Bonsall Bear News
May 13 - 17
BELONG - BELIEVE - ACHIEVE
Principal's Message
Dear BES families,
Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful BES moms and care givers. We are all so grateful for each of you!
Wow! What an amazing week for our teachers and staff as the amazing PTA and so many generous parents spoiled our staff with snacks, a coffee bar, a cookie bar, and multiple lunches. We are so grateful for everyone that contributed to making our staff feel loved and appreciated. Thank you!!!
This Thursday, May 16th, is an opportunity to tour the Bonsall Farm on the BES campus! Please join us from 5-7 p.m. and see what is happening on the farm!
Thank you to the families who have filled out the intent to return form for the 2024/2025 school year. If you have not yet done so, please fill out the following LINK to help us prepare for next school year. Thank you in advance for your support!
If you have a friend or neighbor with an incoming TK student, please share our registration information with them!
Warm regards,
Allison Fortney
Love on Your Back
The non profit Love On Your Back supports students and families within the Bonsall Unified School District. We provide food and essential items to many families in need within our community.
Our organization must now buy most of our items in the retail market. Prices continue to skyrocket, and the local foodbank has cut back on available staples. To continue to feed our kids, we need donations to purchase food for our program. If you would like to donate, please Venmo or send a check …..Anything will help and is very much appreciated!
WITHOUT YOU WE ARE NOTHING!
For check donations
LOYB
3597 Kellington Court
Oceanside, CA 90256
*Message us if you would like a tax donation receipt
News from the Library
Please check your homes and student's backpacks for books that need to be returned to the library! Bills will start going home for those students who have missing or overdue library books.
Office and School Etiquette and Safety
We love and appreciate our parents and visitors that enter our campus each day and greatly appreciate each person that volunteers to support our school. You are always welcome on our campus. More recently, it has been brought to my attention by staff, teachers, and observed by me that volunteers are not always in the designated location that is noted in our Raptor system when they check into the office.
We are not only a school, but also a place of business. Information is shared throughout the day in our office, and other areas of the school, about students that could be sensitive and we as a school are held by law to protect that information. We are also a large campus that has a lot going on every second of the day. Our front office staff is often the first point of contact for an emergency. They are expected to be aware of all visitors entering the campus, answer the phones in a timely manner, and be available for students who enter the office. I ask that you please refrain from lingering in the office so that the office staff can attend to their important job of supporting our school. If you are checking your student out of the office, please wait outside the office doors for your student to ensure other student's privacy.
When volunteering on campus, you are required to state the location where you are volunteering when you check in. Please make sure that you are not entering other classrooms or locations on campus other than the one stated on your sticker when you check in with our Raptor system. This is disruptive to student learning and teacher instruction. Please also refrain from eating lunch with your child when you are checked in as a volunteer.
On behalf of our staff, thank you for adhering to these expectations in order to promote safety and support student learning.
Updating Contact Information in Aeries
TK Registration Information
5th grade promotion
Mark your calendars 5th grade families! The promotion ceremony will be held on Friday, June 7th at 8:45 a.m. More information to come in very near future.
School office hours
Please note that our school office hours are 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. If you call before or after 4:00 p.m., an office staff member will return your call the following day.
Daycare registration
Daycare registration will begin on August 1, 2024. It will be online through the 6 Crickets platform. More information will be available as we get closer to the date.
Information from the PTA
May Spirit Days
Counseling Corner with Ms. Newman
Hi there! I hope everything is going well and everyone is having a great week. This week I wanted to talk about positive affirmations and positive self talk. Positive affirmations are positively worded phrases and statements that are used to challenge any unhelpful or negative thoughts. It is important have students practice this so it becomes a habit when unhelpful thoughts occur. Some of my favorite ones I tell students to think are: “I am strong! I can do this! And I am enough!”
Attached are some resources when it comes to this.
ttps://www.thepathway2success.com/101-positive-affirmations-for-kids/
https://veryspecialtales.com/positive-self-talk-kids/
Free printable cards:
https://www.gatheringbeauty.com/blog/printable-affirmation-cards
Have a good week!
Ms. Newman
Click below to join the Bonsall PTA!
Child Nutrition Services Information
Please see the letter below from Kursten Orr, our Child Nutrition Services Director.
Our Community Liaison - Leonor Rodriguez
Important Contacts - Our Office Team
Office Manager, Tisha Tokarz - 760-631-5205 ext. 1172
Receptionist, Jen Williams - 760-631-5205
Health Tech, Brittany Wanzer - 760-631-5205 ext. 1102
Tisha Tokarz
Jennifer Williams
Brittany Wanzer
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Bonsall Elementary School
Email: allison.fortney@bonsallusd.com
Website: https://be.bonsallusd.com/
Location: 31555 Old River Rd. Bonsall, CA 92003
Phone: (760) 631-5205