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PLEASE JOIN US… 1st PTO PARENT MEETING FOR 2015/16 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST
8:30 AM - CAFETERIA
BEAR BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO NEWSLETTER
Bear PauseSEPTEMBER 2015
September:
1st: Tuesday PTO/Board Meeting
4th: Friday Spirit Store
8th: Tues. Kick off Cookie Dough Fundraiser
10th: Thurs. Watch D.O.G.S.‘Dads & kids’ Pizza Night
15th: Tues. Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night supporting Childhood Cancer Awareness
23rd: Wed. Fundraiser money due to teachers
Mark Your Calendars! BBES Fall Carnival
October 17th Come Join us for a FUN time! There will be many opportunities to help! Look for more information to come home in your child’s folder!
All proceeds benefit BBES teachers and Students!
Because of your generosity and support of PTO programs last school year, we were able to purchase over $21,000 in technology for BBES classrooms. Fundraising last year was incredible, topping
$56,000! (For more details, please see the last page of the newsletter.)
As we look forward to the year ahead, we hope to be able to do it again! Thank you in advance for your support and help with the following
opportunities this fall: Cookie Dough & Catalog Fundraiser: September 8th-22nd
Fall Carnival with Live & Silent Auction: October 17thPumpkin Patch: October
Holiday Store: DecemberMonthly Spirit Dinners at Chic Fil A and other local restaurants
Monthly on campus Spirit StoreOngoing Kroger Rewards Program
Join BBES PTO Today! Together we can make a difference!
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Grab your cape and join the FUN!
HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE… Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night
Sept. 15th Supporting Childhood Cancer
Please read more about our BBES Super Heroes on Page 4!
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The school clinic will begin the state-mandated vision and hearing screening Wednesday, September 16th. Students in Kindergarten, First, Third, and Fifth grades will be screened and the process will take several weeks to complete. Parents will be notified if their child fails a screen so they can follow-up with the appropriate doctor. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the school clinic @ 281-356-4771 x2120.
~Mickie Boyd, R.N.B.S.N.
Nurse’s News
STAY INFORMED!!
Treasurer’s Note… (continued from front page)
Last year our PTO spent over $51,000 on classroom expenditures, including smart boards, projectors and reimbursing teachers and staff for various classroom needs and we couldn’t have supported Bear Branch Elementary without all of your help! Fundraising last year was incredible - topping $56,000! Our highest grossing fundraiser was the Cookie Dough Fundraiser; we netted over $23,000 with this fundraiser alone! Box Tops, Chick-Fil-A Spirit Nights, Kroger, and various sponsors netted a combined $18,000. Our other fundraisers raised over $15,000 combined and include our Fall Carnival, Holiday Store, Pumpkin Patch, Spirit Den, Spirit Wear and the Yearbook. This year we are already hard at work on fundraisers and would love to have your help! If you are interested, join us at our next meeting or send an email to [email protected].
Thank you for all of your support!
Enjoy FREE pizza & drink while you find out about the program! Our goal is to have you spend at
least one day this year at the school to be a positive male role model and to provide an extra
set of eyes and ears.
Attention all Dads!
Thursday September 10th 6:30-7:30 pm. Don’t Miss It!
Find out how to become part of BBES Watch D.O.G.S.
Please send in your RSVP form by Wednesday, September 9th
BBES Historian Wants to See Your Child's SMILE! We have already begun working on our BBES yearbook for 2015-2016 and our #1 goal this
year is to capture the smiles of every child on campus... but we need your help!!! Please send us the pictures you take at school events and/or
your child's classroom parties. Questions? e-mail [email protected]
HOW TO SUBMIT PHOTOS: Put your best 5-25 pictures on a CD or
thumb drive and drop at the school’s front desk.
Send e-mail with smaller sets of pictures to [email protected]
Sign up to be the Photo Parent for your child’s classroom (e-mail [email protected] with your name, your child’s name and child’s teacher)
Look for Signup Genius invitations to photograph specific school events
REMEMBER: Group pictures are GREAT for capturing
lots of faces!
No cell phone pics please!
Filter through your pictures and submit the best ones, to help us focus on all our kids’ bright smiles!
DID YOU TAKE PICTURES THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL? SEND 'EM IN!!!!!
GET CONNECTED AT BBES!
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MORE Fundraising Opportunities
Chick-Fil-A Night will be the 3rd Tuesday of the month starting in September. They will
return to our school 20%-25% of the revenue from sales from our BBES supporters on those
days. The day of each event we will have reminder signs out in front of the school and will send stickers home with your students.
Please watch for these
opportunities to feed your family a delicious dinner
and support BBES at the same time!
KROGER
SPIRIT NIGHTS
Register your Kroger Plus Shopper's Card to start earning $$ for BBES!
By simply linking your card and making purchases, BBES will benefit.
Register your card today: https://www.kroger.com/communityrewards
BBES School Code: 81087
We are looking
forward to a great year at BBES and we thank you in advance for your support of our students. If you have any questions
please feel free to call or email me. Gina Ferrell, PTO Fundraising Coordinator832.797.2095 / [email protected]
BBES PARENTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Rachel Turnage is 9đ years old, she loves Sonic the Hedgehog, video games, building and creating new inventions and playing Minecraft with her friends Nicholas, Lane, and Lillie. Rachel has lived one amazingly wild and bumpy life. She has accomplished more in her 9đ years then most will achieve in a lifetime. At the young age of 3, Rachel was diagnosed with leukemia, a blood cancer. After a tough 18-month battle, she was in remission and on the way to leaving cancer behind her. But the leukemia returned in her central nervous system in 2010 and it was time for Rachel to fight again. For 4 years, Rachel battled cancer with dangerously high doses of chemo and radiation. And won. TWICE. She has a radiant smile and wants to be a chemist and inventor when she grows up. She's said that she can't decide which to do first: cure cancer or create an invisibility potion! Unfortunately, growing up is now taking a back seat to fighting for her life again. In June of 2015, Rachel was diagnosed with a rare grade 4 glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) tumor in the left side of her brain. The very radiation that killed the leukemia and saved her life in 2012 has likely created this cancerous tumor. The prognosis for this inoperable, aggressive, rapidly growing tumor is dismal. Even with this, there is hope. Please follow our BBES hero: https://www.facebook.com/100009704471854
Grant Wahle was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia on September 20th, 2012. He had just started
pre-k and wasn't feeling well. After a trip to the emergency room, we were sent by ambulance to the medical center in Houston and then to MD
Anderson to begin his treatment. Grant has had many blood transfusions, platelet transfusions, steroids, lumbar punctures, various chemotherapy
treatments, a picc line, a port, and countless pokes, doctor visits and daily chemo given at home. Our lives were literally turned upside down and our
daily routines of going to school, doing homework and making lunches turned into trips to the hospital, getting sick, hair falling out and medication schedules.
Grant should be done with his chemotherapy towards the end of the year and we look forward to celebrating being cancer free!!! He starts
second grade this year and we are so proud of him. Many of our friends that were battling cancer right along with
us have gone to heaven and it breaks our hearts. We will keep fighting this monster called cancer for them.
Please follow our BBES hero:FaceBook: GrantWahlesFightAgainstLeukemia
Meet our BBES Super Heroes
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