SES Sunday Scoop
April 9, 2023
Message from Ms. Biordi
Important Dates:
April 12 - 4th Grade Trip Hudson River Museum
April 12 - PTO Meeting @ 8:00pm on Zoom
April 19-20 - NYS ELA Assessment Grade 3
April 20 - 4th Grade Trip Clearwater Sail
April 22 - PTO Earth Day Cleanup
April 23 - PTO Haircut-A-Thon @ Happy Valley
April 24-25 - NYS ELA Assessment Grades 4&5
April 28 - Spring Picture Day
April 28 - 2nd Grade Trip to Dia (2nd session)
May 2-3 - NYS Math Assessment Grade 3
May 3-4 - NYS Math Assessment Grades 4&5
May 8 - 5th Grade Orientation at RMS
May 9 - 2nd Grade Trip to Bear Mountain
May 9 - 3rd Grade Trip to Bardavon "Step Afrika!"
May 12 - TheatreWorks "Pout Pout Fish" Play at BHS (PreK-2 grades)
May 13 - Foundation for Beacon Schools Film Fest
May 16 - 1st Grade Trip to Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum
May 16 - Spring Concert (chorus and band) 7pm @ BHS
May 17- 5th Grade STEM Education Day at Renegades
May 18 - STEAM Fair Expo 6:00-7:00pm
May 19 - PTO Karaoke BINGO (time TBD)
May 23-25 - 5th Grade Overnight Trip to Sharpe Reservation
May 29 - No School
May 30 - 5th Grade Field Day @ BHS
June 1 - 1st Grade Trip to Hudson Highlands Museum
June 8 - 5th Grade Moving up Dance 5:30-7:30pm
June 9 - 3rd Grade Calico Ball Performance @ Beacon High School (time TBA)
June 13 - Kindergarten Trip to Stonykill
June 14 - Sargent Field Day (rain date 6/15)
June 16 - Pre-K Moving Up (9:30am) Kinder Moving up (11:00am)
June 16 - 5th Grade Movie & Picnic
June 16 - PTO Camp Sargent (time TBA)
June 19 - No School
June 20 - 5th Grade Moving Up @ BHS (10:00am)
June 21 - 1/2 Day
June 22 - Last Day of School (1/2 day) BHS Senior Walk through
Hudson Valley Author to Visit Sargent
On May 3rd we will welcome local author, Andrea Perez, to Sargent for an author study. Andrea has written 3 books and will be reading her brand new book, Eddie and Fred: Teach Calming Tools to our PreK-3rd grade students. Andrea will also visit our 4th and 5th grade students for a workshop where students will learn about the writing process, discuss the story behind Eddie and Fred and how Andrea turned her grief into something empowering. The hope is students will leave inspired, motivated and with the confidence that, one day, they could publish their own work too!
Andrea became a military widow at the age of 25 and published her memoir, Who Are You Calling a Widow? in 2010. She is a mom of two and an elementary school guidance counselor in New York. After publishing her memoir, she discovered a love for writing children’s books and partnered up with her sister Diana to write the Eddie and Fred book series. Ms. Biordi read Eddie and Fred: We are all Heroes to the student body during a principal's read aloud during Bullying Prevention Week!
Each student in grades Pk-3 will receive a free, signed copy of Eddie and Fred: We are all Heros. Order forms for Andrea's new book, Eddie and Fred: Teach Calming Tools will be sent home with students this week. Checks can be made out to Sargent PTO. To Learn more about Andrea or her books, click on the link below!
NYS Assessments in ELA & Mathematics
The NYS assessments dates are listed below. Students in grades 3-5 will take the exams in the morning on the designated testing days. NYS assessment data is another data point that we use to inform instruction and scores do not negatively impact students in any way. 4th and 5th graders will do computer based testing while 3rd graders will take the paper exam. If you have any questions about the upcoming state exams, please call the main office.
English Language Arts (Grade 3) April 19-20
English Language Arts (Grades 4 & 5) April 24-25
Mathematics (Grade 3) May 2-3
Mathematics (Grades 4 & 5) May 3-4
Yearbooks On Sale Now
The 2022-2023 Sargent Elementary School Yearbook is on sale now! Don't wait, grab your copy today. Any questions, email our yearbook advisors, Mrs. Winchell (winchell.n@beaconk12.org) and Mrs. Forestiere (forestiere.j@beaconk12.org). Click the button below to purchase.
The cost of the yearbook is $20.00 and they will be on sale online until May 12th. Yearbooks must be pre-ordered, none will be for sale after May 12th.
♻️ Help Environmental Club During Earth Month! ♻️
Spring is coming and our Environmental Club is gearing up to participate in USAgain's Earth Month challenge. To help us, save any clothing items, shoes, linens or other textiles and bring them to Sargent during the month of April. Besides keeping clothes out of landfills, everytime we fill up a bin, USAgain plants a tree. Clean out those closets and bring those unwanted items to our USAgain bin!
⭐ Stars of the Week ⭐
March 17, 2023
Cynnel Johnson (3rd Grade)
Oscar Wraffer (2nd Grade)
March 24, 2023
EmmyLou Shay (5th Grade)
Acadia Rodriguez (4th Grade)
March 31, 2023
Isabella Robinson (Kinder)
Elan Stim-Fogel (4th Grade)
BCSD Elementary Night at Renegades
Save the date for the BCSD Elementary student night at Renegades! Follow the link below to purchase tickets. All BCSD elementary students and their families will be seated in a the same section. Great opportunity to connect with your friends and teachers over the summer!
✨ Scenes From Our School ✨
Financial Education
M&T bank visited Sargent with a great message for our 1st graders about smart spending, saving and investing!
Cafe Sargento!
Mrs. Ferrara transformed the library into an Italian trattoria to set the mood for a book tasting! Students "sampled" many different book genres.
Book Character Day
Dress like your favorite book character day was so much fun! There were so many great costumes. Mrs. Cervone's class took the cake!
⚠️ 5th Grade Parents ⚠️
The following items are DUE to your student's classroom teacher by APRIL 14th :
- Order forms and payment for the 5th Grade Class t-Shirt
- Permission Slip for the 5th grade swim night at BHS (May 5th)
- Entries for the Moving Up Ceremony Program Design Contest. Students have the chance to have their artwork features on the cover of the Moving Up Program!
Due to teacher by April 28th for the overnight trip to Sharpe Reservation:
- Signed rules, regulations, BCSD Contract
- Student information form
- Student pick-up slip
- If applicable, student medication information sheet