BG eNews
March 9, 2022
Notes from Principal Klueppel...
3/9 - TODAY Report Cards Available on HAC
3/23 - Early Release (2:10 Dismissal)
3/28 - 4/1 - Spring Break
4/15 - No School (School Improvement Day)
4/27 - Early Release (2:10 Dismissal)
5/25 - Last Day of School
WATCH D.O.G.S - WATCH D.O.G.S. is a family and community engagement program utilizing the positive influence of fathers and father-figures. Click here for more informaiton.
Cold Weather:
Please be sure to send your child with a warm coat, gloves, and a hat to school each day. Students go outside for mask breaks, PE, and recess. Students have outdoor recess unless the outside temperature with windchill is below 0.
Please click the button above to the survey. If you have any questions, please call 5Essentials Client Services at 1-866-440-1874. Thank you in advance for your participation.
EMPOWER
Spring Food Drive
PTO News
Yearbooks
It’s time to order yearbooks! Please see the flyer for additional information. Orders are due March 30th.
To purchase your yearbook:
Enter our school code - 101381245990531
Deadline to order is March 30th
No Cook Night
Join us for a no cook day/night Tuesday March 15th from 10:30am - 8pm at McAlister’s Deli located at 1492 S Randall Rd in Geneva! Please drop your receipt in the bin so the PTO receives a portion of the sales! See flyer for details!
ASE
A HUGE thank you to everyone that volunteered for this year's ASE!! It was an enormous success and we have heard nothing but rave reviews from the kiddos. A special thank you to Kelly Cameron and Kristin Jurcik for chairing this event, we couldn't have done it without you two!
March PTO Meeting
Please join us on Zoom for our March PTO Meeting. It will take place on Wednesday March 16th at 1pm. We encourage all Committee Chairs to please attend to give updates on your events. We’d love to have all ears at this meeting. Parents, please take this opportunity to join us and check out what we’ve been up to and what we have planned for the rest of the year. Can’t wait to “see” you there!!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87429088021?pwd=NUlwUE9qNFlZMHU2WEZhdXhSbm9zUT09
Meeting ID: 874 2908 8021
Passcode: 949184
Open Committee Chair & Board Positions
Are you interested in becoming more involved with the PTO? We are looking for volunteers to fill the following positions. Please contact Kate Bennett at kate.bennett82@yahoo.com or text at 630.461.7606 for more information.
Board Position - Vice President of Communication
Committee Chairs
Used Book Sale
Talent Show
ASE
ASE
ASE was a huge success this year! We want to take a moment to thank all of our local businesses that helped us acquire supplies, run classes, and/or instructed hundreds of our Bobcats over the last month. Thank you to:
- All Things Art Studio
- Anderson Humane
- Bill Cho's Taekwondo
- Chicago Soccer Academy
- The Cookie Mill
- Dave DiNaso's Traveling World of Reptiles
- Heinz Brothers Greenhouse Garden Center
- Hickory Knolls Discovery Center
- Iconic Allstars
- Joann Coghill and Jenna Coghill Smulski Real Estate Team
- Little Meadow Family Yoga
- Market Ready Construction Group
- Marquee Youth Stage
- NIU STEAM Team
- Party Kitchen, LLC
- Scentcerely Yours
- St. Charles Public Library
- St. Charles Storm Basketball
And, once again, thank you to all of our parent helpers and volunteers! Sincerely Kelly Cameron and Kristin Jurcik
Volunteer Fingerprinting Protocol
SHIELD Testing
If you changed your mind about your initial response to SHIELD testing, you can go back to the portal and update your response.
YOU WILL ONLY BE NOTIFIED OF POSITIVE TEST RESULTS
(no news is good news)
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)
Health Office
Forms needed for the school year:
K: Up to date Physical, Immunizations, Dental and Vision as well as a Health survey
2nd: Dental (due by May)
3rd: Updated Health survey
New students to Illinois: Physical and Immunization, Dental and Vision on Illinois forms.
All forms can be found at the district website in the health services tab.
Remember to pack extra masks for your students in case they misplace theirs or they get dirty. If you do not want your child to wear school issued clothes in the event their clothes get soiled please send a spare in your child's backpack.
Please call the Health Office any time 8-3 if you have any questions or concerns this school year. If you have any Covid-19 related questions please call the health office at 331-228-2104 or refer to the district website.
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.
Attendance Line
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