CELEBRATING EDUCATION

Building Bridges

What’s Happening!

10/23 Fall Fest/ Math Night 6:00 pm-7:30 pm

10/28 Walk to School Day

10/30 5th Grade Trip to Science Center

10/31 Halloween Celebration and Alternative Activity

11/1 Coat and Winter Wear Give Away

11/3 NO SCHOOL-Professional Work Day

11/4 NO SCHOOL-Election Day

11/7 Spirit Wear Sale Ends

11/11 Picture Retakes

11/17-11/21 American Education Week

It’s Time for Our

Fall-Fest Math Night!

Join your classmates, our staff, and our PTA for a fun

evening of fall and mathematics!

When: Thursday, October 23, 2014

Time: 6:00-7:30 PM

Where: Bollman Bridge Elementary School

What: This is an open-house style event. Plan

to arrive and depart according to the

needs of your family’s schedule!

Hope to see you there!

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

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Star Students for the Week of October 20, 2014 Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Eli Mbeufonjoh Emelyn Raude-

Landerverde

Ava Lloyd Kayleigh MacLean

Leo Huntington

Jonathan Kukuruku

Keily Urias Isabella Cooper

Lily Seawright Van Sui Saana Nasir Enna Eliason

Alyssa Davis Aviana Cuevas

Nikki Gao Bharyi Patel Lydia Jensen Cindy Landaverde

Henna Lee Virtoria McGann

Nichole Goodwin

Eli Glenn Carter Rakestraw

Jacques Pridgen-Hill

Miriam Akwetteh Attey

Samantha Mejia-Benitez

Dylan Tran Juelz Fergusen

Kaylee Beahm

Jevin Quinn Elijah Bailey-Perkins

Thawng Cung

In celebration of Walk to School Month, the Wellness Team and Green Team are planning to participate in Walk to School Day. We will be encouraging students to walk to school on Tuesday, October 28th. Walkers are encouraged to walk to school and we are identifying two ‘meet-up’ spots for students who typically ride the bus. We are asking parents to join us in the walk to Bollman Bridge!

“Meet-Up” Spots- BBES staff members will start walking to school at 8am.

Location 1: OLD Savage Volunteer Fire Company

8925 Lincoln Street, Savage, MD 20763

Location 2: The Wincopin Trail Access parking area for Savage Park on

Vollmerhausen Rd.

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Wellness Wisdom

Three healthy home routines can positively impact the health of our children:

§ Eat dinner as a family at home 5 nights a week.

§ Sleep at least 10 hours a night.

§ Limit screen time (TV and video games) to less than 2 hours a day on weekends, and none on weekdays.

Pre-school and elementary school children in families who followed ALL THREE of these guidelines had 40% LESS obesity than children in families who did not. Set a goal to implement these routines in your family!

Free Winter Coats & Clothing

Please join the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Iota Lambda Chapter for the Annual AKA Coat Day and Clothing Drive. We will be providing FREE coats and clothing to the

Howard County Community.

November 1, 2014

The Bain Center

5470 Ruth Keton Way

Columbia, MD 21044

10 am-12 pm

Halloween at BBES

1:45 Grades Pre-K, K, 1 & 2 will walk to the blacktop from the pod doors. Classes will sit in their assigned area.

1:50-2:20 Parade will begin promptly! Halloween Celebrations will begin at 2:20 and end by 3:00.

Parade Agenda

• Welcome • Song presented by Grades K,1, & 2 • Parade around inside of circle. Wait for grade levels to

be called by our Master of Ceremonies. PreK and RECC, Kindergarten, Grades 1 & 2

• Parade around inside of circle. Wait for grade levels to be called by our Master of Ceremonies

Grades 3 ,4,& 5

• Song presented by Grades 3, 4, & 5

• Return to classrooms for Halloween Party. *Rain Plan-if it rains we will have the parade indoors. All teams will line the hall and 5th grade will start us off around the building for our parade.

Alternative Halloween Activity

We have planned an activity for those who would rather their child not celebrate. Please complete the attached slip and

return it to your child’s teacher.

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Spirit Wear Sale!

Spirit Wear will be on sale from today through November 7th. An order form should have come home today in your child's Wednesday folder. Please see the attached flyers for more information.

PTA Membership Cards

Thank you to everyone who has already joined PTA this school year! We have had to order more membership cards. They will not be delivered for a few more weeks. Once we receive them we will get them to all members who have not received them

School/PTA Joint Fundraiser Gold Party Event is a local fundraising company that will be working with us on a new style of fundraising, between now and winter break. How it Works Gold Party Event is conducting an easy fundraiser that raises money for our school without anyone having to buy or donate anything. Gold Party Event gives people the opportunity to "Cash In For A Cause" by recycling their unwanted gold and silver items (at top dollar). Customers KEEP ALL OF THEIR MONEY from the appraisal value. Gold Party Event will then donates 10-20% to our school. How to Participate Step 1- Gather your unwanted or broken gold, silver or platinum items. Invitations for upcoming events including Fall Fest, November's PTA Meeting & Parent Teacher Conferences Step 2- Bring your baggie of items to school on the scheduled event days and your items will be appraised. Once you are told the value of your items, choose to sell all, some or none of your appraised items. NOTE: In accordance with MD State Law no funds allowed to be distributed outside of Gold PartyEvent business locations.

Box Tops Summer Collection Winners

Thank you parents for your support with our Summer Box Top Collection Competition. This year we had a tie for first place the Naecker Family and Sam Christanse in pre-k class. Both families will receive $25 gift cards for Regal Cinema. Kaylee Beahm in 5th grade was our third place winner and will receive a $15 movie gift card as well. We will be mailing in our Box Tops very soon, but please continue to send them in as our next deadline is near the end of February. Keep on clipping…

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Reminder from After-School Programs

Just a reminder to all parents that pick up from ALL after-school programs is at 4:15pm. Students who are picked up late more than twice may be removed from after-school programs at BBES. Also, parent pick-up is in the lobby only! Parents should wait in the lobby for their student to be walked out to them. Please do not go to the classroom to retrieve your student. Students will not be walked outside or curbside. All students must be signed out! (After-Care students will be escorted to After-Care by instructors. Walkers will sign themselves out and walk home.) Volunteer parents and teachers, so please be respectful of the gift of time and knowledge that they are sharing with your student by arriving on time for dismissal teach many of our after-school programs!

Order your Bollman Bridge Spirit Wear!! Send in the attached order form.