Happy Wednesday BIS families,

We have lots to celebrate at BIS this month! In addition to Valentine's Day, our schools promote literacy in February through the ReadtoME Challenge so be sure to read to/with a child for at least 15 minutes. Snap a photo or short video (15-30 seconds) and post with your challenge to others to read aloud for 15 minutes to a child they know. Use hashtags #ReadtoME or #ReadaloudME and tag others.

BIS is also celebrating Sports Day this Friday in honor of the Superbowl this weekend and Pajama Day next Friday to kick off February break.

Date Reminders:

• February 11 - Fun Friday: Sports Day
• February 18 - Pajama Day
• February 21-25 - Break: No School
• March 1 - NAEP Testing: Select 4th graders only
• March 2 - Early Release

Sincerely,

Lindsey Nadeau

Biddeford Intermediate School Principal

York County Emergency Management, Biddeford Emergency Management, and the Maine CDC have teamed up to create a drive-thru COVID testing location at Five Points Shopping Center (420 Alfred Street) in Biddeford. The testing location is open Monday – Friday from 10 AM to 4 PM. This testing site will provide saliva-based PCR COVID testing. To book an appointment, visit https://shieldt3portal.pointnclick.com and sign up for an account (reference the agency code “BiddefordComm”). Please see the below graphics for full instructions.