Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Bear PTA Newsletter- February 2020


Bear Family Dance
The annual Bear Family Dance is THIS FRIDAY, & we need YOUR help to make it amazing! We still need some more volunteers, so please click the signup link & find a place that works for you!
Make sure to return your Family Dance Pre-Order Wristband form by 9am 2/6 or you can conveniently pay for wristbands online here: https://bearexploration.memberhub.store/           


Spirit Night!
Thank you to all of you who enjoyed spirit night at Pizza Perfect.  We were able to receive $128!!! Mark your calendars for March 6th for our next spirit night at Chuck-E-Cheese!!!  More information will be coming home closer to the date!

PTA Reflections
Bear had many students who placed in the PTA Reflections Art Contest on the County level! Way to go Bear!

Photography: Primary
1st-Avery Grace Stanton
2nd-Benjamin Noah Moore
Photography: Intermediate
1st-Tanner Hoit
2nd Makayla Chatman & Jackson Sexton
Visual Arts: Primary
1st-Avery Grace Stanton
Visual Arts: Intermediate
1st-Mille DeLoach
2nd-Audrey Kim
HM-Henry Manderville
Literature: Primary
1st-Banks Davenport
Literature: Intermediate
1st-Sarah Cate Gulsby
2nd-Jackson Sexton & Faith Lynn Nguyen
Musical Composition: Primary
1st-Amelia Johnson
Musical Composition: Intermediate
1st- Brayden D. White
Dance Composition: Intermediate
1st-Mary Grace Parsons
The winners will be receiving an invitation in the mail from Montgomery County PTA to attend a reception to receive their awards. The reception is in the Spring.


Specialist Spotlight for February
Let’s show Mrs. Marshall some love this month by brining her items off her wish-list! Items requested are:  
  • gift cards to pet stores, Walmart and Amazon
  • AA batteries
  • 3 volt batteries (look like quarters)
  • snack size ziplocs
  • sandwich size ziplocs
  • yarn (any color or type)
  • glue sticks
  • sharpie
  • q-tips
  • card stock
  • hand santizer
Thank you to these students for brining items in January to Mrs. Houlditch: Ezra LaBier, Banks Davenport, Emme Kaplan, Jordan McGhee, Destiny Cobb, Maddi Kirk and Arraya Buathet.  Ezra LaBier was the winner this month and will receive $3 in Bear Bucks!

Valentines Parties
Parties for each grade will be held February 14th from 2:45-3:30. Only room parents can attend this party.

Science Night
Join us February 20th for Science Night! More information will be sent home with your child in the next week.

Book Fair
Our annual Bear Book Fair will be from 8am-4pm on March 2-6. Pastries with Parents will be from 8:00am-8:40am on Tuesday, March 3rd. Come have a pastry & shop the Book Fair with your child. More information to come in the next few weeks.

Fun Run
We’re excited about this opportunity to come together as a school & focus on health & character & support our school in the process.
It will span March 23 to April 3 with the run being the last day. There will be fun incentives given to students each day who meet specific goals. It’s a great opportunity to get grandparents & out of town friends & family involved in our school. There will be more info coming home closer to the event.


Personalized Bricks
Now is a great time to order your Brick and help support the Bear Garden! Order form is below. Send in your form & payment to your homeroom teacher so it can be added to the garden before the end of the year!




Upcoming Events
Bear Family Dance-February 7th
Class Valentines Party-February 14th
Science Night-February 20th
Book Fair-March 2-6
Fun Run-March 23-April 3rd


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