Mt. Bethel Messenger
July 28, 2017
Bucket Fillers - 40 YEARS OF BUCCANEERS!
- A STANDING OVATION to OUR CUSTODIANS!!! To say that they have been involved in heavy lifting is an understatement! We are appreciative of all their work to get the building to shine!
- AMAZING APPRECIATION TO EVERYONE FOR AN INCREDIBLE MEET & GREET! The energy in the building was tangible and our kids and families were incredibly happy! FACT Club registration/information went smoothly, and a shout-out to our ASP and Cafe' staff for registering and taking payments!
- TAKE A BOW, Office Staff!! Class lists, fulfilling orders, CSIS/Synergy, registering kids, mailbox moving, Pre-Planning prep, carpool kickoff, beginning of the year medication check-in, training, and so much more! We can't start school without all of your hard work!
- HATS OFF to KINDERGARTEN! They have already completed their Open House!
FIRST DAY/WEEK REMINDERS
- If you need ANYTHING (including info on how a student should go home), please send the form in your Pre-Planning folder called "I'm not panic-ing yet, but...." and write your needs on it. Send up with attendance folders.
Teachers eat lunch in cafe' with students for first week.
Review TEAM Procedures often. CLICK HERE FOR THE TEAM PROCEDURES POWER POINT.
FIRST WEEK: Teachers must remain on campus until we get the all-clear that buses have delivered students safely. Be sure you are listening to announcements. If there is an issue with a student from your class, you will be called to the office to help until the student is found and safe.
NEWS FROM THE A-TEAM
PARENT VISITORS TO LUNCH & GUEST BUS RIDERS
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.
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.
Mark Your Calendars
July 29
- Weekend hours: 8 am - 2 pm. Take out your trash and leave no food behind. *2pm = hard stop time. Prep yourself!
July 31
- Happy Birthday, Gail Lindsay!
- First day of school! 7:10 am is on time!
- Get them in, feed them, and get them home correctly the first time! Make sure you know how every student is going home on Day 1. Contact the office EARLY if you need help!
August 1st
- Count Day. You will need to submit numbers of students for whom you have seen "the whites of their eyes."
August 2nd
- PTA Exec Meeting
August 3rd
- Teach children
August 4th
- 8:30 am - PTA Welcome Coffee in Learning Commons
- Bedford Falls Book Fair begins!
- 9:30 am - Appleyard SSP & LKES review w/Sherri Hill - setting the course for the year!
- Count Day!
August 5th
- Weekend hours & ASP staff CPR Training & Active Shooter Video Training
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 1:
AM BUS: Kindschy
AM CARPOOL: Danner, Lampert, Varnedoe
PM CARPOOL: S. Griffin, Kenney, Boutwell
SECOND LOAD STANDBY: Chaviano