BEAR CREEK BLAST
May 2nd-6th
LUNCH VISITOR: Want to come and eat lunch with your child?! Make sure and sign up to reserve a seat! *You only need to sign up for one slot per family. We have separate tables for each visiting family. Thank you!
Upcoming Events
5/2-6 - Teacher Appreciation Week
5/10-18 - Closed Campus for STAAR Testing
5/10 - 3, 4, 5 STAAR Math
5/12 - 3, 4, 5 STAAR Reading
5/12 - 2nd Grade Field Trip
5/12 BCE PTA Spirit Day @ Menchies
5/13 - Kinder Field Trip
5/17 - 5 STAAR Science
5/17 - 1st Grade Field Trip
5/18 - 3rd, 4th, 5th Field Trip
5/20 - Dad’s Club High Five Friday
5/20 - Field Day
5/23 - 5:30pm 5th Grade Musical @CHHS
5/24 - 6:45pm PTA General Meeting
5/25 - Career Day
5/26 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - DISMISSAL at 3:05pm

This Week's Golden Paw Recipients
Check out this week's Golden Paw Recipients below!
A GCISD volunteer background check must be completed prior to volunteering for field day, chaperoning a field trip, or volunteering in the school.
Principal Updates
Bear Creek Families,
We have so many exciting things to look forward to over the next two months:
- K-5th Fort Worth Zoo Field Trips!
- Field Day!
- 5th Grade Graduation
- 5th Grade Musical
- Perot Family STEM Night
- Lunch visitors
- Pep Rallys
- End-of-Year Celebrations!
- Kindergarten Graduation
- PK Graduation
- Dad's Club!
- Parent Read Alouds in Class
- Career Day
- Parent Volunteers!
Great things are happening at Bear Creek! We can't thank you enough for your support and encouragement! We love our positive Cubs & their families!
Bryan Calvert
Principal
Bear Creek
Keep updated with information from the district to help navigate your student's school year
Counselor's Corner
Dear Parents,
We wanted to let you know about a disturbing trend we are seeing on Tik Tok. Tik Tok is a social media platform that shows short videos.Tik Tok does have 13yrs old as the minimum age according to its terms and conditions. I know many students have Tik Tok. I encourage you as parents to sign up if you let your children get an account. I have an account because I wanted to see what my own children were seeing. Unfortunately, there are times that inappropriate things pop up on my feed. The videos are quick and your child can be exposed to very mature subject matter if you do not set parental controls.
My recommendation is that students in elementary school DO NOT HAVE TIK TOK. If you do allow Tik Tok, please monitor and set parental controls. We have seen a Tik Tok account that was made to make fun of other students. It has been removed but this could be considered Cyberbullying and it will not be tolerated. I understand that parents like the control of students having a cell phone. However, a cell phone without parental controls is a powerful tool that can open up many dangerous and inappropriate subjects.
Mrs. Martinez
817-305-4853

Family Engagement Specialist's Niche
BCE Spring Family Engagement Opportunities - Click HERE for more details and RSVP Links
Events for next week:
Tuesday, May 3rd, 7:50 AM - Arabic Speaking Family Meeting
Thursday, May 5th, 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM or 1:30 PM - Parent volunteer opportunity
Parent Recordings/Virtual Information - Click HERE
Parenting Quick Tip
Click HERE to see past Quick Tips
Community Resources
If you are needing some additional support, GRACE Grapevine, 6Stones, Tarrant County United Way, and Tarrant Area Food Bank are some local resources.
If you ever need any support or help finding resources for your child/family, please do not hesitate to reach out to me! My office number is 817-251-5620 ext. 2472, my email is sarah.burey@gcisd.net, and HERE is my website with some Family Resources linked.
Librarian's Nook
GRADE LEVEL NEWSLETTERS!
Join BCE PTA!
Look for the PTA sign up booth at Meet the Teacher!
- Memberships are $8.50 each ($9.00 if you use card).
- There is not obligation to volunteer. Joining PTA helps make events for students and support for teachers possible. See the membership form for more info on what PTA does.
- Our goal as a PTA is 200 members before October 1.