BEH Weekly Family Message

It was amazing to see so many families out for our Back to School Night last Thursday. Thank you to all of you that were able to make it and come and connect with our amazing teachers and staff. We got to see many families make connections with each other and with not only their students' homeroom teachers, but also specialists and other support staff.

In addition to the classroom presentations and discussions around what students are working on, we also had Ms. Ali sharing about SUN registration in the library, PTA introducing themselves and selling swag, Play it Forward sharing about their program to teach students to play instruments, Black Parent Initiative sharing their new collaboration with our school, and other resources available.

This night was just the first of many family nights that we will offer this year. So we are hopeful that we will see many of you coming back out again in the future. Keep an eye on your BEH calendars for upcoming events, but also know that they are typically on Thursdays and will start at 5:00, but run until 6:30.

We are looking forward to seeing all that we can accomplish together this year!

Our amazing ELD teacher Ms. Hatzikos and I shared our ELD/ESL info with families of students who receive ELD services at BEH during Back to School Night. In case you missed, it and are interested, here are the slides from that presentation.

If you completed your application process at Back to School Night, you will be hearing back from Ms. Ali this week to confirm whether your child is registered for SUN School this quarter. Remember that if you do not get in this quarter, there will be more opportunities in upcoming quarters, as SUN does tend to fill up quickly.

This Friday is our first Principal Connect and Family Friday this school year. Due to the schedule change, these events are moving from before school to after school. This Friday, you can join me in the staff lounge from 2:00-2:30 for a check-in around our school year at BEH and ask any questions you may have for me. At 2:30, parents can pick up their students and join us in the gym for a fun activity with Ms. Jenn, our art teacher, that will engage students and adults alike. We hope to see you there!

We closed the submissions of student art for our first BEH Panthers T-Shirt last week. We had many students turn in art for their drawing of the Panther and we will be working with our student council and staff to narrow down the choices this week so that we can vote to select the student art that we would like to see on our first BEH Panther T-Shirt for all students to wear.

We had many 4th and 5th graders apply to be on safety patrol for this year and this week I will be meeting with all of the interested students to interview them and discuss whether they are ready for that responsibility. We will then work to build schedules and get students out supporting our transitions to and from school at BEH. This is an exciting opportunity for leadership that our 4th and 5th graders get to participate in. If your child applied, look for a confirmation of their acceptance and schedule coming home late this week.

Ms. Kali (our librarian) will be reviewing what the Oregon Battle of the Books is and sharing sign-up information with our 3rd-5th grade students in the coming weeks. This is a fun and engaging way for families to engage in reading and compete with friends around knowledge of some fun and educational books. Be looking for the information coming home soon.

October:

• Friday the 4th @ 2:00 - Principal Connect
• Friday the 4th @ 2:40 - Family Friday
• Wednesday the 9th @ 5:30 - BEH PTA Meeting
• Thursday the 10th @ 5:00 - TAG Info Night
• Wednesday the 16th - During School - BEH Picture Day
• Wednesdsay the 23rd @ 11:50 - Early Release
• Thursday the 24th @ 5:00 - BEH Resource & Harvest Fair