Good Afternoon Beach Haven Families,

What a beautiful weekend to finish our summer! The start of school is just around the corner. Everyone should have received a physical copy of our student handbook and forms for the start of the school year by now. I am including much of the same information in this newsletter for your convenience with some additional updates.

Some key items included in this update are the following:

• PTA Fall Lunch Order Form
• PTA Membership Information
• Partnership with Beach Haven Library Update
• Playground/Construction Update
• Important Dates and Events
• 2023-2024 Student Handbook
• New Staff Introductions
• New Child Study Team Services partnership with Stafford Township
• Updated School Calendar (Back to School Night is now 9/13/23)
• September Character Trait

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the school. We are looking forward to seeing you soon.

Regards,

Theodore Loeffler

Superintendent/Principal

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.

Bagels are available for lunch on Mondays. Hot lunch options are available on Thursday & Fridays.

Orders for September, October, November must be placed and paid for by 9/8/23. Payment accepted: Venmo (@BeachHaven-Pta, please note its for lunch & Do not check off this purchase as a good or service transaction, the P.T.A 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. Please let us know if payment arrangements need to be made.

Fall Lunch Order Form

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.

Click her to apply

We are excited to continue our wonderful partnership with the Beach Haven Library. The facility looks beautiful following needed renovations. Our classes will be visiting the library throughout the year and we also look forward to the library visiting our school. In order to better assist in the tracking of circulated book, our library is asking that each student have a Beach Haven Library card. In order to get this set up, I need you to fill out this form allowing me to share your information with the Library to have them process and set up your child's account.

Construction Update: There are a few things to tidy up for the start of the school year and there will be some secondary parts of our projects taking place as the school year continues. All remaining aspects should not cause any disruption to the learning environment. Our playground will re-open on the first day of school for students. If any future work causes any temporary limitation of access, we will let you know.

September 5th, 2023-

• Staff Inservice
• Preschool and Kindergarten Open House1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

September 6th, 2023- First Day of School. Welcome Back!

• Regular School Hours are 8:20 am-2:45 pm
• PreK3 School Hours are 8:20 am- 11:45am
• Lunch and Recess is from 11:38 PM – 12:25 PM

September 13th, 2023- Back to School Night 6 pm (Changed to avoid conflict with Southern Regional)

September 18th, 2023- Author Visit Prek-3, , self-published children’s author, Mrs. Julie Eller will be visiting The Beach Haven Elementary School during “National Hispanic Heritage Month” (September 15 to October 15) to read her book: Because of Miguel.

Please take time to review our 2023-2024 Student Handbook with your child. In addition to the link included, you can access the handbook posted on our website. Please return the included acknowledgement/permission forms by September 8th. Please call or stop by the main office if you would like a paper copy. Students in grades 3-6 will have a paper copy of the handbook included in their student planners.

• Makaela Gevaras- Kindergarten

• Melanie Buda- Preschool

• Dan Chandler- Substitute Custodian

• Ashley Garcia-Romero- Student Teacher

We have partnered with Stafford Township Schools in a shared services agreement for special education services for this coming school year. We are in the process of having the Stafford Township Director of Special Services and CST transition records with the Southern Regional special education Department who we previously worked with. You will be receiving more information about meet and greet meetings set up for families of students with IEP's within the first 7 days of the school year. We want to help you to get to know the new case manger and to help support your children to succeed.

Our Realtime parent portal will allow you to view your child’s schedule, daily attendance, and teacher's gradebook once the school year has begun.

https://www.fridayparentportal.com/portal/security/login.cfm

The Realtime link can be always accessed from our homepage under the Parents tab. You will need your Username and Password. If you do not have or remember this information, please contact the main office.

Dear Parents:

On September 18, self-published children’s author, Mrs. Julie Eller will be visiting

The Beach Haven Elementary School during “National Hispanic Heritage Month” (September 15 to October 15) to read her book: Because of Miguel.

A resident of the island, Mrs. Eller is a former elementary teacher whose story resonates with family relationships and empathy as a little boy desires to help his mother. Mrs. Eller also shares that this story is based on a student she once taught.

Books will be available for purchase following her visit, if you are interested.

www.BeachHavenPTA.com

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.

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

https://cdn.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/3119102/Steps-A4.pdf

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

NJ Hopeline
1.855.654.6735

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