 – Spirit Day – Crazy Shoe Day
March 18 – Spelling Bee – 9:30 a.m. – Central Middle School
March 20 – School in session – Snow make-up day
March 20 – 8:10 – Grade 5 Chorus
March 21 – 8:10 – Grade 4 Chorus
March 23 – “Ways of the Lenape” Assembly
March 24 – Grade 4 Field Trip to Pearl S. Buck
March 27 – 8:10 – Grade 5 Chorus
March 28 – 8:10 – Grade 4 Chorus
March 28 – T.A.K.E.S. P.R.I.D.E. Assembly
March 30 – Theater Club – 3:50 – 5:00 p.m.
“March Madness” Family Math Game Night
Bedminster
Tuesday, March 14th
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Overview
This is the last activity in this year’s “Parent University” math series of events to help educate parents about our program and help parents support their child’s math education at home. This event is open to parents and children in grades K-4 and will focus on the role that games play in helping students develop and practice math facts and skills. It is intended to be a fun evening in which parents and their children can play a variety of EM4 and other math games together. When parents arrive they will get a take-home packet that includes information about the role of games in our curriculum, directions for playing, as well as other resources that they can use to support their child at home. Their child will also get a ticket to place in the drawing for several math related prizes.
Format
Each classroom will house one game. There will be a sign posted outside the room with the name of the game, color-coded for the intended grade level (blue K-2, yellow 3-4, green K-4). Student volunteers from 5th grade will be in each room to distribute/explain directions for the game and assist as needed. Children must be accompanied by a parent at all times. They can move from game to game at their own pace, in any order they choose. Prize tickets will be randomly selected and the winning students will get a math prize. The winner of the estimation game will also receive a prize.
BEDMINSTER SPELLING BEE
4Le - Elise A., Tyler F., Ricardo G., Will M., Sophia R.
4Lo - Dhwani B., Claire D., Jordan E., Olivia F., Shanna K.
4M - Morgan C., Matteo C., Anjali V., Giselle Y., Erica Z.
5I - Patrick F., Brady F., Kya K., Alexis S., Mark T.
5N - Emily B., Kylie F., Avery G., Emma H., Maria L.
5S - Lindsey C., Coleen D., Jesse G., Meah J., Jack K.
Congratulations to the top three winners.
1st Place - Lindsey C.
2nd Place - Emily B.
3rd Place - Claire D.
Thank you to Mrs. Leatherman and Mrs. May for coordinating the Spelling Bee.
Thank you to the Bedminster PTG for donating the Barnes and Noble gift cards to the top 3 winners.
Lindsey C. will continue on to the 2017 Bucks/Montco Scripps Spelling Bee which will be held at Pennridge Central Middle School on March 18th at 9:30 a.m. Best of luck, Lindsey!
Camp Invention
This summer Pennridge students who will be entering grades one through six in the fall will have the opportunity to attend an enrichment camp designed for students to explore STEM concepts (science, technology, engineering and math) via hands-on, creative problem solving activities. The activities are real-world challenges that promote critical thinking and communication skills. Students can enroll in a one week or a two-week program, the weeks of July 10th and/or July 17th. The camp will be held at Penn Central Middle School from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 pm, Monday – Thursday.
Registration is $225 per week if paid before 3/20/2017, $250 if paid after this date. Registration is online at campinvention.org.
(Some full or partial scholarships are available based on financial need. Please email jkulesza@pennridge.org for more information.)
If you have any questions prior to receiving the registration information, please contact Tiffany Bates, Camp Director, at tbates@pennridge.org.
The Nurse's Corner
Winter – Illness management
Our goal as school nurses is to keep students healthy so that they can be in the classroom ready to learn. We are always reinforcing hand washing, cough and sneeze etiquette and spend time with students when they visit our offices talking about ways to keep themselves healthy whether it be good nutrition, getting adequate rest each night or how to manage themselves in school on days when they are not quite 100%.
We are vigilant about tracking and trending absences and illness in each school and work closely with the teachers and custodial staff to keep all classrooms as healthy as possible. When you call the school to notify them of your child’s absence, it is helpful to indicate the reason such as cold symptoms, pneumonia, stomach bug, vomiting, strep throat etc. This is helpful information for the school nurse to have as she monitors the illness in her school.
During these cold months, children need to come to school dressed for the weather. At the preschool and elementary levels, we strive to have the children go out for fresh air and exercise when the weather permits. We do have guidelines to go by as to when it is safe to have the children outdoors. They need hats, coats and gloves. While there is no recess at the Middle and High Schools, the children still need to dress warmly for the weather.
Getting adequate rest is paramount. Children never get enough rest to compensate for their busy schedules. When you are tired and not well rested, it is much harder to fend off germs and winter illnesses.
· Hand washing is the most effective way to prevent illness. Reinforce frequent hand washing at home, especially upon arrival back at home after a day in school.
· Children should remain home if they have a fever above 100. They can return to school once they are fever free for 24 hours without the use of analgesics.
· Vomiting and Diarrhea- your child should be asymptomatic for at least 12 hours and be able to tolerate eating and drinking before returning to school.
· If your child has been diagnosed with a contagious disease such as strep throat, only one example, they need to remain out of school until they have been on antibiotics for 24 hours. The school nurse should be informed of this so that she can track and trend this disease especially with immunocompromised and medically challenged students in school.
All the above guidelines protect other children from coming in contact with germs, but it also protects your child from coming back to soon after recovering from an illness.
You know your child the best but never hesitate to call your school nurse with a question or concern. The school nurses are here to answer any questions you may have as you manage your child’s illness at home and as you prepare to have them return to school after an illness. There is information on the district web site under “Health Services” that you might find helpful as well.
Search for Those Shoes
May's T.A.K.E.S. P.R.I.D.E. theme is being dependable. Some children close by and some families very far away are depending on all of us to help them out this coming May. Please read the article below to find out how you can get involved.
Shoe collectors get ready....Go! Bedminster Elementary will be having a shoe collection in May. We need your help, so start rummaging through your closets and collecting your shoes now. The shoes that can be collected are sneakers, cowboy boots, work boots, dress shoes, ballet shoes, and clogs. We cannot accept flip flops, sandals, or wet or moldy shoes. Our shoe collection will benefit the children at Firely Pediatric House in Harleysville. The medically fragile children at Firely require constant care. For each pair of shoes collected, Firely receives fifty cents from a shoe repair company. The shoe repair company then fixes the shoes and ships them to third world countries. The shoe drive will benefit both the children at Firely and people in third world countries. So...hurry racers! These people will really appreciate your help. Now, remember this shoe collection starts in May. Tick...tock...tick...tock...the stopwatch has started. Once you have brought in at least one pair of shoes, you have crossed the finish line!
SUPER STRIKERS
5th grade - Patrick F. and Kendall P.
4th Grade - Noelle S., Taya M., Matthew B., Jordan E., Aubree S., and Jocelyn B.
3rd Grade - Ian G., Molly F., and Stone F.
2nd Grade - Ryan B.
1st Grade - Daniel Q., Jonas C., Ava P., Liam M., Quincy E., Ryan G., and Evan S.
Kindergarten - Gia R., Corinna H., and Andrew M.
Also, congratulations to Stone F. for bowling 4 strikes in row which is called a 4 Bagger.
Jump Rope for Heart
Brendan L. - $1,550.00
Isabella P. - $1,101.00
Molly M. - $560.00
Liam M. - $460.00
Claire D. - $425.00
BOX TOP COLLECTION RESULTS
Kindergarten - Mrs. Clemen's PM class
Grade 1 - Mr. Sadowsky
Grade 2 - Mrs. Mardirosian
Grade 3 - Mrs. Robinson
Grade 4 - Mrs. May
Grade 5 - Mrs. Nolan
100 Day of School Projects
By: Emily Budd and Remi Morgan
We have interviewed four creative kindergarten students about their amazing 100th day of school projects. We asked all the kindergarteners three questions.
Q1: How did you come up with the idea to do your project?
Q2: How did you know that you had 100 objects?
Q3: What did you learn from the project?
Here are the responses:
Claire
A1: I used squishy and smiley face stickers.
A2: I counted them by ones.
A3: I learned to count to 100 and count by 100’s.
Gia
A1: I used macaroni, I made 3 hearts, and put glitter on it.
A2: I counted them in groups of 10.
A3: I learned to count to 100 by 5’s.
Carter
A1: I looked on my mom and dad’s phone and saw an idea.
A2: By counting groups of tens!
A3: I learned to count by 5’s.
Summer
A1: My mom and dad
A2: I counted over and over by ones.
A3: I learned to read and write words on the poster.
Mrs. Petersen’s Class Celebrates the 100th Day of School
By: Brady Fish
Mrs. Petersen’s class wrote 100 ideas about why they like Bedminster Elementary School. First, they brainstormed ideas and kept the good ones. Next, they wrote the ideas on pieces of paper. Then, they wrote down their ideas on little paper hearts. Oh, by the way, they counted to make sure they had 100 paper hearts and 100 ideas of why they liked Bedminster. Lastly, they made a giant 100 out of the hearts thanks to a retired teacher that came in and attached all the pieces. Part of the 100 reasons included: learning, specials, writing, our teacher, our principal, and of course, recess.
Thank You!
Dr. Seuss Week
A big thank you goes out to Mrs. Tiffany Capo, Mrs. Cher Lutz, Mrs. Kadi Schwinghammer, and Mrs. Arlene Siebold for all their hard work and "Seussical" ideas used to help the students and staff celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday.