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September 2014 Parent Power Newsletters

Charlotte L. Matthew, M.Ed., Principal

Dr. Ramona J. Perkins, A.P.

Get Your Technology Groove On!

From your Child’s Principal, Ms. Matthew:

We are experimenting with different formats for your Parent Power Newsletters. There are so many opportunities for parents and students that a letter size format does not fit our monthly calendar. Please check the calendar for event information. Your Parent Power Newsletter is named “Parent Power” because I know parents have the power to make a difference in their child’s school. This is truly exemplified by our BFE families and as your child’s principal, I am truly thankful.

Our school year has gotten off to a great start. Parents will have the opportunity to visit the classrooms meet the new and returning staff at our two Open House dates. Open House will be from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM, so please make plans to attend. We will have parking available on the yard at the Jefferson Campus.

Grandparents’ Day is this month and we will have three days for our students to enjoy a delicious lunch with their Grandparents and Grand friends. A special flyer for reservations will go out next week.

Our theme this year is “Get Your Technology Groove On”, and our teachers and staff are working on maximizing the use of technology in the classroom. We were able to get a donation of computers from Microsoft and seven of our seventh grade students received Surface Laptops. Very Cool!!!

Saturday, September 27^th is our seventh Come Play with the Bears – KaBOOM Community Play Day from 11:00 – 2:00. Our playground will be open for fun and games and we will also hope to harvest our sunflower crop. Also, on the 27^th we will have our first Dads’ Duty Day, Student Council Installation, and our Green Apple Day of Service. I hope to see you at one or all of our activities.

Arrival and Dismissal

It is critically important that all families get on board with our arrival and dismissal times and procedures.

Jefferson Campus

7:30 – 7:50 – Breakfast

7:30 – 7:50 Assembly on yard

7:50 – Move to classrooms

8:00 – Instruction begins

3:30 – Dismissal

Bus students utilize the Chestnut Street gate to enter the yard. Walkers and their parents enter through the Chestnut Street gate. Carpool drop off is at the rear Octavia Street gate. In the morning, if a student arrives after the morning assembly, the student must report to the office with their parent for a tardy slip. In the afternoon, we are asking parents who park and come on to the yard to pick up their children to use the Octavia Street gate and not to exit through the bus gate.

Nashville Campus

7:15 – 7:35 – Breakfast/Assembly in cafeteria

7:15 – 7:35 Assembly in cafeteria

7:35 – Morning Meeting

7:40 – Move to classrooms

7:45 – Instruction begins

3:15 – Dismissal

Bus students are dropped off on Annunciation outside the cafeteria doors. carpool drop off is also on Annunciation. Please make sure you are on the cafeteria side of the street before letting your child out of the car. Afternoon Carpool pickup is on Nashville in the front of the school. The front door is not utilized prior to 7:45. If a student arrives after 7:45 the student must report to the office with their parent for a tardy slip.

Events

September 2014 Parent Power Newsletters

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