Welcome Back-To-School Beach Haven Families,

We are excited about the upcoming 2024-2025 school year. We have provided you our updated Parent/Student Handbook and other important school information. The Parent/Student Handbook contains key forms that we ask you to sign and return to school with your children by Friday, September 6th.

In this newsletter, you will find-

• Student Photo/Video Acknowledgment

• Blanket Walking and Island Bus Trip Acknowledgment

• Walk and Ride Bicycle to School Acknowledgment (For students 8 years old and older)

• Technology Use and Care Acknowledgment

Additional Important Information included in this newsletter:

• 2024-2025 District/Board Goals

• 2024-2025 School Calendar

• Most Current Bus Route List

• BH P.T.A. Lunch Order Form and BH P.T.A. Membership Sign-up.

• Beach Haven School Required Annual Notices

• Other Newsworthy Items

Important Upcoming Dates and Events:

• August 28th, 2024- Board of Education Meeting 5 PM.

• September 3rd, 2024- Preschool and Kindergarten Open House 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

• September 4th, 2024- First Day of School. Welcome Back!

• September 11th, 2024- Back to School Night 6 pm.

• Regular School Hours are 8:20 am-2:45 pm
• Preschool-3yr. School Hours are 8:20 am- 11:45 am
• School Hours are 8:20 am- 11:45 am
• Lunch and Recess is from 11:38 PM – 12:25 PM
  

Please view all other required annual notices in my August 15th newsletter and our school website. You may also request a printed copy by contacting our main office.

Contact our main office with any additional questions. We are looking forward to seeing you soon.

Regards,

Theodore Loeffler

August 16th, 2024- Welcome Back Letter, Student Handbook, Required Annual Notices, BH P.T.A. Lunch Order Form and Other School Information sent home digitally to parents.

August 18th, 2024- Welcome Back Letter, Student Handbook and Other School Information mailed home to parents.

August 28th, 2024- Board of Education Meeting 5 PM.

September 3rd, 2024- Preschool and Kindergarten Open House 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

September 4th, 2024- First Day of School. Welcome Back!

• Regular School Hours are 8:20 am-2:45 pm

• PreK3 School Hours are 8:20 am- 11:45 am

• Lunch and Recess is from 11:38 PM – 12:25 PM

September 11th, 2024- Back to School Night 6 pm.

September 19th, 2024- Beach Haven P.T.A. Meeting 3:30 PM at

Panzzone’s.

Some new items!!! Please read! Complete this form to order lunch for your child (teachers are welcome to order, too!) - if you have more than one child, please complete one form for each child.

Orders for September, October, November must be placed and paid for by 9//24. Payment accepted: Venmo (@BeachHaven-Pta, please note its for lunch & Do not check off this purchase as a good or service transaction, the pta is charged a fee for this), cash (exact Change) or check (made payable to Beach Haven PTA) please email to make arrangements to drop off to PTA Treasurer, Kristin Baumiller @ 129 5th Street. Please let us know if payment arrangements need to be made prior to the due date.

FYI: if changes to lunch need to be made during the school year they will need to be submitted Thursday of the prior week as labels and lists need to be made & submitted.

Email beachhavenpta@gmail.com with any questions.

The food on Mondays is from the Bagel Shack.

The food on Wednesday & Thursday is from The Shack.

Pizza on Friday is from Panzones.

Its time to become an official member of the Beach Haven PTA, complete this form. Becoming a PTA member does not mean you are volunteering for anything, it means you support the PTA and it’s activities – although we are in need of volunteers and welcome any help! It is important to complete this form so that you are included in our emails & messages! Memberships must be paid every year!

Dues are $5 per adult or $10 per family. After completing this form, please pay dues via Venmo (@BeachHaven-Pta) and indicate "member" in the notes.

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BH PTA Website

RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION/INTERVENTION AND REFERRAL SERVICES

An RTI/I&RS committee has been developed to help teachers and parents work together to provide instructional strategies for regular education students experiencing learning and/or behavioral difficulties.

RTI Tier I- Strategies and Interventions by the classroom teacher.

RTI Tier II- Push in or pull our support from a certified staff member for general education Basic Skills support.

RTI Tier III- Formal I&RS action plan development. This may include interventions from Tier I and II. A referral may be made to our Child Study Team or 504 Coordinator for review if progress concerns continue.

As students enter the district, parents complete the Beach Haven Home Language Survey at the time of enrollment. In addition, we use the ESI Preschool and Kindergarten Entry Screening Assessments to help determine language needs. Students who exhibit signs of language barriers are referred to RTI/I&RS or the Child Study team for further assistance in determining if ML services or support are needed.

Summary Reports

Summer is here!! There are so many ways to practice your speech/language skills over the summer without the boring worksheets! Practice your speech in the pool, at the beach, on a walk, while making an obstacle course, on a road trip, etc. It is even okay to take a break! Just remember to have fun :-)

I hope everyone has a fantastic summer!!! -Miss Herriger (Miss H)

Summer Speech Fun

Miss Herriger's Speech/Language Website

Students who attend school regularly have been shown to achieve at higher levels than students who do not have regular attendance. This relationship between attendance and achievement may appear early in a child's school career. A recent study looking at young children found that absenteeism in kindergarten was associated with negative first grade outcomes such as greater absenteeism in subsequent years and lower achievement in reading, math, and general knowledge

Chronic Absenteeism is defined by the U.S. Department of Education as missing 15 days or more a year. If your child reaches 18 or more absences, it then has to be reported to the State of New Jersey for our School Performance Reports.

If you wish to have a student seen by our school counselor, please fill out this form. The responses to this form will be checked once a week. If you have something more urgent to inform the school about, please get in touch with the school's main office during business hours at 609-492-7411. (If your child is in crisis, please dial 988 for support and 911 for emergencies).

BH School Counselor Request Form

Here are some resources to help you understand and to support your child's speech/language development at home. (See the links below)

Speech and Language Milestones

Speech Therapy Practice at Home

Speech Sound Acquisition

Heating/Energy Assistance- If you know someone who is having difficulty paying their energy bills this winter to stay warm, see the resource below to refer that person to for assistance.

In 2008, P.L. 2008, Chapter 38 was signed into law and mandates that all children age 18 and under have health insurance. All relevant state agencies continue to engage in outreach strategies to help families meet this requirement.

NJ FamilyCare is a federal and state funded health insurance program created to help New Jersey's uninsured children and certain low-income parents and guardians to have affordable health coverage. It is not a welfare program. NJ FamilyCare is for families who do not have available or affordable employer insurance, and cannot afford to pay the high cost of private health insurance.

If you are interested in NJ FamilyCare please visit http://www.njfamilycare.org.

Here are some resources to help support your child during homework. These are not designed to provide answers, but to help students who may struggle gain a better understanding through finding the explanation behind the answers when they get stuck or confused. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns. I can be reached at shenry@beachhavenschool.com.

Brainly is a homework helper site students can use to ask question(s) to a community of teachers and students. https://brainly.com/

Socratic provides homework help with most subjects. It gives visual explanations, video tutorials and detailed step by step guides to help students understand complex concepts. https://socratic.org/

Quizlet provides students with the tools they need to learn any skill. It has step by step solutions and flashcards to help students prepare for quizzes or assignments. https://quizlet.com/latest

WolframAlpha Provides students with step by step solutions and skill development for understanding simple and complex learning for all subjects. https://www.wolframalpha.com/

Ocean County Health Department Resources

Life on the Island is glorious. We also know that weather can pose risks here unlike other areas. In order to help keep your family prepared, here are some resources to consider.

Planning

Emergency Kits

Conversations with Family Members

Caring for Pets

NJ Hopeline
1.855.654.6735

Whatever you’re going through, feeling, or thinking, we are here to listen and support you.

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