Welcome Back, Broncos!

8.13.23

School News

A Message from Principal Dumar

Hello Bradfield Families,

I love the excitement of a new school year, new and returning staff members, and of course, new school supplies. We could not make this happen without the support of our volunteers. We appreciate your dedication, especially when you are still on summer break. The Bradfield PTA, Dads Club, staff and I are working diligently to prepare for the upcoming school year and we are all looking forward to reuniting with our Broncos and parents.

I want to thank our PTA Board, under the leadership of Laura McCallan, PTA President, for its continued support and generosity to our Bradfield community, including both staff and families. They have worked tirelessly this summer planning events and activities for the coming school year, and have coordinated essential fundraising efforts necessary to maintain excellence at Bradfield.

Thank you to PTA’s Carpool Chairs, Whitney Donaldson and Jennifer Bergin. They have been working countless hours to have carpool procedures and carpool tags ready for each family at Meet the Teacher. Thank you, ladies, for your organization and attention to detail to keep our Broncos safe! Please see below for more details about carpool procedures.

Thank you to PTA’s School Supply Chairs, Kylie Gutzman and Kiki Wallace for many hours dedicated to organizing and delivering all of your children’s school supplies in order to be ready for the first day of school. Thank you, Kylie and her team of volunteers.

Thank you to Brooke Ryan and Medley Turner for taking time to beautify our front entry as a talented artist. I can’t wait for you to see the final creation.

Thank you to our PTA volunteers who continued the fabulous tradition of our Back to School Luncheon. Delicious food, fellowship and fun was had by all as our staff definitely felt the love with cute t-shirts and “Happy Notes of Love.” Thank you to the Kelton family for opening your lovely home for our Fiesta Kick-off.

Bradfield Dads Club (BDC) President, Benjamin Carpenter has been busy this summer working with our enthusiastic team of dads to continue the tradition of keeping our Broncos safe and setting the example of Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve. You may have noticed a newly added security fence on the Armstrong side thanks to our BDC! The gate will be opened from 7:30-8:00 am in order for students to access the bike racks; however it will be locked the rest of the school day. We are also thankful our Dads will continue greeting our students during carpool arrival each morning. Be on the look-out for the exciting plans for community-building activities that our Dads will not want to miss.

Not only does our Bradfield Dads Club take care of our little Broncos, but they definitely take care of our staff as well. Thank you for kicking off the year with our traditional, Hamburger Man luncheon and swag on the first day back to provide a warm welcome for our staff.

Please take a few minutes to become familiar with some of our latest security enhancements that will be in place for the upcoming school year. While these processes will take some getting used to, please know the intent is to ensure the safest school experience possible for our students, staff and families. You are the key to the school/home partnership and we value your time and support more than you know. Officer Connel and I welcome your feedback and want to be informed of any safety concerns. Please contact one of us and/or the Bradfield Office. If you “See Something, Say Something!” If it is an emergency, contact 9-1-1. Your assistance with the procedures will help ensure we keep everyone safe and accounted for at Bradfield during the school day.

Bradfield Safety Enhancements

We are part of an incredible community that values the education of our students and supports the needs of our staff and school. On behalf of the Bradfield staff, our heartfelt thanks for your positive energy and continued support this coming year. Thank you for your partnership in your child’s education, and welcome to another great year at Bradfield Elementary! I look forward to seeing each of you at Meet the Teacher on Monday, August 14th from 5:00-6:00 PM and the first day of school, Tuesday, August 15th.

I look forward to seeing you and your children at the front door!

HOURS:

8:00 AM to 3:15 PM

Students are tardy after 8:00 AM. After 9:30AM, students are counted absent.

ABSENCES:

Email brattendance@hpisd.org and your teacher to let us know that your child is out, the reason why and who their teacher is.

We ONLY need a doctor's note when a child has a doctor visit that happens during the school day and the child comes in late from that appointment, leaves early for that appointment, or leaves school and returns on that very same day.

1st DAY OF SCHOOL TIPS:

Principal Dumar’s Tips to help you and your child have a great first week.

Arrival and photo opportunities

Parents are welcome to walk their children to class on the first day of school where their teacher will be awaiting their grinning faces. The front doors will open at 7:30 and will lock at 8:00. We ask that students PreK-4th enter through the main entry of the building on Southern Ave.
Beginning the second day of school, students arriving between 7:30-7:50 will report to designated areas in the building: Kindergartners- 4th graders report to the gym and PreK students report to their POD until they are dismissed to class.
Parents may still walk students to class between 7:50-8:00. After 8:00, we kindly ask that you make your way to the main entrance/exit doors, so the students may start their day.
Please arrive a few minutes early if you are planning to get photo opportunities on the front lawn.
Know the PM dismissal procedures?
Make sure your child/teacher knows how they are getting home the first day/week of school.
Each family will receive a new carpool number at Meet the Teacher.
Help your child memorize their carpool tag number.

Afternoon carpool begins at 3:00PM.

On the first day of school (Tuesday, August 15), Carpool will only run in the afternoon. Please plan to walk to school that first morning.

Do not block driveways or park in handicapped or reserved spots.

View Carpool Procedures

Review the menu with your child to help in their daily selections. (FYI There's an app for this! Search your app store for Nutrislice.)

View Lunch Menu

Lunch Visitors

We are happy for you to eat lunch with your child at school after Labor Day. We ask you to allow the staff time to work with students on cafeteria procedures.

Volunteers Needed!

Our cafeteria runs on parent (and grandparent) power! Sign up for a shift and join us for volunteer training on:

Tuesday, August 22 at 8:15AM

Bradfield Cafetorium

We really need help filling these days:

1st Fridays

4th Mondays

4th Tuesdays

4th Thursdays

Note there are other openings that need help as well!

Menu/Payment Questions? Click Here

or email Susan Graeber or Shannon Warren

Volunteer Questions? Steve Noviello & Lee Drummond

Learn about Bradfield, hear about all the volunteer opportunities and meet other new families!

View Newcomer's Handbook

Questions? newcomer@bradfieldpta.org

Join Remind (Again!)

Send a text to 81010 to get grade level reminders from Principal Dumar. Each year the groups get reset, so everyone must join again.

PreK code: @brpre-k
Kindergarten code: @bradki
1st Grade code: @brad1st
2nd Grade code: @brad2nd
3rd Grade code: @bradf3
4th Grade code: @bradf4

PTA News

A Message from our PTA President, Laura McCallan

Welcome to the 2023-24 school year! I am so excited to serve as this year’s PTA President along with so many dedicated parent volunteers.

The PTA has been working so hard this Summer to prepare for another fantastic year at Bradfield. Please join me in thanking all of our parents who gave so much of their time, including:

Laura Terry, for managing Back to School Sign Up like a pro.

Kylie Gutzman & Kiki Wallace, for managing the ordering, delivering, and organizing of our school supplies for the year.

Kristy Ferguson & Liz Wilson, for navigating Community Partner Contracts, finalizing Family Giving benefits, creating a fantastic Family Giving brochure, and ordering all of our Bradfield swag for the year.

Diana Oates, for overseeing and finalizing our PTA calendar.

Katie Patterson & Andrea Facini, for updating our information for the year on the HPISD website.

Margaret Neubauer, for updating the PTA website, updating email addresses for our PTA Board, and making sure Shopify is ready to go for a year of successful fundraising.

Sahar Stange & Isabella Medina for working with our staff to make sure our Signup.com volunteer opportunities will be ready to go in September.

Genevieve Short & Jennifer Morton, for designing and orchestrating the pre-sale of our adorable 23-24 Bradfield Spirit Wear.

Kamela Aboussie and the Staff Appreciation Team: Jessica Bolander, Abby Evans, Robin Hufsey, Katie Samler & Rebecca Bell for organizing a fantastic Back to School Staff Luncheon this past Friday. Thank you to Sari McCoy & Allison Small for organizing the PTA Back to School gifts to our staff. And thank you to Tom & Katie Kelton for allowing us to host in your beautiful home!

And finally, Rachel Reed, who has been looped into countless emails and conversations in the past few months as she starts to prepare to take on this job next year. Thank you so much for your support, Rachel!

Go Broncos!

Laura McCallan