Bethune E.C.D.C. Newsletter
February 1st, 2023
A Message from the Principal
School Family,
February is here! We are looking forward to our Doughnuts with Dads (adult brothers, uncles, adult cousins and male mentors.)On February, 14th, each students may have 1 guest. Seating is limited so please, repond to our invite so we can get a head count. Guests will be served on a first come, first served basis on the day of the event. Once we reach capacity, we will stop serving guests.
9:30 AM- 10:00 AM - Session 1 - R. Acevez, E. Justice, M. Lattimore, S. Davis, E. Brown, H. Turner
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM - Session 2- M. Morales, M. Brown, J. Young, S. Pierson, J. Siroky.
Bethune scholars are practicing for the Black History presentations on February 23, 2023. We will host three sessions.
9:00 AM - 9:35 AM Session 1- E. Brown, S. Davis, M. Morales, H. Turner
9:40 AM- 10:15 AM Session 2- R. Acevez, M. Lattimore, J. Young
10:20 AM -11:00 AM Session 3- M. Brown, E. Justice, S. Pierson, J. Siroky
February 22, 2023, we will have our follow up meeting for parents. The topic of discussion will be the Promotion Day activities for our Bethune Scholars. Please join us at 9:30 AM in the Multi-Purpose room for a follow up to our first meeting that was held in January.
Perfect Attendance will be recognized in the Multi-Purpose Room on February 28, 2023 at 8:30 AM. We will celebrate the students who have had perfect attendance for the month of January. We are looking for students who have a 90% or higher attendance rate.
Scholar Growth
Schoolwide Data
Families,
Our scholars are growing! We charted growth among 3 year olds and 4 year olds for several skills. These skills included recognizing or naming letters, identifying and writing their names, counting objecets and rote counting (saying the numbers without counting).
You can help our scholars grow even more by trying the activities listed below.
Scholars at Work
3 Dimensional Shapes
Letter Matching
Building Letters
Building Numbers and Number Recognition
Sequencing Letters
Book Vending Machine
Bethune has a new fully stocked book vending machine. We will give tokens to the students with Perfect Attendance!
Doughnuts with Dads
Parent Camp is Coming!!
Parent Camp @ Bethune
Families,
We will host our fourth Parent Camp meeting on April 20, 2023. We would like to invite you to join the discussion circle. Please help us prepare by responding to the survey at the link below.
Annual Parent Survey
Families,
Please take our annual Parent Survey so that we know how we are doing. We want to know what you think. The survey responses help us understand what we are doing well and help us to see some areas that we might need to work on. Thank you in advance for helping us by responding to this survey.
Promotion Day
School Family,
We will promote students who will be 5 years old by or on August 1, 2023. If your child is going to be promoted, we are working on plans for the day. Our ceremonies will be held on Friday, May 26, 2023. The event will be held at the Gary Career Center. Pre-School students will only wear caps and tassels at the ceremony. However, parents asked for a Keepsake Box. The box is pictured above. If you decide to purchase the box, you will receive a personalized box, a cap, gown, tassel and medallion. Please note that the students will receive the Keepsake Boxes at the end of the ceremony on May 26, 2023.
Scholars may take photos at school with a cap, gown and tassel on April 25, 2023. Also, our photographer will take action shots of your child during the promotion day ceremony if you wish to order photos of the moment that your child receives his/her certificate.
The order forms for all promotion day attire are attached below. You may also stop by the office to view the promotion day items and to pick up printed forms.