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Boyertown Elementary
Boyertown Area School District - Home of the Bears
Week In Review: Friday, February 2, 2024
Important Dates & Upcoming Events
There are many exciting events coming up at Boyertown Elementary School. We are looking forward to them!
February 3: Vocal Ensemble sings at the Reading Royals! (Information below)
February 9: Jersey Day
February 10: Hoagie Sales Pickup (Front of school 11:00 - 1:00)
February 12 - 13: Restaurant Night at Doc's Irish Pub (Please tell them you are there to support BES!) Information below in BES PTO section
February 14: Wear Red or Pink Day
February 15: Ice Cream Social/BINGO 6:00 at BES Gym (Information below in BES PTO section)
February 16 & 19: No School
March 2: BES PTO PURSE BINGO & BASKET RAFFLE (Information below in the PTO section.)
🛑🚍BUS LANES DURING STUDENT ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL🚍🛑
Please do not park out front in the main entrance parking lot, where the buses pull in. We have had cars driving around our buses while our students were loading, and cars pulling out in between the buses while they are trying to leave. Also, please do not pull up in the bus loop and line up behind the buses. This is a NO CAR ZONE during student arrival and dismissals.
🎤READING ROYAL PERFORMANCE INFO🎤
TOMORROW, our BES Vocal Ensemble will be performing the National Anthem at a Reading Royals game,
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024! The game starts at 7 pm, and we sing first! Report at 6:30 pm upstairs to Section 113.
ATTIRE:
Performers should wear their BES Chorus T-shirt (long-sleeved undershirt recommended). Please
leave outer layers (sweatshirts, coats, hats, etc.) and other belongings with your families to put on after we sing.
ARRIVAL:
Stadium address: 700 Penn St, Reading, PA 19602
Please meet Mrs. Leibensperger at 6:30 pm at the Sales Table in SECTION 113 (UPSTAIRS).
After dropping off singers with Mrs. Leibensperger, parents will go to their seats. Students will be
taken downstairs to get ready for their performance on the ice! After singing, students will be escorted
back upstairs to Section 113. After we sing, please send one adult to pick them up in Section 113 to go sit with your family. If you are being
chaperoned by someone other than your parents/guardians, please let Mrs. Leibensperger know on
the attached permission slip.
PARKING:
Stadium address: 700 Penn St, Reading, PA 19602
Here is a link to the different parking options:
🏒TICKET INFORMATION!🏒
Our 4th and 5th grade select Vocal Ensemble will be singing the National Anthem at Santander Area for the Reading Royals on Saturday, February 3rd at 7:00 pm!
If you'd like to come see us perform, please USE THIS TICKET LINK to purchase your tickets as a FUNDRAISER for BES MUSIC! Tickets are $23 but $5 will go back to BES MUSIC for every ticket sold through this link! In the past we have used the money fundraised to purchase our classroom ukuleles, xylophones, and other materials for music. Thank you so much for your support that will directly benefit our BES students!
BES Vocal Ensemble student performer tickets are FREE as a thank you for singing (directions are directly on the website link). Please remember, all students must be supervised by at least one adult during the game. Immediately after singing, Vocal Ensemble members will return to their families and will no longer be supervised by BES staff. No school transportation is provided for this optional event -please make sure to arrange for adult supervision and transportation for your child during this optional event. Permission Slips for singers with more details are on the way soon. Thank you so much for participating! Questions about tickets can be directed to Chris Hazel: chazel@royalshockey.com
Please spread the word to purchase tickets through this link:
BES VOCAL ENSEMBLE ROYALS TICKET LINK
Thank you so much for your support of music in our school!
🐭OF MICE AND MOZART T-SHIRT ORDERS (3RD GRADE ONLY!)🎼
Hello 3rd Grade,
We are ordering T-Shirts to wear for our BES Third Grade Music Program called "Of Mice and Mozart" on Tuesday, February 27th at 7:00 pm. Every third grade student will need a T-Shirt (unless you are part of the Mozart Family--but you may still order one for fun, if you want one!).
PLEASE BRING $5 CASH and give it to your child's homeroom teacher by Fri. FEB. 9th.
Please select your child’s T-Shirt SIZE on the form below:
Many thanks to our BES PTO for generously donating money to lower the cost of the shirts for families—and thank you to everyone for your support! If you would like to donate extra money toward the cost of another child's T-shirt, we greatly appreciate it! 😊
We are getting very excited to share our music with you!
Thanks again for your support!
📷YEARBOOK PHOTO SUBMISSION📷
https://www.facebook.com/groups/354233807065373/?ref=share_group_link
⏰IT'S TIME TO ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK!⏰
Order your yearbook here! https://shorturl.at/knDHK
Attendance
For ABSENCES that are for reasons other than illness as a vacation, a day trip, or a family visit, an EDUCATIONAL TRIP FORM must be completed and submitted to the school prior to the absence. Please do not use the online absence slip to report this type of absence. The form can be found here: BES EDUCATIONAL TRIP FORM.
**PHONE CALLS ARE NOT ACCEPTED FOR ABSENCES. PLEASE PROVIDE BOTH FIRST AND LAST NAMES OF STUDENTS WHEN SUBMITTING AN ABSENCE.**
For a LATE ARRIVAL, please email your student’s teacher and email the attendance mailbox directly at attendanceBES@boyertownasd.org.
For an EARLY PICK-UP, please either send in a note to the teacher(s) or email attendance at attendanceBES@boyertownasd.org. Please include the following: student’s name, teacher’s name, time of the pick-up, and name of the adult picking the student up (*they must show ID at the door).
For a FULL-DAY ABSENCE, please use the online slip (BES ONLINE ABSENCE SLIP ) or send in a note to the school that your child will be absent (please state the reason why).
UNLAWFUL ABSENCES: *If the school does not receive an email (or a written note) concerning an absence within three (3) school days of that absence, it will be coded as unlawful, and the Unlawful Absences letter will be sent to the parents/guardians. It will also be added to the student's file. *NOTE: We cannot remove an Unlawful absence after the three (3) school days have passed.
Each student may have a total of ten (10) excused absences per school year. Every absence after those ten absences will all require a Doctor’s Note.
A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
🥞PANCAKE BREAKFAST🥞
Do you like Pancakes? Do you like supporting your local community? If you answered yes to these questions, join the United Way of Boyertown Area for an All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, February 10, 2024. See flyer for more information.
✏️2023-2024 BASD VOLUNTEER CLEARANCES🍎
There are new policies and procedures for clearances this year. Clearances must be uploaded into the new Raptor system in order to be in the school district's volunteer system. Volunteers who previously submitted clearances were grandfathered in until November 17, 2023. Once submitted, clearances will be take 10 days to be verified. Paper copies of clearances will no longer be accepted. Clearances are mandatory to volunteer in Boyertown Area School District. Please view the links below for more information and access to the Raptor site.
BASD Volunteer Process: NEW: BASD Volunteer Process | Smore Newsletters for Business
BASD Website/HR Department: Human Resources / Volunteer Information - Using Raptor (boyertownasd.org)
TRANSPORTATION
BUSSING QUESTIONS🚌
If you need to reach the Transportation Department, please email transportation@boyertownasd.org for assistance. If you need assistance determining the location of a bus, reporting a bus problem, etc., please dial 610-369-7684. If you need help with a deviation to daycare within your school's sending area, with non-public school transportation, etc., please call 610-473-3473.
BES CAR RIDER LINE🚗
For safety purposes and efficient dismissals, we ask all parents utilizing the car rider line, to please always remain in their vehicles. Getting out of your vehicle and/or pulling outside the cones is not allowed and may pose a safety hazard if not adhered to.
Please be aware of any parent(s), child/children or staff member(s) who may be walking throughout our parking areas and crosswalks. In addition, please continue to be mindful of our surrounding families who live in the area and the children who are walking to and from school. There are NO U-TURNS ALLOWED on Second Street.
If your child/children will need assistance during dismissal for any reason, please do not use the car rider line. Instead, please park in the side lot or in the back lot and walk to the school's front entrance to sign out your child/children for parent pick-up. Use crosswalks where applicable.
PARENT PICKUP👍
If using the parent pick-up at the end of the school day, please make sure to park in the school’s side parking lot, park in a parking spot, and walk around to the main entrance.
Please make sure to have your ID out and ready, sign out your student(s) in the sign-out binder, which will be located at (or just inside) the front door. The students’ names will then be announced over the loudspeaker and will be instructed to report to the main entrance, once all the bus numbers have been announced. Please do not call the office at dismissal time to have your student(s) report to parent pick-up.
Please do not park out front in the main entrance parking lot, where the buses pull in. We have had cars driving around our buses while our students were loading, and cars pulling out in between the buses while they are trying to leave. Also, please do not pull up in the bus loop and line up behind the buses.
CHANGES IN TRANSPORTATION✔️
IF YOU NEED TO PICK UP YOUR CHILD(REN) EARLY (before dismissal time) please SEND IN A NOTE to school or please EMAIL the teacher(s). Please include the student(s) full name, teacher/grade, the time of pick-up, the reason, and the name of the adult doing the pick-up (please make sure that they bring along their ID for verification purposes. This is for your child’s safety.
If your child’s transportation home (at regular dismissal time) is different than their usual mode of transportation, please send a note (or email) to their teacher so that they can make sure the student is reporting to the correct area at dismissal time. Thank you!
🎶MUSIC UPDATES🎶
🎵THIRD GRADE MUSIC PROGRAM 🎵
ALL THIRD GRADERS will be working together to perform a mini-musical in February called Of Mice and Mozart on Tuesday, February 27th at 7 pm.
This is a very special one-time event that we will be working hard on for several months during school. Please reserve the following date on your calendars now and please tell your coaches/evening activity leaders in advance that you have a special school priority event on Tuesday, February 27th at 7:00 pm on the BES Stage.
If you have any questions, please email kleibensperger@boyertownasd.org
🎤VOCAL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE🎤
Saturday, March 16th:
BASD Chicken Dinner Fundraiser Performance at MSW. We will be assigned a short time slot in the afternoon.
🎶4TH/5TH GRADE CHORUS & VOCAL ENSEMBLE SPRING CONCERT🎶
BES 4th and 5th Grade Spring Choral CONCERT:
Monday, May 13th at 7 pm at Middle School West. Students report to MSW gym at 6:40 pm. Wear your BES Chorus T-Shirt with black pants.
If you have any questions, please email kleibensperger@boyertownasd.org
📚📖READING INFORMATION📖📚
Each month our reading specialists, Mrs. Graff and Mrs. McCaw, will share some resources to support your student’s learning at home. Please enjoy the February editions of the Daily Planner and Newsletter.
📖WORLD READ ALOUD DAY!📖
World Read Aloud day is coming up on Wednesday, February 7th. Be on the lookout for information coming home about how you can participate! You’ll also find the information in the attachment below.
Reminder… all 3rd grade students are required to have a Pennsylvania Required Dental Exam Form completed by your child’s dentist.
All Kindergarten students, and students who are new to the elementary school, must have the Pennsylvania Required Dental Exam Form and the Pennsylvania Required Physical Exam Form completed by your child’s physician/dentist. If you have any questions regarding this requirement, please contact your child’s school nurse.
💧 Reminder … please send your child to school with a refillable water bottle each day! 💧
Nurse Danielle and Nurse Tricia
Health Room Phone Number: (610) 473-5170
Health Room Fax: (610) 369-7687
FID (Flexible Instruction Days)
BASD has the ability to utilize one snow day and 5 flexible instruction days throughout the school year in the event that inclement weather or other emergency school closing. Your child’s teacher will review these directions with your child early next week. In the event of an unexpected school closing, the district message will define what type of day is being used. Digital and paper/pencil options will be provided. If a student cannot access the Internet or paper copies of the learning activities, he/she will have three (3) school days to complete the assignments. Any student who fails to complete their FID assignment within three school days will be marked as absent.
🍨BES PTO BINGO & Ice Cream Social🍨
Please sin up at this link for topping donations!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090A4CAAA82EA7F94-47533905-bingoice#/
✨DESIGNER PURSE BINGO✨
We are very excited to announce this year's spring fundraiser! We are trying something different this year! This year we will be hosting a Designer Purse BINGO with a side of basket raffle. Tickets are currently for sale. Please be sure to read the entire information paragraph before you order tickets.
❗HELP IS NEEDED❗
We are asking for our teachers to make classroom baskets for us to raffle off. Please keep an eye out for communications from your children's teacher! We are also looking for monetary donations from our community businesses or families to help cover the cost of the designer bags. Please help spread the word.
🐾BES PTO VOLUNTEERS!🐻
Volunteers are VERY important for all our PTO events and activities to run smoothly. We are in need of volunteers this year more than ever. We have many exciting opportunities to help out! If the event is outside of school hours, you will not need clearances. If it is during the school day, then you will. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!
**Please be aware, this year if we do not have sufficient volunteers to run the event, the event will be cancelled. This is needed due to the lack of help in previous years, and the events not running as expected.**
BOX TOPS
Download the app to scan your receipts and earn money for your child's school!
SNIFTY PENCILS
It's SNIFTY PENCIL sale time! Click on the link for the google form and the pencils will be sent home with your students once payment has been received ($1.00 each). Thank you for supporting the PTO and BES.
BEAR STICKERS
Water Resistant Stickers
Bear water resistant stickers are on sale for $2! They are a great way to show your school spirit! Fill out the google form and send payment to get your child a sticker! We will deliver them to your student or you can purchase them at our PTO events.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FE34xgsNkj8FKUgQlkj-kp9fa0s7ioc-YXsi7tXi9Ag/edit?usp=drivesdk
JOB OPPORTUNITES
Click the link below to learn about employment opportunities with Kelly Education
https://kellyeducation.referralrock.com/v2/1/register?utm_source=QR-code-flyer&utm_medium=referral
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
STUDENT HANDBOOKS CAN BE FOUND HERE
BES’ SCHOOL WEBPAGE
BASD'S 23-24 SCHOOL CALENDAR
BASD’S FOOD SERVICES WEBPAGE
BASD’S IT SERVICES WEBPAGE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS LUNCH MENUS
BASD’S COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
HERE COMES THE BUS APP INFO
BASD’S PARENT PORTAL
LINK BES’ ONLINE ABSENCE SLIP
Please visit the following website regarding ticket sales at athletic events held at Boyertown. There will be no cash sales at events. TICKETS FOR BASD ATHLETIC EVENTS
Community Bulletin Board
BASD is proud to host our online Community Bulletin Board. The electronic bulletin board features district and community activities, events, clubs, resources, and more. The board is updated regularly and is an excellent source of information regarding things happening throughout our community and beyond. Be sure to check it out regularly!
#BASDBEARSCareAboutOurCommunity
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Boyertown Elementary
641 East Second Street
Boyertown, PA 19512
(610) 369-7427