Bear Creek Elementary Newsletter
September 27, 2017
Bear Creek Community Donation Drive
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Bus Transportation Clarification
Cafeteria Update
Important Dates
Friday, September 29th - 2nd Grade Field Trip - Main Street Theater
Saturday, September 30th - Bear Creek Community Donation 8am-Noon
Monday, October 2nd - Wear Tie Dye for Core Essentials Trait of Creativity; Cougar Pride Celebration in the Gym at 8:05am; Volunteer Orientation & Extracurricular Information Night from 6:30-7:30pm
Wednesday, October 4th - College Spirit Wednesday
Monday, October 9th - Full Day of School - NO EARLY DISMISSAL
Tuesday, October 10th - Bear Creek Student Appreciation Night at Altitude Katy - BCE Students jump free from 6-8pm! (Must bring one flyer per child!)
Wednesday, October 11th - College Spirit Wednesday; Fall Open House - Back to the Business of Learning (see schedule below)
Friday, October 13th - End of 1st Grading Period
Wednesday, October 18th - McDonald's of Bear Creek McTeacher Fun Night - 5-8pm; No Homework Night
Friday, October 20th - Full Day of School - NO EARLY DISMISSAL; 1st Grading Period Report Cards Sent Home
Volunteer Orientation & Extracurricular Information Night - October 2nd
This coming Monday, October 2, 2017 from 6:30-7:30PM, we will be having our Volunteer Orientation and Extracurricular Information Night (rescheduled from September)! Please join us to learn about volunteer opportunities available to you this year including: PTA, Watch DOGS, Junior Achievement, KEYS Mentoring, Workbasket Wednesdays, and many more! Also, we will have information regarding our extracurricular opportunities such as: Destination Imagination, Read, Deed, Run (RDR), Safety Patrol, Cougar Choir, and many more! We will have a FREE pizza dinner so join us!
Back to the Business of Learning at Bear Creek Elementary - Open House October 11th
On Wednesday, October 11, 2017, we will have our Fall Open House Night. We hope all of you will join us to learn some critical information about how you can best support your child(ren) in their education! We will have the Book Mobile open in our newly renovated cafeteria and students will take home 5 free books!
Here is the schedule:
· Parent General Session with Administrative Team- 4:00-4:30PM
· Session #1- 4:30PM to 5:15PM
· Papa Murphy’s pizza ($5 per pizza) dinner offered- 5:00-6:00PM
· Session #2- 6:00PM to 6:45PM
· Parent General Session with Administrative Team- 6:45-7:15PM
Katy ISD Education Foundation Harvey Relief Fundraiser
Join us in supporting the Katy ISD Education Foundation’s Harvey Relief fund by making a contribution at www.katyisdeducationfoundation.org. All proceeds will benefit Katy ISD staff and students affected by flooding in their homes, with 100% of proceeds supporting the effort. Any donation you can make regardless of size will help us help our Katy ISD community.
Donate and share today!
For questions, contact:
Katy ISD Education Foundation
Outdoor Physical Activity Before School
InfoSnap Returning Student Update
Transportation Reminders
Transportation Tags: Each family at BCE will be assigned a transportation tag number that will be color coded based on the youngest child at BCE. This year, Pre-K students will receive white tags. Kindergarten has been assigned purple, 1st is red, 2nd is orange, 3rd is yellow, 4th is green and 5th is blue. On the first day of school teachers will place a backpack tag on each student’s backpack that matches their assigned transportation tag. This will be used for all car riders as well as walkers. Pre-K through 1st grade parents will need to bring the tag to the appropriate walker corner in order to quickly match up children to parents. If additional tags are needed, please contact the front office so we can print one.
Bus riders and students with before or after school care: The district school buses and daycare vans use the front drive on Hickory Downs for drop-off in the morning and pick-up after school. Bus riders will follow district safety rules and day care riders will follow their daycare safety rules. Violations of safety rules will have enforceable consequences.
Car riders: Car-riders will drop-off and pick-up using the back driveway (through the staff parking lot) off of Whispering Falls. This allows the staff to expedite dismissal, as well as provide safety from the elements to the staff and students. As always, there is no left turn into the driveway from 7:45AM until 8:45AM and from 3:15PM until 4:15PM.
*Post your car rider pick-up number when the teacher is gathering car rider information. The car rider number must be displayed by hanging it on the rear view mirror in order for the child to be released to a vehicle.
*Help your child memorize his/her car rider number. Practice in a variety of ways. For example, if the car rider number is Red 120, it may called “one-twenty”, “one-two-o” or “one-two-zero”.
*If your child will ride with someone other than their usual ride, this person’s name must appear on your child’s emergency contact form and they should display the correct car rider number.
*Help us to load your child into the vehicle quickly. Move forward out of the car rider line to fasten seat belts or car seats.
*Pull all the way forward and stop at designated cone, not where you can see your child. We will bring your child to your car.
*Talk with your child about looking and listening for their number to be called.
Walkers: In the best interest of the safety of our students, there will be no parking allowed on the street at the walker intersections. If you are meeting your child to get into a car, your child will be sent to car rider beginning the next day of school. Parking at intersections causes serious safety concerns for students, drivers and also blocks the streets. This includes all 4 of our designated walker dismissal areas-Walker #1: Hickory Downs at Rippling Water, Walker #2: Hickory Downs at Whispering Falls, Walker #3: Rippling Water at Boulder Oaks and Walker #4: Whispering Falls at Boulder Oaks. Walker students will be escorted by teacher(s) to the corner to be crossed by the crossing guards at dismissal time. Siblings will be matched up prior to leaving the building. Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st Grade Walkers must have an escort home. Older siblings and family members are permitted. Crossing traffic, even with an adult, is not permitted unless at crosswalks. Students will no longer be released to parents at the area that they exit the building. We are asking that you wait on the opposite corner of the street and allow your child to cross over to you. Please encourage your child to not cross the street if they do not see you waiting for them. Pre-K through 1st grade students who walk home using Walker #3 or Walker #4 should be met at the gate exiting the BCE playground before proceeding to the crosswalk. Children should never be walked across in the middle of the street, walked between cars or loaded into cars on the street. BCE does not permit roller blades or scooters to be brought to school.
Bikers: Students who are bike riders go directly to the bicycle racks in the front of the school to walk their bikes across the street at the crosswalks. Bicycles may not be ridden on school grounds. BCE cannot be held responsible for lost or stolen bicycles.
Thank you for working with us and helping us have the safest arrival and dismissal procedures for our children possible!
Parent Curriculum Resources
Birthday Messages on the BCE Marquee
WatchDOGS (Dads of Great Students) Sign-up Link
Computer Lab 20 Open at 7:45am for Dreambox and I-Station Before School
Dreambox - Math
Driven by Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ and continuous formative assessment, DreamBox analyzes thousands data points per student for an online math experience that's always "just right." DreamBox ensures students understand concepts before moving on to new lessons.
I-Station - Reading
What is Istation Reading? It's a comprehensive computer-based reading program that maximizes students’ reading fluency, comprehension and retention, and academic success.
MyKaty Cloud - Student Resources
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Bear Creek Elementary
Email: bcecommunications@katyisd.org
Website: www.katyisd.org/campus/BCE
Location: 4815 Hickory Downs Drive, Houston, TX, United States
Phone: 281-237-5600
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