BEH Weekly Family Message

It was great to see our students back today!!

Hopefully last week resulted in some additional family time and everyone was able to have some fun together. The weather was a bit up and down, but there were a few spring preview days in the middle.

As we return, don't forget to remind your student(s) to turn in their reading logs from the spring break week and to complete their final log for this week. All reading logs need to be turned in by next week, so that we can get the final count and see who will be joining our March Madness Reading Challenge Celebration later this month.

Greetings from the PTA!

If you have a student that is interested in the Girls on the Run program this spring, please turn in your applications by 4/4. The first practice will be on Wednesday, April 9th.

If you are hoping to participate in the school-wide bottle and can drive for the PTA, feel free to bring your contributions in any bag. We will have the PTA-marked bags available on the bulletin board near the office by tomorrow.

Many Thanks!!

SUN school starts back up on Tuesday, April 8th. It runs after school Monday-Thursday through Thursday, May 29th. If you are interested in registering your child or learning more here is the flyer for next term. Additionally, if you just want to get straight to the registration form here is the link.

SUN school typically fills up every term, so if you are interested I suggest completing the forms and the SEI registration ASAP so that you can be considered for spring term.

Ms. Ali plans to send out confirmations by this Wednesday, April 2nd.

This week is the final week of our March Madness Reading Challenge. Great work to all the students who have turned in their reading logs for the first four weeks! If your child has not turned their reading logs in for any of the weeks yet, please help them to complete their reading and sign it to ensure that they will get to attend the Celebration Dance Party in April. And remember, the more reading logs turned in the more fun that is "unlocked" for them to participate in. So continue to encourage your students to read, help them fill out and sign their reading logs, and remind them to bring them back to school in their school folders. HAPPY READING!

Tomorrow is the first day of April. If you have a fifth grader, this is the month that they are working to earn their OMSI Overnight Field Trip. We have been practicing each month and checking in with them regularly to remind them of this. We will only bring students on this field trip that have been able to keep their hands/bodies to self, use respectful words, and be where they are expected to be with 100% accuracy. Additionally, they will need to attend school consistently (90% or higher) in order to attend this field trip.

This is an extra bonus for those fifth graders that can demonstrate these basic expectations consistenly. It will cost families nothing, but we will only be inviting the students who can demonstrate these behaviors consistently for the entire month of April. The actual overnight will be Wednesday, May 7th - Thursday, May 8th. We will share out more details at the end of the month with the families of students who have earned this privilege.

We are working on improving our attendance at BEH this year and as a result, we will be tracking attendance for the month of April at every grade level and identifying the top five students at each grade level for overall attendance and improvement of attendance. We will recognize those students at a schoolwide assembly in the first week of May. Please help your student to be one of the students recognized by getting them here on time every day in April.

Black Parent Initiative is facilitating weekly sessions for parents around Nurturing Black Excellence. If you are interested in learning more, here is the flyer with more info.

USA Basketball will host two FREE youth basketball clinics in the Portland area on April 11 and April 12, 2025, and we have space available! Children of all ability levels are welcome to take part, and each participant gets a free USA Basketball t-shirt!

The first youth clinic will be at Clark County YMCA (11324 NE 51st Cir, Vancouver, WA 98682) in Vancouver, Washington, on Friday, April 11 from 5:00-6:00pm and 6:00pm-7:00pm. In order to participate, each child must have a legal parent or guardian complete an online waiver. Complete the online waiver at: https://bit.ly/ClarkYMCA04112025

The second youth clinic will be at Sherwood Regional Family YMCA (23000 SW Pacific Hwy, Sherwood, OR 97140) in Sherwood, Oregon, on Saturday April 12 from 10:00-11:00am and 11:15am-12:15pm. In order to participate, each child must have a legal parent or guardian complete an online waiver. Complete the online waiver at: https://bit.ly/SherwoodYMCAClinic041225

Children who are 6-9 years old, 10-13 years old and 14-17 years old are eligible to take part in a 60-minute session that will include normal basketball activities, such as passing, dribbling, shooting, and running.

Welcome back! This will be the Hopscotch Foundation's second season of Baseball/Softball, and you are invited to register your kid/kids for the 2025 season.

Last year was successful, and we are looking forward to an even greater year this summer to help encourage kids to play a game we all love. This year, kids will also be pitching rather than coach pitching like we did last year. As you know, this developmental league is after the Little League season. This is to get more reps to play Baseball and Softball when the weather is at its best. Last year, we had one or two cancelations due to the heat, but other than that, it was smooth sailing.

Please encourage your son or daughter's friends to join us as well.

We are looking forward to seeing you again.

Peace in your day

Gerald Bolden and Dave Gunderson

These flyers are available in the BEH office if you would like further info.

Below is the link to register

registration

April:

• Thursday the 3rd - Last Day of the 3rd Quarter
• Friday the 4th - No School - Grading Day
• Monday the 7th - No School - Planning Day
• Tuesday the 8th - First Day of SUN School
• Wednesday the 9th - BEH PTA Meeting
• Thursday the 10th - BEH Site Council Meeting
• Friday the 11th - Principal Connect & Family Friday

TALENT SHOW is coming up VERY SOON! Please prepare your students by letting them know that they must audition with Mr. Todd to be CONSIDERED for the talent show NIGHT. Each and every audition will be recorded, so even if they are not chosen, their auditions will be shared with our school community. Mr. Todd strongly encourages students to bring their unexpected talents this year - can you do magic? Can you tell jokes? Can you do something no one else can?

Auditions will start Monday, April 14th and the last audition will be held Friday, April 18th. Selected students will showcase a talent (as chosen by Mr. Todd) for our in-school assembly the following week, and our Talent Show happens Thursday night, April 24th! Send any questions or comments to Mr. Todd directly : tfadel@pps.net

Portland Public Schools has decided to add the two missed snow days to the end of the academic year. The last day of school is now June 12th.

End of Year Promotions:

5th Grade - June 11th

Kindergarten - June 12th

We will send more information about these promotions as we get close to the date.