BSES Weekly Announcements

BSES Families,

Our Phillies Spirit Day proved to be a good luck charm again as they beat the Braves on Wednesday night. This week we also gathered with our entire third grade for an outdoor morning meeting. We learned a new way to greet one another using sign language. We discovered common threads among us and played Halloween Warrior.

If your child is interested in participating in an after-school activity, don't forget to check out the offerings below. We look forward to all of the BSES Trunk or Treat next Friday night. Please make sure you sign up if you plan on attending.

Take care.

Tara Allen & Susan Papson

October 20:Trunk or Treat

October 31: Halloween Celebrations

November 4: Harlem Wizards

November 7: Teacher In-Service - No School for Students

November 9: Picture Re-takes

November 13- 17: Book Fair

CLICK HERE to access the 2023 Fall Elementary After School Activities Brochure. We are excited to offer many activities to engage our elementary students. Payments for these clubs are all available at MySchoolBucks.

Dear Parents and/or Guardians,

The Social and Emotional well-being of our students is at the forefront of our decision making in Garnet Valley School District. In order to inform our decision making related to social and emotional supports at school, we plan to administer a brief 10-20 minute universal survey to all of our students. The survey, entitled the Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS), provides schools with reliable and valid data about how students feel about themselves as a learner and how they feel about school. The research- based survey assists schools in detecting possible barriers to student learning, including issues around confidence, resilience, motivation, and concentration so that we can attempt to proactively intervene to provide supports for our students and school community. More information about PASS can be found by clicking HERE.

As with any survey, participation is voluntary, parents have the right to preview the questions prior to participation, and can opt their children out of the survey. If you would like to preview the survey or to opt your children out, please contact: Kim Doyle, Supervisor of Social and Emotional Learning at: doylek@garnetvalley.org or 610-579-7381.

Our building will be administering the survey during the window of Oct. 10 - Oct. 20th.

We are excited to announce that this year BSES will be presenting Finding Nemo. This exciting opportunity is for interested fourth and fifth grade students.

If your student is interested in auditioning for the show, you can click here.

Cast Interest Form

Crew Interest Form

Audition Songs & Scenes

The Harlem Wizards are coming back to Garnet Valley. The game is on Saturday, November 4th! Doors open at 4:00pm with a 5:00pm start time! Get your tickets at Harlemwizards.com. Watch this video below to gather more information about the game.

Link to Video

GVSD is on TikTok! Follow us @GarnetValleySD

We know that there is so much information shared at the beginning of the school year. Please access Garnet Valley's parent portal, which keeps all of our information in one place. Click here to access the parent portal. To get direct access to some of our services please click the following links.

• Alma - Garnet Valley's Student Information System
• Schoology - Garnet Valley's Learning Management System
• My School Bucks - Register your child for our school lunch program
• Safe Arrival - Report an absence

Plan on joining us Friday, October 20th for Trunk or Treat! Enjoy a night filled with music, contests, food trucks, spooks and candy! If you plan on attending and have not registered yet, PLEASE do so - even if you're not participating in a contest, we still need you to register. To register, click on this Google document link and fill out the form BSES Trunk or Treat Sign Up 2023 10/20/23

Remember, if you are attending and are planning on trick or treating, please bring enough candy for all trick or treaters (In prior years around 400 kids attended). We'll send out a confirmation email next week to let you know how many children to buy candy for.

The Schedule for the night is as follows:

6:00 - Arrival and parking (trunk decorating contest set up and pumpkin decorating contest set up)

6:30 - Trick or treating begins and no cars will be allowed in the trick or treat area at this point

7:30 - Trunk contest winners and 50/50 winner announced

7:45 - Trick or treating ends

If you are participating in trick or treating, please be parked in the trick or treat area ( Trunk or Treat Map of Area) by 6:30 and plan on staying until 7:45 - no cars will be permitted to leave the area prior to 7:45 for the safety of the children walking around.

Things to remember for the night - we'll have a trunk decorating contest, entry is $5; there is a pumpkin decorating contest, so plan on bringing your pumpkin that night if you'd like to participate (Pumpkin Contest - Flyer); there'll be a Special Guest DJ for dancing; there'll be 50/50; and, dinner will be available from a variety of food trucks - Mojo Loco, Tones Spot BBQ, Plum Pit, Auntie Anne's and Kona Ice.

If you have any questions or would like to help with the event, please contact Brenda Langdon (bcann15@gmail.com) or Jessica Auvil (jlnauvil@gmail.com).

Looking forward to seeing all of you at the event!!!

Classroom Parties are kicking off with the 2023 Halloween Parties on Tuesday, October 31st (Grade 1 at 1:00pm, Grades K & 2-5 at 2:15pm; Halloween parade begins at 1:45pm for Grade 1, and 2:45pm for Grades K & 2-5). Be on the lookout for an email about a $ donation or a SignUp Genius for classroom party donations from your Homeroom Parents.

"Keeper of the Trail" involves spending a few hours with your student(s) during a week of your choice to care for the Bethel Springs Nature Trail located behind the school. A reminder will be sent with a link to the checklist of what to bring and do. Have fun exploring the trail with your family as your student(s) share their outdoor education experiences they’ve had during the school year. Have a great time observing and exploring!

Questions: Jen Mulrooney @ jmulrooney1982@gmail.com

You can sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B45ACA728AAF85-bethel

BIG thank you to the Trumbower Family for visiting and cleaning up the BSES Nature Trail this week. Your help is much appreciated.

If you took photos of your child/children in their Phillies spirit gear on Tuesday, please feel free to upload to our Yearbook Website for a chance to be featured in the 23-24 Yearbook! Simply click on the Barksdale link below and follow these directions:

Barksdale Yearbook Website

User Name: bseshsa

Password: bseshsa

1. Once in the website, at the top click on Photos,

2. Under “Work on My Photos”, click on Candids

3. Click on Phillies Spirit Day

4. Click on Upload and then Add Files

Picture Day: We’d like to send a huge thank you to Heather Benson and all the volunteers who helped to make picture day a great success: Marla Gardner, Megan Nelson, Cindy Gusler, Tiffany Kelsch, Jen Rustark, Shalini Shamala, and Nicole Wolfe. With Heather’s leadership and everyone’s help, the day ran very smoothly and all the kids looked great for pics!

Charleston Wrap: Thanks to everyone who participated in the Charleston Wrap Fundraiser.. You raised $1,996 for BSES HSA! A special thank you to Alexa Bonacquisti for running this successful catalog fundraiser.

Email: allent@garnetvalley.org
Website: https://bses.garnetvalleyschools.com/
Location: 3280 Foulk Road, Garnet Valley, PA, USA
Phone: 610-579-3000