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Last Goldie Gazette of the year! Happy Summer y’all! (June 19)

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Bell School PTO News Update
June 19, 2018

Upcoming Dates
Keep up to date by regularly checking our on-line calendar and our Facebook page. Here’s what’s coming up!

THIS WEEK:

  • WEDNESDAY JUNE 20: 3RD GRADE CELEBRATION, 5:30
  • THURSDAY JUNE 21: FIELD DAY 2018
  • FRIDAY JUNE 22: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL – NOON DISMISSAL

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ON THE PTO, ORGANIC GARDEN AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT TEAMS AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS & PARENTS WHO HAVE HELPED BRING LOTS OF FUN, LEARNING AND EXCITEMENT TO THE BELL SCHOOL STUDENTS THIS YEAR!

Support Bell School

The Bell School PTO welcomes and appreciates your support throughout the school year – whether that is by volunteering your time, providing financial donations or supplying skills, expertise or materials required by the school. 

  • FIELD DAY: Bell School Field Day is this Thursday, June 21! Thank you to all the parents who’ve signed up to come and help run the event. We are short on volunteers for the Kindergarten (10:55 – 11:55) and 3rd grade (1:20 – 2:20) slots.Please check out our Field Day Sign Up and join us if you can. Please ensure your children come appropriately dressed and sun screened – they’ll be running around, dancing, jumping and getting wet outside for an extra hour that day!
  • SUMMER ORGANIC GARDEN CARE PROGRAM: We’re looking for some Bell families to adopt a week during the summer months to help water, weed, harvest and care for the school gardens. It is a nice way to keep your children involved with the entire growing season – as you’ll be caring for the vegetables and flowers that they planted from seed this Spring! Please consider volunteering your time for a week to keep the gardens growing throughout the summer. Check out our sign up here.
  • NEW I-PAD INVESTMENT: At our last PTO meeting, we voted to invest in two new iPad carts for the school with the money raised from the Fun Run and other events. The school will get 50 new devices with keyboards housed in two carts ready for the next school year. Principal Donna Zaeske was delighted and thanked the PTO and all the parents for their support. This extra technology will make a huge difference to the kids in every grade – and will especially help prepare 3rd graders for taking on-line MCAS tests.
  • NEW GARDEN SIGN MADE & INSTALLED: Anthony, father of first grader Ryker Genest, kindly made a beautiful new sign for one of our students’ favorite outside areas – the ‘Touch and Smell’ garden. See photo above. Thank you Anthony!

Cultural Enrichment

The cultural enrichment programs at Bell School are fully funded by the PTO – and only made possible due to the funding we generate by volunteering at the Magic Hat. This includes the many visits, workshops and presentations the kids enjoy throughout the year plus the lessons the children get involved with in the school’s Organic Garden. 

  • ARTIST GILES LAROCHE: Illustrator and author Giles LaRoche has once again been working with visual arts teacher Tammy Nohelty and 3rd graders on an amazing ‘cut-paper’ art project, supported by the Cultural Enrichment program. Take a look at the scene of Marblehead above which they created and was on display at Fine Arts Night last week. More photos will be posted on our website. Check out the wonderful work on display in school now.
  • CONGRATULATIONS BELL STUDENT ARTISTS: Well done to the following students who have been honored with community exhibitions and awards!
  • National Marine Sanctuaries – 2018 Massachusetts Marine Educators Marine Art Contest: Charlotte Crawford
  • Marblehead Public School Central Administration Student Exhibition (June-December 2018): Emily Hayes, Noah Jackson, Colette Leighton, Claire Burke
  • Marblehead Festival of Arts, Old North Church (7/4 Weekend): Sebastian Whitaker, Amelia Dignan, Colby Moore, Sasha Leikikh, Graham Whitaker, Colette Leighton, OleanaLaganas, Mira Seidel, Sophia Patterson, Madison Lord, Emily Hayes, Molly Chamberlain, Daisy Heath, Laurel Kearney, Hardison Piper. 
  • National Grand Bank (June – December 2018): William Piper, Gabrielle Miller, Fiona Barr, Gabriel Murry, Sofia Sibella

Other important stuff!nt stuff!

  • COLOR SPIRIT DAY! The kids had a blast celebrating their hard work on PBIS at the Color Dance-off event last week. Check out the videos and photos on Bell PTO’s Facebook Page!
  • FINAL CHANCE TO CHECK LOST & FOUND: Please do check the Lost & Found area before the end of the school year. Anything left over will be donated to the Magic Hat after Friday.
  • VILLAGE SCHOOL FACEBOOK: If you have kids moving up to 4th grade at Village, please check out and like the Village PTO’s Facebook Page to start getting connected.

Celebrate Summer! It’s Field Day time!

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This year’s Bell School Field Day will be on Thursday June 21. On that day, the kids get to enjoy an extra hour of outdoor play with their classmates. They’ll be having a ball doing such things as:

  • Plasma car racing
  • Wet sponge and bucket relay race
  • Freeze dancing
  • Obstacle course
  • Hoop scoring contest
  • Corn hole games

At the end of their hour, they’ll get a chance to cool down with a popsicle! Please note that appropriate clothing and footwear should be worn to school that day – the kids will be running around, getting wet and in the sun for an extra hour.

As part of their ‘graduation week’ 3rd graders will also get the opportunity to have their hair coloured with temporary colour hairspray. If you wish your child to be excluded from this activity, please contact us by Monday June 18 at malcolmbellpto@gmail.com 

The schedule will run as follows:

8:45 – 9:45: all 2nd graders

9:50 – 10:50: all 1st graders

10:55 – 11:55: all Kindergarteners

1:20 – 2:20: all 3rd graders

To help make this great fun event a success, we of course need some parent volunteers to come in and help run the activities! We also would love to borrow some Corn Hole game kits for the day. Can you help? Please check out our sign up genius and volunteer if you can. Thank you for your support! 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f44acac2ba4fe3-field

 

Latest Goldie Gazette: News, updates and events (June 12)

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Bell School PTO News Update

June 12, 2018

Upcoming Dates
Keep up to date by regularly checking our on-line calendar and our Facebook page. Here’s what’s coming up!

THIS WEEK:

  • THURSDAY JUNE 14: PBIS COLOR SPIRIT DAY! WEAR YOUR GRADE COLOR!
  • THURSDAY JUNE 14: FINE ARTS NIGHT, 6:00

NEXT WEEK:

IMPORTANT REMINDERS: 

  • STUDENT PBIS EXPECTATIONS: Please review the behavior guidelines with your child ahead of Fine Arts Night on Thursday. See our website for details.
  • CO-TREASURER NEEDED: The PTO needs a new Co-Treasurer. If you’re interested, please contact us at malcolmbellpto@gmail.com 

Support Bell School

The Bell School PTO welcomes and appreciates your support throughout the school year – whether that is by volunteering your time, providing financial donations or supplying skills, expertise or materials required by the school. 

  • FINE ARTS NIGHT PARENT VOLUNTEERS: We’re looking for a couple of parents per class (grades 1-3) to help supervise students ‘back stage’ prior to their performance on Thursday’s Fine Arts Night. There will be extra support on hand this year and strict behavior rules students are expected to follow. Plus, you’ll get a front row seat for your child’s performance. Please review our Fine Arts Sign Up here and lend a hand if you can. Thank you!
  • FINE ARTS NIGHT POTTERY RAFFLE & GARDEN LOGO STATIONARY SALE: We’ll once again be showcasing Bell School Staff’s handiwork with our annual Pottery Raffle at Fine Arts Night. The proceeds from the raffle will go directly back to the school. Plus, this year, we’ll also be selling some note cards with the winning garden logo designs printed on them. Please bring some cash with you on the night – although we will also be able to accept credit card payments.
  • FIELD DAY SUPPORT: Our fun filled Field Day is next week – on Thursday June 21! Please come and join in for an hour or so and help us run this awesome event. Check out our Field Day Sign Up here. If you can’t be there, but have a spare Corn Hole game we could borrow for the day, please do let us know via the Sign Up. Thank you!
  • SUMMER ORGANIC GARDEN CARE PROGRAM: Summer is almost here and our Spring plantings are sprouting! We’re looking for some Bell families to adopt a week during the summer months to help water, weed, harvest and care for the school gardens. It is a nice way to keep your children involved with the entire growing season – as you’ll be caring for the vegetables and flowers that they planted from seed this Spring! Please consider volunteering your time for a week to keep the gardens growing throughout the summer. Check out our sign up here.

Cultural Enrichment

The cultural enrichment programs at Bell School are fully funded by the PTO – and only made possible due to the funding we generate by volunteering at the Magic Hat. This includes the many visits, workshops and presentations the kids enjoy throughout the year plus the lessons the children get involved with in the school’s Organic Garden. 

  • ARTIST GILES LAROCHE: Illustrator and author Giles LaRoche has once again been working with visual arts teacher Tammy Nohelty and Bell School 3rd graders on an amazing ‘cut-paper’ art project, supported by the Cultural Enrichment program. The result of his workshop with students will be on show at Fine Arts Night.
  • HARVEST OF THE MONTH TASTING – STRAWBERRIES: On Wednesday, June 13, we hope to give students a taste of farm fresh, vine ripened strawberries! Delicious! Please remember to ask them what they thought.

More important stuff!

  • PBIS COLOR SPIRIT DAY! On Thursday, June 14, the kids will be enjoying an all-school reward in celebration of all their work on the PBIS program. Please ensure your child comes dressed in their grade’s assigned color, as detailed below:
  • K = Yellow
  • 1st = Red
  • 2nd = Blue
  • 3rd = Green

Parent volunteers needed for Fine Arts Night

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Like every year, we’re looking for a couple of parents to volunteer on Fine Arts Night (Thursday June 14, from 6pm) and help supervise each class ahead of their musical performance. You’ll be needed to supervise your child’s class in their allotted ‘back stage’ area for about 20 minutes. Those who volunteer will have a front row seat reserved for them at their grade’s performance! With extra staff on board this year, a special focus on appropriate behavior and suggested activities available to occupy and calm the kids ahead of their performance – this should be an enjoyable task!

Please consult our FINE ARTS SIGN UP GENIUS and volunteer if you can.

Thank you!

Latest Goldie Gazette, June 5 2018

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Bell School PTO News Update

June 5, 2018

Upcoming Dates
Keep up to date by regularly checking our on-line calendar and our Facebook page. Here’s what’s coming up!

THIS WEEK:

COMING UP!

PTO POSITION AVAILABLE!

  • We’re looking for someone to join the PTO Board as Co-Treasurer. If you’re interested, please contact us at malcolmbellpto@gmail.com 

Support Bell School

The Bell School PTO welcomes and appreciates your support throughout the school year – whether that is by volunteering your time, providing financial donations or supplying skills, expertise or materials required by the school. 

  • FUN RUN UPDATE: We’re so excited to announce that this year’s Fun Run raised $15,836 for Bell School! Thank you to every family for their support and contribution to this amazing fundraiser. We even made the paper this year! Check out the story in the Marblehead Reporter, plus don’t forget to scroll through the amazing photos graciously taken (and available to download for free) by Vicki Hendrix Photography. Finally, congratulations to the following children who won prizes too:
    • HADLEY HUSTED who won the Grand Prize for most money raised.
    • WILL SULLIVAN for most money raised by a 3rd grader.
    • HENRY BERTRAND for most money raised by a 2nd grader.
    • FOSTER GOODALL for most money raised by a 1st grader.
    • CHARLIE & ELOISE BARON who tied, for most money raised by a Kindergartner!
    • ADDISON MATULEWICZ who received the most individual donations.
    • JONAH KAZIN who received a donation from Kuwait – the farthest away from Marblehead!
  • VOLUNTEERS! WE NEED YOU AT THE MAGIC HAT! Just an hour of your time helping out at the Magic Hat is worth as much as $75 funding for Bell School’s Cultural Enrichment programs. Doing laundry and donating small items of furniture also earns us hours! Drop in any time and earn hours for Bell – Tuesday thru Friday, 9:30 – 2:30. Just sign in and out under Bell in the Volunteers’ Book. This week, June 5-9, is Bell’s designated week, when we need to cover as many hours as possible, including Saturday 8:30 – 1:30. Please help by signing up to volunteer for an hour or two. Thank you!

Cultural Enrichment

The cultural enrichment programs at Bell School are fully funded by the PTO – and only made possible due to the funding we generate by volunteering at the Magic Hat. This includes the many visits, workshops and presentations the kids enjoy throughout the year plus the lessons the children get involved with in the school’s Organic Garden. 

  • FIELD DAY 2018! This year’s Field Day will be on Thursday June 21, when all the kids will get to enjoy an extra hour of outdoor play with their classmates. To help make this event a success, we need your help! We’re looking to borrow some Corn Hole games for one of the activities, plus we need parents to come and helprun the activities for an hour at a time. Please check out our website for information plus our FIELD DAY SIGN UP and come join in the fun!
  • GARDEN NEWS! Bell School’s unique outdoor classroom and garden space and the lessons the kids study also made the news this week. Check out this article which appeared in the Marblehead Reporter. Be sure to review the updates on the garden pages of our website for more detail and photos of the various activities the children are enjoying right now. Plus, Jean Skaane, Garden Program Coordinator, will be our guest speaker at tomorrow’s PTO meeting (Wednesday, 8:30, Upper Bell).

Other important stuff!

  • NEXT GENERAL MEETING: The last PTO General Meeting of the year will be on Wednesday June 6 at 8:30 in the library at Upper Bell. Please come along – all are welcome including younger siblings. We will be joined by Jean Skaane, Garden Program Coordinator, who’ll be covering subjects such as the Bell Organic Garden and Sustainable Marblehead. We’ll also be voting in any new Board Members and saying good bye to some of the current team. See you then!
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