Bronco eBulletin 11.6.22

November 6, 2022

School News

A Message from Principal Dumar

Hello Bradfield Families!

The Bradfield Carnival was one to remember thanks to the PTA Chairs, Natalie Alexis, Mallory Broaddus and Aimee Key. Their ability to change directions due to Texas weather and their hard work paid off as our Broncos enjoyed a wonderful time with face painting, games and food. Special thank you to Ms. Susan, Deborah, Joyce and Jaime who served the delicious carnival food. Also, thank you to Mr. Dale who made it back just in time to help behind the scenes.

Our traditional Pancake Breakfast did not disappoint. From the staff relays, pancake artist and delicious breakfast, Broncos big and small had a fantastic time. Thank you, PTA Chairs, Angie Shank, Katherine Sbaiti and Katie Samler for making this such a fun event for our Bradfield families. Special thank you to Jeff Patman for breaking out his MC skills, the dads who showed up early to serve breakfast and Ms. Susan, Debrah, Joyce and Jaime for arriving extra early and preparing a wonderful breakfast.

The staff always loves a little friendly competition. Bradfield’s BLUE and GOLD team brought their A-Game as they competed for the title in our annual Pancake Breakfast Relay. Congratulations to Bradfield’s GOLD team for winning the Relay and to Mrs. Kennemer and Mrs. Jent for making it to the final championship round. Even though it was neck and neck, Mrs. Kennemer earned bragging rights and a medal for the overall win. Remarkable job!

Congratulations to Counselor Janet Adams and Spanish Assistant Maria Nanclares for earning the Heart at Work Award last week for Bradfield Elementary. Superintendent, Dr. Trigg along with his prize patrol surprised the staff members last week with certificates and pins. Congratulations!

As a reminder, the Heart at Work Nominations for HPISD staff members may be submitted using this link. Anyone in the community, staff or students may nominate a staff member who goes above and beyond in serving our students, staff, families and community. Let’s honor our staff members who display a servant’s heart, make a difference in the lives of others and inspire other HPISD employees through their actions. Each person nominated will be recognized at the campus level. In the Spring, the District Heart at Work Committee will review all of those recognized at the campus level and will select one certified and one non-exempt staff member from each campus to be honored and awarded $500 at the annual staff recognition banquet. I encourage you to nominate our dedicated staff members who make a difference in the lives of your children.

The writer of the week was second grader, Finn Purvius, from Ms. Ulrich’s class. His assignment was to write a persuasive writing piece using opinions. Finn provided the listeners with convincing opinions on why dogs make better pets than cats. He validated my thinking and gave me a few more reasons to add to the pro dog column. Great job, Finn!

I encourage you to check out the Broncoland spotlight below. This week’s highlights include: the Pancake Breakfast, Carnival and Science Lab.

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

Regina Dumar

dumarr@hpisd.org

WE ARE BRADFIELD BOLD!

You can locate your child’s student ID number in Skyward under the ‘Food Service’ tab on the left hand side. Under food service, there is a 'Key Pad Number’ located on the right hand side - THIS is your child’s student ID number.

The iconic Bradfield tile stairs background is one of the backdrop options.

Happy viewing and ordering!

Questions? Jennifer Morton & Genevieve Short

If you would like your child to do a make-up photo, please email Jennifer Morton & Genevieve Short.

Friday, November 11

Kinder through 4th Grade Bradfield Students

6-11PM

Bradfield Gym

$50 for 1st Child & $40 for Siblings

Limited to 50 students.

Registration Form

Questions? Miss Fischer & Ms. Proudfoot

Questions? Mrs. Adams

This special menu is served at the normal lunch times. Cold plate option will be available.

Questions? Susan Graeber

Questions? Kathleen Berry

Mad for Plaid signs are popping up in the neighborhood, and letters are beginning to hit homes this week! We need your support more than ever this year, as the Foundation has committed to a historic gift of $1.7 million for teacher and staff salaries. This gift will account for one percent of the overall 5% increase for teachers and staff in the 2022-2023 school year!

We are grateful of your consideration and hope you will join us in this effort to do more for our teachers, now.

Donate to MAD for PLAID

PTA News

A Message from our PTA President, Kate Cutshall

Bradfield Carnival 2022 was one for the record books! Thank you, Parents, for showing up and staying patient while we worked through plans to shift our event indoors. I absolutely loved the feeling that the Carnival became a true community event. Sometimes the best laid plans are not the ones you intended! But I loved seeing our Broncos smiling and having fun no matter what the Texas weather had instore. And bravo to the parents that jumped on the mic for karaoke and joined in on the glow stick dance party!!

Please join me in thanking the following volunteers for keeping Bradfield BOLD:

Standing ovation for our Carnival Chairs Aimee Key, Mallory Broaddus, and Natalie Alexis. These ladies had Plan A through Plan D ready to go and to ensure that the show would go on! There was so much that went on behind the scenes and they worked incredibly hard around the clock. Thank you, Ladies, we are so grateful for you and your boundless energy, creative ideas, and dedication to our school. And most of all, our kids thank you for the greatest party our gym has ever seen!

Thank you to the Pancake Breakfast Team: Angie Shank, Katherine Sbaiti and Katie Samler. Pancake Breakfast was a huge success and got everyone excited for the week! And thank you to the Dads that served in the breakfast line that morning!

Carnival wouldn’t have been a success without a team of volunteers either! Thank you to all the parents, Boy Scouts, middle school, and high school students that came to take a shift. There were nearly a 100 of you…thank you so much!!

Thank you to the Carnival Committee! Erin Fuge, Chelsea Baker, Jessica Dale, Lauren Heller, Mari Foteh, Brittani Fankowiak, Regina Campbell, Rachel Reed and Kiki Wallace. We appreciate you and all that you did to divide and conquer all the details from signage, to décor, to volunteer shifts to cleanup. THANK YOU!

A big thank you to two members of the Exec Team, the VPs of Development, Lindsey Baker & Holly Navarre who have been a big part of this team from the beginning. They were always a phone call or text away with their support, leadership, and guidance.

Pivoting to Parent Parties, which also began last week, a big thank you to Anabel & Cameron Atkinson who opened their beautiful home for the 2^nd grade party! Thank you so much for hosting!

Fondly,

Kate Cutshall