Mt. Bethel Messenger
August 4, 2017
Bucket Fillers - 40 YEARS OF BUCCANEERS!
- A STANDING OVATION to EVERYONE!!! What a great first week! While we had to deal with some nature, some strange, some blood, a bit of barf, and some crazy, we made it through the first week! Overall, this was the smoothest opening EVER! 40 Years of Buccaneers must mean that we know what we are doing!
- AMAZING APPRECIATION TO Carolyn Cooper! Carolyn is one of those people who can fix a problem before you know you have it, can put an action plan together in less than a nano-second, and who keeps Mt. Bethel running! Carolyn - YOU ROCK!
- TAKE A BOW, Duty Peeps! Thanks for a great week of ALL HANDS ON DECK! All hands on deck next week, too!
- #HASHTAGCHALLENGEWINNERS..WOOT! After careful social media analytics, it has been determined that Melissa Danner, Lisa Bredickas & Kathy Tenney are the grand prize winners! They win a free meal at our first YOUR DIME, OUR TIME!
NEWS FROM THE A-TEAM
Open Houses/Back to School Nights
1st - 3rd Grades on Tuesday *Slides for OHouse have been emailed for you to include in your presentations.
- 5:45 pm - Target Open House in Gym
- 6:30pm - PTA parent welcome in cafe'.
- Appleyard will introduce staff at appropriate time and then dismiss staff to get in place for OHouse.
4th - 5th Grades on Thursday *Slides for OHouse will be emailed by Monday for you to include in your presentations.
- 5:45 pm - Target Open House in Gym
- 6:30pm - PTA meeting (vote on budget - important!)
- Appleyard will introduce staff at appropriate time and then dismiss staff to get in place for OHouse.
Non-homeroom teachers, choose one night and make sure you are present for the PTA meeting and to help with crowd control. Work amongst yourselves to spread/share the love. If you can double-dip and attend for your kiddo's OHouse and serve as staff member...SCORE!
Clinic Hours
Milestones Score Distribution
Want to know how your last year's class scored or how your current kiddos scored - coming soon!
RECESS
- Safety is our top priority. Closely monitor students.
- Keep kids out of pine straw.
- Work with teams to ensure a schedule that does not over-crowd any playground.
- Remember to take your cell phone and have it on.
- When you line up students to come back in, read TEAM Procedures.
TEAM Recess Procedures:
Take a look around
Everything you brought out comes back in.
Are you missing anything?
Make sure you have all of your things.
GUEST BUS RIDERS & LUNCH VISITORS
If you have a student who brings a dismissal change to ride A DIFFERENT BUS HOME, please call the parent and let them know that these changes will not be approved until after Labor Day and get info on how to send the child home that day. Dismissal changes will be accepted for carpool.
If you have a parent who comes to eat lunch, please kindly tell them that we will not have guests for lunch until after Labor Day.
TEAM Procedures
Review TEAM Procedures often. CLICK HERE FOR THE TEAM PROCEDURES POWER POINT.
Eclipise
The Mt. Bethel administration has decided to not view the solar eclipse live to ensure the safety of all students. We will be watching the NASA broadcast as a school during the extended school time. We are also allowing check-outs leading up to 1:30 for parents who want to watch the event with their child in person. For more information regarding the solar eclipse visit the National Weather Service at http://www.weather.gov/sgf/SolarEclipse.
Mark Your Calendars!
- Building Hours: 8am - 3pm. Take out your trash and leave no food behind. *3pm = hard stop time. Prep yourself!
- ASP Training: Active Shooter Video & CPR Training in Learning Commons
Monday, August 7
- Happy Birthday, Catherine Chaviano!
- Book Fair
- 8:00 am - meeting to discuss Target schedules, clusters, and FTE
- 9:30 am - P & P (Presidents of PTA/Foundation and Principals) Meeting
- 10:30 am - Patron Drive Meeting
Tuesday, August 8
- Book Fair
- Count Day - Due @ 1pm
- RI/MI Window 1 opens
- Gifted Assessment window 1 opens
- 11:05 am - K meeting w/Maria about GKIDS in St. Jean's classroom
- 5:45 - 6:30 pm - Target Open House (1, 2, 3) in Gym
- 6:30 pm - PTA Welcome
- 7:00ish - Open House/Back to School Night in classrooms
Wednesday, August 9
- Book Fair
- 2:50 - 3:50 - K-3 Report Card First Peek Skype Meeting in Hogan's STEM Lab
Thursday, August 10
- Book Fair
- Count Day - Due @ 1pm
- 5:45 - 6:30 pm - Target Open House (4, 5) in Multi-Purpose Room
- 6:30 pm - PTA Meeting
- 7:00ish - Open House/Back to School Night in classrooms
Friday, August 11
- Book Fair
- TPV (Trained Parent Volunteer) Training @ 9:30 am
DUTY SCHEDULE
The first two weeks of school we will ask for all hands on deck for morning and afternoon duty. This means that if you are not a homeroom teacher or special education co-teacher/low incidence, you are expected to help in the bus lanes, in carpool, in the hallways, etc. for the first two weeks.
Point people assigned to Week 2:
AM BUS: Art
AM CARPOOL: Rinaldi, Sigmund, Bornhorst
PM CARPOOL: Bredickas, Schoeb, Grigsby
SECOND LOAD STANDBY: B. Miller