Greetings Benfield Families!

I would like to extend a huge thank you to our PTO who sponsored a holiday movie, hot chocolate, and popcorn party for our students. In addition, they provided the staff with wonderful treats. None of this would have been able to happen if it was not for the wonderful parents who volunteered their time. Thank you so much! It was a great event!

The School Store has opened for business and is doing well! It is open for ECI-2nd grades on Tuesday and 3rd - 5th grades on Wednesday from 7:40 - 8:00 a.m.

Mark your calendars for Dr. Bedell's Listening Tour on January 5th at Severna Park High School at 6:30 p.m. This will be a great time to meet our superintendent and ask questions.

Sue Myers

Principal

Email: smmyers@aacps.org

School Phone: (410) 222 – 6555

Google Voice: (302) 404 – 6898

Instagram: benfieldesaacps

What is PBIS?

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based, tiered framework for supporting students’ behavioral, academic, social, emotional, and mental health. When implemented with fidelity, PBIS improves social emotional competence, academic success, and school climate.

Why do we need a System for Teaching Behavior at Benfield?

• To provide consistency in school-wide expectations

• To support social and emotional competency

• To create a system for monitoring and reducing unwanted behaviors

• To improve academics

Our school-wide expectations are to be safe, respectful, and responsible.

We give out Pawsitive Paws to students to help…

• Create regular positive interactions with students

• Build positive relationships with students

• Become part of positive school climate

• Encourage behaviors we want to see more of

How can you support our PBIS goals at home?

Ask your child how they were respectful, responsible, and safe at school regularly.

Use this language (respectful, responsible, safe) at home so that students learn that these are positive “rules” in all environments.

When your child earns a Pawsitive Paw, give them time to share about it. Consider asking your child how they earned it and how they feel about themselves when they are respectful, responsible, and/or safe.

Encourage your child to be respectful, responsible, and safe without needing a reward and even when others aren’t watching.

WHAT: The Benfield yearbooks are 80-pages with soft covers and are in full color.

WHEN: ORDER NOW! Yearbooks are on sale for $31.00 from December 1st - April 10th. Extra books will NOT be available for purchase in June. The yearbooks will be delivered to your child at school in June.

WHO: We strive to include each child and work year-long collecting beautiful images of our students and staff.

WHERE: All links can be found on PTO web homepage at benfieldpto.membershiptoolkit.com/home.

YEARBOOK: To purchase your yearbook, you will be re-directed from PTO site to Benfield’s Classic Photo storefront. You WILL need to create a log-in (if you haven’t purchased from Classic Photo previously.)

When ordering, enter only your Student's FULL NAME and Teacher's LAST NAME. Exception: for the two Ms. Smith classrooms, please indicate Smith-2 or Smith-4.

SENTIMENTS Sentiments Order Form will be available in January.

QUESTIONS? Contact Ariana Marshall at bennysyearbook@gmail.com.