Bushy Park PTA Email
Leading with Kindness | April 6, 2020
Spring Break 2020
Apparently, it's Spring Break for the kids. Not for our household. They were Lord of the Fleas for two weeks, so they're working this one. If you are taking a homeschool break, have an amazing time!
This Week - April 6th to 13th
- There will be no morning announcements this week.
- Grade-Level Meet-ups and BINGO will still be held (meeting details below). PLEASE NOTE: Meeting details have been removed from the PTA Website and Facebook. They are updated in MemberHub, our PTA newsletter and this email.
- Please send our custodial team a thank you (messages, pictures and video). They will receive your messages on form submission. 4/6/2020: 16 Messages Received
- Please send our staff a supportive message (messages, pictures and videos). All supportive messages, pictures and videos will be provided to the entire staff at a password protected page on the PTA's website. 4/6/2020: 6 Messages Received
- Please send a supportive message to Pleasant View Nursing Home.
- Our Spring Book Fair is online and open until April 14h.
- Our School Kits sale has been extended until April 17th. UPDATE: All orders will be delivered to school in August, in advance of Back to School Night.
- If you had registered for before school Sports Education (Mr. Csajko) or after school Soccer (Ms. Birsa & Ms. Lyter), the PTA has either refunded your credit card transaction via MemberHub or shredded your check. Once school resumes in-person, we look forward to offering these programs again.
UPDATED MEETING CREDENTIALS STARTING MONDAY, APRIL 6TH.
Grade-Level Meet-ups - Mondays and Thursdays
Not recorded. No instruction, just a fun Bushy Park specific activity. You DO NOT need a separate invitation -- just select the appropriate link below at that time:
- Pre-K at 10-10:45am
- Kindergarten at 11-11:45am
- 1st at 1-145pm
- 2nd at 2-2:45pm
- 3rd at 3-3:45pm
- 4th at 4-4:45pm
- 5th at 5-5:45pm
This is a weekly reoccurring meet-up on Mondays and Thursdays. You will use the same links each week, beginning Monday, April 6th. This schedule will be reevaluated as needed.
Live! Family BINGO
Did you miss BINGO this week? No problem! We're going host Live! Family BINGO again, on Tuesday, April 7th, 6:30-7:30pm. It's PAJAMA NIGHT, so be sure to wear your best pajamas! Special thanks to Mrs. Follmer for being our guest BINGO caller over the last two weeks. Join at: https://zoom.us/j/441484999?pwd=b2FTYXdnMFlTUjB0Nlh3NUJ3anJRdz09
Create2020
Do you have a high schooler who loves to dance? A middle schooler who draws all the time? A budding film maker or composer? Let's create together. Learn more about Create2020 at: https://www.bushyparkpta.org/create2020
PTA Housekeeping
The PTA doesn't run itself. It runs on volunteers like you and me. And we need you! We are asking for a commitment now, to allow for training and transition (year to year). We are currently looking for volunteers for the 2020-21 school year's openings:
2020-21 Executive Board (Leadership Team)
- President: Randee Wilding
- First Vice President: Voula Augustin
- Second Vice President: Christina Lawrence
- Treasurer: Kevin Brown
- Recording Secretary: Michelle Sexton
- Corresponding Secretary: Jamie Belmore
Committee Co-chairs -- Please contact me at bpesptapres@gmail.com with interest:
- NEW Committee: Art Night
- Before & After School Activities
- Bushy Bear Dash Fundraiser
- Classroom Gift Fund
- NEW Committee: Facebook & Website (working in concert with MemberHub Committee)
- Fall Fest
- NEW Committee: Fall & Spring Family Potlucks
- NEW Committee: Fit Night
- NEW Committee: Fundraising (Example: Mabels's Labels, Tony Locos, Chick Fil'A)
- Junior Achievement (JA) Day
- NEW Committee: Math Night
- NEW Committee: MemberHub/Online Membership (working in concert with Facebook & Website Committee)
- NEW Committee: New Family Welcome (includes Summer activities)
- NEW Committee: STEM Night
- Sweetheart Dance
- NEW Committee: Talent Show
- Walking Wednesday
- If you love what we're doing and have time to help, please let us know. Please email Lisa Gordon at lrw1234@hotmail.com with specific or general interest.
Have a great week!
Best Regards,
Randee
Personal Notes:
- Hearts Up to all Essential Employees: To all of you who are going into work everyday -- from physicians to bankers to delivery people to our local businesses, thank you.
- Let's grieve together -- separately. Whether you were planning on a fabulous Caribbean vacation or staying exactly where you are now, this is NOT the Spring Break you were planning. Let's make the most of it. Bake cookies, scones or muffins with your kids. Do an art project. Make a time-capsule. Take a family bike ride or walk (or 10). Play BINGO with us on Tuesday night (Pajama Night)! Have fun!
- Reconnect virtually with friends. Have a "Happy Hour" or "Game Night" with your neighbors, college friends or have a playdate with your pre-school playgroup, etc.
- Here's an adorable video of "Gus," our puppy.
Bushy Park Elementary PTA
Our PTA is here to build a bridge between home and school, integrating the efforts of parents, teachers, staff and our community. It is an integral part of the Bushy Park community by offering many activities and programs to our families.
Our mission is to promote a positive partnership among our educators, children, and community-at-large through advocacy efforts and programs focused on the education and well-being of our children.
Email: bpesptapres@gmail.com
Website: bushyparkpta.org
Location: 14601 Carrs Mill Rd, Glenwood, MD 21738
Phone: 410-313-5500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BushyParkPTA/
Twitter: @hcpss_bpes