B E T H A N Y E L E M E N TA RY S C H O O L
BETHANY
BOBCAT
February 19th - February 25th, 2015
Conference Link:
Bethany Conf Link
SIGN UPS CLOSE ON TUESDAY
Conferences: Feb 25th & 26th
NO SCHOOL the 26th and 27th
Cogat Testing for the 2nd and 4th graders.
NEXT WEEK: February 23rd - 25th
Please make sure that your students are in school that week.
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Feburary
19 - Bethany Variety Show, 6:30pm
23-25 Cogat testing (2nd & 4th grade)
25 - Geo-Quest Quiz Day
25 - Parent Conferences - Regular School
2015 Bethany Variety Show
TONIGHT : February 19th @ 6:30pm
26 - Parent Conferences - NO SCHOOL
27 - Teacher Work Day - NO SCHOOL
March
2 - Dr. Suess Day/Read Across America
3 - BSPTO meeting, 7:00pm
13 - Teacher Grading Day-NO SCHOOL
Hey Bethany Families: On February 25th we will kick off a 3 week campaign called “Pennies for Patients.” This is a great community action project to raise funds for research and awareness of blood cancers. In our Bethany community, we know of 3 families so far, who have been directly impacted by an LLS cancer; The Gorman family’s daughter, Mrs. Varadi’s son-­‐in-­‐law, and Mrs. Sheehan’s mom. We would like to include the faces of any other families in our Bethany community who have been impacted by LLS. Please email Kelli Brisby @ [email protected]; or Mrs. Varadi @ [email protected] Thank you and watch for how you can participate! More information coming soon!
18 - GEO Quiz Day
20 - Report Cards go home
23-27 Spring Break
Office: 503-533-1810
Attendence 24 Hour: 503-259-6635
Please call if your child is sick or going to
be late.
AND the WINNER is......Katie Wilson
Thank you to everyone who par0cipated in the Variety Show Poster Contest.
We had 66 posters turned in, and the posters are currently displayed in the hall.
Thank you staff for vo0ng and Karin Stephens for puBng the contest together. OBOB Compe00on
(Oregon BaGle of the Books)
OBOB is a statewide reading program sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries. OBOB celebrates a love of
reading and supports good sportsmanship while motivating young people to broaden their reading experience and increase
their reading comprehension. Teams compete in local and regional battles.
Over the past few weeks we had 10 teams competing in book battles. There were 5 teams from 4th grade and 5 from 5th grade. Students
read 16 books and answered questions about the content. We had a round robin competition and the final was Tuesday.
In the final match, we had the 4th grade winners against the 5th grade winners.
Cheeseheads (4th grade)
Srinidhi Gubba
Janani Maheswaran
Jennifer Oliver
Tiffany Chang
Invincibles (5th grade)
Sahana Ravula
Shreya Veeredhi
Shana Jensen
Harleen Dhasi
Isabella Engblom
The Invincibles were the winner with a score of 70-63.
They will be moving onto the Regional Championship at Westview High School on March 7th.
Congratula7ons to the Invincibles
Geo Quest
Geo Quest tes0ng is Wednesday February 25th. TIme to start studying. Who’s classroom will get the trophies? Will it be yours??
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We have 5 single Trophies awarded to each grade (1st -­‐ 5th).
5th grade par0cipa0on will be mandatory.
Children that earn 6 or more points every month will get a prize at the end of the year.
Due to 5th grade being mandatory, we need more volunteers:
o We will be tes0ng on the last instruc0onal Wednesday of each month.
o Tes0ng 0mes are from 8:10 AM -­‐ 10: 30 AM
o Tes0ng involves asking the child where the different countries are located on a blank map (Testers use a completed map.) and then marking the passport (grading booklet) by highligh0ng the countries that the child answered correctly. o Wonders of the World is a bonus test where the child is shown pictures of prominent landmarks or geographical features and asked to iden0fy them. If all are correctly named, the child’s passport is marked with a stamp.
Last month we had 403 students par7cipate. Lets see if we can increase that number!!
FEBRUARY MAPS
One Million Box Tops would bring $100,000 to our school!!!
If you purchase one of the par0cipa0ng products you can enter your code once a day un0l December 15, 2015
If you purchase one of the par0cipa0ng products,
you can enter your code once a day un0l December 15, 2015.
No purchase necessary to par0cipate. You can simply email Box Tops at [email protected] to receive your own code.
No Idling Campaign
“It’s Not Cool to Idle at School”
Save money and help clear the air!
Motor vehicles are the number one cause of air pollution in Oregon.
What can I do?
Excessive idling wastes fuel and can actually reduce the life of your vehicle. Newer
vehicles are designed to warm up in 30 seconds or less, even in “cold” weather. Turn
your engine off if you're waiting for an extended period of time. Despite urban myth
that restarting uses more fuel, you will save fuel if your wait is longer than 10 seconds.
Idling also gets zero miles to the gallon.
DEQ Fact Sheet: Lower your vehicle’s environmental impact
http://www.deq.state.or.us/aq/factsheets/07aq022_ecodriver.pdf