Binns Family Bulletin

Hello Binns Families and Welcome Back to the 2024-2025 school year! We are SO excited to have your students back into the building. Their smiles and energy are infectious and we are enjoying every minute. We look forward to a wonderful year of activities, learning and fun and we can NOT wait to have you a part of it every step of the way! This letter serves as a communication tool so you always know what we have going on, what info you should know, and what resources are available to you. It will be sent monthly and we hope you enjoy it!

We work really hard to keep our website up to date for you! Please save or bookmark our website and keep tabs on what we are doing all year long. If you ever have ANY questions, please let us know!

What: Author Reading to our students

When: Monday September 30th

Who: Author Debbie Zwahlen and Bella the Dog

Books: Bella the Shelter Dog and Bella the Beach Dog

Signed books can be purchased for $10 each

Forms will be sent home in your students' folder

Parent Portal is a GREAT tool and resource for ALL families. The District along with Binns is encouraging ALL families to be connected. This will be the only way to see attendance and your students grade card this year. Click the button below to learn how to access Parent Portal with a step-by-step guide and learn all it has to offer! If you need additional help, please reach out to Gina Shimer our Family Ambassador at 614-361-4205 or gshimer@columbus.k12.oh.us

Our PTO is hosting their first meeting on Wednesday, September 11th at 6:00pm. Join us in the library to see what the PTO is all about. We talk about how the school spends money, plan fun activities, get school updates from Mr. Grant and get to know other Binns Families. We hope to see you there! We also have a virtual option as well and we will send out the zoom link the day of the meeting! Thanks!!

We are hosting a fundraiser to help provide fun and extra things for our students throughout the year. We will have a kick off on Thursday September 5th and all the fundraising materials will come home to you! Stay tuned for a fun opportunity for the school to make money and your students to earn some AWESOME prizes!!

What is RESET? It’s a program offered to your 3rd grade students to go off site, to a local church, and through a Biblical Curriculum, learn basic biblical history, principles and tenants of Christianity. The RESET instructional curriculum will provide your children opportunities to learn critical thinking skills which will assist them in making positive choices for their future.

What does RESET look like on a weekly basis for your children? On their school’s chosen day a private transport company bus, that has been approved by Columbus City Schools, will pick your children and some of RESET staff up at their home school and take them to a local church (Briggs Road Baptist for Binns Elementary), just a few blocks away. They will be greeted and escorted into the church and taught a Biblical curriculum, including memory verses and songs, with lots of interaction and prayer. They will then be escorted back onto the bus and ride, with the RESET staff, to their home school and be escorted into their classrooms by the RESET staff. Total time is about 1 hour and no class time is missed.

If your child is interested, please complete the form below. Forms also went home in your students' folder.

Pathway Express Stop #1

National Veterans Memorial and Museum

Saturday September 14, 2024

10AM - 1PM

300 W. Broad St. Columbus, OH 13215

Join CCS for another great year of discovery on the Pathway Express. This years first stop is the National Veterans Memorial and Museum. Meet Author Marc Brown (Arthur), explore the museum, and enjoy interactive learning experiences. Admission and parking are FREE.

CCS Transition Fair

Sept. 14, 2024

10am-1pm

East High School

1500 E. Broad St. Columbus, OH 43205

Plan your child's future by attending the Columbus City Schools Transition Fair. This event is an opportunity for families and students with IEPs and 504 plans to learn about tips, tools, strategies, and information to assist with life changes as students move through PreK/ elementary to middle school to high school and beyond.

• 50 Community partners available to provide families with information for PreK to High School student needs

• Guest speakers talking about tools to help plan an IEP, Medicaid Waiver services community resources, and strategies to support student through school

• Family fun with Cleveland Cavaliers Free 30 minute basketball clinics & Touch a Truck

Click link below to register. This event is FREE!

Spruce Run is a 50 acre property near the Hoover Reservoir in Galena, Ohio. The land was deeded to Columbus City Schools in August of 1974 by Robert and Dorothy Patton. The land was deeded to the Columbus City Schools by Robert and Dorothy Patton in August 1974. The Pattons were proud of the wide variety of fauna and flora on the site and were dedicated to keeping the site in its natural form. Their gift is evidence of their desire to share the site and to provide a unique place for environmental studies and outdoor learning. The property is an amazing 50 acres full of nature, a creek, gardens, a working greenhouse, a classroom, a house with an observation deck, nature play spaces, a fire pit, a barn for indoor activities, and more.

Spruce Run is a great place to:

• inspire children to write

• explore the creek (we have many sizes of rain boots and creeking supplies available)

• observe birds on the observation deck (binoculars available)

• take nature walks (clipboards and dry-erase markers available)

• space for team-building activities

• create maps of the area or work on mapping skills

• read books or write in the secret outdoor book nook

• have students take care of the garden (harvest, pull weeds, plant crops, water plants)

• young students can explore the Spruce Nature And Play Area

• and is a great place for students to step out of their comfort zone and explore nature