Hello BCE Community and Families,

Reminder we have no school tomorrow for teacher professional development day.

Thank you to all that have already filled out the district survey. We are now in 1st place with 31% of our families completing the survey. Help us stay in 1st place, the survey only take about 5 minutes or less and the information is so important to us. We read every comment :). Please see the link below.

Tonight at 6 at the BCE Parent club meeting, Superintendent Shiermeyer will be presenting the draft of the district LCAP. It is a great time to hear where the district is going and ask any questions you might have.

Family Art night is next Thursday the 21st from 5:30-7. Hope you can join us for this family fun event. River Dogs will be here as well.

Have a wonderful weekend.

I can be reached best by email at gfippin@slvusd.org

Gerri Fippin

Principal BCE

Please help us win $10,000. We are currently in 1st PLACE . We would love to get 100% participation. The information means so much to us. Don't let us fall behind!!! Fill yours out today.

Here are the responses so far:

BCE - 133 (31%)

SLVE - 126 (23%)

SLVMS - 90 (22%)

SLVHS - 108 (18%)

Thanks for your help and tim

Gerri Fippin

SLVUSD is looking to gather feedback from our families regarding our Academic, Communication, and Learning Environment goals. We anticipate the survey will take from five to seven minutes to complete. The valuable feedback that you submit will provide the district and the site with important information as we plan for the 2024-25 school year.

The survey will be open from Monday, March 11th through Friday, March 29th.

As a little incentive, the schools will receive additional site discretionary funds for student/teacher resources based on the percentage of parents that complete the survey for their site.

The breakdown for the financial incentive is as follows (percentage represents participation):

10% = $1,000

20% = $2,000

30% = $3,000

40% = $4,000

50% = $5,000

In addition, the site with the highest percentage of completed surveys will receive an additional $5,000.

All SLV schools are excited to engage in a little fun competition. Each site is ready for the challenge and believes that it will be their parents that will achieve the highest percentage of completed surveys.

This is the third year that SLV will offer an incentive for survey participation. A little reminder of the previous winners follows:

2022 - SLV Middle School

2023 - SLV Elementary School

2024 - ???

Who will the BIG winner be for 2024? REMEMBER ~ Just 5-7 minutes of your time can push your student's school to be the BIG winner that earns additional funds for your student's classroom!

BCE’s annual Talent Show is coming up! We invite students in K-5 to audition to be in the show. Please sign up your student to audition using this link. You can contact Mr. Keasey (akeasy@slvusd.org) or Mrs. Jaime (kjaime@slvusd.org) if you have any questions.

As you know, attendance is extremely important. That said, we understand children get sick and may miss some school. We notice some students are missing an excessive amount of school due to illness.

If your student is out for more than three days we do require a doctor's note. You can scan & send the document to our health aide, Kat, at kgafford@slvusd.org. You can send a screenshot to (831) 252-1491 or you can bring the document to us in person.

This is extremely important so please save the paperwork from any of your appointments and submit that documentation in a timely fashion. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Should you have any questions please contact Kat at 338-6413 extension 149."

Our students work hard every day and are rewarded with Bear Paws. We have Bear Paw Store about every 4-6 weeks. If you are able, please consider helping to provide items from our Amazon wish list.

We are so excited to see everyone, and the first couple of weeks can be very busy in the parking lot. Please be patient with everyone while we learn and remember the parking lot rules. If you are dropping off or picking up, please remember not to leave your car if you are not parked in an assigned spot. There is no parent parking on campus, all parents need to park on the street and walk in. If you drop off at YMCA before 8, you may park in the bus zone for your quick drop-off. We do not have supervision for students before 8:10. Please do not leave your students before 8:10 unattended. Staff will be out and about to help and ensure everyone is safe.