September - St. Mary Parish Schools

Bayou Vista Elementary
September 2014
Newsletter
IMPORTANT DATES:
Sept. 3...PTO meeting-1:30
Sept. 9...Fundraiser ends-send in all orders and money
Sept. 9...Progress Reports
Sept. 16...Yearbook pictures-students wear uniforms
Sept. 18...free/reduced lunch forms due
Oct. 10 & 13...Fall Break-NO SCHOOL
Second Grade News
In Reading, after the 1st nine weeks the students will start to
read the 2 cold reads by themselves. Starting in September, we
will no longer be reading the Math or Language test to the students. Progress reports will be going home this month. Homework is a very important aspect to the success of your child’s
education. Please make sure homework is completed each
night. Please work nightly on basic math facts, telling time, and
counting money. Your support is greatly appreciated by the Second Grade Teachers.
PreK News
Our weekly themes this month are My Five Senses, Rhymes and
Poems, Community, and Transportation. We will be learning
about the letters N, B, K, E, and R. Number bear’s number this
month is the number 3. We will be using the number 3 in various activities throughout the day. During community helper
week, we will have community helpers come visit our class and
talk about how their jobs help others. Check your child’s folder
daily and snack calendar daily. Thank you!
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4 Grade News
5th Grade News
We would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our fourth graders!
Welcome to the new school year! Our 5th graders are looking
We are excited to work with each of them this school year. Remember,
forward to a great year filled with many learning experiences. In
we are a team in helping your child succeed. Please continue to encourSocial Studies, students will be learning about Early American
age and ensure your child is completing homework each and every
Cultures from the past. In Science, physical and chemical changnight. A homework guide is given to students every Monday with the
es will be studied. Students will be able to participate in fun
entire week’s homework listed. We ask that this copy stays in your child’s activities to go along with these subjects. As for English, stubinder in case of any changes in homework. If another copy is requested dents will work on their writing skills. Their focus
to keep home, please send a note with your child to give to his/her
will be on complete sentences with proper punctuhomeroom teacher. Again, we are looking forward to a new and exciting ation, along with using their “writers’ voices”
year with you!
through the use of idioms. In Math, students will
PE News
work on Deep sets with emphasis on division. As
Welcome to a new school year! We are excited about helping our students live a always, we encourage students to achieve their
healthy lifestyle and instilling in them good eating and exercise habits. These are
personal best!
healthy practices students will be able to use throughout their lifetime. Please
4-H News
make sure your child has on comfortable shoes that are tied so that they can
The Bayou Vista 4-H Club will have its first meeting in September. All 4participate safely in PE. We are looking forward to a great year!
H meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of every month.
BETA Club News
Prospective 4-H members will be given sign up sheets and information
Mrs. Crappell – Sponsor
regarding being a part of 4-H at the first meeting. Any student wishing
Mrs. Loupe – Co-Sponsor
to be a 4-H officer will sign up shortly after the first meeting. More
Mrs. Loupe and I will work together this school year to make
details regarding membership dues and upcoming activities will be
sure all BETA Club members meet their expectations and goals given out at the meeting.
set forth for them. Beta Club will be participatin in things like fundraisers, comTHIRD GRADE NEWS
munity and school projects, and attending a district convention. Mrs. Loupe and I
Third graders are on a roll! We are zooming through new math conwill be selecting our new recruits for this school year. We will announce these
candidates in the coming weeks. All selected members must turn in their permis- cepts with a breeze! Great job to all of you who studied so hard for
sion slip as well as club dues by Friday Sept. 19th. Our 1st community project will your science test! Working hard pays off! In Language we are continuing to write in response to informational text. So far, so good! Keep
be to participate in the annual “Red Ribbon Parade” and the “Zoo-to-Boo” celeup the hard work Third Grade! We are proud of you 
bration.
BAND NEWS
We are just beginning with our new instruments! Be sure and listen to
your child practice a little bit every day. So far everything has been right
on track. We are well on our way to begin working on beautiful music for
our first concert in December.
MENU
SEPT. 03—30
Sept. 3...mini pancakes, chicken pattie
chili beans, baked potato, peach slices
Sept. 4...yogurt, cinnamon toast
spaghetti & meatballs, salad, broccoli, apples
Sept. 5...muffin, ham slice
pigs in a blanket, sweet potato fries, salad
Sept. 8...cheese omelet, toast
hamburger, pear halves
Sept. 9...muffins, ham slice
red beans/sausage, peach slices, cornbread
Sept. 10...mini pancakes, sausage pattie
chicken tenders, cole slaw, jell-o
Sept. 11...cereal, toast
pasta-laya, salad, strawberries
Sept. 12...French toast, oatmeal
cheese sticks, fries, melon
Sept. 15...sausage, biscuits
soft shell tacos, corn, peach slices
Sept. 16...breakfast burrito, grits
salisbury steak, mac and cheese, rolls
Sept. 17...French toast, sausage
roast, sweet potatoes, rolls
Sept. 18...cereal, toast
beef-a-roni, green beans, rolls
Sept. 19...pizza bagel, grits
corn dog, fries, baked beans
Sept. 22...cheese omelet, toast
meatloaf, macaroni salad, rolls
Sept. 23...ham slice, muffin
chicken tenders, carrots, peaches, rolls
Sept. 24...breakfast burrito, grits
oven fried chicken, rice dressing, rolls
Sept. 25...cereal, toast
lasagna, salad, corn, rolls
Sept. 26...French toast, sausage
fish sticks, fries, rolls
Sept. 29...yogurt, muffins
baked ham, potato salad, rolls
Sept. 30...breakfast pizza, grits
white beans/sausage, cornbread
From the B.V.E. library
Wow! What a whirlwind of activity in our library! We’re off to a
great start with Accelerated Reader. A few students have already reached their AR goal for the first nine weeks by taking
quizzes on the books they read for the summer “TAKE 5” challenge. Great thinking! We are also taking STAR tests to find
reading ranges. Lots of information will be coming home about
AR, AR Home Connect, and Word Millionaire. For families that
may not know, Accelerated Reader (AR) is a big part of our reading enhancement at BVES. Students in 2nd – 5th begin AR right
away. 1st grade may begin in January if they are ready. Our upgrades in our library are beautiful! We have new shelving, paint,
and lighting, counter tops and a gorgeous sparkling floor. Thanks
to the many who helped get our library up and running the first
two weeks of school! We look forward to enjoying our school’s
50th birthday celebration all year long with our usual focus on becoming great readers!
From Mrs. Michel
Dear Parents,
Be a Reading Role Model by setting aside family reading time every day. An
excellent place to start this adventure is at your public library. A recent article, by Reading Rocket, tells you nine great reasons to head to your local
library. For families with young children, the public library is a great place to
find entertainment, educational or cultural enrichment, or valuable information. You can check out the complete article at readingrockets.org. Top
9 reasons to go visit your local library:
1. Free programs and activities
2. Story times
3. Workshops
4. Books
5. Audiobooks
6. Movies
7. Music
8. Magazines and newspapers
9. Free Computer and internet usage
News From Mrs. Harrison, Curriculum Facilitator
In an effort to raise our daily attendance rate as a team, we will
have a friendly competition between each homeroom within a particular grade level. Daily, the teachers are asked to graph the
number of students present. These graphs will be used to calculate which homeroom has the best attendance rate for the month.
The homeroom with the highest average will be deemed the Attendance Winner and will get to display the Attendance Ribbon by
their door. Not only will the winning class have their picture posted on the Attendance Board but will receive a special treat.
Hopefully, by motivating our students to attend school we will
raise our attendance rate which will ultimately benefit our students and school academically.
From Mrs. Guarisco…..
Greetings! Safety continues to be a priority here at Bayou
Vista Elementary. The car rider dismissal procedure has been exceptionally good. Thanks to all of you who have helped make this possible. However, we need your help. Please display the car rider sign
given to you. If you are still in need of a car rider sign, please write a
note to the teacher. If your child is usually a walker; but is a car rider
on rainy days, please get a car rider sign. You can request more than
one sign for multiple vehicles. Parents that drop students off in the
front of school in the mornings must go through the circle driveway.
Never block the entrance or exit to the driveway.
Please note that there are no teachers on duty in the morning prior to 7:30. Students can NOT get to school prior to 7:30.
We desperately need your help again this year with attendance. We need you to make sure your child comes to school every
day that they are not ill. Students are missing valuable class time
when they are late or check out early as well. All absences will be
unexcused unless your child has a medical excuse from a doctor.
Let’s work as a team to get our attendance rate even higher this
year. To help with this, we will have monthly ATTENDANCE COMPETITIONS between homeroom classes. I would love to put BVES on
top with high student attendance!
It’s fundraiser time! Please support our school and our students by participating in our efforts to raise funds. All funds go back
to the students to support education.
Free and Reduced Lunch forms are due September 18.
Please get these in asap. Debts that were incurred prior to being put
on free or reduced status are due now in the cafeteria.
This month some of our students and teachers will take a
special picture with our new 50th Anniversary t-shirt. We will stand
in a 5-0 pattern to take the picture. This is our 50th Anniversary activity for the month of September.
Thanks to all who participated in our Jean Day Fundraiser
for ALS on Friday, August 29. We raised $543 to give to ALS Research. I hope others participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Gator Bites…..
*Pay for lunch online at www.MySchoolBucks.com
*Online lunch forms at www.applyforlunch.com
*Save your Community Coffee upc, Box Tops for
Education labels and small ink cartridges.
*Yearbooks on sale in the office, $22.
Have You filled someone’s
bucket
today?

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