BCE Bear Mail
Friday September 1st

Message from the office.
Hello BCE Community-
Thank you to all who made it to Back to School Night. We had a lovely turnout. If you could not make it, please get in touch with your teacher to get the materials. Connecting with your teacher is essential to ensure we partner in your child's education throughout the year.
Students are starting a new online math assessment called iready. We will use this assessment for all 1st- 5th grade students. Students will take the assessment 3 times this year so we can monitor their growth. You will learn more about the results at conferences in October.
If you have a 5th-grader interested in Band this year with Mr. Gonzalez, please complete the sign-up form here.
I want to thank Chantel Long and Liza Miller for kicking off our Conflict Managers this week. We are very lucky to have 35+ 4th and 5th-grade students who have applied and been accepted to our program. The students will be going through several different trainings. They will be out at recess to help build relationships, solve conflicts, and play games with our BCE community.
We look forward to having our student leaders show us the BCE Way.
We will start our 5th week of school next week and are already seeing many students with attendance issues. Please make sure you read below, and if you can send your student to school, please do. The office has started sending notices to those who have missed 3 or more school days. I will also meet with families with continued attendance concerns —every minute counts.
Drop-off and pick-up continue to be a very big challenge for us at BCE—families parking in red zones, not parking spots, and leaving cars in the drop-off-only lane. Please remember we are only trying to keep the flow going and everyone SAFE. Please be kind to one another and think of all the BCE families when you are parking.
Big shout out to the Boulder Creek Fire Department for helping us cool off on Wednesday. We are so lucky to live in this amazing community.
Have a great 4 day weekend.
I can be reached best by email at gfippin@slvusd.org
Gerri Fippin
Principal BCE
Dientes- Free Dental Exams
Dientes is coming on September 7 to provide free dental exams, including x-rays, check-ups, cleaning, fluoride varnish, and sealants.
We want to get the word out to parents to encourage those who need support to take advantage of this opportunity. If you have not yet returned your form, please do so ASAP. If you need a form, you can pick it up in the office.

Attendance Matters
We know people get sick, people get injured, and there can be family or life responsibilities and other issues that are reasonable and excused.
But if your student can attend, they need to be in school.
If your student is out for three or more consecutive days, we may request a doctor's note to continue excusing the absences.
Students who miss 3-5 days will receive a Chronic Absence letter. We will then meet with those families to attempt to support the student attending school. On the second Chronic Absence Letter, families may be required to meet at the District Office to put a plan in place for the student's attendance. On the third Chronic Absence Letter, families may be required to meet with the County Office Student Attendance Review Board for truancy.
Our goal is that nobody ever gets that far along with truancy. We are here to help and support, but it does start at home with the expectation that your student will attend school regularly.
Narcan Distribution
CAASP Scores
Dates to Remember
| Making Friends Month For August, we will focus on Making Friends around campus. Staff will be doing read-aloud, supporting students in meeting others, promoting the friendship bench, and always knowing how to play like a good Friend. Here are a few great videos you might want to watch with your student to help promote it at home | 5th Grade Band We are excited to have Band again this year with Mr. G. Please see the flyer with all the info. |
Making Friends Month
Here are a few great videos you might want to watch with your student to help promote it at home
5th Grade Band
VolunteersWe are excited to have volunteers back on campus. All volunteers need to be cleared with the appropriate paperwork from the office. The office is happy to help if you have questions about your volunteer status. If you can volunteer this year, we would love to have you. Please speak with your teacher and office staff. All volunteer schedules need to be approved by classroom teachers before volunteers begin in classrooms. | BCE WEAR Don't forget to get your BEAR WEAR!! Sale is happening now! | PBIS- Bears Positive Behavior Support will be a focus for BCE this year. We will be looking at promoting positive behavior in all ways. We will focus on the BCE Bear Way for the first month. How do we show Be Safe, Respectful, and Responsible all over the campus. Please ask your student how they are showing these behaviors. We will also be giving Bear Paws for good behavior. These will be used like cash at the student store in the coming weeks. More information is to come regarding the store, but it will be very exciting. |
Volunteers
We are excited to have volunteers back on campus. All volunteers need to be cleared with the appropriate paperwork from the office. The office is happy to help if you have questions about your volunteer status.
If you can volunteer this year, we would love to have you. Please speak with your teacher and office staff. All volunteer schedules need to be approved by classroom teachers before volunteers begin in classrooms.
BCE WEAR
PBIS- Bears

Drop off and Pick Up
