Bellows Weekly Bulletin
January 19, 2024
Monday, 1/22 - B Day
- 3rd Grade Early Morning Library - 8:00 AM
- Booster Club Meeting - 7:30 PM - MS/HS Library
- PAC Meeting- 1:15 pm- Bellows Conference Room
Tuesday, 1/23 - C Day
- 4th & 5th Grade Early Morning Library - 8:00 AM
- PTSA General Meeting - 7:00 PM - MS/HS Community Room
Wednesday, 1/24 - D Day
- 3rd Grade Early Morning Library - 8:00 AM
- 4th & 5th Grade Early Morning Library - 8:00 AM
Friday, 1/26 - F Day
- Harlem Wizards Game - 7:00 PM - HS Gym
Experiment Night Was a Blast
How Lava Lamps are Made
Welcome to Experiment Night!
More Science Fun!
Booster Club: Rye Neck vs. the Harlem Wizards- 1/26/24
Click the image above to buy your tickets now!
Representing FEB on the Rye Neck squad will be:
- Coach Spedafino
- Mr. Scarantino
- Ms. Combs
- Ms. Eklund
- Ms. Soderlund
- Mr. Karaban
- Ms. Burstein
- Ms. Salierno
- Ms. Golio
Student Council Preparing for a Caring Community Drive
The FEB Student Council is hosting a drive for Rye Neck senior citizens in need of a little extra TLC this winter. They will be explaining the Care Package Drive to their classmates next week and we will be sharing a flyer with all of the information early next week! This is just one way our students can demonstrate Habit #2 of the seven habits of happy kids: Begin with the End in Mind!
Upcoming Events to Get Excited About at FEB
- 1/22 (ongoing)- 5th Grade Bridge Building Project
- 2/14- Bellows Loves Writing! -Publishing Celebrations with Families- Details Next Week
- 2/15- Cuentos del Arbol- Pushcart Players- Multicultural/Bilingual Musical Assembly- 1:45 pm- All Grades
- Late February/Early March- Mobile Ed- 5th Grade Skydome Solar System Enrichment Experience
- 3/7- 4th Grade Concert- FEB Auditorium- 6pm
- 3/13- Sundog Theatre- Ellis Island: Gateway to a Dream- 4th Grade Social Studies Enrichment Assembly- 11:00 am
- 3/19 & 3/20- The FEB Science Expo
The Time is Now! Sign up for the F.E. Bellows Science Expo 2024
We hope you took the time to look over the first informational sheet shared as well as the introductory letter explaining the timeline for students and families this year.
Below you will find two new items:
- The Google forms for signing up to participate in the Science Expo
- Informational Sheet #2- All About the Scientific Method
We have also included Informational Sheet #1 and the FEB Science Expo Timeline again for your reference.
2023-24 Science Expo Timeline Information
Science Expo Informational Sheet #1- Thinking About a Topic
Science Expo Informational Sheet #2- The Scientific Method (New)
2023-24 4th & 5th Grade Science Expo Project/Experiment Sign Up Form (New)
2023-24 3rd Grade Science Expo Project/Experiment Sign Up Form (New)
The Sign Up Forms will also be posted in each teacher's Google Classroom for students to be able to access it as they complete it with your guidance and support.
Students have until Monday, February 5, 2024 to sign up.
We also host a "Meet the Scientist" event for students and families to be able to run ideas by our panel of volunteer partners in science. This event is scheduled for Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 5:30 pm in the FEB Library. Detailed information can be found in the timeline document linked above.
Slime Time During 5th Grade Science
We Need Science Expo Judges!
Illness Guidelines
With the rise in illnesses during this time of the school year, I felt it important to remind you of the illness guidelines at Bellows.
According to the New York Statewide School Health Services website, parents should follow these guidelines when determining when their children should not be in school:
Persistent fever greater than 100° degrees orally, including a fever that requires administration of medication such as Tylenol or Motrin
Vomiting or diarrhea
Significant cough that makes a child feel uncomfortable or disrupts class
Sore throat that is severe, accompanied by fever or feeling ill
Red, teary, itchy eyes that distract child from learning
Discolored nasal discharge, accompanied by facial pain or headache
Ear pain or drainage from the ear
Headache, especially with fever
Any condition you think may be serious or contagious to others
Children should be fever-free (without the use of fever reducing medicine), symptom-free and feeling well for at least 24 hours before returning to school after illness.
To report an absence related to illness, please email febattendance@ryeneck.org or call the main office at 914-777-4602. The nurse will be briefed on all illness-related absences and parents will be contacted regarding current health guidelines. A doctor’s note will be requested for any student who has been absent for 5 consecutive days, upon return to school.
5th Grade Yearbook Cover Design Contest & Questionnaire 2024
5th Grade Parents: Yearbook Questionnaire
The FEB 5th Grade Affairs team is working diligently to create this year's 2024 Yearbook for students!
Please sit with your child and have them complete the Google Form below in full sentences (75 words or less for each response, please) If you have more than one child in 5th grade, please complete a form for each of them. Before your child submits their responses, please check them for grammar and spelling.
5th Grade Yearbook Questionnaire 2024
The deadline for submission for both the cover and the questionnaire is February 2, 2024
Inclement Weather Remote Day Information
If you read Dr. Lutinski's Superintendent Update last week, he mentioned inclement weather delays and school closures, as well as Remote Learning Days in some cases. In the event that we do end up with a Remote Learning Day, here is some important information about Bellows:
1- School would be on a 2 hour delay (as Dr. Lutinski stated). This means students would need to be ready to learn remotely with their teacher promptly at 10:40.
2- The day would follow an abbreviated schedule. You would find this information in each classroom teacher's Google Classroom.
3- We still would be following a Letter Day schedule; however, students may have a different Special than they are used to. Teachers would inform them during Google Meets and it would be posted in Google Classroom with the schedule.
4- We ask that you and your children be mindful of our expectations for the day. We want to be sure these times are on-task and productive for all participants.
- Be sure you’re ready with materials.
- Be dressed for learning.
- Save eating for before or after live instruction. Have your water bottle nearby.
- Be in a quiet spot where you can independently participate.
Reminder About Absence Procedures
If your child is going to be absent or late for any reason, please email the main office at FEBattendance@ryeneck.org or call 914-777-4600. All absences need to be reported by 9:00 AM.
Please remember to report upcoming absences for holiday travel.
If your child is reported absent by his/her classroom teacher, and you have not called the office, you will be notified via the automated system to verify the absence.
In case of severe, contagious disease, pediculosis (head lice), or prolonged illnesses, please notify the school nurse, Samantha Krench, MSN RN. It is our procedure that the nurse notifies parents of children in the class regarding exposure to a contagious disease.
If your child becomes ill in school and needs to be sent home, the nurse will notify you at the emergency phone number provided. For this reason, it is important for the school to have parents’ work numbers/cell numbers, as well as an additional one or two emergency numbers of neighbors or close relatives.
It is important that children arrive at school in time for the opening bell at 8:40 a.m. Arriving late (8:45 a.m.) after morning routines and instruction have started is disconcerting to a child and disruptive to the class. Plan to give your child a smooth beginning to his/her day by scheduling ample time for early morning procedures.
If you need to remove your child from school for any reason during the school day, please email or call the main office first.
Important: Visitors and Dropoffs
Please note that there is a sign on the front door and on the sign-in kiosk ➡️
- All visitors must sign in with ID at the Raptor kiosk at the front entrance. If you have forgotten your ID, you can type your information in. Once you are signed in, please ring the doorbell to gain entry. Your visitor sticker will print inside the building.
- If you are dropping off a student, just ring the doorbell and we will let the student in.
- If you are only dropping off lunch, homework, etc, just ring the doorbell and we meet you at the door.
Early Morning Program Reminders
All students should ring the bell at the front entrance for morning programs; students should be dropped off no earlier than 5 minutes before the program begins to ensure there is supervision.
- Early Morning Library starts at 8:00 (see new schedule below):
3rd Grade - Monday, Wednesday 4th & 5th Grade - Tuesday, Thursday
- Band for Beginners starts at 7:45; Intermediate Band starts at 8:15.
- Strings starts at 8:10.
- Math Olympiad and Continental Math programs start at 7:45.
Upcoming Dates to Remember
- February 8 - Gr 3-5 Principal's Conversation - 9:30 AM - FEB Annex
- February 10 - PTSA Parent's Night Out - 7:00 PM
- February 12 - Booster Club Meeting - 7:30 PM - MS/HS Library
- February 14 - Board of Ed Meeting - 7:00 PM - MS/HS Library
- February 15 - RNIC Meeting - 9:15 AM - FEB Annex
- February 19-23 - Winter Recess - School Closed
- March 7 - 4th Grade Concert - Auditorium
- March 8 - Superintendent's Conference Day - Staff Only
- March 11 - Booster Club Meeting - 7:30 PM - MS/HS Library
- March 13 - RNIC Meeting - 9:15 AM - FEB Annex
- March 13 - Board of Ed Mtg - 7:00 PM - MS/HS Community Room
- March 20 - MP2 Report Cards on Portal
- March 20 - FEB Science Expo - 6:00 PM - Auditorium
- March 25-29 - Spring Recess - School Closed
PTSA and Booster Club Information & Events
Booster Club: Win a Tea Party with Beauty & the Beast
Click the image above for the link to enter to win the Tea Party with Beauty & the Beast
PTSA Winter Wonderland Social Event & Fundraiser
Click the image below to purchase tickets for the PTSA Winter Wonderland Social Event & Fundraiser