BG eNews
September 30, 2022
Notes from Mrs. Klueppel...
10/3: PickATime closes to sign-up for Parent/Teacher Conferences
10/6: PreK-12 Parent/Teacher Conferences (No Students)
10/7: PreK-8 Parent/Teacher Conferences (No Students)
10/10: Columbus Day (No Students)
10/11- Big Hearts Holiday Toy Drive Begins - donation box by main office
10/12: Walk to School Day
10/14: Wear Red to promote Big Hearts Holiday Toy Drive - donation box by main office
10/19: Picture Retake Day - sign your child up below
10/26: Early Release (2:10 pm dismissal)
11/4: End of 1st Trimester
11/6: Big Hearts Holiday Toy Drive Ends - donation box by main office
11/7-11/8: School Improvement Day & Election Day (No Students)
11/21-11/25: Non Attendance Days & Thanksgiving Break (No Students)
11/30: Early Release (2:10 pm dismissal)
Car Visor Tags:
For car riders, we use a Visor Tag System. If you need additional visor tags, please email Mrs. Kirincich.
Want to Volunteer at BG this year?
Please read our volunteer protocol. Take note that the requirements are different based on if you are a one time volunteer or repeat volunteer.
Reminder:
If there is a change to your child's dismissal plan you must contact the office. Please do not contact your child via their phone or watch to relay the change, we can only honor a change in dismissal plans if the front office is contacted.
Help Lost & Found Items return home!
As the weather gets colder, students are wearing more sweatshirts and coats. These items get lost easily and our lost and found table has grown considerably!
We highly recommend labeling these items with your child’s name so hopefully they can be returned to their owner more easily. Labeling lunchboxes and water bottles is also a good idea.
Quite a few lunchboxes and water bottles have shown up in lost and found also. Encourage your child to take a look at the lost and found table if you have noticed anything missing from home!
PICK-A-TIME FOR PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES closes on 10/3
Pick-A-Time
Closes: 10/3 at 11:59 PM
Parent directions for accessing Pick-A-Time and selecting in-person/virtual meetings.
PLEASE READ:
Your special’s teachers are available if you’d like to schedule a conference. Please reach out directly to the special’s teachers:
michelle.taylor@d303.org Empower
rebecca.seidling@d303.org Wellness
peter.vanderbleek@d303.org LRC Director
phillip.carter@d303.org Music
timothy.mccastland@d303.org Wellness
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BMX Assembly
Outdoor Clothing
Please label your child's jacket, gloves, hat, etc. whenever possible. It helps us return items to their owner when they end up in lost & found.
October Paw Creator Winner
BG Best Bingo Winners
Mrs. Hueneke
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Marquardt
Ms. Gilbert
Mrs. Dashner
Ms. Wagner
Join 5th Grade Choir!
Calling all 5th grade students! This year you have the chance to join our 5th grade choir. The choir program will run from October through May, with our first rehearsal being Wednesday, October 5th. All 5th grade students are welcome to join!
For more information, read our welcome letter here.
To register your 5th grade student, please fill out this form by October 3rd. You can also find this information on your student's Music Schoology page.
Please reach out to Miss Zima with any questions at ashley.zima@d303.org or 331-228-6564.
Picture Retake Sign-Up for 10/19
Picture Retake Day - 10/19
Click here to sign your child up for picture retake day if:
1) your child missed picture day on 9/12
OR
2) you would like your child to have their picture retaken
Student Picture Information
The prepay website closed at midnight on 9/12. If you missed prepaying you will have a chance to order pictures with your child's Ticket Code. When placing an order after Picture Day with a Ticket Code a shipping fee will be added on and picture packages will be shipped directly to the home.
Ticket Codes will be delivered with the bulk picture package order approximately three weeks post Picture Day (early Oct.). Link to order with ticket code. (you can't place an order until the individual student ticket codes are delivered to the school)
Walk/Bike to School Day 10/12
Help us be our BG Best!
Click here if you are interested in helping us be our BG Best!
Empower
Volunteer Protocol
Watch D.O.G.S.
Bell-Graham PTO
NEW COMMITEE CHAIR NEEDED
The PTO is looking for someone to co-chair the ASE (After School Enrichment) committee. Remember if you sign up to co-chair this committee you get to sign up for the ASE classes first! Great perk! Please contact Lauren Dethloff at 773-844-5092 or laurene314@aol.com if you are interested!
FALL FEST FUNDRAISER
WE ARE ONLY 2 WEEKS AWAY FROM THE SPOOKIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR!!!!!!! IT'S TIME TO PRE-PURCHASE YOUR WRISTBANDS, TO START SHOPPING FOR THOSE YUMMY TRICKS AND TREATS FOR OUR CAKE WALK AND TO SIGN UP TO HELP MAKE THIS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FALL FEST EVER! PLEASE FIND THE LINKS BELOW FOR WRISTBAND PURCHASES AS WELL AS THE SIGN-UP GENIUS TO HELP WITH SUPPLIES AND TO WORK A STATION. WE CAN'T MAKE ANY OF THIS HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU!
Please join us on Friday, October 14th from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at Windy Acres Farm for Bell Graham's Fall Fest.
37W466 Fabyan Parkway, Geneva, IL 60134
Beat the lines and purchase your wristbands now! Wristbands will be sold at $15 a person , children 2 and under are free. Sales will close on October 10th. Wristbands will be given out at the day of the event upon check in. https://bell-graham-pto.square.site/
There will be fun for all ages. Kids can wear costumes and enjoy festivities. Cake Walk will return in the BG tent along with the spooky hair and nails salon , raffle for a lunch with your favorite teacher and guessing the weight of the biggest pumpkin in the patch . Windy Acres also offers so many new attractions like: corn maze, jumping pillow, bouncy houses, ziplines, petting zoo, mini-golf, haystack maze & mountain, lots of playgrounds and climbing, and tons of games!
(Most farm attractions will need to shut-down when sun sets for safety, around 6pm)
*BG tent will be lit-up to continue our games & cake walk. Food & drinks available at the farm concession stands.
In order to make this event a success we are going to need all of your help and support. Please consider signing up to donate items needed for the Fall Fest as well as volunteers needed to help set up, run stations and help take down after the fest is over. We appreciate all of your help and support!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f4fa5ab2da0ff2-fall1
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS SO FAR! CURRENTLY ACCEPTING MORE SPONSORS TO ADD AWESOME ATTRACTIONS (LIKE THE FARM TRAIN)
The train is a bonus attraction that will run continuously all evening for all of the families.
Sponsors will get advertisement and signage to be displayed at the farm the night of the event in addition to getting advertised through our weekly Bell Graham eblasts and Facebook page.
- Joann Coghill and Jenna Coghill Smulski Keller Williams Premiere Properties
- Tsiftilis Family Business
- Nudera Orthodontics
- Anthony Talbot, Robertson Ryan & Associates Direct:630-468-5431 atalbot@robertsonryan.com
- Christian Jackson 312-613-0270 Portfolio Instagram Gig work
To sponsor or help out, please email Candace Kloss at candacedanko19@hotmail.com
Lastly, I do not think I can thank all of you enough to those who participated in the pre-sale through Windy Acres Farm. We had a great turn out and everyone went home with some gorgeous, bright and very colorful mums and planters this week. In addition to some pumpkins and delicious baked goods! If you are still interested in ordering from Windy Acres, you still have time! Our pre-sale event is over, but you are still able to order online for PICK UP AT THE FARM till 10/14, which is the date of our Fall Fest. If you would like your orders sooner, please reach out to me and I can contact the farm to have those items ready for you sooner for pick up at the farm. candacedanko19@hotmail.com
https://windyacresfarmstand.com/fundraising/windy-acres-fall-fundraiser-2022/
WEBSITE
For additional information on the PTO please visit our website or our Bell Graham Elementary PTO Facebook page.
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Any questions or comments? Please contact our PTO President Kate Bennett at kate.bennett82@yahoo.com or 630.461.7606.
Cub Scouts Crayon Drive 10/11-10/14
Cub Scouts Pack 801
Crayon Drive
October 11-14
Cub Scouts Pack 801 is hosting a used crayon drive to benefit SCARCE. They will be collecting used crayons during the week of October 11 to 14. These crayons will be recycled and used by children in our area with special needs. Please drop your crayons in the box placed outside the school front office.
Health Office
REMINDER!
Please turn in your required health forms to the Health Office!
Kindergarten- Physical, Vision, Dental, Health survey
2nd Grade- Dental
3rd Grade- Updated Health Survey
All of the forms are linked here for your convenience or you can go to the District Website and find them in the parent section under Forms. We will be sending home letters to the students who have missing medical records after Labor Day weekend.
Thank you,
LeeAnna Anzaldi, RN, BSN, PEL-CSN
Stephanie Hilgers, RN, BSN
Health Office Email Address
Parents, please send any communication or test results to
bel-nurses@d303.org to ensure that all of our Bell Graham nurses receive this important information pertaining to your student(s)
How to Report Absences
Picking up your child early?
ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN SCHOOL
We are noticing many students coming to school with phones and SmartWatches. Please be aware of our School Board Policy for phone and Smartwatch usage during school hours:
2022-23 Elementary School Handbook
ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN SCHOOL
Phones/Smart Watches
Students are extended the privilege of possessing phones/smartwatches on school grounds;
however, their use is limited to after-school dismissal and non-school days. These devices must be in the off position, or not used once the student arrives on campus until the end of the school day.
How to Report Baker Station Absences
If your child will be absent on a day they would normally attend Baker Station, you need to email your site directly bellgraham@stcparks.org or email Angela Coppola, Baker Station Coordinator at acoppola@stcparks.org , ALL absences must be reported by 12:30pm on the day of your child’s absence. The St. Charles Park District and Baker Station staff does not receive this information from the individual school sites.
Campton PD Fundraiser 10/8
Big Hearts Toy Drive
Bell-Graham Resources
Bell Graham Elementary School
Website: bellgraham.d303.org
Location: 4N505 Fox Mill Blvd St. Charles, IL 60175
Phone: 331-228-2100
Facebook: facebook.com/BellGrahamElementary
Twitter: @BellGrahamD303
North HS Football Game Friday Night
North Star Fans,
It’s been a great Homecoming week so far and we’re looking forward to our football game this Friday at home vs. Lake Park! The sophomore game starts at 4:30pm followed by the varsity at 7:00pm. We’ll hold a special celebration of our 2022 State Champion Softball team prior to the start of the varsity game along with other fun homecoming festivities!
In order to maintain a safe and enjoyable atmosphere for all of our spectators in attendance please take a moment to review some important reminders regarding the game:
-Gates will open at 3:45 pm.
-Tailgating is not permitted.
-No backpacks, or outside food or beverages are allowed.
-All students under high school age must be supervised by a parent or guardian.
-No re-entry into the stadium is allowed.
-Use of profanity, taunting, including racial remarks of any kind, throwing objects, and possessing objects that block the view of other spectators are PROHIBITED.
-The Blue Fan Group student section is located in the bleachers on the south end. Parents and other spectators should plan to sit in the middle of the stadium. Our SCN Pep Band will play on the north end of the home bleachers.
Tickets will be sold at the gate. Prices are as follows:
-Adults - $5.00
-D303 Students with an ID - FREE
-Students without an ID - $2.00
-Children 6-10yrs old - $2.00
-Children 5 and under - FREE
-Seniors - $2.00
Please contact our athletic office at 331-228-6258 with any questions related to this event.
Come out and support our North Stars this Friday Night!
CUSD 303 Information
Changes to the District Website
- The Department of Instructional Interventions will now be the Department of Student Services
- Staff, Family & Student Services will now be Student Programs