Please join me in welcoming Anthony Beltramba, who will be joining the team as paraprofessional - starting date TBD.
Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on November 4th - 6th. School will run on single session schedule on those days with no lunch served and dismissal at 12:30 PM. Evening conferences will be on 11/4 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM and afternoon conferences will be on 11/5 and 11/6 from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM. The online scheduling process will begin on the Parent Portal from October 18th until October 25th. Families will be able to register for conferences for both teachers and related service professionals on the Parent Portal. Please be on the look out for directions for this process in the next bulletin.
Our Board Parent Liaison Committee would like to do an evening Parent to Parent meeting during this year in order to provide an opportunity to families who cannot make a Saturday morning. In order to plan for this event, they created a form to gain input. Please go to the following link if you are interested.
I'm going to try and keep this bulletin updated with some upcoming events for the next several weeks to keep families in the loop about activities at Banyan. Please make sure to look below for the following:
- Book Fair: our PTO sponsors this event to purchase books. There is information in the PTO section of the newsletter, as well as a schedule of when your child will attend. They will go with their reading teacher on the designated schedule.
- Parent to Parent Meeting: please come out for this support meeting where families from both the elementary and high school get together to share experiences and support each other through the challenges of parenting children, and in particular, children with special needs.
- Respect and Peace Week: these weeks are held in schools each October across NJ. I've listed some spirit days below for Spirit Week, as well as an assembly on the October calendar. In addition, Ms. Mary, our school counselor, has planned some activities for the students to engage in during this weeks to promote these concepts.
- Haunted Hallways: our High School does this as a fundraiser for their senior class. Check out the flyer and participate if you can for some fun Halloween activities.
- Trunk or Treat: the way we celebrate Halloween at Banyan. Please see the section below for more information.
- Golf Classic: one of the two major fundraisers for our school as part of our development office. Please see the information below.
- Various community announcements that may pertain to your particular situation. Please read each item for more information.
If you don't receive this bulletin via two emails please make sure to email our amazing front office administrative assistant, Mrs. Giuliano, at dgiuliano@banyanschool.org to let her know. This verification is crucial so we know that we have accurate email addresses to contact you in case of a need for emergency information. This will be the last bulletin we do this for - going forward, it will come from our student information notification system.
As a reminder, please make sure to review our website at https://banyanschool.org/. The calendar lists our events for the year and gets updated as things change. In addition, the "Parents" tab lists standard and novel documents so that parents can access this information at all times.
Scholastic Book Fair is right around the corner.
IN SCHOOL SHOPPING DATES:
Monday, October 14, 2024 - Wednesday, October 16, 2024
CLICK HERE to Load your EWALLET and Shop online. We will be accepting cash and checks too.
Thanks to all the parents who have volunteered. If you still want to help just let me know or Please click here to VOLUNTEER!
Any questions reach out to Mary Hosford, Book Fair chair, on her cell: (646) 541-4379 or email: mcwhosford@gmail.com
PTO Update:
We had a great first meeting. Thank you for everyone joining us and welcome to all the new families! CLICK HERE PTO Minutes from Sept 23 meeting
We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.
Next PTO meetings:
Tentative Wednesday October 23 at 8p.m. on zoom (please look for updates here or in email)
In-person meeting on Saturday November 16th in the media center.
In the afternoon of 10/31, we will do a trunk or treat from 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM. The children will change into their costumes after lunch. Please make sure that masks and weapons are not included in the costumes.
We need parent volunteers to provide the trunks - if you are available, please email me at rlieberman@banyanschool.org. Parents can come between 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM to set up their trunks. The nurses have created a list of safe candy to distribute listed below. Students will be guided by their teachers in small groups, and we will have the students come out in small shifts to prevent crowding.
On that day, we are asking all staff and parents to park only in the designated rows so that our children can move from car to car without leaving our designated "safety circle," which will have all cars parked facing away from each other, and trunks facing in.
As your view our parking lot, we will ask that no one park in the row closest to the building. All should park in either Row 2 or Row 3 as pictured below, filling in the spaces from right to left, creating a safe area in which the children can circulate:
Row 3 - Faces tress and Hollywood Avenue
Row 2 - Faces building
Row 1 - Closest to building, should remain empty
(a diagram is listed below)
Following the Trunk or Treat, the children will re-enter the building for small group activities in their homerooms. Parents who wish to take their children home early should sign them out in the office.
Thanks in advance for your cooperation! We look forward to seeing those of you who can join us, and wish you all a safe and happy Halloween!
Banyan Elementary School Contact Information
Email: rlieberman@banyanschool.org
Website: https://banyanschool.org
Location: 12 Hollywood Avenue, Fairfield, NJ, USA
Phone: (973) 439-1919
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