Bronco eBulletin 8.20.23

8.20.23

School News

A Message from Principal Dumar

Hello Bradfield Families,

We had such a fabulous first week at Bradfield! Personally, I think it is the best one we have had in seven years. Students and staff worked diligently as they practiced routines and procedures, built relationships, and gained a glimpse into what it was going to be like in their new grade level.

Our Back to School Chairs, Corrie Rae and Lindsey Baker, knocked it out of the park with the adorable decorations. Thank goodness for the cute photo ops early that morning before the Texas heat did a number on our hair, clothes, and balloons. Thank you, ladies, for starting our first day with an enormous amount of school spirit!

This year’s attendance for the Newcomers Coffee was one of the largest I have seen in years. We are thrilled to welcome our newest families. We had over 15 new families in first grade alone. Many thanks to our Newcomer Chairs, Mallory Broaddus and Jessica Dale, for making our new families feel right at home!

Arrival and dismissal went fairly smooth for the first week of school. Please see a few reminders to ensure everyone’s safety and a timely dismissal.

Please cross at the corners where there is a crossing guard who can help you cross safely. I saw too many close calls this week of parents and students crossing in between cars.
Help your child practice their carpool number. The quicker they memorize their number, the quicker they are in your car and you are off to your next event.

A special thanks to our Bradfield Dads Club for organizing Dads to volunteer to keep our Broncos safe each morning! We couldn’t do it without you men!

Bradfield and HPISD continues to be a family tradition with our beloved teaching assistant, Shirley Martin. Mrs. Martin graduated from HPHS and has dedicated over 50 years as a teacher and now a teaching assistant at Bradfield. This year her great, great niece Tallulah carries on the family tradition as she begins her Kindergarten year at Bradfield!

If you did not have time to read the latest security enhancements that will be in place for the upcoming school year, please do so. Remember, “If you See Something, Say Something!”

Bradfield Safety Enhancements

I encourage you to check out this week’s Broncoland photos which include: Meet the Teacher and the First Week of School.

View This Week's Photos

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

Join Remind

Send a text to 81010 to get grade level reminders from Principal Dumar.

PreK code: @brpre-k
Kindergarten code: @bradki
1st Grade code: @bradf1st
2nd Grade code: @brad2nd
3rd Grade code: @bradf3
4th Grade code: @bradf4

Pick up Bradfield Family Giving yard signs &

other swag in the lobby at Curriculum Night!

Questions? Madison Strode & Erika Burton

Questions? Kathleen Berry

PTA News

A Message from our PTA President, Laura McCallan

What a fantastic first week of school! It was so great to see so many new and familiar smiling faces in the halls this week. We are still in “start up” mode here in the PTA, which requires a lot of help from all of our parent volunteers. Please join me in thanking:

Whitney Donaldson & Jennifer Bergin for working so hard to make sure our carpool policies, procedures, and carpool tags were updated and ready to go for Meet the Teacher.

Jessica Dale & Mallory Broaddus for executing a very successful Newcomer’s Meeting on Friday, and to Susannah Bame & Andy Wallace and the Village Baking Company, for providing us with pastries and coffee for the event.

Brooke Ryan & Medley Turner for gifting us with a fabulous work of art in the display case for Back to School- if you haven’t stopped to check it out, please do!

Jen Sowders for spending countless hours on this eBulletin each week so we can keep our Bronco families well informed.

Lindsay Grider for managing and distributing PTA budgets, as well as working hard to improve and simplify our reimbursement process for the year. Meredith Baird for keeping all of our incoming financials and deposits so organized.

Maggie Apple for keeping us so informed with her creative and fun Instagram posts.

Steve Noviello, Lee Drummond, Shannon Warren & Jourdy Wallace who spent a lot of time during this busy first week to make sure the Cafeteria was running smoothly.

Lindsey Baker & Corrie Rae for working hard to get our campus looking great for Meet the Teacher and the 1st Day of School. Our Broncos love all the photo ops! I'd also like to thank Magenta Event Decor for providing the balloons and marquee BRONCOS sign. Please check them out for your next event, @magenta.eventdecor.