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FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT

Introducing Right At School, our new elementary after-school program provider

Dear Elementary Parents and Guardians,

As you know we have had after school programming provided to our schools through Frida Kahlo from the 21st Century Grant. This grant and programming will be ending in June. The district has been researching other after school programming options for the 2023-24 school year. We are excited to announce that the nationally recognized after school student enrichment program provider Right at School is coming to District 2! Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, Right At School will run the district’s after school programming for Johnson and Tioga schools.

Every day, students that are engaged in the program will have a healthy snack, engage in dynamic fitness activities, student-driven projects, team building, leadership development, and have the opportunity to complete homework. Right at School also features an enriched curriculum in the form of three-week units. Examples of units include “Getting Down to Business,” where students are introduced to money and commerce; “Icky Experiments,” where students experiment with sticky substances to learn chemistry; and “Variety Show,” where students rehearse and perform individual talent acts. We are excited to join other local school districts in partnering with Right at School to provide this exciting program to our families.

The Right at School program will run after school until 6:00 p.m. 5 days a week for kindergarten through 5th graders. Families that are interested in registering for this program are asked to commit to 5 days a week. The program will be free to families for the next school year due to State Relief funding provided to lessen the student achievement gaps due to COVID.

Right at School is hosting an in-person “Family Information Night” on Tuesday, May 23^rd at 6:00 pm at Tioga School in the cafeteria. A Spanish interpreter will be available at the meeting. Your children are welcome to attend. We will have supervision for students in the gym during the presentation. The presentation will provide an overview of its program, answer questions and provide Right at School the opportunity to learn more about the District 2 community. However, if you prefer to join virtually the link is below:

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8312144062?pwd=SHVVQ1lLMmN0dUpjMFE4dzdaMVRFZz09

Meeting ID: 831 214 4062

Passcode: RAS

Visit https://www.rightatschool.com/districts/fort-lee-nj/ for more information. We are looking forward to this opportunity for our students and families! Further information about the registration process will occur after the informational meeting on May 23rd.  

Sincerely,

Dr. Katie McCluskey

Superintendent of Schools

Bensenville School District 2

CONGRATS ... AND BEST WISHES! 

District 2 welcomes two new members to its Board, and thanks two departing members for their service

Voters elected two newcomers and three incumbents to the Bensenville School District 2 Board of Education during the April 4 election. 

Victoria Gonzalez and Anita Miller will join the Bensenville School District 2 Board of Education, serving four-year terms alongside newly elected incumbents Jacqueline Dye and James Stoltman. Incumbent Bob Laudadio was also re-elected to a two-year post. 

The newly elected Board members were seated during a May 3 special reorganizational meeting. During the reorganizational meeting, the Board voted to appoint the following officers.

• President: Bob Laudadio
• Vice President: Marisol Leyva
• Secretary: Jacqueline Dye
• Treasurer: Lori Parthimos

The District also thanked departing members Katie Krajecki and Dr. Chris McCullough for their years of service.Ms. Krajecki served eight years on the Board, and Dr. McCullough served four. This was their last meeting, as both of them chose not to seek re-election in the April 4 school board election.

• Click here for the 2023-2024 BSD2 Board of Education meeting calendar.

WELCOME TO DISTRICT 2

Meet a new member of the District's Community Relations team

Meet Gabriela Escobar, our new Bilingual Community Relations Assistant.

Gaby is teaming up with Tim Waldorf, our Community Relations Coordinator, to improve our connection with our families that speak languages other than English. Together, they will be working to ensure that our communications are linguistically sound and culturally aware.

Gaby's a native Spanish speaker, born and raised in Tijuana, Mexico. She moved to the United States 20 years ago, and comes to us with a decade of experience working in schools as a parent liaison. She will be creating consistent, high-quality Spanish versions of the English communications we share across the District, and providing simultaneous translation services for select District and school events. Also, she will often be attending community events and reaching out to parents in order to make important personal connections with our families of language backgrounds other than English.

Please welcome Gaby; she is here to help and listen to you if you need it. Her phone number is 630-766-5940 ext. 1115, or you can send an email to the account: gescobar@bsd2g.org.  

CLASS OF 2023

Save the date for Blackhawk's eighth-grade promotion

Blackhawk Middle School will hold its eighth-grade promotion ceremony on Thursday, June 1, in the field house at Fenton High School, 1000 W. Green Street, Bensenville.

Families of students participating in the promotion ceremony receive a total of six tickets.



Students should arrive at 6:30 p.m. The ceremony starts at 7 p.m.

BENSENVILLE ARTS COUNCIL

2023 Bensenville Virtual Art Showcase features many works by BMS students

The Bensenville Arts Council presents the 2023 Bensenville Virtual Art Showcase featuring a wide variety of works submitted by Blackhawk Middle School students.

This online gallery exhibits the talent, creativity, and artistry within the BMS community. It showcases Regional Scholastic Art Award-winning pieces first, followed by select works submitted by student-artists from each grade level.

Enjoy the show!

• Click here to view the BMS Gallery in the 2023 Bensenville Virtual Art Showcase's present by the Bensenville Arts Council.

GRAND FINALE

Check out the end-of-year performances by Blackhawk's bands and chorus

With the school year winding down, student-musicians are turning in some stellar end-of-year performances.

The BMS Chorus took the stage May 3 for its spring concert, and bands from across the District - Grades 5-8 - performed in the BMS Band Festival on May 11.

• Click here to watch the BMS Chorus spring concert.
• Click here to watch the BMS Band Festival.

SUMMER NUTRITION

Free summer meal programs available at Tioga

Bensenville School District 2 will serve FREE meals to anyone 18 years and younger throughout the month of June. 

• Location: Tioga School, 212 W. Memorial Road (enter at Door 17)
• Dates: Monday-Thursday, June 6-29 (no meals on Monday, June 19)
• Breakfast: 8:15-9 a.m.
• Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-noon 

Meals must be consumed on site. 



• Click here for the BSD2 Summer Nutrition Program flyer.

CHECK IT OUT

 If you're active on social media, please like and follow the BSD2 Facebook and Twitter pages

• Click here to visit the BSD2 Facebook page.
• Click here to visit the BSD2 Twitter page.

District 2 has gone "green" in its approach to distributing community flyers.

Rather than sending flyers home with each student via backpack mail, District and community flyers are posted on the BSD2 E-Flyers page for parents to view or print 24/7.

It is estimated that this saves our schools hundreds of hours per year spent sorting and handling the materials, not to mention the number of trees and other resources saved in producing them.

• Click here for the current list of BSD2 E-Flyers.