BWE News & Notes
Week of March 9-13, 2020
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Integrated Arts Schedule
Monday, March 9, 2020
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March 9-13 - Spring Book Fair Week
March 10 - Book Fair Family Night 3:30-7:00 p.m.
March 10 - Shark Tank 5:00-6:30 p.m.
March 17 - BWE PFA Meeting 9:30 a.m.
March 18 - Lunch Guest Day
March 20 - Second Annual Parents' Art Project Night at Art Imagined (7:15-9:15 p.m.)
March 31 - Last day to purchase yearbooks
March 31 - Music In Our Schools
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Spring Book Fair comes to the
BWE Library March 9-13, 2020
Students will preview the Book Fair on Monday, March 9, and will begin to shop on Tuesday, March 10, during their Library Class. Cash, checks (made out to BWE PFA), and credit cards are accepted.
Please note that there is a 7% sales tax at the Book Fair, so please plan accordingly.
Please do not send blank checks to school with your child.
There is also a new payment option called eWallets. This option allows parents to preload an account with money for their student to spend at the fair. Any unspent money will be refunded after the fair is over.
More details are available on the Book Fair webpage:
If you can’t make it to the Book Fair in person, you can shop online at the Bradford Woods Book Fair webpage. You can find a link to this site from the BWE Library webpage also.
We hope you’ll stop by to see the complete selection of books for every member of the family. Family Night at the Book Fair will be held on Tuesday, March 10. On this day the Book Fair will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. All other days the Book Fair is open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Family Night is being held in conjunction with Spring Event Night, so stop in to the Book Fair before or after visiting your child’s classroom to see samples of writing projects.
The Book Fair is also helping to build classroom libraries at Bradford Woods. Teachers have created “Classroom Wish Lists” which will be posted at the Fair. You can purchase any book on the list, tell the cashier that it is a Wish List book, and donate it to the teacher’s classroom.
The Scholastic Book Fair creates a wonderful opportunity for your family to get excited about books and reading. Your participation is greatly appreciated. All proceeds are used to support reading incentive programs, and to purchase new library materials and technology for the building. Hope to see you there!
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Shark Tank
Come one come all to the fifth grade’s annual Shark Tank on Tuesday, March 10, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. in the Cafeteria! On display will be fifth grade students’ inventions and innovations. All BWE families are welcome to enter the Shark Tank….. if you dare!
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Music In Our Schools
Bradford Woods Elementary School will once again be celebrating Music In Our Schools during the month of March. The National Association for Music Education dedicates the month of March to celebrating, advocating for, and showing the importance of a solid musical education for all public school children across the United States. The BWE students will “celebrate” music in an assembly on March 31, 2020. The assembly will begin at 9:45AM and be approximately one-hour in length. As we have done in the past, parents are invited to attend this assembly to show support of the arts in our school and to see all of the great things that your children are learning in their music classes here at Bradford Woods!
If you would like to attend, please use the google form to sign up so that we may anticipate the number of parents who will be attending. If you have signed in to the Raptor system, we can also print your badge ahead of time so that you can skip the line of having to scan your driver’s license when entering the building. The link is available
here.
If you plan to attend the MIOS Celebration that day, please plan to arrive after busses have dropped students off for the school day. A perfect time to come would be between 9:30—9:40 a.m. giving students plenty of time to settle in for the day, check into their homerooms, and prepare for the celebration.
It is important that students arrive at school at their regular time (9:00) and it is suggested that they follow their usual mode of transportation on this date. In order to give their best performance, prepare for the regular school day, and check in for the day, students will need to be at school on time to prepare.
We hope you will join us this year in celebrating Music in Our Schools! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact
Mr. Schmidt.
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#BeTheKindKid T-Shirt Sales
Orders for #BeTheKindKid T-shirts will be taken until Friday, March 13. Orders should be given to your child’s homeroom teacher along with payment (Checks made payable to MMS). We encourage students to wear #BeTheKindKid t-shirts each Wednesday to spread this important message.
Follow the NA Kindness Committee on Twitter @NASD_Kindness to see photos of the t-shirts.
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Lunch Guest Day - Wednesday, March 18
Lunch Guest Guidelines:
- No store purchased lunches - only cafeteria purchased or brought from home
- You must sit with your child
- No younger siblings permitted
- No photographs are to be taken
- Volunteer clearances or required
- You are permitted to sign in, go to the cafeteria, and then directly back to the office to sign out - you are not permitted to walk your child back to class or be in any other portion of the building
- Your child must leave the cafeteria with their class when their teacher comes to pick them up
**Please note that if these guidelines are not followed, you will be asked to leave and may not be permitted to participate in lunch guest days in the future.
Lunch Schedule:
- Grade 1: 11:00-11:30
- Grade 2: 11:15-11:45
- Grade 3: 11:40-12:10
- Grade 4: 11:50-12:20
- Grade 5: 12:30-1:00
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Sign-Up Today for the Kids of STEEL Program presented by Giant Eagle
Parents, you can register your child to participate in the 2020 Kids of STEEL program and the Kids Marathon presented by Giant Eagle. The Kids of STEEL Program challenges children to run 26.2 miles over the course of 18-weeks, culminating with the Toyota of Pittsburgh Kids Marathon on May 2, 2020.
To encourage healthy eating habits, kids are asked to taste and study different fruits and vegetables. All you have to do is register your child online and start logging what your child runs and tastes!
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Kids of STEEL Marathon Parent Letter
Dear Parent/Guardian,
We are so pleased to share with you that Bradford Woods Elementary is a Kids of STEEL team! We invite your child to be part of the fun! Join us by following the link for the Chick-fil-A Pittsburgh Kids Marathon at
thepittsburghmarathon.com/kidsmarathon and select our team from the drop down menu on the registration page.
The 1-mile Pittsburgh Kids Marathon is a fun way for kids (and their families) to participate in the DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon weekend of events. This event, to take place on Saturday, May 2, 2020, is also the culminating race for Kids of STEEL participants following the Kids Marathon training plan.
Each child who register for the Kids Marathon ($20) receives:
- a confidence boost that comes from setting and achieving a goal
- curriculum and training plan to inspire healthy habits! Kids of STEEL was awarded “Youth Running Program of the Year” by Running USA.
- a free entry for an adult to join them on the course
- race shirt
- finisher prize
- finisher medal
- goody bag!
Please be sure to select our site from the list to ensure that your child is registered with our team in order to ensure your child’s shirt is delivered to our site. Your race registration serves as the permission slip for the program.
I’m so excited to be joining you and your child in one of the country’s largest kid’s races! If you have any questions, please contact me at
bfrisco@northallegheny.org.
Sincerely,
Beth Frisco
Health and Physical Education Teacher
Bradford Woods Elementary
PS: If you have a child in your family who would also like to participate in Marathon weekend but the 1-mile course isn’t right for them, the Sheetz Pittsburgh Toddler Trot and the UPMC Health Plan / UPMC Sports Medicine Pittsburgh 5K Run takes place on the same day as the Kids Marathon! Learn more at
kidsofsteel.org/races.
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NA Special Education Parent Networking Group
The next meeting for the NA Special Education Parent Networking Group is on Friday, March 13, at 9:30 a.m. at the Baierl Center.
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PaySchools is Changing its Look
PaySchools is an online payment processing system that provides North Allegheny and other districts with an easy and efficient method to collect fees and receive electronic payments. PaySchools is going to have a new look and new features rolling out this March. This upgrade will install automatically and seamlessly. All usernames and passwords will stay the same for parents/guardians.
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A Taste of North Allegheny
Join us for a night of small bites, drinks and fun as we support the excellent work of North Allegheny teachers and students! If you would like more information on contributing raffle baskets or becoming a vendor please email
Abigayle Tobia, Executive Director.
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Parent/Guardian Requests for Specific Classroom Teachers
The District has developed procedures to best match students with classroom settings and teachers. While parent/guardian input is welcomed, individual teacher requests will not be granted. You may wish to share input by way of letter to your building administrator. In order for us to begin the scheduling process, this information needs to be obtained no later than Friday, April 10, 2020 and provided to your child’s principal. To further outline the classroom assignments process please read the attached letter.
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Middle School Orientation - April 20, 2020
5th grade parents/guardians are invited to attend middle school orientation on Monday, April 20. A morning session will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Marshall Middle School and an evening session will be held at Ingomar Middle School at 7 p.m. For more information, view the Middle School Orientation Flyer.
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Missed a Newsletter?
All building newsletters are archived weekly on the North Allegheny website. This designated webpage will be updated with links to the previous week’s newsletters at the beginning of each school week by 11:30 a.m. A link to the archive is accessible on the District’s homepage and on each building’s homepage.
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The North Allegheny School District often receives requests for the distribution of athletics and approved non-profit community organization digital flyers. All requests for community flyers to be included in this newsletter must be submitted via email only at
flyers@northallegheny.org
. Flyers will only be posted and removed from the District website on Friday.
Visit our website for details on how to submit flyers
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