Bayou View Elementary

4898 Washington Ave.

Gulfport, MS 39507

(228) 865-4625

Tess Lawrence, Principal

Heather Chesman, Asst.

Principal

Brandy Hyde, PTA President

December 12, 2016 Volume 12, Issue 19

Every Decision. WHAT IS BEST FOR CHILDREN? Every time. * * * * * * * * * * * * BACK PAGES:

QuestProject/Reminders

USDE National Blue Ribbon School

COMMITTED to the CORE!

The mission of the Gulfport School District is to inspire each student to become a problem solver, lifelong learner, and productive member of society.

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4th Grade Musical Tuesday 1:15/6:30

DEC 13

Good Citi-zens/Terrific Kids Thursday 11/11:30

Dec 15

Early Dismis-sal Friday, 11:30 A.M. Dismis-sal

DEC 16

Winter Holi-days School Re-sumes for Students on Jan 4

Dec 19-

Jan 3

Happy Holidays

Attention Parents: Because Friday, Decem-ber 16, is a 60% day and students will be dismissed at 11:30, School Plus will not be open. Be sure to make the necessary arrangements for your child on Friday. School Plus will resume on January 4. Thank you.

School Plus Closed on Friday

The BVE faculty and staff would like to wish you and your family a happy holiday. Please enjoy the next two weeks, and focus on your

number-one priority: your family! We will do the same with ours, and return rested and READY to guide your children to the next level in academic excellence. We wish you a relaxing holiday season. See you again on January 4! BVE Faculty & Staff

Fourth-Grade Musical

Join Bayou View's fourth grade classes for "Crazy Car-ols,” on Tuesday, December 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the BVE Sports-manship Station. The children will also per-form for the student body and special guests at 1:15 p.m. The show features some of your favorite Christmas carols with a twist. We hope to see you there!

District Reading Fair Winners

BVE is extremely proud of our students who placed in the District Reading Fair. The projects reflected a lot of time, effort, and creativity on the part of the students. Great job to Renn Knesal, who placed second in the Indi-vidual Fiction Projects in Grade 1-Division B Category, William Pittman, who placed first in Grade 2-Division C , Emily Hollingsworth, who placed second in Grade 3-Division D Category, Ellie Eubanks, who placed third in the Grades 4-5–Division E Category, and Sohni Beamon, who placed second in the Non-Fiction Projects Fiction Projects Grades 3-5 Division H Category. Projects that scored first place in each division will advance to the Regional Reading Fair in March. Good luck to William Pittman in the Regional Reading Fair in March. BVE is proud of all of the students who participated. Great job!

PTA Meeting

PTA’s final meeting of the year takes place on Tuesday, December 13, at 7:45 in the Galley. Please be sure to attend so that your voices can be heard. Thank you!

Box Top Parent Reminder

Attention Parents, Please be sure to submit doctor excuses for absences before the end of the month. Once a new month has started, Ms. Combs, our records clerk, cannot use a doctor’s excuse for the previous month; therefore, the absence will not be excused. Thank you for your atten-tion to this matter.

Congratulations to Ms. Carney’s homeroom class for collecting 179 coats . They earned themselves a Raising Cane’s Party. Way to go! Thank you to all students who do-nated coats to benefit the less for-tunate.

Congratulations!

The Fourth Grade Quest students at Bayou View Elementary wanted to make a positive difference in their community.

After watching a TV broadcast on WLOX about a park that had been unsafe and empty, Mrs. Jackson discussed this broad-

cast with her students. After hearing the story and discussing the impact of a neighborhood park, the students were eager

to help this community. They discussed fund raisers and ideas to jump start this project to raise money for playground

equipment. After conducting research, students invited community members to the classroom to learn history about the

park. The park originated as the site for a school for African Americans and was later transformed into a park. The students

began by drawing designs and park layouts. They researched playground equipment prices and durability standards. As

community members visited the classrooms, student drawings were displayed and presented. During one visit, the class

discovered that money had already been allocated for the park by the city. The Civic Club had originated this effort, and

the students started the ball rolling. The students wanted to know why park equipment was not in the park when money

had been allocated. This was the question that the kids wanted the city council to answer. The class wrote a letter and

invited Councilman Ricky Dombrowski to discuss the situation. Mr. Dombrowski informed the class about the lasted updat-

ed news concerning the park and the funding. The students presented their park designs to Mr. Dombrowski during his

visit. The class also informed Mr. Dombrowski about our classroom plans for Christmas in the Park on December 15. Dur-

ing the study, some students would ride to the park with their parents checking the development of the park. First, the

trees were removed to install the equipment. Next, sand was delivered on the site. At this point, some playground equip-

ment and a park bench had been installed in the park. There are still plans for a pavilion and other work to be completed

on the site. Although the park is not finished, the students are using Christmas in the Park to celebrate the start of happi-

ness for the children in this com-

munity.

The 4th Grade Silver Ridge Park Project