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For contributions: [email protected]
Mrs. Linnea Griffith, Principal Bonnie Holland Elementary ph. 281-234-0500
November 8, 2016 Issue Twelve -16/17
HONOR (PURPLE) IS THE NOVEMBER CHARACTER TRAIT
Honor is…letting someone know you see how valuable they really are.
DATES TO REMEMBER Click here to visit our campus website! You can find a complete schedule of events by clicking on the Campus tab then choosing Calendar. Tuesday, November 8 - ELECTION DAY
Read, Deed, Run – 3:45pm
Wednesday, Nov. 9 - Eureka! – 1st Grade
Lil Yogis – 3:45pm
Eco Kids – 3:45pm
Thursday, Nov. 10 - Chess – 3:45pm
Friday, November 11 - Veteran’s Day
November 14-18 - BHE BOOK FAIR
Monday, November 14 - Robotics – 3:45pm
Tuesday, November 15 - Make Up Pictures
Student Council – 7:30am
Fall Dinner– 5-7:30pm, Bake Sale – 5:30-7:00pm
OPEN HOUSE – 6:00-7:00pm (Teacher classrooms)
Wednesday, Nov. 16 - Eureka! – Kindergarten
FALL OPEN HOUSE AND BOOK FAIR Come join us for the BHE Fall Open House and Book Fair on Tuesday, Nov. 15th from 5-8pm. The evening includes dinner, open house, bake sale and book fair. For those of you who pre-ordered, dinner will be served from 5-6:30pm in the cafeteria. Unfortunately, the deadline for ordering dinner has passed, and there will be no tickets sold at the door.
Classrooms will be open from 6-7pm for visitation. The Book Fair will be taking place in the BHE library from 4-7:30pm. And the Faculty and Staff Holiday Bake Sale helping families in
need will be happening in the hallway in front of the gym. Hope to see you there!
EUREKA!
Come enjoy a wonderful learning experience with your child! Our 100% PTA funded Eureka Science program encourages students to think, feel, and predict what the outcomes may be by exploring science...HANDS ON! The parent volunteers help on different "stations" and supervise the students. Eureka is a fun way of exploring science with your child and the kids love the program! Contrary to what you might think, no science knowledge is necessary! Eureka runs 4 experiments per grade level during the school year. Each session runs about 45 minutes. The next Eureka! session is for 1st Grade on Wednesday, November 9th. Shifts for 1st Grade are: 8:25-9:30am – Munger/Belin 9:25-10:30am – Blankenship/DiNapoli 10:55am-Noon –Ruggiero/Atkinson 1:45-2:50pm – Custer/Kirby If you are interested in volunteering, please click here. For more information about future Eureka sessions for all grade levels, please see the flyer at the end of the newsletter or email [email protected].
Dads, granddads, uncles, and adult brothers . . . this is your chance to have a day at school and make a huge impact in those few hours.
The Watch D.O.G.S. program is up and running. You will have the opportunity to spend a day on the BHE campus helping out teachers and students in a variety of ways. For more information on the program, please click here. If Watch D.O.G.S. sounds like something for you, please sign up for a shift. To purchase an official Watch D.O.G.S. t-shirt, please click here. If you have any questions, please email the WATCH DOGS coordinator at [email protected].
BIRTHDAY MARQUEE SPACES AVAILABLE!
Give your awesome BHE student a week-long birthday mention on the school marquee!
Spaces and dates are limited so don't delay!
Check out the BHE Birthday Marquee flyer at the end of the newsletter for all the details.
Can't wait until the end?
If you're the take-charge kind of parent then just click here for the sign-up page!
5th GRADE PARENTS
Please see flyers at end of the newsletter with important information and links about
submitting information and pictures for the yearbook.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
BHE is always in need of volunteers to help keep the school going. There are a variety of volunteer opportunities around the school. Please see the flyer for all of the different areas available for you to help out
2016-2017 BHE YEARBOOK
Yearbooks are available for purchase now for $35. Yearbook recognition ads are available for $15 for a 1/8 page. The Ad deadline is February 16, 2017. See the following ad for more details. If you have not purchased a yearbook from last year (2015-2016), we have a few yearbooks with minor damage which are available for $30. Please email the yearbook team at [email protected] if you are interested in a yearbook and we can make arrangements for you to purchase it at the front office.
SHARE YOUR PHOTOS WITH THE YEARBOOK TEAM! If you have taken school pictures this year, you may share your photos with the yearbook team. Please upload to: https://images.jostens.com/406233602
. HELP OUT IN THE CAFETERIA!
We are looking for Moms, Dads, Guardians, Grandparents (any adult family member) to assist students in the BHE lunchroom. No experience necessary! No selling, buying or coordinating! Hand out napkins, open ketchup packets, and listen to bad knock-knock jokes. Be a part of your kid(s) elementary school experience by giving two hours either one day a week or every other week, or pick your days à la carte. Lunch starts at 11:10am and runs through 1:10pm. You can sign up on-line using Sign Up Genius or simply email Viv Akpovwa your desired day(s) / questions at [email protected].
ELEMENTARY GIFTED & TALENTED SCREENING, GRADES 1-4 The gifted and talented program in Katy ISD serves elementary students with a one day per week pullout program. If you would like your 1st -4th grade child screened for Challenge for the 2017-18 school year, please request an Elementary Parent Checklist from the front office beginning November 3. The Parent Checklist form is also available online from www.katyisd.org. Look under Departments > Gifted and Talented. Completed forms must be returned to the Challenge teacher by Friday, December 9, 2016 On November 14 @ 7:00 pm, in room 1200 at the Education Support Complex, a Parent Awareness Session will be held for parents of students in grades 1-4 and 6-11 who are interested in screening their child for the GT program. For more information, please contact Judy Sederholm or Mina Rezaie, Challenge Teachers, at [email protected] or [email protected]. El programa de dotados y talentosos en Katy ISD sirve los estudiantes de la primaria como un programa de suplemento un día a la semana. Si usted desea referir a su niño del grado 1-4 al proceso de selección para Desafío en el año escolar 2017-2018, solicite una Lista de Referencia de los Padres de la oficina del consejero o de recepción empezando el 3 de noviembre. Además, estos formularios también están disponibles en el sitio web www.katyisd.org. Busca debajo de Departments > Gifted and Talented. Descarga la página de información y la Lista de Referencia de los Padres de primaria. Los formularios completos deberían ser devueltos a la consejera o al maestro de Desafío hacia el 9 de diciembre 2016. Va ver una oportunidad para recibir más información tocante el programa de dotados y talentosos para los padres de los estudiantes en los grados 1-4 y 6-11 que están interesados en el proceso de selección el 14 de noviembre a las 7:00 pm en la sala 1200 en el Education Support Complex. Para obtener más información, póngase en contacto con Judy Sederholm, maestro del programa de Challenge al [email protected] or Mina Rezaie at [email protected].
HONORING OUR MILITARY
BHE is creating a “Wall of Honor” to spotlight veterans and current service members. Please see the
flyers at the end of the newsletter for details. Forms are due NOVEMBER 9.
PLEASE HELP BHE GET TO 100% PTA MEMBERSHIP!!
Please consider joining the Bonnie Holland PTA. With your support our PTA is able to provide
valuable programs and activities in our school community. During the 2015-2016 school year the
BHE PTA provided over $60,000 in support that directly impacted our children. We purchased 14
new smart boards, 700 plus books, guided math activities, playground equipment, teacher training,
and the list goes on. We need one membership for every child enrolled at BHE.
By joining the PTA, members also have full access to a variety of great discounts. For more details
click the link below.
http://www.txpta.org/my-pta/member-benefits/
Once we reach 100% (one membership for every student enrolled at BHE) we will have a special
celebration.
Please go online and join today! http://www.joinpta.org/
If you have questions, please email:
Susan Parker: [email protected]
TEXT MESSAGE ALERTS FOR DISMISSAL CHANGES
Sign up for Mrs. Griffith’s Remind Notifications to know when the campus is having a “Rainy Day
Dismissal.” If there is lightening in the area or students would get soaked walking home, we have a
Rainy Day Dismissal and students will follow their “Rainy Day Dismissal Plan” (this usually impacts
bike riders and walkers) and increases the number of cars in the car rider line. This communication
has also been used to communicate school delays and closures due to inclement weather (ice days,
floods, etc.). All families are encouraged to sign up by texting @bhe to 81010 or you can download
the mobile app by going to rmd.at/bhe on your web browser on your phone or computer. (Remind
messages are a one-way communication; please do not reply to messages as responses are unable
to be sent.)
KISD TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT FOR PARENTS
Instructional Technology has created an informational site for parents, called T.I.P. which stands for Technology Information for Parents. This site contains instructional videos for parents on a variety of KISD applications such as Canvas, MyKaty Cloud, Office 365, technology outages as well as information on Digital Responsibility to name a few. The Division of Technology as well as other departments will continue to add information to this site to inform parents of the digital tools that are available to them outside of school. Parents can also submit suggestions for additional information that is needed. The T.I.P. site can be accessed at: https://katyisd.instructure.com/courses/82971 KATY ISD CURRICULUM AVAILABLE ONLINE The Katy ISD curriculum can be accessed online at www.katyisd.org under the PARENTS tab – Curriculum Search – Elementary
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
General Mills "Box Tops for Education" can be found everywhere, on a wide variety of items,
including Huggies products, Cottonelle products, many Betty Crocker and Pillsbury products,
numerous brands of cereal, Yoplait yogurt, Juicy Juice, and many more. (For a full list of participating
products, click here.) 10 TOPS = $1.00 for our school!! Simply clip the Box Tops cleanly along the
dotted lines, being careful not to cut off the expiration date, and turn them in to your child's teacher.
For more information on the program, click here.
BE A JA REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR CHILD’S CLASSROOM Our school has a unique opportunity this year to participate in Junior Achievement's Free Enterprise Education programs. The curriculum is interactive and fun. The secret ingredient is YOU, an involved parent sharing your life experience. We are seeking parent volunteers to teach 5 JA lessons during the regular school day. You will be trained and supported throughout the entire experience. All materials, lesson plans and activities are provided. If you are interested in being the Junior Achievement Representative for your child’s class, please email our JA Coordinator, Aglaen Kirk, at [email protected].
ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 8. EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE!
KATY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Imagine the excitement if Holland Elementary School teachers got the opportunity - and the
funding - to launch an innovative idea in their classrooms sure to inspire their students. This
school year, some of our teachers are doing just that! Congratulations to these teachers who
successfully applied for and received funding from the Katy ISD Education Foundation:
Project Teachers Amount
Eco-Kids Stephanie Nady, Julie Near, Kelley Vercellino $1,760
In its first four years, the Katy ISD Education Foundation has given more than $725,000 in
grants to teachers all over Katy ISD. The Foundation is funded totally by tax-deductible
contributions from individuals and companies who believe that educating children is our
community’s best investment. There are many ways to lend your own support – from
shopping at Kroger and Amazon Smile to attending Foundation events. Learn more at
www.katyisdeducationfoundation.org
Dear Fifth Grade Parents,
Fifth grade is a very special year in which we celebrate in the yearbook in various ways. Here is an overview of
what you can expect. At the end is a check list of things we need from you in order to complete the yearbook.
The 5th grade group photos were taken during specials on Tuesday, October 18, 2016.
Please notify us by email: [email protected] if your child is absent for the picture day. It is
important that we are notified if a student was absent so that we can make the arrangements to have the picture
taken.
The group photo of the entire fifth grade will be pictured in the beginning and at the end of the yearbook. Prints
will be offered for sale by Florencia Photography around December 2016. This reduces the photo session cost
for the PTA, but you are not obligated to buy the prints. The PTA does not receive any money from the print
sales.
The "Original Huskies" group photo will be taken immediately after the 5th grade group photo. We need your
input to find out which students have attended all of their elementary years at BHE. We rely on parental
feedback for this. Please return the form below as soon as possible.
Baby pictures of the fifth graders are an important and popular part of the yearbook. We are hoping to repeat
the success from previous years, and have a baby picture for every 5th grader displayed next to his/her portrait
on the class portrait pages. The idea is to show how much they have changed from when they were babies or
toddlers until now. You can choose whichever photo you like best of your child at a young age and share that
with us.
We prefer that you share the baby picture with us by e-mail: [email protected]. Please send the
highest resolution/biggest file you have of the picture. If you prefer to submit a print that we scan for you and
return, you can send it in to your child's homeroom teacher, or turn it in at the front desk at BHE. Please put
prints in an envelope, zip lock bag or similar for protection, and mark them: "Yearbook, PTA, Child's full name,
Homeroom teacher's last name"
Please send the baby pictures by Friday, December 2, 2016.
In last year's yearbook, we included a page with 5th grade memories that 5th grade parents had shared with us.
These included special events their fifth graders had attended throughout all of their years at BHE, such as:
musicals, field trips, 100th day of school, Kinder Rodeo, 50's Day, 3rd grade Wax Museum, pictures with
former teachers, etc. We would love to have a similar page for our current 5th graders. In order to do so, we
would need you to send in some of your old pictures of your 5th grader and their friends. We also did this the
past few years for the yearbook. Check one of your last yearbooks, if you want to see an example. Again,
please email to [email protected] or send in the pictures and label them.
Please submit any memory pictures by Friday, December 2, 2016.
Yearbooks are available for purchase for $30 if purchased by October 28, 2016. After that date, the price will
increase to$35.
Recognition ads can be ordered until February 16, 2017. They are $15. You can order a yearbook recognition
ad for your student at: www.jostens.com/yearbookads
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at: [email protected].
Thank you,
The Yearbook Team
Check list:
Please complete and return the form attached below as soon as possible.
5th grade group photos will be taken during specials on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 8:30 AM. If
your child misses the group photo, please immediately contact the yearbook team at
Submit baby pictures by Friday, December 2, 2016. (E-mail to: [email protected]
(preferred), or send in to homeroom teacher/front office, marked "Yearbook, PTA, child's full name, and
homeroom teacher's last name."
Send in pictures from previous years for memory pages, kindergarten through 4th grade pictures of
current 5th graders, by Friday, December 2, 2016. E-mail to:
[email protected] (preferred), or send in to homeroom teacher/front office, marked
"Yearbook, PTA, child's full name, and homeroom teacher's last name."
BHE PARENTS!!! DON'T THROW $$ AWAY
Why not help support the PTA without doing much more than your normal shopping!? Do you shop at Amazon or Kroger? Did you know that these companies will donate to our PTA through their existing Community Rewards programs? All you have to do is take a few minutes to go to your accounts at these places and select our school as the charity you wish to support. The companies do the rest! How much easier can it get??? Amazon Smile Instructions: 1. go to https://smile.amazon.com 1.1 login to your account or sign up 1.2 go to the ‘Your Account’ drop down 1.3 select ‘Change Your Charity’ 1.4 search for PTA Texas Congress 11931 Bonnie Holland Elem PTA and click on select 1.5 finally, when you need to make a purchase from Amazon, go to https://smile.amazon.com. (If you are not shopping at smile.amazon, Amazon will not be rewarding our organization.) Kroger Instructions: 1. go to https://www.kroger.com/communityrewards 1.1 login to your account or sign up 1.2 click Enroll Now 1.3 search for BONNIE HOLLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and select 1.4 click on Enroll 1.5 finally, when you make a purchase at Kroger, swipe your Rewards card or enter your ID. 1.6 Kroger requires you to select your organization of choice EVERY August 1st. So, even if you did this last school year, we ask that you sign in and select us again.
