BPMC Updates & Announcements

Dear BPMC Community,

We hope this message finds you well! As a vital part of our school community, we would love to invite you to our upcoming MCA meeting. This is an exciting opportunity to learn about the school’s goals for the year, connect with fellow parents, and discover how you can actively support our students and school initiatives. Please see the attached flyer for this event.

By attending, you will:
- Gain insights into our school’s academic and extracurricular plans.
- Participate in discussions on how we, as a parent community, can support teachers, students, and staff.
- Have a voice in planning activities and events that enrich our children’s school experience.
- Help foster a positive, engaged, and collaborative environment within our school.

Your involvement makes a huge difference! Whether you have a lot or just a little time to offer, your presence and input are invaluable. Together, we can make sure our children and BPMC Community thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

Please join us for the meeting:

Date: Thursday, Oct. 10

Time: 5:30-7:30pm

Location: Common Hall

Pizza and Child Care provided.

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Bennett Park Montessori Community Association

Presidents, Lisa Delmonte & Jessica Sowinski
Vice Presidents, Vinny Rondinelli & Adriana Keaton
Treasurer, Sarah Offhaus
Secretary, Allison Weinzler
Parent Engagement Liaisons, Vinny Rondinelli & Sarah Offhaus

To ensure the safety of all: ALL VISITORS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.

Entering the school:

• All visitors must press the “call button” located at the Main Entrance Door. Office staff will answer using the intercom system and greet visitors.
• Please state the reason for your visit.
• Upon entering the building, ALL visitors must be scanned through the Evolv system and report to the Main Office.
  
• Upon entering the Main Office, ALL visitors should be prepared to show government issued ID (driver’s license, passport) and sign in using the “visitors’ book” which is placed on the counter in the Main Office.
  
• Upon approval, ALL visitors will be given a pass which is to always be worn and shown visibly on their clothing. These passes will only be issued at the Main Office.
• All visitors must sign out in the “visitors’ book” and return the visitors pass before departing.
• No school visits shall be permitted to interfere with the educational process.
• All visitors must comply with the District’s Code of Conduct.

To protect the health and safety of all students at the school, please be careful not to pack nuts of any kind in your child’s lunch. This includes peanut butter and any items that have been produced in a facility that processes nuts.

If you would like to bring in a snack for your child’s birthday, please ensure that the food does not contain nuts of any kind. Feel free to ask your child’s teacher, the school nurse, or the cafeteria manager for nut-free lunch or snack alternatives. If your child has any allergies, please notify his/her teacher, the cafeteria manager, and the school nurse.

Pick up tags have been distributed. This year you will notice a new QR code at the top right of the tag. We are implementing the QR codes for a faster dismissal process in addition to improving the safety of our children.

Please make sure that you only scan this code when you have arrived to the school. The submission of this form informs the adults and children that you are at school for dismissal. Any form that is filled out prior to students’ dismissal time causes confusion and will not qualify for dismissal.

If you are unable to utilize the QR code please make sure to speak with our Cedar Street dismissal team daily for them to call your child for dismissal.

Thank you for your cooperation!

• Student Hours: 9:10am – 4:05pm
• Doors will open at 9:10am. Please do not drop your child(ren) off early and leave them unsupervised. We do not have enough staff to appropriately supervise. Our school is located on a busy street, and we want everyone to be safe.
• Dismissal times:
• 3:35pm - PS, PK & K ONLY
• 3:45pm - 1st – 3rd grade
• 3:55pm - 4th – 8th and students with older siblings in 4th – 8th

If you will be picking your child up from school, please park on surrounding streets or pull up to the Cedar Street door.

• ALL changes in dismissal require school notification. A parent signed note is best, and phone calls can be accepted before 2:00pm.
• Early Dismissal (Pick-up before 3:00pm) - This is strongly discouraged. Completing the full school day is important to your child’s success.

3 Commitments:

1) We commit to providing a cohesive, relevant, and strong literacy curriculum aligned with Buffalo Public Schools mandates and the Montessori Model.

2) We commit to providing a cohesive, relevant, and strong mathematics curriculum aligned with Buffalo Public Schools mandates and the Montessori Model.

3) We commit to deepening connections and understanding among students, fostering positive peer relationships.

Facebook:

· “Bennett Park Montessori BPS 32 Community”

· “Bennett Park Montessori News and Events”

· Buffalo Parent Teacher Organization (BPTO)

Instagram:

· bennettparkmca

BPMC Administrative Team:

Erika LaMar - Principal (elamar@buffaloschools.org)

Rene' Cooley - Assistant Principal (rcooley@buffaloschools.org)

Mark Przybysz - Assistant Principal (meprzybysz@buffaloschools.org)

Rebecca Laczkowski - Assistant Principal (rlaczkowski@buffaloschools.org)