Dec/Jan Bowlesburg Newsletter
Our spotlight employee for this month is one of our 1st grade teachers, Kellsie Gedye. After student teaching at Bowlesburg in the fall of 2020, Miss Gedye was hired as a 1st grade teacher for the 2021-2022 school year. Although she has only been teaching a few years, she has become a lead educator at Bowlesburg Elementary.
Miss Gedye graduated from Moline High School and Western Illinois University, where she made the Dean's List for her academic performance. When not at school she loves to read and spend time with her cat, Beans. Miss Gedye loves a good challenge and often goes above and beyond to help wherever needed at Bowlesburg. She serves on various committees and can always be counted on to volunteer at PTA functions. Bowlesburg is very fortunate to have Miss Gedye as a teacher.
The PTA meeting will be Meeting on Tuesday, December10th and Tuesday, January 14th at 6:00 p.m. Please contact the PTA to join at the email address below. You can join and support the PTA even if you cannot make the meetings.
Again this year the PTA will be sending home Winter Break Activity Bags with each student. These bags contain a fun game and other surprises for students and their family to enjoy over the break. Thank you to the PTA for putting these together.
Any questions, please email pta.bowlesburg@gmail.com
If you or your student is planning to bring snacks to school, please follow the District Wellness Policy.
In accordance with the Wellness Policy:
1. ALL SNACKS PROVIDED AT SCHOOL WILL COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL SMART SNACK GUIDELINES This means that we have to make sure that we are giving students healthy items such as: *fruits and vegetables *low sugar snacks *low fat snacks
2. ALL SNACKS/TREATS BROUGHT INTO THE SCHOOLS MUST BE PREPACKAGED (no homemade treats). Due to the increase in severe food allergies, all food must not only comply with the Smart Snack guidelines but they must also be packaged with a listing of ingredients. Fruits and vegetables do not have to follow this guideline. Healthy snacks are available to purchase from the Food Service Office on the district website.
3. WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM USING FOOD AS INCENTIVES and FOODS FOR CELEBRATIONS. We want our students to know that celebrating a birthday doesn’t have to mean treats. It can be as simple as a teacher offering a special activity for that child to celebrate a birthday. Please see our website for more information regarding our new wellness initiatives.