Message from Mrs. Steele, Principal
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for encouraging our students to love reading and understand how literacy is the foundation of educational success and life-long learning. The way our staff, families and community provided inspirational messages and support as they shared how much they loved to read was so encouraging to our students! A Huge Husky Shout Out to Megan Huffman for being the lead on our Read-A-Thon and all of our PTO, families, staff, business partners and community leaders! You were all such an important part of helping our students smile, laugh, enjoy reading and create special memories that will last a lifetime! They really needed that extra support this year!
Remote Learners in Grades 3-5
Remote SOL testing days are listed below and bus transportation will be provided for those students who need it. Please make sure you have completed the survey. Questions? Contact Mrs. Rinker at [email protected] or (434) 515-5210.
The SOL Testing Schedule for HYBRID students will be coming out soon.
REMOTE MONDAY
- 4/19 - READING
- 4/26 - 5th only VA Studies
- 5/3 - MATH
- 5/10 - 5th only SCIENCE
- 5/17 - REMOTE MAKE UPS
Attention 5th Grades/Parents of 5th Graders
Letters were mailed to you last week with course selection information for 6th grade classes. The courses highlighted are the classes that are recommended by your child’s teachers. You and your child need to select an elective course. The options are Band, Orchestra, Chorus, and an Exploratory option (art, technology, etc.) All students will be enrolled in Health/PE class. The virtual link for 2020-2021 Middle School Program of Studies is https://www.lcsedu.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/curriculum/ms_program_o…
The deadline for all forms to be returned is March 22, 2021. A return stamped envelope was provided to you in the mailing. If you have any questions please contact the counselor, Mrs. Kipp at [email protected] or call the school at (434) 515-5210.
Message from Amanda Rumore, PTO President
Read-A-Thon Recap
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR AMAZING READ-A-THON! We were blown away when all of our students participated in the program and the school collectively read for 84,272 minutes from March 1-12!!! The spirit days were amazing and teachers and staff made it so much fun!
Endless thanks to the friends and family who supported our readers as they helped us raise $14,500! The website will be active for ten more days for any last minute donations that might come in to celebrate our readers.
Students, teachers and staff will celebrate with an outdoor celebration on the blacktop this week! Mrs. Steele promised to do "something cheesy" if students exceeded 50,000 minutes of reading so students will eagerly be anticipating that! Each student will receive a Slurpee coupon and prizes for the classes who read the most minutes per grade will be recognized.
We are grateful to Brownstone Properties, John Stewart Walker Realtor Laura Simms Webb, and Appalachian Orthodontics for their generous company sponsorships! Many thanks to 7-11, Givens Books & Little Dickens, MayLynn’s Creamery, Mama Crockett’s Cider Donuts, Bacon St. Bagels, Montana Plains, Magnolia Foods and Joe Bean’s Coffee for prize donations.
Thank you to the Buchanan, Easley, Edmunds, Flavin, Frye, Geier, Haiar, Huffman, McClung, Paris, Perdue, Rumore, Smithson, Sorenson, Terry, Tolle, Yarbrough and Wooldridge families for family sponsorships who helped offset our expenses!
Yearbooks Go On Sale This Week!
Yearbook sales start today, Monday, March 15th! The deadline to order a yearbook is Friday, March 26th and ordering will be done online. The cost will be $15 and be delivered by mid-May. This year’s yearbook will feature photos from last school year as well as at-home/virtual learning. Thank you to all of those who have already submitted photos!
To Order a Yearbook:
- Go to ybpay.lifetouch.com
- Enter our school ID: 2943821
- Enter your student’s name and grade level
- Choose your package
- Enter payment information and hit submit!
Missed Picture Day But Still Want Your Child’s Photo in the Yearbook?
There are two ways you can submit your child’s portrait to be included with their class:
- Use the Lifetouch + Shutterfly “Snaps @ Home” - instructions can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17tkIe-qufIXtbwyumnmns71bw808a_QA/view?…;
- At the final step, share the portrait to the following email: [email protected]
- Alternatively, you can take your own portrait shot and email to [email protected]
**Don’t forget to register for Kroger Plus, Amazon Smile, Box Tops for Education, and the Givens School Rebate Program to benefit Bedford Hills!**