Friday, May 15, 2020

Bear PTA Newsletter-May 2020

This school year started as an Adventure, but who knew then what an adventure it would be! We are excited to be finishing strong even in the strangest of circumstances. There are a few important PTA items we would like to highlight as we conclude this school year.

Summer Packets
You can print off optional Summer Packets for rising 1st-5th graders on the Bear PTA Blog.  Students who complete their upcoming grade level packet and return it to their new teacher by August 14th will receive a prize from the PTA.

Click here for Summer Packets

Alabama PTA

The Bear PTA placed 1st in the Alabama PTA Family-Partnerships Awards in the Sharing Power Elementary Division! We were also recognized for 22 consecutive years of 100% PTA participation!

PTA Executive Board Slate
The following slate of names for the 2020-2021 Bear PTA Executive Officers was submitted in our April newsletter. No other nominations were submitted to the Nominating Chair, Mindy Craymer; so the 2020-2021 Slate stands as is:

Anna Wamsted-President
Traci Schell - 1st Vice President Membership
Kelly Stanton -2nd Vice President Fundraising
Whittington Black-Secretary
Lee Johnson-Treasurer
Jill Sexton-Communications

A huge thank you to Mollye Gunnells who has served as the Treasurer for the past two years.  She has spent many hours volunteering and will be greatly missed on the Executive Board. Thank you Mollye for all of your hard work!

Uniform Drop Off and Resale
The Uniform Resale is tentatively set for July 23-24. We will most likely have uniform donation drop-off days prior to that. More information on this will be posted to our PTA Facebook page.

2020-2021 Bear’s Prepaid School Supplies
The deadline for the prepaid school supplies was May 7th. For anyone that has not paid, please go to https://bearexploration.memberhub.store/ and pay online.

2020-2021 Floyd Middle Magnet’s (Rising 6th Graders) Prepaid Classroom Supplies   
Fifth graders attending Floyd Middle Magnet School next year can pay the mandatory classroom supply fee online at https://fmms.memberhub.store/  or mail checks or money orders (no cash) made payable to FMMS PTSA to P.O. Box 11185, Montgomery, AL 36111.

The fee is $25 per student, due by June 16th. This $25 classroom supply fee includes Clorox wipes, tissue, hand sanitizer, paper towels, and a Floyd Planner.

Students will receive a classroom supply list from their individual teacher prior to the start of school, e.g. notebooks, calculators, composition notebooks etc. This information will also be listed on the Floyd Middle Magnet School page, as well as, the PTSA page. Stay tuned…and Welcome to FMMS!

Virtual Teacher Appreciation Week
Thank you to everyone that virtually loved on our teachers last week with notes, videos, pictures, and gifts!  The PTA recognized how much we appreciate our teachers by delivering Awesome Teacher yard signs to their homes. Every teacher, administrator, and staff member also received a gift card from the PTA.  Thank you all for loving our teachers so well!

Congratulations 
Congratulations to one of our wonderful 5th grade teacher Mrs. Geesey on her retirement.  Bear has been blessed to have her as teacher.  Thank you for teaching so many of our students. You will be missed!

Congratulations to all of our 5th graders that are leaving Bear this year.  We know Bear has set a solid foundation for your continued success.

We hope that everyone has a safe summer, and we look forward to seeing so many of you in August!



Always there has been an adventure just around the corner—and the world is still full of corners. –Roy Chapman Andrews

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