Mt. Bethel Elementary PTA Weekly e-Blast

Provided by Mt. Bethel Elementary PTA

EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S AWARENESS WEEK - January 23-27

Our goal is to raise awareness and acceptance of all students with special needs. This year, we have invited Blaze Sports to visit our students.

This week during PE, your child will take part in a Blaze Day

at school. A Blaze Day is a unique and exciting opportunity for students to experience a range of Paralympic sports and learn about the many sporting opportunities available to all people with all types of disabilities. They will try wheelchair racing, sit volleyball, boccia and goalball. We hope this will be a fun learning experience for all!

We need volunteers to help make this a successful event for our students.

VOLUNTEER HERE TO HELP OUT WITH THIS GREAT EVENT

Questions? Contact Michelle Reuter at exceptionalchildawareness@mtbethelpta.org

FACT CLUBS START TOMORROW!

FACT CLUB PROCEDURES

To facilitate a smooth transition from classrooms to ASP to FACT Clubs below are a few procedures that should be followed:

ALL studenst must use the Mt. Bethel Transportation Change and Student Bus Pass form to indicate aht the student attending a FACT club for the first week of clubs.

Kindergartners participating in FACT clubs MUST bring in this form on each day they are attending a FACT Club through Friday, April 21st (last day of FACT clubs). The form can be found on the Mt. bethel website on the links page:

MT BETHEL TRANSPORTATION CHANGE AND STUDENT BUS PASS

CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS - PLANNING MEETING - JANUARY 24TH

Come learn about celebrations from cultures around the world. Sample traditional foods and enjoy entertaining performances!

Cultural Celebrations: Illuminating Our World

Tuesday, February 7th, 2017

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Planning Meeting: If you'd like to help with event, please come to our final committee meeting before the event at Whole Foods Market on Tuesday evening, January 24th at 8:00 PM.

Please contact Marlene Cohn or Tina Patel at culturalcelebrations@mtbethelpta.org for more information

IDENT-A-KID - JANUARY 26th

Child identification program designed to quickly provide parents an law enforcement officials with crucial information should your child become lost or missing.

Look for more information about Ident-A-Kid in your child's backpack.

Questions? Contact Kari Figueroa fingerprinting@mtbethelpta.org

HONORING OUR HEROES

Student Entry Forms can be found on our website. Essay entries will be due January 27th, 2017.

HONORING OUR HEROES ESSAY FORM

For more information about Honoring our Heroes contact

Catherine Trosclair and Rebecca Bonfield at charactered@mtbethelpta.org

SAUCE BOWL!!!

Sauce Bowl has completed the first two preliminary competitions in the MBES Cafeteria. The first winner was Herb-Garlic Ranch. The next winner (BBQ Ranch or Teriyaki Ranch) will move on to compete in the ultimate SAUCE BOWL...right before the SUPER BOWL!

Our school was fortunate to have Deputies Melton & McFall from the Cobb County Sheriff's Department visit to discuss opportunities for community outreach. We asked them to offer their expertise in SAUCE BOWL...and the crowd went wild! They both gave a huge thumbs up to our cafe' staff and the delicious food. Want to know how they voted?

WATCH THE VIDEO FROM THE LUNCH ROOM!

Upcoming Dates

Jan 23-27	Exceptional Children's Awareness Week
Jan 23	Spring FACT Clubs Begin
Jan 26	Ident-A-Kid
Jan 27	Honoring our Heroes Essay Due
Jan 30	PTA Executive Board Nominations Due
Jan 31	Foundation Pledges Due
Feb 1-8	School Pantry Drive
Feb 2	Maddio's Pizza Spirit Night
Feb 7	Cultural Celebrations 6:00-7:30 PM

MBES PTA NEWS

W e need passionate leaders in order to continue doing all of the great things our PTA does for Mt. Bethel. Know someone who would be a great choice for the 2017-2018 Mt. Bethel PTA leadership team? Or maybe you're interested?

PTA NOMINATION FORM

Nomination Deadline January 30th

Questions? Contact Natalie Collins at nominating@mtbethelpta.org

VISITING AUTHOR

Science and nature writer, Heather L. Montgomery, will be visiting with students at Mt. Bethel on January 18th,19th and 20th.

To order autographed copies of her books, please log on to the PTA Toolkit and fill out the Autographed Book Sale Form by February 3rd.Books will be delivered to your student in mid-February.

ORDER YOUR BOOKS TODAY!!

Deadline February 3rd

Questions? Contact Melissa Pinsky and Collins Foster at visitingauthors@mtbethelpta.org

CHALLENGER PUBLISHING

Interested students should write a story on a topic of their choosing, fiction or non-fiction. Stories will be edited and published in a hardbound book to be kept in the learning commons for years to come!

CHALLENGER PUBLISHING INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FORM

Deadline February 17th

Questions? Contact challengerpublishing@mtbethelpta.org