Bonny Slope Elementary

FEBRUARY

2/21 Valentine Party Make up Day

2/21 International Mother Language Day

2/21 February Birthday Lunch

2/24 Bobcat Trail Club 7:45 am

2/25 Choir 7:30 am

2/26 Choir 7:30 am

2/26 GeClub - Africa Part 2

2/27 Bobcat Trail Club 7:45 am

2/27 5th grade fly-up to Tumwater 9:30-11:45

2/27 Tumwater 5th Grade Parent Night 6:30-8:00 pm

MARCH

3/3-3/7 Read Across America Week/The Great Bonny Slope Book Swap

3/3 Bobcat Trail Club 7:45 am

3/4 Choir 7:30 am

3/5 Choir 7:30 am

3/6 Bobcat Trail Club 7:45 am

3/7 Ropeworks - Jump Rope Assembly

3/10 Bobcat Trail Club 7:45 am

3/11 Choir 7:30 am

3/12 Choir 7:30 am

3/13 Bobcat Trail Club 7:45 am

3/17-20 Scholastic Book Fair-Library

3/17 Bobcat Trail Club 7:45 am

3/18 Choir 7:30 am

3/19 Choir 7:30 am

3/20 Bobcat Trail Club 7:45 am

3/19 Book Fair Family Night-Library

3/19 Europe Part 1 (GeoClub)

3/21 March Birthday Lunch

3/24-3/28 NO SCHOOL - Spring Break

Spring Classes are enrolling now! Watch this link for new additions thru the Month of March.

After School Activities

Congratulations Chapter Champions: Addy, Zoe, Dinorah, Kennedy and Cheng Yi for being this year's OBOB champions!

A story walk is a simple but engaging concept: invite readers to walk along a path while reading a book. The story is posted along a trail, nature path, wall, or in our case, a fence for readers to read as they walk along to find the next page of the book. Story walks bring together literacy, movement and the outdoors/nature. Thanks to Ms. Klingner's class for our first Bonny Slope story walk. 🙂

Below is the description of the third grade unit for this month's Kindness in the Classroom topic. It is the same topic for all grade levels and each grade level will cover the same concepts.

Unit Objective

Students will:

• Review the concepts of respect and caring.
• Highlight similarities regardless of preconceived notions of differences.
• Explore the difference between fair and equal.
• Understand the relationship between kindness and inclusiveness.

Families can support this work at home by talking with students about what they are learning about including others and ways they can promote inclusiveness at school.

Who: The entire BSE community

What: Celebrate Reading!

When: March 3-7th

Where: At Bonny Slope!

Why: Read Across America is a beloved, positive tradition! The theme of Read Across America this year is Celebrating a Nation of Diverse Readers.

Activities During the Week:

• Library Bulletin Board Best Book Spine ART

• Celebrity

• Monday- Buddy Read

• Tuesday- Read my Shirt

• Wednesday- Alphafriends Invasion (intervention team dresses like HMH Alphafriends)

• Thursday - Dress like your favorite book character

• Friday - Read In / Pajama Day/stuffy (There is also a Jump Rope Assembly happening.)

Students will have an opportunity to participate in The Great Bonny Slope Book Swap! Students are welcome to bring gently used books, if they would like to part with them, and make a trade for previously loved books. Mrs. Bekins will be monitoring the swaps in the library, when students have their scheduled visit. We'll start collecting books next week in preparation for the March 3rd - 7th Read Across America week. Feel free to drop off books until 3/7/25.

We are excited to announce that our district is adopting the Raptor Safe mobile app as part of our ongoing commitment to enhancing school safety and streamlining visitor management in our schools. This app builds on our existing visitor procedures, offering a more convenient and secure check-in process for everyone.

What is the Raptor Safe App?

The Raptor Safe app offers a convenient and secure way for visitors to manage and verify their identity before arriving at a school. With the Raptor Passport feature, visitors can pre-verify their identity, allowing for a seamless sign-in process when they arrive on campus.

How Does It Work?

When visiting a school, visitors can use their secure QR code generated by the app to expedite the check-in process. QR codes automatically regenerate every 5 minutes to ensure security and prevent misuse. Please remember that our visitor wiFi and phone service are not always reliable in our building which may hinder the use of the Raptor Safe App.

Getting Started

The Raptor Safe app is available to all visitors across the district. To download the app, please visit https://raptortech.com/raptorsafe-app/.

For questions or assistance, please contact Bonny Slope Office staff: 503.356.2040 or bslp-communications@beaverton.k12.or.us . Thank you for helping us keep our schools safe.

There has been some concern shared about the changes in the way volunteer opportunities are shared, and the volunteer sign up process. Because the school district now requires volunteer sign ups to be posted in ParentSquare, BSCO is limited in the way they can request volunteers and share opportunities. The volunteer opportunities that BSCO manages can only be posted in ParentSquare, and it is not possible to include links to the sign up in this newsletter or anywhere outside of ParentSquare. There are a couple of ways families can get BSCO event sign up information.

1) BSCO sends a newsletter in ParentSquare with the volunteer information

2) Families can check ParentSquare and access the Sign Ups any time

Classroom teachers manage their own volunteer opportunities and will send out their own information about how to sign up. If you are interested in volunteering in the classroom, please reach out to the classroom teacher. Teachers will sometimes not have volunteer needs.

We appreciate all of our volunteers! Please reach out to the office if you would like any help with finding the sign ups.

Art literacy needs volunteers for the lessons on Louis Comfort Tiffany. Sign up in ParentSquare by teacher. "Art helpers" do not need to have attended training. The project for this lesson is collage.

Valentine's Day Parties could use a few more parent volunteers in the following classrooms:

Seropian

Swardstrom

POST

Klingner

Vaughn

The BSE Library needs your support. Help reshelve or repair books. Read to Kindergarten/1st/2nd grade. You can work shifts at any time of the day for any length of time.

GeoClub has an upcoming check day on Feb 26th. Volunteers are needed to check student's knowledge: Africa part 2. Morning and afternoon shifts are available!

Thank you to everyone that participated in the Kids Heart Challenge! We raised over $1500 for the American Heart Association, and students who participated learned valuable skills. Participation prizes will be distributed in classes tomorrow.

After School spring classes are enrolling now. More classes will be added soon....you can watch for them here: After School Activities

Ready to go WILD for Bonny Slope and have a ROARING good time, Bobcats?! Mark your calendars! Tickets for the 2025 Auction & Gala will go on sale online next Friday, February 28th. Invitations and details will be sent home in Friday Folders that same day.

The Auction committee has been hard at work procuring really amazing items you will see at the Auction. Looking for a week of summer camp for your kids? DONE! Want to hit up La Chona or Hopscotch for a fun date night? We’ve got you covered. Want to reserve a parking spot JUST for you so you don’t have to circle around the BSE parking lot for-ev-er? Who wouldn’t?! How about a dream getaway to Bali or Italy? CHECK! This and so much more could be yours all in support of BSE. Stay tuned for previews of additional items that will be available.

If you are able, also don’t forget to contribute to your grade-level Bobcat basket. As always, if you have ideas or items you’d like to see at the auction, we’d love to hear from you! Questions? Check out the FAQ, or reach out to the Auction Committee @ auction@bonnyslopebsco.org.

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11775 NW McDaniel Rd.

Portland, OR 97229

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