Get Involved at Bear!

 

Volunteering your time and talent is one of the most important aspects of membership in the Bear PTA. We have a very active and successful PTA due to the involvement of so many of our wonderful parent, grandparent, and community volunteers. Our goal is to enrich the educational experience of our children through our volunteer efforts.

 

Thank you for your involvement in the life of your child and 

for your support of our school!

--PTA Volunteer Form

 

--Popcorn Sign Up: Volunteers are needed on Fridays to pop popcorn. (*Need committed volunteers)

 

--Library Sign Up: Volunteers are needed in the library to support our wonderful librarian. Volunteers will be assisting with checking in/out books, shelving books, and cataloging books.

 

--Copy Cats Sign Up: Volunteers are needed to help our teachers by making copies. You will be trained on the copy machine and will only copy for grade levels your child is NOT currently in. (*Need committed volunteers)

Mabel's Labels

Bear Family! How many times have you had to repurchase outerwear or other items for your student because they have been lost and never to be seen again?!? I know I’ve replaced a jacket or two for mine!  As you might have heard, MPS has installed water bottle fountains in every school. This year our students will also have water bottles to keep up with (more info to come soon from our administration!). 

Well we’ve found a GREAT solution for making sure items are easily identifiable so we don’t share germs & don’t have to repurchase them! Mabel’s Labels are fabulous for helping you label ALL your child’s items...and they’ve committed to give back 20% of anything we purchase to our school! Go to campaigns.mabelslabels.com and search for Bear Exploration Center PTA to grab some super fun (and practical!) labels to help your children keep up with all the stuff!

Back to School Nights-2021-2022

Back-to-School Nights

2021-2022

Kindergarten Orientation – Tuesday, August 10 @ 6:15

1st grade – Tuesday, August 10 @ 5:00

2nd grade – Wednesday, August 11 @ 5:00

3rd grade – Wednesday, August 11 @ 6:15

4th grade – Thursday, August 12 @ 5:00

5th grade – Thursday, August 12 @ 6:15

Bear Cafeteria

Meet your teacher and classmates!

Due to space limitations we ask that only parent(s) and the appropriate student attend.

Thank you for understanding.

PTA Newsletter-May 2021

 PTA Donations: 

We were so excited to present a $12,000 check to Mrs. Hill for our school. Another $12k was invested in chrome book carts, chrome books & iPads at the start of the year; and in addition to this, we have given grants to our teachers three times this year totaling over $20k. We were able to replace the teacher's refrigerator upstairs, maintain our beautiful Bear Garden, help feed our science lab animals, and love our teachers and staff with meals throughout the year.

Learning Packets:

To make sure that the skills built over the last nine months remain sharp, the PTA, with guidance from our wonderful teachers, have updated our online Summer Learning Packet for each grade level. Participation is OPTIONAL. The packets are available at any time on our blog.

1. Choose the grade level that your child will be in next year.
2. Print it off.
3. Have your student complete the work over the summer.
4. Return the packets to your child's new teacher during the first week of school, no later than Friday, August 20.

Students who complete their Summer Learning Packet and return it to school by August 20 will be rewarded with a prize from the PTA.

School Supplies:

We need your help unloading pallets and distributing school supplies this summer. Please consider volunteering! 

Unloading Pallets: Tuesday, June 29 7am-8am

Distributing Supplies to Classrooms: Tuesday, July 27 7am-11am

Uniform Resale: 

Donate your gently-used uniforms to the PTA today or tomorrow. The uniform container is in the foyer by the front office. Skirt hangers are needed at this time. 

Uniform Drop-Off - July 16-17 from 11:00 am- 1:00 pm. 
Uniform Sale - July 23 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. All prices are as marked.
Half Price Day - July 24 from 10 am – 12 pm. This includes $10 Grab Bags* (Plaid excluded).

All events are in the Bear Cafeteria. We need your help to make this happen!

Please consider volunteering for the Uniform Resale here.

Congratulations to our 5th Graders! 

Teacher Appreciation 2021

Teacher Appreciation 2021

May 3^rd-7^th

We are so thankful for our teachers, specialists, and support staff at Bear Exploration Center. They have all gone above and beyond this year to ensure our students are getting the best education! Below are some suggestions of how we can show our appreciation whether your child is in person or learning virtually.

 

Monday, May 3rd

Shower your Classroom Teachers with Flowers 

Bring your teacher their favorite (or any!) flower.

Draw your teacher a flower, take a picture & email it to him/her.

Tuesday, May 4th

Specials for our Specialists

Bring a Specialist their favorite (or any!) flower.

Draw a Specialist a flower, take a picture & email it to him/her.

or

Deliver a gift card to a Specialist with a note of encouragement.

Send a digital gift card to a Specialist’s favorite place & email a note of encouragement.

                                                                       

Tamara Bibbins, Mary Bonikowski, Carlos Booker, Sarah Fell, Loretta Harrison, Claudia Hoit, Laurie Houlditch, Mary Ellen Lanier, Amy Marshall, Jessica Myers, Sueanne Reynolds, Hannah Tremlett

 

                                                                                      

Wednesday, May 5th 

Treat your Classroom Teachers 

Deliver your Teacher’s favorite snack or candy with a note of encouragement.

Email a note or video of encouragement to your Teacher.

 

                                                                       

Thursday, May 6th

Surprise the Lunchroom*, Environmental* and Office Staff

Bring a Lunchroom, Environmental or Office Staff their favorite (or any!) flower.

Draw a Lunchroom, Environmental or Office Staff a flower, take a picture & email it to him/her.

or

Deliver a gift card to a Lunchroom, Environmental or Office Staff with a note of encouragement.

Send a digital gift card to a Lunchroom, Environmental or Office Staff & email a note of encouragement.

                                                                                          .       

Principal, Elizabeth Hill; Vice Principal, Brandi Moody; Secretary, Carol Lasater; Bookkeeper, Amy Robinson; Office Assistant, Janie Hodgson; Lunchroom Staff*: Olivia, Mr. Tony, Alecia, Callie, Linda  Environmental Workers*: Tony Green, Wanda, Jessica    

  

 

Friday, May 7th 

Classroom Teacher’s Favorites

Deliver a gift card to your Teacher with a note of encouragement.

Send a digital gift card to your Teacher’s favorite place & email a note of encouragement.

 

*If you want to send something to the lunchroom staff or environmental workers please email it to bearexploration.pta@gmail.com

 

Teacher’s Favorites on the Bear PTA Facebook page in the files section, or on the Bear Exploration Center PTABlog

PTA Newsletter-April 2021

Book Fair

The Book Fair is here!

Open in person (only for face to face students) from April 26-30 at school from 8am-4pm.

Open online from April 21-May 4!

More information on our Bear PTA Facebook page & through the link below.

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=bearexplorationcenter

 

PTA Executive Board Slate

On behalf of the nominating committee, I, Mindy Craymer, submit the following slate of names for the 2021-2022 Bear PTA Officers:

 

Whittington Black - President

Kelly Stanton - 1^st Vice President Membership

Anna Wamsted - 2^nd Vice President Fundraising

Stephanie Williams - Secretary 

Lee Johnson - Treasurer 

Jill Sexton - Communication 

 

If there are any other nominations, please verify with the nominee and submit the recommendation to me, Mindy Craymer, at mac9-6@juno.com by Friday, April 30, no later than 11:59 p.m.

 

School Supplies

School Supply order forms for the 2021-2022 school year will be available this week.  Watch for an email from your homeroom teacher & Mrs. Hill. If you are experiencing an economic challenge, please let us know; and we will work with you to create a payment plan. They will be due by Monday, May 10th.  

 

Teacher Appreciation 

We still plan to recognize our wonderful teachers, administration, lunchroom staff, and environmental staff during the week of May 3^rd -7^th.  More details will be coming middle of this week.

French Toast Uniform Store

 Bear Families we have an exciting announcement. While you can purchase your student uniforms from a variety of stores, we have a new opportunity to support our school along the way. French Toast offers quality items for our students with fabulous discounts throughout the year.

***Please note that the plaid and new dry-fit items will be available June 1, 2021.

We are excited to partner with French Toast to bring you an easy way to shop online.

Note: This does not replace our Bear Store.

https://www.frenchtoast.com/schoolbox/schools/bear-exploration-center-QS44FBY