BSES Weekly Announcements

BSES Families,

This week our second grade classes continued to "spread kindness and build community" through their canned food drive donations to the food panty, Loaves of Love. Our students heard from Joe Forwood from the food pantry about the impact that these generous donations have on our local community, helping families in need. Many thanks to all those who contributed.

Our fifth graders met with GVMS counselors on Thursday to learn more about course selection at the middle school. There were many questions and also a lot of valuable information shared. The week ended with fifth grade gathering for Sharefest, where we continue to enjoy all of the growth our students are showing with their writing pieces.

Next week we look forward to celebrating all things reading with our Read Across America activities. Please check out the schedule below to see the theme of each day. There will be a lot of fun and learning for our students to engage in next week. The week will end with our Buddy Friday time.

Take care.

Tara Allen & Susan Papson

• Tune in each Monday for The Bethel Buzz on Instagram @bethelspringselem to learn more about the week ahead •

March 4-8: Read Across America Week

March 20: Parent/Teacher Conferences - Students Dismiss at 12:15 PM

March 21 & 22: Parent/Teacher Conferences - No School for Students

March 25 - April 1: Spring Break - No School for Students

April 2: School Open

We have been working with students and staff on reinforcing expected behaviors. One area of the school day that we have been spotlighting is the bus. Please click here to read about the work we have been doing around bus behavior, how you at home can support this effort, and a few bus pick-up times changes.

As always, thank you for your partnership.

Spring conferences will take place from March 20-22. Last week you received a letter from your child's teacher with detailed directions about signing up. Be sure to reference step #2 in the letter to ensure you sign up with the noted teachers.

You can access the link to sign up here.

Click the image above to sign up!

Registration is open for a fun filled night of BINGO on Friday, March 8th! We hope you'll join us for this family fun night full of awesome bingo prizes and door prizes, including gift cards to iCORE, Ice Works, Roblox, local restaurants, etc for our lucky door prize winners! Snacks will be provided and spirit wear, bingo daubers, extra bingo cards, and extra raffle tickets will all be available to purchase! And don't forget to layer on as much GV Spirit Wear as possible to earn extra raffle tickets!

Registration is now open here! All time slots are filled on a first come first serve basis. And remember, if you don't play you can't win!!

The BSES Box Tops scanning challenge begins TODAY!!!!! Which classroom will win?

Get the App , choose BSES to receive credit and scan your grocery receipts all month long to join the race!

You are invited to enter the Yearbook Cover Contest to create the cover for the BSES Yearbook. Have your artistic masterpiece be remembered for years to come!

Guidelines:

● Drawing must be in colored pencil, crayon, or marker

● Drawing must be contained within this box provided (click on link & print out; students also received a paper copy in school): Yearbook Cover Contest Box

● Drawing is based upon this year’s theme: “Mexico (cultures, animals, geography, etc)” (You will be learning about this country in art and library this year)

● One entry per student

All designs must be original and created by hand – photographs, photocopies, tracing and computer-generated designs will not be accepted. All submissions become the property of the Yearbook Committee. Three designs will be selected by Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Papson, one as the front cover, one as the back, and one as the inside cover. All winners will receive a free yearbook!

All entries are due to your teacher by Friday, March 8th!

If you have any questions, please email Lauren Withelder: lauren.withelder@hotmail.com or Alison Ashenfelter: amguy3@gmail.com

On Wednesday 3/20 the kids have a half day so come to Ice Works to ice skate and play! The fundraiser will run from 1:00 - 3:00pm at Ice Works and proceeds will support funding for the Bethel Springs HSA Teacher Grants. Payment is cash or credit card at the door. We hope to see lots of friends there for a fun afternoon of ice skating!

Check out this 2023-2024 5th Grade Yearbook Letter that is full of information about all things 5th Grade for the Yearbook and the Video including the following details:

● Baby/Group Picture Submissions: Check out the 5TH GRADE BABY/GROUP PICTURE SUBMISSIONS 2023-2024 in order to complete these submissions to the yearbook.

● 5th Grade Questionnaire: Make sure your 5th grader fills out their 5TH GRADE YEARBOOK QUESTIONNAIRE SUBMISSION for the yearbook!

This information was also emailed to the 5th grade parents. The deadline for all submissions is Friday, March 29th. If you have any questions, please contact Karen Sholders: kmccollick@hotmail.com

We’d like to send a huge thank you to all of our donors and volunteers for our Adult Social this past weekend, led by our incredible lead, Jamie McQuaid! The event was a huge success, raising over $3,000 for our HSA. Thank you to everyone who came out to support us! To our generous donors:

Thank you to Susan Papson and family for donating the Kyle Schwarber signed Phillies baseball bat, AJ Brown signed Eagles football, and Philadelphia Union team signed jersey and scarf

Thank you to Graig Selgrath for donating Club Box Tickets to comedian Nate Bargatze

Thank you to Heather Hogan for donating Flyers Tickets with club level restaurant access

Thank you to the Donovan family for donating Phillies tickets

Thank you to the Wolfe family for donating Phillies tickets

Thank you to Lara Mattey for donating $500 Ivory Tree Portraits gift card

Thank you to Ben Pentoney for donating Union Tickets

We’d also like to extend our appreciation to all of our volunteers who helped plan and run the event the day of:

Jamie McQuaid led the team, organized and planned the event and everything in between. We are so grateful for her hard work and dedication! Appreciation goes out to all of our dessert donors, set up crew, check in table, decor team, raffle ticket sellers, Venmo trackers, event advertisers, and clean up team: Karen Sholders, Brooke Banville, Karen Kunze, Kristen Donovan, Devon Trumbower, Mariann Shahadi, Alison Ashenfelter, Kristin Sanfilippo, Brenda Langdon, and Lauren Withelder. So thankful for all of you!

If you’d like to donate a raffle item for next year, please reach out to president@bseshsa.org

All students will receive a FREE Jaguar Color Dash t-shirt to wear to this year's event. Please Complete the FREE Jaguar Color Dash t-shirt Google Form for your student(s) today! so we can make sure they receive the size t-shirt they would like! The size request Google Form will remain open through today, Friday, March 15th.

We know that there is so much information shared at the beginning of the school year. Please access Garnet Valley's parent portal, which keeps all of our information in one place. Click here to access the parent portal. To get direct access to some of our services please click the following links.

• Alma - Garnet Valley's Student Information System
• Schoology - Garnet Valley's Learning Management System
• My School Bucks - Register your child for our school lunch program
• Safe Arrival - Report an absence

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Email: allent@garnetvalley.org
Website: https://bses.garnetvalleyschools.com/
Location: 3280 Foulk Road, Garnet Valley, PA, USA
Phone: 610-579-3000