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March 19, 2019
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Important Dates to Remember
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March 22
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BOOSTERTHON - Fun Run!
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March 28
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Math Night at Publix 6pm – 7pm
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March 29
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Makeup Day
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April 1- 5
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Teacher Appreciation Week
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April 2
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Spring Picture Day
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April 3
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Beginners Night 7:30am or 6pm
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April 4
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Bears Night Out! Chick-fil-A 5 – 8pm
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April 5
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Popcorn Friday
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to view the entire calendar
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REMINDER
Parents, grandparents, and visitors are
required to show a photo ID every time they visit BES.
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This year’s main fundraiser
is underway. Please help your student get pledges by asking friends and
family. Students will complete 30-35 laps (35 laps max) around a Fun Run
track on March 22nd, to raise funds for our school.
This year ALL visitors who
come for the Fun Run will need to sign in on Lobby Guard. We encourage you
to arrive early, as there may be long lines. Computers will be available in
the cafeteria for visitor sign in. After your child’s race, please leave
campus to allow for parking for the next race. CMS Registered Volunteers
can show their license and be checked off the list. You may register as a
volunteer. It will expedite the process for all upcoming events.
https://www.cmsvolunteers.com/volunteer.php?newflag=1
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Fun
Run Schedule on March 22nd:
Kindergarten
9:15
1st
and 2nd grade 10:30
3rd
and 4th grade 12:00pm
5th
grade 1:30pm
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The After School
Enrichment Program
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The After
School Enrichment Program will begin accepting registrations for the
2019-2020 school year on April 1st at 7am. Register on the
CMS website under ASEP Department.
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Volunteer Opportunities
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Volunteers Needed
Ballantyne
Elementary Career Fair!
Wednesday, April 3rd will be the first ever
Ballantyne Elementary Career Fair! We are looking for volunteers from the
community from a wide variety of professions to be speakers. Our ideal
speaker would be someone who:
- Is passionate about their
profession.
- Is comfortable speaking in
front of groups of children.
- Can bring items or
materials used in their job to help in presenting.
We are looking for presenters from the
following career areas:
- Human Services (counseling,
social work, non-profit)
- Business/Banking
- Technology
- Building/Construction/Home
repair
- Arts
- Engineering
- Entrepreneurs
- Sports
- Law Enforcement
- Aviation
- Media (TV or print)
- Food Service (Restaurants)
If you or someone you know is available and
interested in helping our BES students explore careers with us, please
contact your child’s counselor:
Karen Thayer [email protected] (K-2)
Joanne
Anderson [email protected]
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Auditions for this
year's talent show are coming up soon. Turn in an audition form
by March 19th to
reserve an audition time.
Talent show
date: April 12th, 2019
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Parents!
This year’s main fundraiser is the Ballantyne Fun Run! It’s an 8-day
program that kicks off with a Pep Rally on Wednesday, March 13th. Families
will then gather pledges for every lap your student runs (30-35 laps), and
we’ll celebrate at the Fun Run on Friday, March 22nd. With our big goal of
raising funds for OUTDOOR PLAY AREAS, we asked the Fun Run experts at Boosterthon to power our Fun Run and make it more profitable,
easier, and fun.
Students
will also experience an amazing character theme, Mind Spark Mystery Lab! It
is a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) theme all
about using character to solve problems. Students will enter into a mystery
lab and learn all about character and STEAM!
You
can help our school by reaching out to sponsors, and then putting their
donations on FunRun.com. Also, all families are invited to come out and
cheer on your student at the Fun Run!
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BES
loves our teachers and staff! We would like to invite all students and
parents to show extra gratitude to teachers during our Teacher Appreciation
Week.
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Sunday:
“Chalk the Walk” Bring your family to school to write or draw a message in
sidewalk chalk to your favorite teachers. Write notes along the sidewalks
and on the bus lot to say thanks a bunch.
Monday: Bring
a flower petal (below) to your teacher. Write a favorite memory from class,
then decorate it. Petals will be combined to make a flower for each
teacher.
Tuesday: Bring
in your teacher’s favorite drink and thank them for quenching your child’s
thirst for knowledge.
Wednesday: Brighten up your teacher’s day and wear their
favorite color. We are hosting a “Thanks to you I’m one smart cookie”
exchange for our teacher’s today. The signup will be in the Bear Blast,
bake something sweet for our staff.
Thursday: “If
teachers were flowers I’d pick you!” Bring in your teacher’s favorite
flower.
Friday:
Bring in your teacher’s favorite snack or gift card to show them they’re a
bloom above the rest.
For a list of your teacher’s favorites and other
ideas, go to www.ballantynepta.com then Quick Links and select Teacher
Favorites.
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BES SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
LEARNING SPOTLIGHT
At BES,
we work with our students on goal setting.
Below are suggestions to help your child write goals.
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Suggestions for Writing Goals
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1.
Goals should be action oriented, measurable,
and realistic.
2. Action
oriented means that your goals should involve actions or behaviors that you
can do and that can be seen by other people.
3. Measurable
means that goals should be able to be measured. You can track your progress.
4. Realistic
means that your goals should be things that you can really accomplish by
working hard on a daily and weekly basis.
5. Remember
that a goal should always be phrased in a way that shows you are looking
for improvement, not perfection.
6. Support
your child in writing two simple goals (an academic goal and a social and
emotional learning goal) every one or two months along with simple action
steps to allow them to reflect on their progress periodically.
7. It
can be very helpful to have your child write down all the benefits of
achieving each specific goal.
8. Have
your child post their goals and the benefits in a place where they will see
them at school and at home.
9. Encourage
them to read their action steps once a week to reflect on their progress.
10. A
common acronym for goal setting is S.M.A.R.T.: Specific, Measurable,
Attainable, Realistic, Timely.
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Happening Now - Paint
the Rock!
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For a $5 donation to your PTA, you can rent the giant
rock in front of the school and paint it in honor of your child’s birthday.
Visit the Resources
page of the Ballantyne PTA website and click “Sign Up to Paint the Rock,” for more
information.
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BES Needs You!
2018
– 2019 Volunteer Information
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In order to keep making BES the BEST we need dedicated parents to help
with many of our volunteer opportunities! Work during the day? No
problem! Whether you have free time during the day or are more of a
nights/weekends kind of volunteer, you’re a lifesaver, dive in! There
are so many great things our school offers all because of our amazing
volunteers!
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Sign
up here -
https://ballantynepta.weebly.com/volunteer.html
If you have any questions regarding any of the positions
reach out to us at [email protected]. Thank you!!
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Maria Nair Rachal
PTA President
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A MESSAGE FROM MARIA
We are in the middle of a fun
week with the Boosterthon team gearing up for the
Fun Run on Friday. I’m so happy that we don’t ask parents to sell wrapping
paper, candles, cookie dough or chocolate to raise money for our school. We
only do two fundraisers a year and the Fun Run is the biggest one. Our
growing school needs more outdoor play areas so we are raising funds for
that project. We hope to see you cheering on your runners this Friday.
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